Miss Ohio

Last updated
Miss Ohio
Formation1922
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Mansfield
Location
Membership
Miss America
Official language
English
Key people
Steven C. Oliveri
Website Official website

The Miss Ohio Scholarship Program selects the representative for the U.S. state of Ohio to compete for the title of Miss America. The pageant is held annually, during the "Miss Ohio Festival" week, at the historic 1,600 seat Renaissance Theatre (originally named the Ohio Theatre) in Mansfield.

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Ohio representatives have won the Miss America pageant six times, joining California, and Oklahoma as the only states with six crowns. New York has the most winners with seven. Ohio is the only state to have a contestant who won the Miss America title twice:

* When city representatives were common at the national pageant, Mary Katherine Campbell competed in Miss America Pageants as "Miss Columbus, Ohio".

The Miss Ohio pageant played a significant role in the saving of the Ohio Theatre and its renovation into the Renaissance Theatre. Mansfield originally hosted the Miss Ohio Pageant at the old Ohio Theatre from 1959 through 1962. After Jacquelyn Mayer, Miss Ohio 1962, was crowned Miss America 1963, the Miss Ohio pageant was relocated to the Ballroom Pavilion at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky. In 1975, the pageant returned to Mansfield, first to Malabar High School Auditorium from 1975 through 1978, then to the Madison Theatre in 1979. In 1980, it was decided to televise the pageant. Because of inadequate stage depth and backstage space at the Madison Theatre, then pageant producer Denny Keller and pageant set designer Paul Gilger persuaded the Miss Ohio Board of Directors to move the pageant back to Mansfield's Ohio Theatre, reopening the facility and sprucing it up for the pageant's first televised broadcast. The pageant's return to the old Ohio Theatre was the initial event that eventually led to the total renovation of the theatre and its reincarnation into the Renaissance Theatre. The Miss Ohio Scholarship Program has been held at the Renaissance Theatre since 1980, now for over 40 years.

Stephanie Finoti of Columbus was crowned Miss Ohio 2024 on June 15, 2024, at Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Ohio 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.

Placements

Awards

Preliminary awards

Non-finalist awards

  • Non-finalist Talent: Karen Sparka (1973), Cheryl Yourkvitch (1974), Lorrie Kapsta (1975), Janice Cooley (1977), Juliana Zilba (1982), Sarah Ann Evans (1989), Robyn Hancock (1997), Amanda Beagle (2005)

Other awards

Winners

YearNameHometownAgeLocal TitleMiss America TalentPlacement at Miss AmericaSpecial scholarships at Miss AmericaNotes
2024Stephanie Finoti Columbus 21Miss ShawneeBalletTBATBA
2023 Madison Miller [1] Coshocton 23Miss North CoastPiano
2022 Elizabetta Nies Cincinnati 18Miss Maple CityPiano, "Étude Op. 10, No. 10"Top 11Daughter of Miss Illinois 1992 and Miss Illinois USA 1994, Kathleen Farrell

Niece of Miss Florida 1985 and Miss Florida USA 1988, Monica Farrell and of Miss New York 1984, Mary-Ann Farrell

2021 Lora Current [2] Rosewood 20Miss South Central OhioTap Dance
2019–20Caroline Grace Williams [3] Cincinnati 24Miss Montgomery CountyClassical Vocal
2018 Matti-Lynn Chrisman [4] Cambridge 22Miss Maple CityMusical Theater Vocal, "Life of the Party" from Wild Party
2017 Sarah Clapper [5] Louisville 22Miss ClaylandPiano, "White Water Chopsticks"Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship[ citation needed ]

Women in Business Scholarship Award [6]
2016 Alice Magoto [7] [8] Cincinnati 18Miss PortsmouthVocal, "Astonishing" from Little Women Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness AwardLater Miss Ohio USA 2019 [9]
Top 10 at Miss USA 2019 pageant
2015 Sarah Hider [10] Wooster 24Miss Maple CityJazz Vocal, "Almost Like Being in Love"Previously Miss Ohio's Outstanding Teen 2008 [11]
2014 Mackenzie Bart [12] Columbus 22Miss Montgomery CountyVentriloquism, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from Mary Poppins Top 10Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship [13]

Preliminary Talent Award [14]

