Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Iowa 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.
20 • Ottumwa
USA’s second Miss Universe
17 • Altoona
23 • Leon
21 • Iowa City
25 • Mitchellville
25 • Coralville
26 • Des Moines
Top 20
at Miss USA
Winner
Carol Morris (1956)
5th runner-up
Carlyn Bradarich (2014)
Semi-finalist
Marilyn Shonka (1953), Ione Luken (1954), Judy Hall (1957), Kay Nielson (1959), Trudy Shulkin (1960), Marcy Requist (1989), Jan Hoyer (1993), Jensie Grigsby (2000)
Top 15/16/20*
Baylee Drezek (2019), McKenzie Kerry (2024)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Other Awards
People’s Choice • McKenzie Kerry (2024)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | McKenzie Kerry | Des Moines | 26 | Top 20 | People's Choice | |
 | 2023 | Grace Lynn Keller^ | Coralville | 24 | Previously Miss Iowa 2021 |
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 | 2022 | Randi Estabrook | Mitchellville | 25 | |||
 | 2021 | Katie Wadman | Iowa City | 21 | |||
 | 2020 | Morgan Kofoid* | Leon | 23 | Previously Miss IA Teen USA 2013 | ||
 | 2019 | Baylee Drezek | Davenport | 21 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2018 | Jenny Valliere | Cedar Rapids | 27 | |||
 | 2017 | Kelsey Weier | West Des Moines | 26 | |||
 | 2016 | Alissa Morrison | Davenport | 24 | |||
 | 2015 | Taylor Even | Jesup | 22 | |||
 | 2014 | Carlyn Bradarich | Iowa City | 23 | 5th runner-up | Sister of Miss IL USA 2010 Ashley Bradarich | |
 | 2013 | Richelle Orr* | Hampton | 20 | Previously Miss IA Teen USA 2011 | ||
 | 2012 | Rebecca Hodge | Iowa City | 22 | Congeniality | ||
 | 2011 | Rebecca Goldsmith | Chariton | 26 | |||
 | 2010 | Katherine Connors | Bettendorf | 20 | |||
 | 2009 | Chelsea Gauger | Ankeny | 19 | |||
 | 2008 | Abbey Curran | Davenport | 20 | |||
 | 2007 | Dani Reeves | Hamburg | 21 | |||
 | 2006 | Sarah Corpstein | Anamosa | 23 | |||
 | 2005 | Joy Robinson | Altoona | 25 | |||
 | 2004 | Brooke Hansen | Fort Dodge | 22 | |||
 | 2003 | Linsey Grams | Urbandale | 20 | |||
 | 2002 | Lauren Wilson | Bettendorf | 22 | |||
 | 2001 | Clarissa Kroese | Pella | 22 | |||
 | 2000 | Jensie Grigsby | West Des Moines | 26 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1999 | Jaclyn Solinger | Altoona | 20 | Sister of Miss IA USA 1998 Jamie Solinger | ||
 | 1998 | Jamie Solinger* | Altoona | 21 | Previously Miss IA Teen USA & Miss Teen USA 1992; sister of Miss IA USA 1999 Jaclyn Solinger | ||
 | 1997 | Shawn Marie Brogan | New Hampton | 26 | |||
 | 1996 | Jill Simon | Burlington | 23 | |||
 | 1995 | Angela Hearne | Mount Vernon | 20 | |||
 | 1994 | Callie Pandit | Des Moines | 25 | |||
 | 1993 | Jan Hoyer* | Fort Madison | 23 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss IA USA 1987 | |
 | 1992 | Pam Patrick | Ottumwa | 20 | |||
 | 1991 | Heather Bowers | Toddville | 24 | |||
 | 1990 | Elizabeth "Libby" Muelhaupt | West Des Moines | 22 | |||
 | 1989 | Marcy Requist | Red Oak | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1988 | Julie Kemmerling | Des Moines | 18 | |||
