Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Idaho USA and Teen USA pageants, from the first winner to the most recent. Get to know every single Miss and Teen titleholder with a full listing, hometown map and extensive photo archive, with state pageant photos, Miss USA and Teen USA competition photos and more.
26 • Idaho Falls
Succeeded Brook Lee as Miss USA
18 • Idaho Falls
26 • Nampa
1st runner-up
at Miss USA
27 • Meridian
27 • Boise
28 • Boise
28 • Coeur d’Alene
1st runner-up
Brandi Sherwood (1997), Kim Layne (2020)
Semi-finalist
Dorthy Johnson (1964)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Kimberly Glyn Weible (2004)
Top 15/16/20*
Melissa Weber (2009)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Sandra Baldwin (1967)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Kaitlyn Widmyer | Coeur d'Alene | 28 | |||
 | 2023 | Hannah Menzner* | Boise | 27 | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 2014 | ||
 | 2022 | Jordana Dahmen | Boise | 27 | |||
 | 2021 | Katarina Schweitzer | Meridian | 27 | |||
 | 2020 | Kim Layne* | Nampa | 26 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 2012 | |
 | 2019 | Shelby Brown | Boise | 25 | |||
 | 2018 | Téa Draganovic | Boise | 22 | |||
 | 2017 | Cassie Lewis | Moscow | 25 | |||
 | 2016 | Sydney Halper | Moscow | 21 | |||
 | 2015 | Claira Hollingsworth* | Preston | 22 | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 2011 | ||
 | 2014 | Yvette Bennett | Boise | 23 | |||
 | 2013 | Marissa Wickland* | Boise | 21 | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 2009; sister of Miss ID Teen USA 2006 Bri Wickland | ||
 | 2012 | Erna Palic | Boise | 25 | |||
 | 2011 | Erza Haliti | Meridian | 20 | Sister of Miss ID Teen USA 2013 Lorena Haliti | ||
 | 2010 | Jessca Hellwinkel | Boise | 19 | |||
 | 2009 | Melissa Weber | Boise | 27 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2008 | Tracey Brown^ | Post Falls | 21 | Previously Miss ID 2005 | ||
 | 2007 | Amanda Rammell* | Rexburg | 21 | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 2003 | ||
 | 2006 | Allyson Swan | Twin Falls | 22 | |||
 | 2005 | Sade Aiyeku | Boise | 24 | |||
 | 2004 | Kimberly Glyn Weible* | Eagle | 22 | Top 10 | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 1999 | |
 | 2003 | Lana Wright | Pocatello | 25 | |||
 | 2002 | Hilary Renee Ball | Nampa | 23 | |||
 | 2001 | Elizabeth Barchas*^ | Boise | 20 | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 1998 & Miss ID 2004 | ||
 | 2000 | Brooke Gambrell | Boise | 26 | Previously Miss ID 1995 | ||
 | 1999 | Amy Ambrose* | Wendell | 21 | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 1995 | ||
 | 1998 | Melinda Grasmick | Payette | 20 | |||
| 1997 | Calley Anne Slagle | Meridian | 23 | ||||
 | 1997 | BRANDI SHERWOOD* | Idaho Falls | 26 | 1st runner-up | Assumed Miss USA title; previously MISS ID Teen USA & Miss Teen USA 1989 | |
 | 1996 | Tracy Yarbrough^ | Boise | 26 | Previously Miss ID 1994 | ||
 | 1995 | Amy Michelle Tolzmann | Coeur D'Alene | 22 | |||
 | 1994 | Trenna Wheeler | Shelley | 23 | |||
 | 1993 | Natalie Nukaya | Idaho Falls | 22 | |||
