Gallery of titleholders
Halle Berry, Miss Ohio USA 1986 and Miss World USA 1986
| Formation | 1951 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss World America (1951–present) |
Official language | English |
State Director | Christi Woolard |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Ohio World competition, also referred to as Miss World America Ohio, is a beauty pageant that selects the representative for Ohio in the Miss World America pageant. [1] [2]
The current Miss Ohio World is Tori Nelson of Mason.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age [notes 1] | Placement at Miss World America | Special awards at Miss World America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Tori Nelson [3] | Mason | 22 | |||
| 2019 | Kaamilah Wahid [4] | Akron | 25 | Top 25 | ||
| 2018 | did not compete | |||||
| 2017 | Krithika Rajkumar | Cleveland | 25 | Top 10 | Multimedia | |
| 2016 | did not compete | |||||
| 2015 | Chelsie Folden [5] | Wellston | 23 | Top 22 | Previously Miss Ohio Teen USA 2008 and Miss Ohio United States 2014. Top 16 semi-finalist at Miss United States 2014 and unplaced at Miss Teen USA 2008. | |
| Miss Ohio United States 2014 | ||||||
| 2014 | Chelsie Folden | Wellston | 22 | Top 16 | Later Miss Ohio World 2015 and Top 22 semifinalist at Miss World America 2015. | |
| Miss Ohio World | ||||||
| 2013 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006-2013. | |||||
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| 2005 | No known representatives from Ohio from 2003-2005. | |||||
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| 2003 | ||||||
| 2002 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995-2002. | |||||
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| 1996 | ||||||
| 1995 | ||||||
| 1994 | Marcia Mcguire | |||||
| 1993 | Raquel Eatmon | |||||
| 1992 | Lisa Allison | |||||
| Miss Ohio USA 1981-1991 | ||||||
| 1991 | Amy Glaze | Lucasville | ||||
| 1990 | Melissa Proctor | West Chester | 22 | Semi-finalist | Current director of Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky (both Miss USA 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 [7] | Oakwood | 19 [7] | Miss World USA 1986 | 5th Runner-Up at Miss World 1986, [8] actress and Academy Award winner, Miss Teen All American 1985 | |
| 1985 | Lisa Barlow | Vandalia | ||||
| 1984 | Roxi Erwin | Pickerington | ||||
| 1983 | Gina Gangale | Youngstown | ||||
| 1982 | Kim Weeda | Dayton | 21 | 3rd Runner-Up | ||
| 1981 | Kimberly "Kim" Seelbrede | Germantown | 20 | Miss USA 1981 | Top 12 semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1981, as United States. | |
| Miss Ohio World | ||||||
| 1980 | Nancy J. Stepien | |||||
| 1979 | Kathleen King | |||||
| 1978 | Lesa Rummell | Paris | 20 | Previously Miss Ohio USA 1977. | ||
| 1977 | Deborah K. Thorne | |||||
| 1976 | Linda Velentine | |||||
| 1975 | Annelise Ilschenko [9] [10] | Middleburg Heights [9] | 17 [9] | Miss World USA 1975 [9] | Unplaced at Miss World 1975. | |
| 1974 | Jacqueline "Jackie" M. Urbanek | Cleveland | Previously Miss Ohio USA 1973. | |||
| 1973 | Joan Marie Rankin | Top 16 | ||||
| 1972 | Vicki Lane Hess | |||||
| 1971 | Shirley Malin | Top 18 | ||||
| 1970 | Charleen Heinisch | Top 10 | ||||
| 1969 | Wendy Ann Bayless [11] | Mentor [11] | ||||
| 1968 | Judith Metcalf | Competed as Ohio | ||||
| Kathy Baumann | Cleveland | Competed as Cleveland, OH | ||||
| 1967 | Phyllis Jeanne Darling | Competed as Ohio | ||||
| Peggy Chuey | Cleveland | Competed as Cleveland, OH | ||||
| 1966 | Cindy Oliver [11] | Top 7 | Competed as Ohio | |||
| Janice Galub | Cleveland | Competed as Cleveland, OH | ||||
| 1965 | Jeanne Marie Bromley | Competed as Ohio | ||||
| Becky Burden | Cleveland | Competed as Cleveland, OH | ||||
| 1964 | Sharon Hoefling | Top 7 | Competed as Ohio | |||
| Sally Shrader | Columbus | Top 15 | Competed as Columbus, OH | |||
| 1963 | Diane Budan | 2nd Runner-Up | Competed as Ohio Later 2nd Runner-Up at Miss American Beauty 1964 (Miss U.S. International 1964). | |||
| Betsy Nittoli | Boardman | Competed as Boardman, OH | ||||
| 1962 | Glyn Warstler | Competed as Ohio | ||||
| Andrea Jean Getzlaff | Cleveland | Competed as Cleveland, OH | ||||
| 1961 | Judith Kay Tewalt | Competed as Ohio | ||||
| 1960 | Barbara Stagge | Competed as Ohio | ||||
| Darlene DiPasquale | Cincinnati | Competed as Cincinnati, OH | ||||
| 1959 | No known representatives from Ohio in 1958 & 1959. | |||||
| 1958 | ||||||
| Miss Ohio USA 1953-1957 | ||||||
| 1957 | Kathryn Gabriel | Cleveland | 20 | Top 16/4th Runner-Up | Originally a Top 16 semi-finalist. She was the 6th highest scoring semi-finalist in the finals. Gabriel was later elevated to the position of 4th Runner-Up after the original winner of Miss USA was dethroned and all runner-ups were moved up a position with the 1st Runner-Up becoming Miss USA. | |
| 1956 | Eleanor Wood | Canton | 18 | Top 15 | ||
| 1955 | Carol Hagerman | Columbus | ||||
| 1954 | Barbara Randa | Painesville | 19 | Top 19 | ||
| 1953 | Eleanore Mack | Bellaire | 20 | Top 20 | ||
| Miss Ohio World | ||||||
| 1952 | No known representatives from the Ohio in 1951 & 1952. | |||||
| 1951 | ||||||
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