Kalyn Melham of Muncie was crowned Miss Indiana 2024 on June 29, 2024, at STAR Bank Performing Arts Center in Zionsville. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Indiana titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
Arrested and charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement in December 2014[16] Charges were dropped as of May 2015[17]
Nelson lived and worked in New York City at time of pageant but cited as being from Indianapolis (therefore credited as a "Miss Indiana" titleholder).[44]
No Indiana representative at Miss America pageant[50]
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