 | 1987 | Katy Magee | Ames | 19 | |||
 | 1986 | Holly Wilkins | Clear Lake | 22 | |||
 | 1985 | Devin Steinberg | Manson | 21 | Resigned after Miss USA so she could marry | ||
 | 1984 | Michelle Boisvert | Decorah | 21 | |||
 | 1983 | Dana Ruth Mintzer | Des Moines | 21 | Congeniality | ||
 | 1982 | Jeanne Hoyer | Fort Madison | 21 | |||
 | 1981 | Jennifer Lynn Wimpey | Coralville | 19 | |||
 | 1980 | Lori Kromminga | Keystone | 21 | |||
 | 1979 | Teri Lee Rees | Sioux City | 21 | |||
 | 1978 | Michelle Daley | West Des Moines | 18 | |||
 | 1977 | Cindy Woodard | Urbandale | 19 | |||
 | 1976 | Sheri Lynn Davenport | Storm Lake | 26 | |||
 | 1975 | Kathleen Duggan | Council Bluffs | 21 | |||
 | 1974 | Susan Jane Thompson | Cedar Rapids | 18 | |||
 | 1973 | Dyanne Roberts | Oskaloosa | 20 | |||
 | 1972 | Jennifer Jo Owen | Maxwell | 20 | |||
 | 1971 | Cindy Helmers | Sibley | 19 | |||
 | 1970 | Jacqueline Jochims | Carroll | 22 | |||
 | 1969 | Becky Stoner | Laurens | 19 | |||
 | 1968 | Markie Anderson | Sioux City | 21 | |||
 | 1967 | Kathleen Solt | Jefferson | 20 | |||
 | 1966 | Janis Mieras | Alta | 19 | |||
 | 1965 | Mari Hardy | Sioux City | 20 | |||
 | 1964 | Barbara Rogers | Bouton | 19 | |||
 | 1963 | Ramona Meylor | Le Mars | 23 | |||
 | 1962 | Regina Prusha | Marshalltown | 19 | |||
 | 1961 | Deanne Ostermann | Ocheyedan | 19 | |||
 | 1960 | Trudy Shulkin | Sioux City | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1959 | Kay Nielson^ | Council Bluffs | 22 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Nebraska 1957 | |
 | 1958 | Sandry Mary Olsen | Sioux City | 18 | |||
 | 1957 | Judith Ann "Judy" Hall | Council Bluffs | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1956 | CAROL MORRIS | Ottumwa | 20 | Miss USA & Miss Universe | Previously Miss Iowa 1954 | |
 | 1955 | Jerri Jean Cole | Holstein | 18 | |||
 | 1954 | Ione Luken | Le Mars | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1953 | Marilyn Shonka | Pocahontas | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1952 | Did not compete |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | McKenzie Kerry | Des Moines | 26 | Top 20 | People's Choice | |
| 2023 | Grace Lynn Keller^ | Coralville | 24 | Previously Miss Iowa 2021 |
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| 2022 | Randi Estabrook | Mitchellville | 25 | |||
| 2021 | Katie Wadman | Iowa City | 21 | |||
| 2020 | Morgan Kofoid* | Leon | 23 | Previously Miss IA Teen USA 2013 | ||
| 2019 | Baylee Drezek | Davenport | 21 | Top 15 | ||
| 2018 | Jenny Valliere | Cedar Rapids | 27 | |||
| 2017 | Kelsey Weier | West Des Moines | 26 | |||
| 2016 | Alissa Morrison | Davenport | 24 | |||
| 2015 | Taylor Even | Jesup | 22 | |||
| 2014 | Carlyn Bradarich | Iowa City | 23 | 5th runner-up | Sister of Miss IL USA 2010 Ashley Bradarich | |
| 2013 | Richelle Orr* | Hampton | 20 | Previously Miss IA Teen USA 2011 | ||
| 2012 | Rebecca Hodge | Iowa City | 22 | Congeniality | ||
