Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Ohio 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 • Columbus
2nd runner-up
at Miss Universe
20 • Germantown
Semi-finalist
at Miss Universe
16 • Vermilion
23 • Cincinnati
23 • Columbus
3rd runner-up
at Miss USA
28 • Westerville
24 • Dayton
4th runner-up
at Miss USA
33 • Cincinnati
Winner
Sue Downey (1965), Kim Seelbrede (1981)
1st runner-up
Halle Berry (1986)
2nd runner-up
Audrey Bolte (2012)
3rd runner-up
Kim Ann Weeda (1982), Stacy Offenberger (2006), Sir’Quora Carroll (2022)
4th runner-up
Kathy Gabriel (1957), Kathleen Kehlmier (1972), Macy Hudson (2024)
Semi-finalist
Eleanor Mack (1953), Barbara Randa (1954), Eleanor Wood (1956), Corrine Huff (1960), Gail Krielow (1964), Karen Dietz (1966), Linda Hoyle (1968), Jane Harrison (1970), Melissa Proctor (1990), Melinda Miller (1999)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Kristin Smith (2013), Alice Magoto (2019)
Top 15/16/20*
Megan Wise (2016), Sthephanie Miranda (2020)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Monica Day (2008)
Photogenic
Elizabeth Kim Thomas (1980)
State Costume
Elizabeth Kim Thomas (1980), Kim Ann Weeda (1982)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2025 | Hannah Marie Klein | Cincinnati | 33 | |||
 | 2024 | Macy Hudson | Dayton | 24 | 4th runner-up | ||
 | 2023 | Mackenzie Schutt | Westerville | 28 | |||
 | 2022 | Sir'Quora Carroll | Columbus | 23 | 3rd runner-up | ||
 | 2021 | Nicole Wess | Cincinnati | 23 | |||
 | 2020 | Sthephanie Miranda | Campbell | 27 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2019 | Alice Magoto^ | Cincinnati | 21 | Top 10 | Previously Miss OH 2016 | |
 | 2018 | Deneen Penn | Cortland | 20 | |||
 | 2017 | Dinaleigh Baxter | Winchester | 24 | |||
 | 2016 | Megan Wise | Gallipolis | 26 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2015 | Sarah Newkirk | Jackson | 25 | |||
 | 2014 | Madison Gesiotto | Massillon | 22 | |||
 | 2013 | Kristin Smith | Dayton | 21 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2012 | Audrey Bolte | Batavia | 23 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 2011 | Ashley Caldwell | Gallipolis | 24 | |||
 | 2010 | Amanda Tempel | St. Bernard | 20 | |||
 | 2009 | Natasha Vivoda | Champion | 21 | |||
 | 2008 | Monica Day | Grove City | 25 | Congeniality | ||
 | 2007 | Anna Melomud | Richmond Heights | 22 | |||
 | 2006 | Stacy Offenberger* | Vincent | 26 | 3rd runner-up | Previously Miss OH Teen USA 1998 | |
 | 2005 | Aisha Berry | Cincinnati | 25 | |||
 | 2004 | Lauren Kelsey Hall | Wellston | 20 | |||
 | 2003 | Candace Smith | Dayton | 26 | |||
 | 2002 | Kimberly Mullen | Huber Heights | 23 | |||
 | 2001 | Amanda Canary | Columbus | 26 | |||
 | 2000 | Cheya Watkins^ | Cincinnati | 22 | Previously Miss OH 1998 | ||
 | 1999 | Melinda Miller | Toledo | 25 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1998 | Cynthia Madden | Anderson Township | 24 | |||
 | 1997 | Michelle Mouser* | Columbus | 23 | Previously Miss OH Teen USA 1991 | ||
 | 1996 | Melissa Boyd | Massillon | 22 | |||
 | 1995 | Julia Hughes | Grove City | 22 | |||
 | 1994 | Lisa Michelle Allison | Gahanna | 23 | |||
 | 1993 | Andrea Pacione | North Royalton | 21 | |||
 | 1992 | Courtney Baber | Cincinnati | 23 | |||
 | 1991 | Amy Glaze | Lucasville | 22 | |||
 | 1990 | Melissa Proctor | West Chester | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1989 | Lisa Thompson | Marion | 24 | |||
