Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Cincinnati |
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Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Melissa Proctor-Pitchford, state pageant director |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Ohio USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. It has previously been known as Miss Ohio Universe. [1] It is produced by Proctor Productions.
The pageant is currently held in Springfield and has previously been hosted by Mentor, Steubenville and Portsmouth. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Two Ohio representatives, Sue Downey in 1965 and Kim Seelbrede in 1981, have won the Miss USA title and competed in the Miss Universe pageant. [6] [7] [8]
The most notable Miss Ohio USA is actress and Oscar winner Halle Berry, who was 1st runner up at Miss USA 1986. [9] Other notable former titleholders include actress, model and sportscaster Jayne Kennedy [10] and two former Survivor contestants, Kim Mullen of Survivor: Palau and Candace Smith of Survivor: Tocantins. [11] [12] Two Miss Ohio USA titleholders have previously competed at Miss Teen USA. Two have also competed at Miss America. The most recent placement was Sir'Quora Carroll placing 3rd runner-up in 2022.
The current titleholder is Macy Hudson of Dayton and was crowned on May 25, 2024 at Vern Riffe Center for the Arts in Portsmouth. She will represent Ohio at Miss USA 2024.
Ohio holds a record of 24 placements at Miss USA.
Year | Name | Hometown | Age [lower-alpha 1] | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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2024 | Macy Hudson | Dayton | 24 | Miss Gem City | 4th Runner-up | ||
2023 | Mackenzie Schutt | Westerville | 27 | Miss Central Ohio | |||
2022 | Sir'Quora Carrol | Canal Winchester | 23 | Miss Franklin County | 3rd runner-up | ||
2021 | Nicole Wess | Cincinnati | 22 | Miss Cincinnati Metro | Shortest reigning Miss Ohio USA at 10 months and 11 days | ||
2020 | Sthephanie Miranda | Campbell | 26 | Miss Campbell | Top 16 |
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2019 | Alice Magoto [13] | Cincinnati | 20 | Miss Hyde Park | Top 10 | ||
2018 | Deneen Penn | Cortland | 20 | Miss Cortland | |||
2017 | Dinaleigh Baxter [8] | Winchester [8] | 23 | Miss Winchester | |||
2016 | Megan Wise [15] | Gallipolis [15] | 26 | Miss Gallia County | Top 15 [15] | ||
2015 | Sarah Newkirk | Columbus | 25 | Miss Capital City | |||
2014 | Madison Gesiotto | Massillon | 21 | Miss Mid Ohio | |||
2013 | Kristin Smith [16] | Dayton | 21 | Miss Dayton | Top 10 | ||
2012 | Audrey Bolte | Batavia | 21 | Miss Batavia | 2nd runner-up | ||
2011 | Ashley Caldwell | Gallipolis | 24 | Miss Northwest Ohio | |||
2010 | Amanda Tempel | St. Bernard | 19 | Miss St. Bernard | |||
2009 | Natasha Vivoda | Champion | 22 | Miss Trumbull County | |||
2008 | Monica Day | Whitehall | 25 | Miss Greater Ohio | Miss Congeniality | ||
2007 | Anna Melomud | Richmond Heights | 22 | Miss Richmond Heights | |||
2006 | Stacy Offenberger | Vincent | 26 | Miss Washington County | 3rd runner-up |
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2005 | Aisha Berry | Cincinnati | 25 | ||||
2004 | Lauren Hall | Wellston | 20 | ||||
2003 | Candace Smith | Dayton | 26 | Contestant on Survivor: Tocantins | |||
2002 | Kimberly "Kim" Mullen | Huber Heights | 23 | Miss Dublin | Contestant on Survivor: Palau | ||
2001 | Amanda Canary | Columbus | 19 | ||||
2000 | Cheya Watkins | Cincinnati | 26 |
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1999 | Melinda Miller | Ottoville | 25 | Semi-finalist | |||