| 2011 | Rebecca Goldsmith | Chariton | 26 | |||
| 2010 | Katherine Connors | Bettendorf | 20 | |||
| 2009 | Chelsea Gauger | Ankeny | 19 | |||
| 2008 | Abbey Curran | Davenport | 20 | |||
| 2007 | Dani Reeves | Hamburg | 21 | |||
| 2006 | Sarah Corpstein | Anamosa | 23 | |||
| 2005 | Joy Robinson | Altoona | 25 | |||
| 2004 | Brooke Hansen | Fort Dodge | 22 | |||
| 2003 | Linsey Grams | Urbandale | 20 | |||
| 2002 | Lauren Wilson | Bettendorf | 22 | |||
| 2001 | Clarissa Kroese | Pella | 22 | |||
| 2000 | Jensie Grigsby | West Des Moines | 26 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1999 | Jaclyn Solinger | Altoona | 20 | Sister of Miss IA USA 1998 Jamie Solinger | ||
| 1998 | Jamie Solinger* | Altoona | 21 | Previously Miss IA Teen USA & Miss Teen USA 1992; sister of Miss IA USA 1999 Jaclyn Solinger | ||
| 1997 | Shawn Marie Brogan | New Hampton | 26 | |||
| 1996 | Jill Simon | Burlington | 23 | |||
| 1995 | Angela Hearne | Mount Vernon | 20 | |||
| 1994 | Callie Pandit | Des Moines | 25 | |||
| 1993 | Jan Hoyer* | Fort Madison | 23 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss IA USA 1987 | |
| 1992 | Pam Patrick | Ottumwa | 20 | |||
| 1991 | Heather Bowers | Toddville | 24 | |||
| 1990 | Elizabeth "Libby" Muelhaupt | West Des Moines | 22 | |||
| 1989 | Marcy Requist | Red Oak | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1988 | Julie Kemmerling | Des Moines | 18 | |||
| 1987 | Katy Magee | Ames | 19 | |||
| 1986 | Holly Wilkins | Clear Lake | 22 | |||
| 1985 | Devin Steinberg | Manson | 21 | Resigned after Miss USA so she could marry | ||
| 1984 | Michelle Boisvert | Decorah | 21 | |||
| 1983 | Dana Ruth Mintzer | Des Moines | 21 | Congeniality | ||
| 1982 | Jeanne Hoyer | Fort Madison | 21 | |||
| 1981 | Jennifer Lynn Wimpey | Coralville | 19 | |||
| 1980 | Lori Kromminga | Keystone | 21 | |||
| 1979 | Teri Lee Rees | Sioux City | 21 | |||
| 1978 | Michelle Daley | West Des Moines | 18 | |||
| 1977 | Cindy Woodard | Urbandale | 19 | |||
| 1976 | Sheri Lynn Davenport | Storm Lake | 26 | |||
| 1975 | Kathleen Duggan | Council Bluffs | 21 | |||
| 1974 | Susan Jane Thompson | Cedar Rapids | 18 | |||
| 1973 | Dyanne Roberts | Oskaloosa | 20 | |||
| 1972 | Jennifer Jo Owen | Maxwell | 20 | |||
| 1971 | Cindy Helmers | Sibley | 19 | |||
| 1970 | Jacqueline Jochims | Carroll | 22 | |||
| 1969 | Becky Stoner | Laurens | 19 | |||
| 1968 | Markie Anderson | Sioux City | 21 | |||
| 1967 | Kathleen Solt | Jefferson | 20 | |||
| 1966 | Janis Mieras | Alta | 19 | |||
| 1965 | Mari Hardy | Sioux City | 20 | |||
| 1964 | Barbara Rogers | Bouton | 19 | |||
| 1963 | Ramona Meylor | Le Mars | 23 | |||
| 1962 | Regina Prusha | Marshalltown | 19 | |||
| 1961 | Deanne Ostermann | Ocheyedan | 19 | |||
| 1960 | Trudy Shulkin | Sioux City | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1959 | Kay Nielson^ | Council Bluffs | 22 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Nebraska 1957 | |