 | 1988 | Gina West | Pickerington | 20 | |||
 | 1987 | Hallie Bonnell | Akron | 21 | Mother of Miss NJ Teen USA 2013 (SF Miss Teen USA) & Miss VA USA 2021 Christina Thompson | ||
 | 1986 | Halle Berry | Oakwood Village | 19 | 1st runner-up | Later 5RU Miss World 1986; Academy Award winning actress | |
 | 1985 | Lisa Barlow | Vandalia | 22 | |||
 | 1984 | Roxi Erwin | Pickerington | 22 | |||
 | 1983 | Gina Gangale | Youngstown | 20 | |||
 | 1982 | Kim Weeda | Dayton | 21 | 3rd runner-up | Best State Costume | |
 | 1981 | KIM SEELBREDE | Germantown | 20 | Miss USA | SF Miss Universe 1981 | |
 | 1980 | Elizabeth Kim Thomas | Circleville | 20 | Photogenic & Best State Costume | ||
 | 1979 | Carolyn Houlihan | Youngstown | 18 | |||
 | 1978 | Sheila Anderson | Norwood | 19 | |||
 | 1977 | Lesa Rummell | Paris | 19 | Mother of Miss Teen USA 2005 Allie LaForce | ||
 | 1976 | Karen Myers | Columbus | 23 | |||
 | 1975 | Sandy Kurdas | Conneaut | 18 | |||
 | 1974 | Kay Phillips | Bedford | 21 | |||
 | 1973 | Jacqueline Urbanek | Parma Heights | 21 | |||
 | 1972 | Kathleen Kehlmier | Columbus | 18 | 4th runner-up | ||
 | 1971 | Karen Haus | Chagrin Falls | 24 | |||
 | 1970 | Jayne Harrison | Wickliffe | 18 | Semi-finalist | As Jayne Kennedy, a successful actress and model and reporter on The NFL Today | |
 | 1969 | Marlynn Singleton | Westerville | 18 | Assumed title and competed at Miss USA | ||
 | 1969 | Terry Chellis | Columbus | 21 | Resigned when she became ill in Miami prior to the competition | ||
 | 1968 | Linda Hoyle | Columbus | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1967 | Phyllis Smith | Caldwell | 20 | |||
 | 1966 | Karen Dietz | Willoughby | 21 | Semi-finalist | † 1981 | |
 | 1965 | SUE ANNE DOWNEY | Columbus | 20 | Miss USA | 2RU Miss Universe 1965 | |
 | 1964 | Gail Krielow | Richmond Heights | 20 | Semi-finalist | 1RU Miss International 1965 | |
 | 1963 | Gloria Jean McBride | Columbus | 21 | Assumed title and competed at Miss USA | ||
| 1963 | Andrea Getzlaff | Solon | 63 | Disqualified as she was not yet 18 | |||
 | 1962 | Joan Colucy | Massillon | 22 | † 2002 | ||
 | 1961 | Alice Engelmann | Ashtabula | 23 | |||
 | 1960 | Corrine Huff | Youngstown | 19 | Semi-finalist | Assumed title and competed at Miss USA; † 2006 | |
 | 1960 | Kathy Justice | Poland | 17 | Disqualified when she arrived in Miami as she was not yet 18 | ||
| 1959 | Marie DiCarlo | Poland | 18 | † 1964 | |||
 | 1958 | Cindy Ann Garrison | Canton | 19 | † 2021 | ||
 | 1957 | Kathryn "Kathy" Gabriel | Cleveland | 20 | 4th runner-up | * Originally a semi-finalist, advanced to 4th runner-up due to Mary Leona Gage's disqualification; † 2016 | |
 | 1956 | Eleanor Wood | Canton | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1955 | Carol Hagerman | Columbus | 20 | ||||
 | 1954 | Barbara Randa | Painesville | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1953 | Eleanor Mack | Bellaire | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1952 | Margie Broering | Cincinnati | 52 |
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hannah Marie Klein | Cincinnati | 33 | |||
| 2024 | Macy Hudson | Dayton | 24 | 4th runner-up | ||
| 2023 | Mackenzie Schutt | Westerville | 28 | |||
| 2022 | Sir'Quora Carroll | Columbus | 23 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2021 | Nicole Wess | Cincinnati | 23 | |||
| 2020 | Sthephanie Miranda | Campbell | 27 | Top 15 | ||
