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
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 |