| 1958 | Sandry Mary Olsen | Sioux City | 18 | |||
| 1957 | Judith Ann "Judy" Hall | Council Bluffs | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1956 | CAROL MORRIS | Ottumwa | 20 | Miss USA & Miss Universe | Previously Miss Iowa 1954 | |
| 1955 | Jerri Jean Cole | Holstein | 18 | |||
| 1954 | Ione Luken | Le Mars | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1953 | Marilyn Shonka | Pocahontas | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1952 | Did not compete |
18 • West Des Moines
19 • West Des Moines
Semi-finalist
at Miss Teen USA
17 • Waukee
Semi-finalist
at Miss Teen USA
19 • Ankenny
Semi-finalist
at Miss Teen USA
17 • Polk City
Winner
Jamie Solinger (1992)
Semi-finalist
Chelsey Ridge (1995), Carley Arnold (2017), Angel Strong (2021), Marisa Mathson (2022), Madeline Erickson (2023)
Top 15/16/20*
Alyssa Cook (2003)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Photogenic
Allyson Hovda (2009)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Grace Smithey | Polk City | 17 | |||
 | 2023 | Madeline Erickson | Ankenny | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2022 | Marisa Mathson | Waukee | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2021 | Angel Strong | West Des Moines | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2020 | Hailey Parton | West Des Moines | 18 | |||
 | 2019 | Kristen Hovda | Cedar Rapids | 18 | Sister of Miss IA Teen USA 2009 Aly Hovda | ||
 | 2018 | Isabella Russell | Marshalltown | 17 | |||
 | 2017 | Carley Arnold | Chariton | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2016 | Hannah Bockhaus | Tripoli | 18 | |||
 | 2015 | Aryn Book | Adel | 19 | |||
 | 2014 | Amanda Armstrong | Sioux City | 17 | |||
 | 2013 | Morgan Kofoid* | Leon | 16 | Later Miss IA USA 2020 | ||
 | 2012 | Carissa Becker | Waterloo | 18 | |||
 | 2011 | Richelle Orr* | Hamburg | 19 | Later Miss IA USA 2013 | ||
 | 2010 | Erica Lansman | Bettendorf | 19 | |||
 | 2009 | Allyson Hovda | Cedar Rapids | 18 | Photogenic | Assumed title; sister of Miss IA Teen USA 2019 Kristen Hovda | |
| 2009 | Ally Cymboluk (resigned) | Resigned shortly after crowning | |||||
 | 2008 | Emily Bey | Cedar Rapids | 18 | |||
 | 2007 | Dakota Crosswhite | Cedar Rapids | 18 | |||
 | 2006 | Danielle Malatek | North Liberty | 17 | |||
 | 2005 | Jocelyn Borkowski | Harlan | 17 | |||
 | 2004 | Shannon Hofmeister | Oelwein | 18 | |||
 | 2003 | Alyssa Cook | Monticello | 18 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2002 | Haley Johnson | Atlantic | 16 | |||
 | 2001 | Ashley Hanson | Spencer | 17 | |||
 | 2000 | Jennifer Ellison | Bettendorf | 17 | |||
 | 1999 | Teresa Moberg | Des Moines | 19 | |||
 | 1998 | Arianna Kem | Harlan | 17 | |||
 | 1997 | Sarah Sucher | Urbandale | 16 | |||
 | 1996 | Allison Dickey | Packwood | 18 | |||
 | 1995 | Chelsey Ridge | Muscatine | Semi-finalist | |||
 | 1994 | Erika Miller | Indianola | 18 | |||
 | 1993 | Melissa Baxter | Marion | 18 | |||
 | 1992 | JAMIE SOLINGER* | Altoona | Miss Teen USA | Later Miss IA USA 1998; sister of Miss IA USA 1999 | ||