 | 1992 | Cheryl Lin Myers | Boise | 24 | |||
 | 1991 | Lori Easley | Kimberly | 24 | First Lady of Idaho (wife of Governor Butch Otter) 2007-2019 | ||
 | 1990 | Cindy Estey | Burley | 20 | |||
 | 1989 | Kelli Bean | Idaho Falls | 19 | |||
 | 1988 | Kay Kinsey | Idaho Falls | 23 | |||
 | 1987 | Vicki Hoffman | Idaho Falls | 20 | |||
 | 1986 | Kelli Catron | Coeur D'Alene | 21 | |||
 | 1985 | Sheri Rose | Hammett | 23 | |||
 | 1984 | Valencia Bilyeu | Pocatello | 20 | |||
 | 1983 | Kerry Damiano | Coeur D'Alene | 21 | |||
 | 1982 | Valerie Stephan | Boise | 20 | |||
 | 1981 | Lori Ditch | Boise | 21 | |||
 | 1980 | Marta Vincen | Boise | 21 | |||
 | 1979 | Lori Jukich | Boise | 22 | |||
 | 1978 | Suzette Sanford | Pocatello | 19 | |||
 | 1977 | Leslie Kington | Coeur D'Alene | 19 | |||
 | 1976 | Cheryl Gilbert | Boise | 19 | |||
 | 1975 | Charlene McArthur | Pocatello | 19 | Later Miss ID 1977 | ||
 | 1974 | Darla Jan Dowden | Pocatello | 19 | |||
 | 1973 | Karen Hammond | Rexburg | ||||
 | 1972 | Lianne Fullmer | Post Falls | 19 | †2016 | ||
 | 1971 | Kristeen "Kris" Riordan | Nampa | 20 | |||
 | 1970 | Kathy Cravens | Nampa | ||||
 | 1969 | Karen Tall | Rigby | 21 | |||
 | 1968 | Anna Marie Evenson | Post Falls | 20 | |||
 | 1967 | Sandra Baldwin | Coeur D'Alene | 19 | Congeniality | ||
| 1966 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1965 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1964 | Dorthy Johnson | Pocatello | 19 | Semi-finalist | First African-American to make the semi-finals at Miss USA; †2017 | |
| 1963 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1962 | Kinne Holland | Nampa | 20 | |||
 | 1961 | Delcene Rossiter | Pocatello | 20 | |||
 | 1960 | Margie Davis | Pocatello | †2014 | |||
 | 1959 | Pat Sherburne | Pocatello | 19 | †2022 | ||
 | 1958 | Jeanette Ashton | Inkom | 18 | |||
| 1957 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1956 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1955 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1954 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1953 | Patricia Rose Carter | Boise | 18 | |||
 | 1952 | Cherie Jean Lindsey | Idaho Falls | 20 | †1997 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kaitlyn Widmyer | Coeur d'Alene | 28 | |||
| 2023 | Hannah Menzner* | Boise | 27 | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 2014 | ||
| 2022 | Jordana Dahmen | Boise | 27 | |||
| 2021 | Katarina Schweitzer | Meridian | 27 | |||
| 2020 | Kim Layne* | Nampa | 26 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 2012 | |
| 2019 | Shelby Brown | Boise | 25 | |||
| 2018 | Téa Draganovic | Boise | 22 | |||
| 2017 | Cassie Lewis | Moscow | 25 | |||
| 2016 | Sydney Halper | Moscow | 21 | |||
| 2015 | Claira Hollingsworth* | Preston | 22 | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 2011 | ||
| 2014 | Yvette Bennett | Boise | 23 | |||
| 2013 | Marissa Wickland* | Boise | 21 | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 2009; sister of Miss ID Teen USA 2006 Bri Wickland | ||
| 2012 | Erna Palic | Boise | 25 | |||