| 2019 | Alice Magoto^ | Cincinnati | 21 | Top 10 | Previously Miss OH 2016 | |
| 2018 | Deneen Penn | Cortland | 20 | |||
| 2017 | Dinaleigh Baxter | Winchester | 24 | |||
| 2016 | Megan Wise | Gallipolis | 26 | Top 15 | ||
| 2015 | Sarah Newkirk | Jackson | 25 | |||
| 2014 | Madison Gesiotto | Massillon | 22 | |||
| 2013 | Kristin Smith | Dayton | 21 | Top 10 | ||
| 2012 | Audrey Bolte | Batavia | 23 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2011 | Ashley Caldwell | Gallipolis | 24 | |||
| 2010 | Amanda Tempel | St. Bernard | 20 | |||
| 2009 | Natasha Vivoda | Champion | 21 | |||
| 2008 | Monica Day | Grove City | 25 | Congeniality | ||
| 2007 | Anna Melomud | Richmond Heights | 22 | |||
| 2006 | Stacy Offenberger* | Vincent | 26 | 3rd runner-up | Previously Miss OH Teen USA 1998 | |
| 2005 | Aisha Berry | Cincinnati | 25 | |||
| 2004 | Lauren Kelsey Hall | Wellston | 20 | |||
| 2003 | Candace Smith | Dayton | 26 | |||
| 2002 | Kimberly Mullen | Huber Heights | 23 | |||
| 2001 | Amanda Canary | Columbus | 26 | |||
| 2000 | Cheya Watkins^ | Cincinnati | 22 | Previously Miss OH 1998 | ||
| 1999 | Melinda Miller | Toledo | 25 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1998 | Cynthia Madden | Anderson Township | 24 | |||
| 1997 | Michelle Mouser* | Columbus | 23 | Previously Miss OH Teen USA 1991 | ||
| 1996 | Melissa Boyd | Massillon | 22 | |||
| 1995 | Julia Hughes | Grove City | 22 | |||
| 1994 | Lisa Michelle Allison | Gahanna | 23 | |||
| 1993 | Andrea Pacione | North Royalton | 21 | |||
| 1992 | Courtney Baber | Cincinnati | 23 | |||
| 1991 | Amy Glaze | Lucasville | 22 | |||
| 1990 | Melissa Proctor | West Chester | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1989 | Lisa Thompson | Marion | 24 | |||
| 1988 | Gina West | Pickerington | 20 | |||
| 1987 | Hallie Bonnell | Akron | 21 | Mother of Miss NJ Teen USA 2013 (SF Miss Teen USA) & Miss VA USA 2021 Christina Thompson | ||
| 1986 | Halle Berry | Oakwood Village | 19 | 1st runner-up | Later 5RU Miss World 1986; Academy Award winning actress | |
| 1985 | Lisa Barlow | Vandalia | 22 | |||
| 1984 | Roxi Erwin | Pickerington | 22 | |||
| 1983 | Gina Gangale | Youngstown | 20 | |||
| 1982 | Kim Weeda | Dayton | 21 | 3rd runner-up | Best State Costume | |
| 1981 | KIM SEELBREDE | Germantown | 20 | Miss USA | SF Miss Universe 1981 | |
| 1980 | Elizabeth Kim Thomas | Circleville | 20 | Photogenic & Best State Costume | ||
| 1979 | Carolyn Houlihan | Youngstown | 18 | |||
| 1978 | Sheila Anderson | Norwood | 19 | |||
| 1977 | Lesa Rummell | Paris | 19 | Mother of Miss Teen USA 2005 Allie LaForce | ||
| 1976 | Karen Myers | Columbus | 23 | |||
| 1975 | Sandy Kurdas | Conneaut | 18 | |||
| 1974 | Kay Phillips | Bedford | 21 | |||
| 1973 | Jacqueline Urbanek | Parma Heights | 21 | |||
| 1972 | Kathleen Kehlmier | Columbus | 18 | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1971 | Karen Haus | Chagrin Falls | 24 | |||
| 1970 | Jayne Harrison | Wickliffe | 18 | Semi-finalist | As Jayne Kennedy, a successful actress and model and reporter on The NFL Today | |
| 1969 | Marlynn Singleton | Westerville | 18 | Assumed title and competed at Miss USA | ||
| 1969 | Terry Chellis | Columbus | 21 | Resigned when she became ill in Miami prior to the competition | ||
| 1968 | Linda Hoyle | Columbus | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1967 | Phyllis Smith | Caldwell | 20 | |||
| 1966 | Karen Dietz | Willoughby | 21 | Semi-finalist | † 1981 | |