 | 1991 | Tina Ferry | Fort Madison | ||||
 | 1990 | Faith Windsor | Cedar Rapids | 17 | |||
 | 1989 | Stacie Beckwith | Boone | 18 | |||
 | 1988 | Stacy Horst | Vail | 15 | |||
 | 1987 | Jan Hoyer* | Fort Madison | Later Miss IA USA 1993 (SF Miss USA) | |||
 | 1986 | Kristin Hudson | Des Moines | 17 | |||
 | 1985 | Alisha Black | Ames | ||||
 | 1984 | Kim Carlson | Des Moines | 16 | |||
 | 1983 | Kimberly Heck | Des Moines | 16 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Grace Smithey | Polk City | 17 | |||
| 2023 | Madeline Erickson | Ankenny | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2022 | Marisa Mathson | Waukee | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2021 | Angel Strong | West Des Moines | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2020 | Hailey Parton | West Des Moines | 18 | |||
| 2019 | Kristen Hovda | Cedar Rapids | 18 | Sister of Miss IA Teen USA 2009 Aly Hovda | ||
| 2018 | Isabella Russell | Marshalltown | 17 | |||
| 2017 | Carley Arnold | Chariton | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2016 | Hannah Bockhaus | Tripoli | 18 | |||
| 2015 | Aryn Book | Adel | 19 | |||
| 2014 | Amanda Armstrong | Sioux City | 17 | |||
| 2013 | Morgan Kofoid* | Leon | 16 | Later Miss IA USA 2020 | ||
| 2012 | Carissa Becker | Waterloo | 18 | |||
| 2011 | Richelle Orr* | Hamburg | 19 | Later Miss IA USA 2013 | ||
| 2010 | Erica Lansman | Bettendorf | 19 | |||
| 2009 | Allyson Hovda | Cedar Rapids | 18 | Photogenic | Assumed title; sister of Miss IA Teen USA 2019 Kristen Hovda | |
| 2009 | Ally Cymboluk (resigned) | Resigned shortly after crowning | ||||
| 2008 | Emily Bey | Cedar Rapids | 18 | |||
| 2007 | Dakota Crosswhite | Cedar Rapids | 18 | |||
| 2006 | Danielle Malatek | North Liberty | 17 | |||
| 2005 | Jocelyn Borkowski | Harlan | 17 | |||
| 2004 | Shannon Hofmeister | Oelwein | 18 | |||
| 2003 | Alyssa Cook | Monticello | 18 | Top 15 | ||
| 2002 | Haley Johnson | Atlantic | 16 | |||
| 2001 | Ashley Hanson | Spencer | 17 | |||
| 2000 | Jennifer Ellison | Bettendorf | 17 | |||
| 1999 | Teresa Moberg | Des Moines | 19 | |||
| 1998 | Arianna Kem | Harlan | 17 | |||
| 1997 | Sarah Sucher | Urbandale | 16 | |||
| 1996 | Allison Dickey | Packwood | 18 | |||
| 1995 | Chelsey Ridge | Muscatine | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1994 | Erika Miller | Indianola | 18 | |||
| 1993 | Melissa Baxter | Marion | 18 | |||
| 1992 | JAMIE SOLINGER* | Altoona | Miss Teen USA | Later Miss IA USA 1998; sister of Miss IA USA 1999 | ||
| 1991 | Tina Ferry | Fort Madison | ||||
| 1990 | Faith Windsor | Cedar Rapids | 17 | |||
| 1989 | Stacie Beckwith | Boone | 18 | |||
| 1988 | Stacy Horst | Vail | 15 | |||
| 1987 | Jan Hoyer* | Fort Madison | Later Miss IA USA 1993 (SF Miss USA) | |||
| 1986 | Kristin Hudson | Des Moines | 17 | |||
| 1985 | Alisha Black | Ames | ||||
| 1984 | Kim Carlson | Des Moines | 16 | |||
| 1983 | Kimberly Heck | Des Moines | 16 |