| 2011 | Erza Haliti | Meridian | 20 | Sister of Miss ID Teen USA 2013 Lorena Haliti | ||
| 2010 | Jessca Hellwinkel | Boise | 19 | |||
| 2009 | Melissa Weber | Boise | 27 | Top 15 | ||
| 2008 | Tracey Brown^ | Post Falls | 21 | Previously Miss ID 2005 | ||
| 2007 | Amanda Rammell* | Rexburg | 21 | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 2003 | ||
| 2006 | Allyson Swan | Twin Falls | 22 | |||
| 2005 | Sade Aiyeku | Boise | 24 | |||
| 2004 | Kimberly Glyn Weible* | Eagle | 22 | Top 10 | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 1999 | |
| 2003 | Lana Wright | Pocatello | 25 | |||
| 2002 | Hilary Renee Ball | Nampa | 23 | |||
| 2001 | Elizabeth Barchas*^ | Boise | 20 | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 1998 & Miss ID 2004 | ||
| 2000 | Brooke Gambrell | Boise | 26 | Previously Miss ID 1995 | ||
| 1999 | Amy Ambrose* | Wendell | 21 | Previously Miss ID Teen USA 1995 | ||
| 1998 | Melinda Grasmick | Payette | 20 | |||
| 1997 | Calley Anne Slagle | Meridian | 23 | |||
| 1997 | BRANDI SHERWOOD* | Idaho Falls | 26 | 1st runner-up | Assumed Miss USA title; previously MISS ID Teen USA & Miss Teen USA 1989 | |
| 1996 | Tracy Yarbrough^ | Boise | 26 | Previously Miss ID 1994 | ||
| 1995 | Amy Michelle Tolzmann | Coeur D'Alene | 22 | |||
| 1994 | Trenna Wheeler | Shelley | 23 | |||
| 1993 | Natalie Nukaya | Idaho Falls | 22 | |||
| 1992 | Cheryl Lin Myers | Boise | 24 | |||
| 1991 | Lori Easley | Kimberly | 24 | First Lady of Idaho (wife of Governor Butch Otter) 2007-2019 | ||
| 1990 | Cindy Estey | Burley | 20 | |||
| 1989 | Kelli Bean | Idaho Falls | 19 | |||
| 1988 | Kay Kinsey | Idaho Falls | 23 | |||
| 1987 | Vicki Hoffman | Idaho Falls | 20 | |||
| 1986 | Kelli Catron | Coeur D'Alene | 21 | |||
| 1985 | Sheri Rose | Hammett | 23 | |||
| 1984 | Valencia Bilyeu | Pocatello | 20 | |||
| 1983 | Kerry Damiano | Coeur D'Alene | 21 | |||
| 1982 | Valerie Stephan | Boise | 20 | |||
| 1981 | Lori Ditch | Boise | 21 | |||
| 1980 | Marta Vincen | Boise | 21 | |||
| 1979 | Lori Jukich | Boise | 22 | |||
| 1978 | Suzette Sanford | Pocatello | 19 | |||
| 1977 | Leslie Kington | Coeur D'Alene | 19 | |||
| 1976 | Cheryl Gilbert | Boise | 19 | |||
| 1975 | Charlene McArthur | Pocatello | 19 | Later Miss ID 1977 | ||
| 1974 | Darla Jan Dowden | Pocatello | 19 | |||
| 1973 | Karen Hammond | Rexburg | ||||
| 1972 | Lianne Fullmer | Post Falls | 19 | †2016 | ||
| 1971 | Kristeen "Kris" Riordan | Nampa | 20 | |||
| 1970 | Kathy Cravens | Nampa | ||||
| 1969 | Karen Tall | Rigby | 21 | |||
| 1968 | Anna Marie Evenson | Post Falls | 20 | |||
| 1967 | Sandra Baldwin | Coeur D'Alene | 19 | Congeniality | ||
| 1966 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1965 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1964 | Dorthy Johnson | Pocatello | 19 | Semi-finalist | First African-American to make the semi-finals at Miss USA; †2017 | |
| 1963 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1962 | Kinne Holland | Nampa | 20 | |||
| 1961 | Delcene Rossiter | Pocatello | 20 | |||
| 1960 | Margie Davis | Pocatello | †2014 | |||
| 1959 | Pat Sherburne | Pocatello | 19 | †2022 | ||