| 1965 | SUE ANNE DOWNEY | Columbus | 20 | Miss USA | 2RU Miss Universe 1965 | |
| 1964 | Gail Krielow | Richmond Heights | 20 | Semi-finalist | 1RU Miss International 1965 | |
| 1963 | Gloria Jean McBride | Columbus | 21 | Assumed title and competed at Miss USA | ||
| 1963 | Andrea Getzlaff | Solon | 63 | Disqualified as she was not yet 18 | |||
| 1962 | Joan Colucy | Massillon | 22 | † 2002 | ||
| 1961 | Alice Engelmann | Ashtabula | 23 | |||
| 1960 | Corrine Huff | Youngstown | 19 | Semi-finalist | Assumed title and competed at Miss USA; † 2006 | |
| 1960 | Kathy Justice | Poland | 17 | Disqualified when she arrived in Miami as she was not yet 18 | ||
| 1959 | Marie DiCarlo | Poland | 18 | † 1964 | |||
| 1958 | Cindy Ann Garrison | Canton | 19 | † 2021 | ||
| 1957 | Kathryn "Kathy" Gabriel | Cleveland | 20 | 4th runner-up | * Originally a semi-finalist, advanced to 4th runner-up due to Mary Leona Gage's disqualification; † 2016 | |
| 1956 | Eleanor Wood | Canton | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1955 | Carol Hagerman | Columbus | 20 | ||||
| 1954 | Barbara Randa | Painesville | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1953 | Eleanor Mack | Bellaire | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1952 | Margie Broering | Cincinnati | 52 |
17 • Shawnee Township
18 • Franklin Furnace
Semi-finalist
at Miss Teen USA
17 • Gallipolis
4th runner-up
at Miss Teen USA
18 • Canal Winchester
17 • Cleveland
3rd runner-up
at Miss Teen USA
Winner
Allie LaForce (2005)
3rd runner-up
Helyna Park (2025)
4th runner-up
Kendall Fein (2012), Carolina Sola (2023)
Semi-finalist
Melissa Yust (1993), Kelsey Stevens (2009), Olivia Turk (2016), Lily McLaughlin (2020), Kylan Darnell (2022)
Congeniality
Christina Todd (1997)
Photogenic
Carolina Sola (2023)
Other Awards
Fan Favourite • Kylan Darnell (2022)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2025 | Helyna Park | Cleveland | 17 | 3rd runner-up | ||
 | 2024 | Mackenzie Gibson | Canal Winchester | 18 | |||
 | 2023 | Carolina Sola | Gallipolis | 17 | 4th runner-up | Photogenic | |
 | 2022 | Kylan Darnell | Franklin Furnace | 18 | Semi-finalist | Fan Favourite | |
 | 2021 | Grace-Anne Larschied | Shawnee Township | 17 | |||
 | 2020 | Lily McLaughlin | Zanesville | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2019 | Isabelle Jedra | Mansfield | 18 | |||
 | 2018 | Sofia Durina | Columbiana | 18 | |||
 | 2017 | Emma Karle | Springfield Township | 18 | |||
 | 2016 | Olivia Turk | Dublin | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2015 | Shelby Stapleton | Hilliard | 16 | |||
 | 2014 | Emma Rofkar | Curtice | 17 | |||
 | 2013 | Brittany Reid | Springfield | 18 | |||
 | 2012 | Kendall Fein | Loveland | 17 | 4th runner-up | ||
 | 2011 | Morgan Smigel | Avon | 16 | |||
 | 2010 | Bridget Linton | Uniontown | 18 | |||
 | 2009 | Kelsey Stevens | Aurora | 18 | Semi-finalist | Sister of Miss OH Teen USA 2003 | |
 | 2008 | Chelsie Folden | Wellston | 16 | |||
 | 2007 | Rachel Epperly | Columbus | 18 | |||
 | 2006 | Peyton McCormick | West Chester | 17 | |||
 | 2005 | ALLIE LAFORCE | Vermilion | 16 | Miss Teen USA | Daughter of Miss OH USA 1977 Lesa Rummell | |
 | 2004 | Nicci Shannon | Cincinnati | 18 | |||
 | 2003 | Amanda Stevens | Aurora | 17 | Sister of Miss OH Teen USA 2009 | ||
 | 2002 | Renee Jackson | Oak Hills | 18 | |||
 | 2001 | Angela Wilson | Willowick | 17 | |||
 | 2000 | Sarah Thompson | Dublin | 17 | |||