STEM Scholarship Award [14]
Winner of Funny or Die Presents: America's Next Weatherman
2013 Heather Wells [15] Warren 23Miss Montgomery CountyDance, "Alabaster Box"
2012 Elissa McCracken Ada [16] 20Miss West Central OhioPiano, "Cumana"
2011 Ellen Bryan Celina 22Miss ClaylandVocal, "On My Way" from Violet Quality of Life Award Finalist
2010 Becky Minger Sylvania 22Miss All-American CityVocal, "A House Is Not a Home"Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2008 and 2009 pageants

3rd runner-up in Miss Ohio USA 2012 pageant [17]

4th runner-up in Miss Ohio USA 2013 pageant [17]
2009 Erica Gelhaus St. Henry 21Miss ClaylandClassical Vocal, "So Anch'io la Virtu Magica" from Don Pasquale Previously National Sweetheart 2007
2008 Karissa Martin Woodsfield 20Vocal, "The Girl in 14-G"
2007 Roberta Camp Grove City 23Miss Maple CityVocal, "Blessed"Top 15 Miss Ohio USA 2006
2006 Melanie Murphy Brook Park 20Miss Miami ValleyDance, "Pump It"Later Mrs. Ohio America 2011 under married name, Melanie Miller
2005 Marlia Fontaine Massillon 23Miss Lake ErieVocal, "The Impossible Dream"
2004 Amanda Beagle Warren 24Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'"Non-finalist Talent AwardTop 10 at National Sweetheart 2003 pageant
2003 Janelle Couts Akron 22Miss MedinaVocal, "When I Look at You" from The Scarlet Pimpernel
2002 Tiffany Haas Cincinnati 20Miss Heart of it AllClassical Vocal, "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-upLater starred as Glinda in Broadway and national touring productions of Wicked [18]
2001 Natalie Witwer Dublin 19Miss AshlandPiano, "America the Beautiful"
2000 Stephanie Meisberger Hopewell 23Miss North CoastVocal, "You Do Something to Me"Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999 pageant
1999 Tiffany Baumann Cleveland 22Miss Greater ClevelandVocal, "But the World Goes Round" by Kander and Ebb Niece of Miss Ohio 1969, Kathrine Baumann
1998 Cheya Watkins Cincinnati 21Miss Southeastern OhioGospel Vocal, "His Eye Is on the Sparrow"Later Miss Ohio USA 2000
1997 Kelly Creager Hamler 19Miss ConneautVocal, "Remember Me This Way" from Casper
1996 Robyn Hancock Grand Rapids 21Miss CrestlineClassical Ballet en Pointe, "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker Non-finalist Talent Award
1995 Ellen Pasturzak Portsmouth 23Miss PortsmouthVocal, "As if We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard
1994 Lea Mack Pickerington 21Miss Pickerington-AmericaVocal, "Think of Me"Top 10Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-upPreviously Ohio's Junior Miss 1991
1993 Titilayo Adedokun Cincinnati 20Miss AmericanaClassical Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust 2nd runner-upPreliminary Talent Award
1992 Robin Michelle Meade New London 23Miss MansfieldVocal, "Alexander's Ragtime Band"Top 10Lead news anchor for HLN morning show, Morning Express with Robin Meade, since 2011[ citation needed ]
1991 Renee Autherson Newark 21Miss Central OhioVocal / Tap Dance, "Fabulous Feet" from The Tap Dance Kid
1990 Kristi Cooke Marion 22Miss WillardVocal, "Nothing" from A Chorus Line
1989 Kristin Huffman Canal Winchester 24Miss Pickerington-AmericaClassical Vocal, "Csárdás" from Die Fledermaus 4th runner-upPreliminary Talent Award
1988 Sarah Ann Evans Van Wert 23Miss Pickerington-AmericaVocal, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera Non-finalist Talent Award
1987 Susan Kay Johnson Columbus 22Miss CantonVocal, "Believe"
1986 Mary Zilba Toledo 22Miss Greater ToledoVocal, "My Mammy"Sister of Miss Ohio 1981, Juliana Zilba

Later appeared on The Real Housewives of Vancouver [ citation needed ]
1985 Suellen Cochran [19] Heath 21Miss Southeastern OhioPiano, "Variations on Chopsticks"Top 10Preliminary Swimsuit Award

Preliminary Talent Award
1984 Melissa Ann Bradley Mansfield 23Miss ClaylandVocal, "A Piece of Sky" from Yentl 1st runner-upMother of actor, Chad Buchanan [ citation needed ]
1983 Pamela Helean Rigas Canfield 22Miss Cuyahoga County FairVocal / Dance, "Shine it On"4th runner-upPreliminary Swimsuit AwardPreviously Ohio's Junior Miss 1978