| 1958 | Jeanette Ashton | Inkom | 18 | |||
| 1957 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1956 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1955 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1954 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1953 | Patricia Rose Carter | Boise | 18 | |||
| 1952 | Cherie Jean Lindsey | Idaho Falls | 20 | †1997 |
19 • Boise
17 • Franklin
18 • Eagle
1st runner-up
at Miss Teen USA
18 • Boise
19 • Eagle
Winner
Brandi Sherwood (1989)
1st runner-up
Jenna Beckstrom (2022)
4th runner-up
Shareece Pfeiffer (2008)
Congeniality
Jan Cartwright (1993), Shari Lynn Short (2000), Hosanna Kabakoro (2010)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Alyson Feely | Eagle | 19 | Niece of Miss ID Teen USA 1996 Suzan Dandeneau | ||
 | 2023 | Angelina Ryan | Boise | 18 | |||
 | 2022 | Jenna Beckstrom | Eagle | 18 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 2021 | Kallie Peck | Franklin | 17 | |||
 | 2020 | Sabrina Ripley | Boise | 19 | |||
 | 2019 | Tess Romani | Boise | 19 | |||
 | 2018 | Jacy Uhler | Boise | 18 | |||
 | 2017 | Gabriella Simpson | Boise | 18 | |||
 | 2016 | Kate Pekuri | Boise | 18 | |||
 | 2015 | Chaise Goris | Eagle | 18 | |||
 | 2014 | Hannah Menzner* | Boise | 18 | Later Miss ID USA 2023 | ||
 | 2013 | Lorena Haliti | Meridian | 17 | Sister of Miss ID USA 2011 Erza Haliti | ||
 | 2012 | Kimberly Layne* | Nampa | 18 | Later Miss ID USA 2020 (1RU Miss USA) | ||
 | 2011 | Claira Hollingsworth* | Preston | 18 | Later Miss ID USA 2015 | ||
 | 2010 | Hosanna Kabakoro | Twin Falls | 17 | Congeniality | ||
 | 2009 | Marissa Wickland* | Boise | 16 | Later Miss ID USA 2013; sister of Miss ID Teen USA 2006 Bri Wickland | ||
 | 2008 | Shareece Pfeiffer | Idaho Falls | 18 | 4th runner-up | ||
 | 2007 | Krista McNeal | Sandpoint | 18 | |||
 | 2006 | Brianne Wickland | Boise | 16 | Sister of Miss ID Teen USA 2009 Marissa Wickland | ||
 | 2005 | Alyssa Sams | Boise | 15 | |||
 | 2004 | Angel Soltero | Pocatello | 17 | |||
 | 2003 | Amanda Rammell* | Rexburg | 18 | Later Miss ID USA 2007 | ||
 | 2002 | Katrina Lynn Siddoway | Boise | 17 | |||
 | 2001 | Hayley VanCleave | Boise | 18 | |||
 | 2000 | Shari Lynn Short | Bonners Ferry | 15 | Congeniality | ||
 | 1999 | Kimberly Glyn Weible* | Eagle | 17 | |||
 | 1998 | Elizabeth Barchas*^ | Boise | 18 | Later Miss ID USA 2001 & Miss ID 2004 | ||
 | 1997 | Kimberly Whiting | Burley | 18 | |||
 | 1996 | Suzan Dandeneau | Nampa | 16 | Aunt of Miss ID Teen USA 2024 Alyson Feely | ||
 | 1995 | Amy Jo Ambrose* | Wendell | 17 | Later Miss ID USA 1999 | ||
 | 1994 | Sarah Elizabeth Polk | Post Falls | 17 | |||
 | 1993 | Jan Cartwright | Bonners Ferry | 16 | Congeniality | ||
 | 1992 | Amanda Greenway | Caldwell | 17 | |||
 | 1991 | Angelina Madry | Boise | 18 | |||
 | 1990 | Jodi Walker | Eagle | 17 | |||
 | 1989 | BRANDI SHERWOOD* | Idaho Falls | 18 | Miss Teen USA | Later Miss ID USA 1997 (1RU; assumed Miss USA title) | |
 | 1988 | Renee Griggs | Boise | 17 | |||
 | 1987 | Luanne Relyea | Meridian | 17 | Assumed title | ||
