- Miss Iowa
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Iowa USA.
The Miss Iowa competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Iowa in the Miss America pageant.
In 1970, Miss Iowa Cheryl Adrianne Browne became the first African American ever to compete in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. No contestant from Iowa has ever won the national Miss America title although two Miss Iowas have been named First Runner Up.
Contestants at the local and state levels of the Miss Iowa program use the scholarship money they earn to help pay for college and graduate school. In addition to scholarships granted to local and state winners, the Miss Iowa program awards scholarships for outstanding interview skills, talent, and other special awards.
The Miss Iowa pageant is a three-day program held in the Quad-Cities every June.
Winners
Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes 2011 Jessica Pray[1] Johnston 18 Miss Muscatine Classical Vocal 2010 Pauli Mayfield Davenport 24 Miss Scott County Vocal "I Know Where I've Been" from Hairspray Ric Ferentz Non-Finalist Interview Award 2009 Anne Langguth Iowa City 22 Miss Johnson County Violin Solo "Zigeunerweisen" Non-Finalist Talent Award & Quality of Life Finalist Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2008; Formerly Iowa's Junior Miss 2005, Top 10 at America's Junior Miss 2005 2008 Olivia Myers[2] Sperry 22 Miss Burlington Tap Dance "Fever" 2nd Runner Up at Miss America 2009 2007 Diana Reed Norwalk 23 Miss Capital City Baton "You Can't Stop the Beat" from Hairspray Top 10 at Miss America 2008 Preliminary Talent Former Golden Girl for the University of Iowa, Formerly Iowa's Junior Miss 2002 2006 Emily Nicholas Clear Lake 21 Miss Cedar River Vocal "Over the Rainbow" Sister of Miss Iowa 2004 2005 Kay Pauszek Bettendorf 23 Miss Muscatine Irish Step Dance "Tipping Wheel" 2004 Carolyn Nicholas Clear Lake 22 Miss Cedar River Flute Solo "The Heebie Jeebies" Non-finalist Talent Sister of Miss Iowa 2006 2003 Nicole White Eldridge 22 Miss Scott County Vocal "If I Had My Way" 2002 Stephanie Moore Okoboji 22 Miss Golden Circle Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera Iowa's Junior Miss 1998 2001 Erin Smith Bettendorf 20 Miss Mississippi Valley Fair Piano Solo "Khachaturian's Toccata" Miss America Scholar Iowa's Junior Miss 1999 2000 Theresa Uchytil Urbandale 24 Miss Johnson County Baton "The Cup of Life" Quality of Life 1st runner-up 1999 Jennifer Caudle Davenport 21 Miss Scott County Cello "Sabre Dance" Non-finalist Talent 1998 Lisa Dondlinger Des Moines 24 Miss Capital City Violin Solo "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo Non-finalist Talent 1997 Sheri Riley Clear Lake 19 Miss Cedar Valley Gospel Vocal "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" 1996 Natasha Courter Davenport 23 Miss Mississippi Valley Fair Tap Dance "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 1995 Jennifer Curry Muscatine 21 Miss Johnson County Vocal "The Last Man In My Life" from Song and Dance 1994 Tammy Truitt Davenport 21 Miss Scott County Dramatic Vocal "I Still Believe" from Miss Saigon 1993 Nancy Van Meter Burlington 24 Miss Burlington Vocal "Stand by Your Man" 2nd runner-up Quality of Life 1992 Catherine Lemkau Muscatine 24 Miss Mississippi Valley Fair Vocal "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde 1st runner-up Preliminary Talent, Preliminary Swimsuit (tie) 1991 Lisa Somodi Muscatine 23 Miss Muscatine County Classical Piano "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15" 3rd runner-up Preliminary Talent 1990 Kerri Rosenberg Burlington 26 Miss Mississippi Valley Fair Classical Vocal "Ah, Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette Top 10 Semi-finalist 1989 Jayna Sanchez Davenport 24 Miss Cedar-Johnson County Dance / Twirl "Another Cha-Cha" by Santa Esmeralda Non-finalist Talent 1988 Tiffany DiBernardo Bettendorf 19 Miss Scott County Vocal "I Go To Rio" 1987 Robin Wolfram Davenport 24 Miss Scott County Popular Vocal "Only He" 1986 Darcy Benton Delmar 19 Miss Clinton County Vocal "Someone to Watch Over Me" Toured with the 1987 Gillette Miss America