Previously Miss Alabama USA 1980
3rd runner-up at Miss USA 1980 pageant
1982 Debra Gombert Bexley 22Miss North CentralSemi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It"
1981 Juliana Zilba Mansfield 21Vocal Medley, "Up the Ladder to the Roof" & "With One More Look at You" from A Star Is Born Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship

Non-finalist Talent Award
Sister of Miss Ohio 1986, Mary Zilba
1980 Kathy Vernon Youngstown 24Miss North CentralVocal Medley, "I Have Dreamed" & "I Loved You Once in Silence"Top 10
1979 Tana Carli Lakewood 23Miss WillardAccordion Medley, "Tea for Two" & "Dizzy Fingers"1st runner-upPreliminary Talent Award
1978 Sher Patrick Centerville 19Miss South CentralMiddle-Eastern Dance3rd runner-up
1977 Joan Gilger Mansfield 21Miss Bowling GreenGymnastic TrampolineDid not compete; originally 4th runner-up; later assumed the title after Perkins won Miss America 1978
Susan Perkins Middletown 23Miss ClaylandVocal, "Good Morning Heartache"Winner [20] Preliminary Talent AwardJudge for the preliminary competition of the Miss America 2018 pageant [21]
1976 Janice Cooley Portsmouth 20Miss Ohio ValleyPiano, "Mephisto Waltz"Non-finalist Talent Award
1975 Susan Banks Ravenna 24Miss WarrenClassical Vocal, "Sempre libera" from La traviata 3rd runner-upPreliminary Talent Award
1974 Lorrie Kapsta Columbus 26Miss Franklin CountyClassical Piano, "Piano Concerto in B Minor" by TchaikovskyNon-finalist Talent Award
1973 Cheryl Yourkvitch Lorain 21Miss Lorain CountyVocal MedleyNon-finalist Talent Award
1972 Karen Sparka Bowling Green 21Miss Bowling GreenVocal Medley, "My Man" & "My Man's Gone Now"Non-finalist Talent Award
1971 Judy Jones West Alexandria 19Miss Miami UniversityDid not compete; later assumed the title after Schaefer won Miss America 1972
Laurie Lea Schaefer Bexley 22Miss Central OhioSemi-classical Vocal, "And This Is My Beloved"Winner [22] Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1970 Grace Bird Alliance 21Miss AllianceFrench Horn & Classical Vocal, "1st Concerto for French Horn" & "Ouvre ton Coeur" from Vasco da Gama by Georges Bizet
1969 Kathrine Baumann Bowling Green 19Miss Bowling GreenGymnastics Dance, "Those Were the Days"1st runner-upPreliminary Swimsuit Award

