One of my favourite sections of the site (even if I’ve never settled on the perfect name for it!), a look at all the Miss Indiana Teen USA titleholders who’ve gone on to compete at Miss USA or in other state pageants. It’s always inspiring to see where their journeys have taken them — whether they won a crown early on, competed once or twice and then hung up the heels or kept showing up year after year, showing persistence in their quest to walk the Miss USA stage.
Nine Miss Indiana Teen USA titleholders have competed at Miss USA, all representing their home state. The most successful at Miss USA was Kelly Lloyd (1993), also one of only a few contestants to make the top five at both Miss Teen USA and Miss USA – she also competed at Miss America, making her a “Triple Crown” titleholder.
2nd runner-up
1
Kelly Lloyd (1993)
Semi-finalist
1
Tashina Kastigar (1998)
Non-finalist
6
Heather Hart (1991), Nicole Llewellyn (1992), Sarah McClary (1995)
1995
1
Heather Hart (1991)
1998
1
Nicole Llewellyn (1992)
2001
1
Sarah McClary (1995)
2002
1
Kelly Lloyd (1993)
2003
1
Tashina Kastigar (1998)
2007
1
Jami Stallings (2003)
2009
1
Courtni Hall (2004)
1980s
0
1990s
5
Heather Hart (1991), Nicole Llewellyn (1992), Kelly Lloyd (1993), Sarah McClary (1995), Tashina Kastigar (1998)
2020s
0
Winners highlighted in italics. Stats may be inaccurate, especially for the 1980s & 1990s as I am reliant on newspaper archives which do not list all contestants.
1980s
0
1990s
7
Heather Hart (1991), Nicole Llewellyn (1992), Kelly Lloyd (1993), Nicolette Van Hook (1994), Sarah McClary (1995), Amber Yoder (1997), Tashina Kastigar (1998)
2000s
5
Melyssa Ramos (2002), Jami Stallings (2003), Courtni Hall (2004), Morgan Abel (2008), Bailee Zimmerman (2009)
Indiana, New York
Winner
9
Heather Hart (1991), Nicole Llewellyn (1992), Kelly Lloyd (1993), Sarah McClary (1995), Tashina Kastigar (1998), Jami Stallings (2003), Courtni Hall (2004), Morgan Abel (2008), Darrian Arch (2013)
1st runner-up
1
Amber Yoder (1997)
2nd runner-up
2
Nicolette Van Hook (1994), Melyssa Ramos (2002)
3rd runner-up
1
Bailee Zimmerman (2009)