1998 | Cynthia Madden | Anderson Township | 18 | ||||
1997 | Michelle Mouser | Columbus | 23 |
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1996 | Melissa Boyd | Massillon | 22 | ||||
1995 | Julia Hughes | Grove City | 22 | ||||
1994 | Lisa Allison | Gahanna | 18 | ||||
1993 | Andrea Pacione | North Royalton | |||||
1992 | Courtney Baber | Cincinnati | |||||
1991 | Amy Glaze | Lucasville | |||||
1990 | Melissa Proctor | West Chester | 22 | Semi-finalist | Current director of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania (both Miss and Teen USA) pageants under her married name, Melissa Proctor-Pitchford | ||
1989 | Lisa Thompson | Marion | |||||
1988 | Gina West | Pickerington | |||||
1987 | Hallie Bonnell | Akron |
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1986 | Halle Berry [18] | Oakwood | 19 [18] | 1st runner-up |
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1985 | Lisa Barlow | Vandalia | |||||
1984 | Roxi Erwin | Pickerington | |||||
1983 | Gina Gangale | Youngstown | |||||
1982 | Kim Weeda | Dayton | 21 | 3rd runner-up | Best State Costume | ||
1981 | Kimberly "Kim" Seelbrede | Germantown | 20 | Miss USA 1981 |
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1980 | Elizabeth Kim Thomas | Circleville | 20 |
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1979 | Carolyn Houlihan | Youngstown | |||||
1978 | Sheila Anderson [20] [21] | Cincinnati [20] | 19 [20] | ||||
1977 | Lesa Rummell [4] | Paris | 19 [4] | Mother of Miss Teen USA 2005 Allie LaForce [22] Later Miss Ohio World 1978 | |||
1976 | Karen Myers | Columbus | |||||
1975 | Sandra Kurdas [23] | Conneaut [23] | |||||
1974 | Kay Phillips [24] | Bedford [24] | 21 [24] | ||||
1973 | Jackie Urbanek | Cleveland | Represented Ohio at Miss World USA 1974 | ||||
1972 | Kathleen Ann [25] | Columbus [25] | 18 [25] | 4th runner-up | |||
1971 | Karen Haus [25] [1] | Chagrin Falls [25] | |||||
1970 | Jane Harrison | Wickliffe | 18 | Semi-finalist | Actress, model and sportscaster; past host of The NFL Today [10] | ||
1969 | Marlynn Singleton [26] | Westerville | 18 | Assumed title [26] | |||
Terry Chellis | Columbus | 21 | Hospitalised for haemorrhaging after checking in for Miss USA and was unable to compete [26] | ||||
1968 | Linda Hoyle [27] | Columbus [27] | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
1967 | Phyllis Smith | Caldwell | |||||
1966 | Karen Dietz | Willoughby | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
1965 | Sue Ann Downey | Columbus | 20 | Miss USA 1965 |
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1964 | Gail Karen Krielow | Richmond Heights | 20 | Semi-finalist |
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1963 | Gloria Jean McBride | Columbus | |||||
Andrea Getzlaff [28] | Solon | 17 | Disqualified for being underage | ||||
1962 | Joan Colucy | Massillon | |||||
1961 | Alice Englemann | Ashtabula | |||||
1960 | Corrine Huff | Youngstown | 19 | Semi-finalist |
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Kathy Justice | Poland | 17 | — | Withdrawn because younger than 18 for Miss Universe [29] | |||
1959 | Marie Dicarlo | Poland | |||||
1958 | Cindy Garrison | Canton | |||||
1957 | Kathryn Gabriel | Cleveland | 20 | 4th runner-up [lower-alpha 2] | |||
1956 | Eleanor Wood | Canton | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
1955 | Carol Hagerman | Columbus | |||||
1954 | Barbara Randa | Painesville | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
1953 | Eleanore Mack | Bellaire | 20 | Semi-finalist | |||
1952 | Margie Broering | Cincinnati |
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