Show Troupe 1985 Sherri Bowman Council Bluffs 24 Miss Griswold Piano Solo 1984 Debra Deitering Missouri Valley 23 Miss Southwest Iowa Vocal "This Is My Life" 1983 Karri Nussle Des Moines 19 Miss Polk County Vocal "Minute Waltz" 1982 Linda Simon DeWitt 23 Miss Clinton County Baton Twirling Non-finalist Talent Former Golden Girl for the University of Iowa 1981 Darla Blocker Davenport 19 Miss Scott County Vocal "But the World Goes Round" 1980 Jane Patton Council Bluffs 24 Miss Nishna Valley Semi-Classical Vocal "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" 1979 Lori Froeling Keokuk 20 Miss Keokuk Flute Solo "Carnival of Venice" Top 10 Semi-finalist 1978 Mary England Davenport 20 Miss Davenport Piano Solo "Spellbound" 1977 Debra Scheller Fort Dodge 23 Miss Ringsted Popular Vocal "Country Girl" 1976 Ronda Frogley Davenport 20 Miss Davenport Popular Vocal "Tomorrow" 1975 Debbie Weuve State Center 20 Miss Marshalltown Vocal "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret 1974 Jean Bollhoefer Haverhill 25 Miss Marshalltown Popular Vocal "Starting Here, Starting Now" Non-finalist Talent 1973 Lynette Henninger Bettendorf 19 Miss Davenport Ballet "Color My World" & "Make No Sound" Toured with Miss America USO Troupe 1972 Renee Stuedemann Clinton 23 Miss DeWitt Baton Twirling "Can-Can" Top 10 Semi-finalist 1971 Judith Stephens Clarinda 21 Miss Clarinda Piano "Rhapsody In Blue" 1970 Cheryl Browne Decorah 20 Miss Decorah Ballet "Deep Purple" Non-finalist Talent First African American contestant to compete at the Miss America pageant, toured with Miss America USO Troupe 1969 Lois Koth Alta 20 Miss Storm Lake Pipe Organ Solo "Toccata" by Charles-Marie Widor Non-finalist Talent 1968 Susan Thompson Des Moines 21 Miss Des Moines Piano Solo "Warsaw Concerto" 2nd runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit 1967 Lynda Formanek Belle Plaine 23 Miss Newton Character Portrayal of "Alice In Wonderland" Top 10 Semi-finalist 1966 Pamela Ericson Sioux City 19 Miss Sioux City Semi-Classical Vocal 1965 Mari Hardy Sioux City 19 Miss Sioux City Ballet en Pointe Miss Congeniality, Non-finalist Talent Featured performer in the 1966 Miss America telecast 1964 Carol Johnson Ames 21 Miss Ames Folk Singing & Guitar 1963 Carolyn Northway Davenport Miss Davenport Piano Solo Non-finalist Talent 1962 Joleen Wolf Des Moines 19 Miss Des Moines Interpretive Ballet "Autumn Concerto" Non-finalist Talent Featured performer in the 1963 Miss America Pageant telecast 1961 Patti Whalen Clinton 18 Miss Clinton-DeWitt Vocal Medley "I Feel Pretty" & "Tonight" from West Side Story 1960 Sally Neville Davenport 18 Miss Davenport Dramatic Reading "Mother On a Moment's Notice" 1959 Jacquelyn Baker Grinnell 20 Modern Interpretive Dance 1958 Joanne MacDonald Ames Dramatic Recitation "The White Cliffs of Dover" 1st runner-up 1957 Carol Fleck Oskaloosa Dance 1956 Martha Barsness Decorah Vocal Non-finalist Talent 1955 Kay Taylor Iowa City 1954 Carol Morris Ottumwa Violin Solo Later Miss Iowa USA 1956, Miss USA 1956, Miss Universe 1956 1953 Constance Verhoef Sheldon Vocal 1952 Carolyn Hill Cedar Falls Classical Vocal 1951 Nancy Norman Shenandoah 1950 Mary Lines Clarinda Piano / Marimba "Stardust" 1949 Barbara Juel Council Bluffs 1947 Ruth Anderson Oelwein Vocal "You Made Me Love You" 1946 Jacquline Means Des Moines Acrobatic Dance 1945 Jeanne Gordon Des Moines 1941 Lorene Snoddy Des Moines 1936 Carol Bailey Waterloo 1935 Connie Rosefeld Des Moines *competed in Miss America as Miss Des Moines 1933 Eleanor Dankenbring Manning 20 1927 Geneva Roberts Storm Lake 1925 No Miss Iowa Dorothy Nordyke competed as Miss Sioux City in the Miss America pageant 1924 No Miss Iowa Alta Sterling competed as Miss Sioux City in the Miss America Pageant References
- ^ "Miss Muscatine wins Iowa crown". Quad-City Times. June 11, 2011. http://qctimes.com/news/local/article_3d434f6a-94ae-11e0-8c1e-001cc4c002e0.html.
- ^ "Miss Burlington becomes Miss Iowa 2008". WQAD. 2008-06-15. http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=8493280. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
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