 | 1999 | Erika Moody | Loveland | 16 | |||
 | 1998 | Stacy Offenberger | Vincent | 18 | Miss OH USA 2006 (3RU Miss USA) | ||
 | 1997 | Christina Todd | Dublin | 17 | Congeniality | ||
 | 1996 | Tara Shaffer | Metamora | 16 | |||
 | 1995 | Amber Vaughn | Marietta | 17 | |||
 | 1994 | Rebecca Reed | Waterville | 19 | |||
 | 1993 | Melissa Yust | Cincinnati | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1992 | Tiffany Chaney | Hillsboro | 18 | |||
 | 1991 | Michelle Mouser | Huber Heights | 18 | Miss OH USA 1997 | ||
 | 1990 | Heather Wolpert | Centerville | 18 | |||
 | 1989 | Missy Crawford | Norwich | 17 | |||
 | 1988 | Theresa Merola | Pickerington | 18 | |||
 | 1987 | Christy Hoyt | New Concord | 17 | |||
 | 1986 | Michele Beane | Englewood | 15 | |||
 | 1985 | Margaret "Meg" Scranton | Sagamore Hills | 17 | |||
 | 1984 | Stephanie Via | Beaver Creek | 17 | |||
 | 1983 | Jamie Callarik | Martins Ferry | 15 |
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Helyna Park | Cleveland | 17 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2024 | Mackenzie Gibson | Canal Winchester | 18 | |||
| 2023 | Carolina Sola | Gallipolis | 17 | 4th runner-up | Photogenic | |
| 2022 | Kylan Darnell | Franklin Furnace | 18 | Semi-finalist | Fan Favourite | |
| 2021 | Grace-Anne Larschied | Shawnee Township | 17 | |||
| 2020 | Lily McLaughlin | Zanesville | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2019 | Isabelle Jedra | Mansfield | 18 | |||
| 2018 | Sofia Durina | Columbiana | 18 | |||
| 2017 | Emma Karle | Springfield Township | 18 | |||
| 2016 | Olivia Turk | Dublin | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2015 | Shelby Stapleton | Hilliard | 16 | |||
| 2014 | Emma Rofkar | Curtice | 17 | |||
| 2013 | Brittany Reid | Springfield | 18 | |||
| 2012 | Kendall Fein | Loveland | 17 | 4th runner-up | ||
| 2011 | Morgan Smigel | Avon | 16 | |||
| 2010 | Bridget Linton | Uniontown | 18 | |||
| 2009 | Kelsey Stevens | Aurora | 18 | Semi-finalist | Sister of Miss OH Teen USA 2003 | |
| 2008 | Chelsie Folden | Wellston | 16 | |||
| 2007 | Rachel Epperly | Columbus | 18 | |||
| 2006 | Peyton McCormick | West Chester | 17 | |||
| 2005 | ALLIE LAFORCE | Vermilion | 16 | Miss Teen USA | Daughter of Miss OH USA 1977 Lesa Rummell | |
| 2004 | Nicci Shannon | Cincinnati | 18 | |||
| 2003 | Amanda Stevens | Aurora | 17 | Sister of Miss OH Teen USA 2009 | ||
| 2002 | Renee Jackson | Oak Hills | 18 | |||
| 2001 | Angela Wilson | Willowick | 17 | |||
| 2000 | Sarah Thompson | Dublin | 17 | |||
| 1999 | Erika Moody | Loveland | 16 | |||
| 1998 | Stacy Offenberger | Vincent | 18 | Miss OH USA 2006 (3RU Miss USA) | ||
| 1997 | Christina Todd | Dublin | 17 | Congeniality | ||
| 1996 | Tara Shaffer | Metamora | 16 | |||
| 1995 | Amber Vaughn | Marietta | 17 | |||
| 1994 | Rebecca Reed | Waterville | 19 | |||
| 1993 | Melissa Yust | Cincinnati | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1992 | Tiffany Chaney | Hillsboro | 18 | |||
| 1991 | Michelle Mouser | Huber Heights | 18 | Miss OH USA 1997 | ||
| 1990 | Heather Wolpert | Centerville | 18 | |||
| 1989 | Missy Crawford | Norwich | 17 | |||
| 1988 | Theresa Merola | Pickerington | 18 | |||
| 1987 | Christy Hoyt | New Concord | 17 | |||
| 1986 | Michele Beane | Englewood | 15 | |||
| 1985 | Margaret "Meg" Scranton | Sagamore Hills | 17 | |||
| 1984 | Stephanie Via | Beaver Creek | 17 | |||
| 1983 | Jamie Callarik | Martins Ferry | 15 |
