Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Puyallup |
Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Idaho USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Idaho in the Miss USA pageant and the name of the title held by that winner. It is currently produced by Pageants NW Productions based in Puyallup, Washington since 2007.
Idaho's first placement at Miss USA came in 1964 with Dorothy Johnson, the first African-American semi-finalist. [1] Their second placement came in 1997 when former Miss Idaho Teen USA and Miss Teen USA 1989 Brandi Sherwood placed first runner-up. She later became the first woman to be crowned both Miss USA and Miss Teen USA when she succeeded winner Brook Lee who became Miss Universe. Sherwood has since pursued a career as an actress, and is a rotating model on The Price Is Right . The third came in 2004 when former Miss Idaho Teen USA 1999 Kimberly Glyn Weible made the top 10. Their fourth was in 2009, when Melissa Weber placed in the top 15.
Idaho is currently third tied with North Carolina in number of former teens have competed in this pageant: nine, including Sherwood, and they are all from the same state. It is the largest former Teens competed in this pageant from the same state without being won the Teen title previously from other states. In addition, three have also competed at Miss America.
Hannah Menzner of Boise was crowned Miss Idaho USA 2023 on September 11, 2022 at Red Lion Hotel Templin's on the River in Post Falls, Idaho.
Idaho holds a record of 5 placements at Miss USA.
Year | Name | Hometown | Age [lower-alpha 2] | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
2023 | Hannah Menzner | Boise | 27 | Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 2014; second runner-up at National Sweetheart 2021 representing District of Columbia. | ||
2022 | Jordana Dahmen | Boise | 26 | |||
2021 | Katarina Schweitzer | Boise | 26 | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2019 representing Idaho, placed in Top 10 | ||
2020 | Kimberly "Kim" Layne | Nampa | 25 | 1st Runner-up | Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 2012 | |
2019 | Shelby Brown | Boise | 24 | Contestant on The Proposal | ||
2018 | Téa Draganović | Boise | 20 | |||
2017 | Cassandra "Cassie" Lewis | Moscow | 25 | |||
2016 | Sydney Halper | Moscow | 21 | |||
2015 | Claira Hollingsworth | Preston | 22 | Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 2011 | ||
2014 | Yvette Bennett | Boise | 23 | |||
2013 | Marissa Wickland | Boise | 20 | Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 2009 | ||
2012 | Erna Palić | Boise | 24 | |||
2011 | Erza Haliti | Meridian | 20 | Sister of Lorena Haliti, Miss Idaho Teen USA 2013 | ||
2010 | Jessica Hellwinkel | Boise | 19 | |||
2009 | Melissa Weber | Boise | 27 | Top 15 | ||
2008 | Tracey Brown | Post Falls | 21 | Previously Miss Idaho 2005 | ||
2007 | Amanda Rammell | Rexburg | 21 | Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 2003 | ||
2006 | Allyson Swan | Twin Falls | 22 | |||
2005 | Sade Aiyeku | Boise | 24 | |||
2004 | Kimberly Weible | Eagle | 22 | Top 10 | Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 1999; sister of Miss Idaho 2002 Christi Weible | |
2003 | Lana Wright | Pocatello | 25 | |||
2002 | Hilary Ball | Nampa | 23 | |||
2001 | Elizabeth Barchas | Boise | 20 | Solicitor General of the United States appointed in 2021. [2] Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 1998; later Miss Idaho 2004. [2] | ||
2000 | Brooke Gambrell | Boise | 26 | Previously Miss Idaho 1995 | ||
1999 | Amy Ambrose | Boise | 18 | Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 1995 | ||
1998 | Melinda Grassmick | Boise | 18 | |||
1997 | Calley Slagle | Boise | 18 | did not compete | Originally first runner-up, assumed the title when Brandi Sherwood inherited the Miss USA title | |
Brandi Sherwood | Idaho Falls | 26 | 1st runner-up | Became Miss USA 1997 after Brook Lee won Miss Universe 1997. Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 1989 and Miss Teen USA 1989. Frequent rotating Barker's Beauty model on the game show The Price Is Right | ||
1996 | Tracy Yarbrough | Previously Miss Idaho 1994 | ||||
1995 | Amy Tolzmann | Coeur D'Alene | ||||
1994 | Trenna Wheeler | Idaho Falls | ||||
1993 | Natalie Nukaya | Idaho Falls | ||||
1992 | Cheryl Myers | Boise | 25 | |||
1991 | Lori Easley | Kimberly | 23 | Wife of Idaho Governor Butch Otter [3] | ||
1990 | Cindy Estey | |||||
1989 | Kelli Bean | Nampa | ||||
1988 | Kay Kinsey | Idaho Falls | Wife of former NBA player Karl Malone [4] | |||
1987 | Vicki Hoffman | Idaho Falls | Mother of Madison Andreason, Miss Idaho's Outstanding Teen 2021 | |||
1986 | Kelli Catron | Coeur D'Alene | ||||
1985 | Sheri Rose | Boise | ||||
1984 | Valencia Bilyeu | Pocatello | ||||
1983 | Kerry Damiano | Coeur D'Alene | ||||
1982 | Valerie Stephan | Boise | ||||
1981 | Lori Ditch | Boise | ||||
1980 | Marta Vincen | Boise | ||||
1979 | Lori Jukich | Boise | ||||
1978 | Suzette Sanford | Pocatello | ||||
1977 | Leslie Kingon | Coeur D'Alene | ||||
1976 | Cheryl Gilbert | Boise | ||||
1975 | Charlene McArthur | Pocatello | ||||
1974 | Darla Jan Dowden | Pocatello | ||||
1973 | Karen Hammond | Rexburg | ||||
1972 | Lianne Fulmer | Coeur D'Alene | ||||
1971 | Kris Riordan | Nampa | ||||
1970 | Kathy Cravens | Nampa | ||||
1969 | Karen Ryder | Rigby | ||||
1968 | Anna Evanson | Post Falls | ||||
1967 | Sandra Baldwin | Coeur D'Alene | Miss Congeniality | |||
1966 | Did not compete | |||||
1965 | Did not compete | |||||
1964 | Dorthy Johnson | Pocatello | Semi-finalist | |||
1963 | Did not compete | |||||
1962 | Kinne Holland | Nampa | 18 | |||
1961 | Delcene Rositer | |||||
1960 | Margie Davis | |||||
1959 | Pat Sherburne | |||||
1958 | Jeanette Ashton | |||||
1954-1957 | Did not compete | |||||
1953 | Patricia Carter | |||||
1952 | Cherrie Jean Lindsey |
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