Preliminary Talent Award
Aunt of Miss Ohio 1999, Tiffany Baumann
1968 Leslyn Hiple Louisville 19Miss CantonVocal Medley, "If My Friends Could See Me Now" & "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity
1967 Pamela Robinson Dayton 22Miss DaytonVocal, "Oh, to Be a Movie Star" from The Apple Tree Previously Ohio's Junior Miss 1963
3rd runner-up at America's Junior Miss 1963 pageant
1966 Sharon Phillian Delaware 21Miss DelawareVocal Medley, "This Is My Country" & "Où va la jeune Hindoue" from Lakme 3rd runner-upPreliminary Talent AwardContestant at National Sweetheart 1965 pageant
1965 Valerie Lavin Canton 20Miss CantonVocal / Dance, "I Ought to Dance"
1964 Diane Courtwright Columbus 19Miss ColumbusPopular Vocal & Modern Jazz Dance
1963 Peggy Emerson Akron Miss AkronSemi-classical Vocal, "And This Is my Beloved"
1962 Bonne Gawronski Toledo 19Miss ToledoModern Jazz Interpretation of "Let There Be Drums"Did not compete; later assumed the title after Mayer won Miss America 1963
Jacquelyn Mayer Sandusky 20Miss Vacationland [23] Broadway Vignette, "Wishing Upon a Star," "My Favorite Things," & "The White Cliffs of Dover"Winner [24] Had a near-fatal stroke at the age of 28[ citation needed ]
1961 Darlene Depasquale Dayton 18Miss DaytonComedy Skit, "Betty at the Baseball Game"
1960 Alice McClain Marion 18Miss MarionVocal, "Summertime" & "I Got Plenty of Nothin"
1959 Carole Weiler Circleville 18Miss CirclevilleDramatic Reading
1958 Margaret Putman Ada Miss AdaDramatic Sketch, "Student Nurse"
1957 Linda Hattman Mansfield Miss MansfieldBallet
1956 Roberta Palmer Cleveland Miss ClevelandVocal, "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair LadyMother of Matthew Porretta [ citation needed ]
1955 Marguerite Garr Cincinnati Miss CincinnatiVocal & Zither, "Old Black Joe"
1954 Barbara Quinlin Alliance Miss AllianceClassical Vocal, "Habanera"Top 10Preliminary Talent Award
1953 Martha Zimmerman Salem Miss SalemDrama / Piano
1952 Carol Koontz Bolivar Miss BolivarFire Baton Twirling & Clarinet
1951 Ruth Howell Apple Creek Miss Apple CreekDrama
1950 Irene Farren Grand River Miss Grand RiverFashion Design
1949 Florence Bondi Cleveland Miss Cleveland
1948 Maxine Waack Fairview Miss FairviewRumba Dance
1947 Nancy Nesbitt Cleveland Miss ClevelandVocal, "I Don't Know Enough About You"
1946 LaVonne Bond Cincinnati Miss CincinnatiVocal, "Thine Alone" from Eileen Top 16Multiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Mary Eileen Kelly Cleveland Miss Cleveland
1945 Julia Donahue Oxford Miss OhioMultiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Virginia Lee Pleasant Cincinnati Miss Cincinnati
1944 Madeline Bohanon Competed under local title at national pageant
1943 Joan HyldoftIce SkatingPreliminary Talent Award
1942 Barbara PattersonPreliminary Talent Award
1941 Lois Jean Beck Cleveland Miss ClevelandMultiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Janice Sulzman Willoughby Miss OhioTop 15
1940 Violet Berze Steubenville Miss OhioMultiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Bette Jane HartMiss Central Ohio
1939 Maxine DrummMiss East OhioMultiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Jeanne Saboda Cleveland Miss Ohio
1938 Evelyn Bertelsbeck Cleveland Miss ClevelandTop 15Multiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Marilyn Meseke Marion 21Miss OhioTap Dance, "How'd You Like to Love Me," "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise," & "Joseph, Joseph"Winner
1937 Jean Fadden Cleveland Miss OhioTop 16Multiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Sally Lillian Frank Cincinnati Miss Cincinnati
Evelyn TownleyMiss Buckeye LakeTop 16
1936 Dorothy A. Duncan Cincinnati Miss CincinnatiMultiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Evelyn TownleyMiss Buckeye LakeAcrobatic DanceTop 15
1935 Beatrice Pfeiffer Cincinnati Miss CincinnatiVocalMultiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Eleanore Papin Cleveland Miss Cleveland
1934No national pageant was held [25]
1933 Corinne Porter18Miss OhioTop 18
1932No national pageants were held [25]
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927 Erma Shorwood SteeleMiss CantonN/A [26] Multiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Evelyn Wilgus Russells Point Miss Ohio
1925 Elsie ConnorMiss ClevelandTop 15Multiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Elarka Towne Conneaut Miss Ohio
Emilia KaniewskaMiss Toledo
Isabel RobertsonMiss Youngstown
1924 Mary Katherine Campbell Columbus 17 Miss America 1922 and 1923 1st runner-upMultiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Lenore O'RyanMiss Columbus
Pauline JamesMiss YoungstownTop 15
1923 Thelma Boyd [27] Akron Miss AkronMultiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Mary Katherine Campbell [28] Columbus 16 Miss America 1922 Winner [29] Competed as Miss America 1922

Successfully defended her title, the only woman to win the national pageant twice
[29]
Olga Emrick [28] Cincinnati Miss CincinnatiMultiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Mary Jane Clark [28] Cleveland Miss Cleveland
Genevieve Mambourg [28] Columbus Miss Columbus
1922 Doris Widdersheim [30] Akron Miss AkronMultiple Ohio representatives

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Leile Charles [31] Cleveland Miss ClevelandIntercity Roller Chair Parade Third Prize [32]
Mary Katherine Campbell [33] Columbus 15 [34] Miss ColumbusWinner [35] Intercity Beauty Award [36]

Evening Dress Award Third Prize [37]
Helen Frances Smith [38] Dayton Miss Dayton
Loraine Foskey [39] Toledo Miss Toledo
1921 No Ohio representative at Miss America pageant [40]

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