| 1987 | Denise Boyle | Boise | 17 | Resigned prior to Miss Teen USA | |||
 | 1986 | Kathryn Comba | Boise | 16 | |||
| 1985 | Elizabeth Pecoraro | Boise | 16 | Assumed title | |||
 | 1985 | Traci Shirley | Mountain Home | 16 | Resigned after Miss Teen USA when her family moved to New York | ||
 | 1984 | Laura Bathe | Boise | 16 | |||
 | 1983 | Tammy Hamilton | Nampa | 16 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alyson Feely | Eagle | 19 | Niece of Miss ID Teen USA 1996 Suzan Dandeneau | ||
| 2023 | Angelina Ryan | Boise | 18 | |||
| 2022 | Jenna Beckstrom | Eagle | 18 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2021 | Kallie Peck | Franklin | 17 | |||
| 2020 | Sabrina Ripley | Boise | 19 | |||
| 2019 | Tess Romani | Boise | 19 | |||
| 2018 | Jacy Uhler | Boise | 18 | |||
| 2017 | Gabriella Simpson | Boise | 18 | |||
| 2016 | Kate Pekuri | Boise | 18 | |||
| 2015 | Chaise Goris | Eagle | 18 | |||
| 2014 | Hannah Menzner* | Boise | 18 | Later Miss ID USA 2023 | ||
| 2013 | Lorena Haliti | Meridian | 17 | Sister of Miss ID USA 2011 Erza Haliti | ||
| 2012 | Kimberly Layne* | Nampa | 18 | Later Miss ID USA 2020 (1RU Miss USA) | ||
| 2011 | Claira Hollingsworth* | Preston | 18 | Later Miss ID USA 2015 | ||
| 2010 | Hosanna Kabakoro | Twin Falls | 17 | Congeniality | ||
| 2009 | Marissa Wickland* | Boise | 16 | Later Miss ID USA 2013; sister of Miss ID Teen USA 2006 Bri Wickland | ||
| 2008 | Shareece Pfeiffer | Idaho Falls | 18 | 4th runner-up | ||
| 2007 | Krista McNeal | Sandpoint | 18 | |||
| 2006 | Brianne Wickland | Boise | 16 | Sister of Miss ID Teen USA 2009 Marissa Wickland | ||
| 2005 | Alyssa Sams | Boise | 15 | |||
| 2004 | Angel Soltero | Pocatello | 17 | |||
| 2003 | Amanda Rammell* | Rexburg | 18 | Later Miss ID USA 2007 | ||
| 2002 | Katrina Lynn Siddoway | Boise | 17 | |||
| 2001 | Hayley VanCleave | Boise | 18 | |||
| 2000 | Shari Lynn Short | Bonners Ferry | 15 | Congeniality | ||
| 1999 | Kimberly Glyn Weible* | Eagle | 17 | |||
| 1998 | Elizabeth Barchas*^ | Boise | 18 | Later Miss ID USA 2001 & Miss ID 2004 | ||
| 1997 | Kimberly Whiting | Burley | 18 | |||
| 1996 | Suzan Dandeneau | Nampa | 16 | Aunt of Miss ID Teen USA 2024 Alyson Feely | ||
| 1995 | Amy Jo Ambrose* | Wendell | 17 | Later Miss ID USA 1999 | ||
| 1994 | Sarah Elizabeth Polk | Post Falls | 17 | |||
| 1993 | Jan Cartwright | Bonners Ferry | 16 | Congeniality | ||
| 1992 | Amanda Greenway | Caldwell | 17 | |||
| 1991 | Angelina Madry | Boise | 18 | |||
| 1990 | Jodi Walker | Eagle | 17 | |||
| 1989 | BRANDI SHERWOOD* | Idaho Falls | 18 | Miss Teen USA | Later Miss ID USA 1997 (1RU; assumed Miss USA title) | |
| 1988 | Renee Griggs | Boise | 17 | |||
| 1987 | Luanne Relyea | Meridian | 17 | Assumed title | ||
| 1987 | Denise Boyle | Boise | 17 | Resigned prior to Miss Teen USA | ||
| 1986 | Kathryn Comba | Boise | 16 | |||
| 1985 | Elizabeth Pecoraro | Boise | 16 | Assumed title | ||
| 1985 | Traci Shirley | Mountain Home | 16 | Resigned after Miss Teen USA when her family moved to New York | ||
| 1984 | Laura Bathe | Boise | 16 | |||
| 1983 | Tammy Hamilton | Nampa | 16 |
