Miss Illinois USA
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The Miss Illinois USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Illinois in the Miss USA pageant.
Illinois is one of the most successful states in the competition. It is one of only four states to have won four or more Miss USA titles and one of only three states to win two Miss USA titles in consecutive years. All four winners came from the early history of the competition, with their last Miss USA being Karen Morrison, who held the title in 1974. The pageant's most successful years were from 1984-1996, when all but two delegates made the cut at Miss USA. That period was followed by many years without a placement, until Jill Gulseth finished third runner-up in 2005, the state's highest placement since 1995.
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[edit] Results summary
[edit] Placements
- Miss USA winners: Myrna Hansen (1953), Marite Ozers (1963), Amanda Jones (1973), Karen Morrison (1974)
- Second runners-up: Laura Bach (1985), Nichole Holmes (1995)
- Third runners-up: June Pickney (1958), Debra Niego (1979), Jill Gulseth (2005)
- Fourth runners-up: Celeste Ravel (1954)
- Top 6: Lisa Morgan (1991)
- Top 10: LaVonne Misselle (1984), Tricia Bach (1986), Joan Berge (1987), Gina Zordani (1988), Kelly Holub (1989), Bernadette Przybycien (1996)
- Top 12: Kathy Schmalen (1976), Carla Myers (1990), Kathleen Farrell (1994)
- Top 15: Dianne Daniggelis (1955), Marianne Gaba (1957), Jean Donnelly (1962), Beverly Lacek (1967), Catherine Warren (2005)
[edit] Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Elizabeth Curran (1977), Nichole Holmes (1995)
- Best State Costume: Kelly Holub (1989)
[edit] List of winners
- 2007 - Mia Heaston
- 2006 - Catherine Warren (Top 15 at Miss USA 2006)
- 2005 - Jill Gulseth (3rd Runner-up at Miss USA 2005)
- 2004 - Molly Graham
- 2003 - Agnieszka Zakreta
- 2002 - Amanda Reynolds
- 2001 - Rebecca Ambrosi
- 2000 - Constance Stoetzer
- 1999 - Christina Lam
- 1998 - Mandy Lane
- 1997 - Jennifer Celenas
- 1996 - Bernadette Przybycien (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1995 - Nichole Holmes (2nd runner-up and Miss Photogenic at Miss USA)
- 1994 - Kathleen Farrell (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1993 - Susie Park
- 1992 - Leilani Magnussen
- 1991 - Lisa Morgan (Finalist at Miss USA)
- 1990 - Carla Myers (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1989 - Kelly Holub (Semi-finalist and Best State Costume award at Miss USA)
- 1988 - Gina Zordani (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1987 - Joan Berge (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1986 - Tricia Bach (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1985 - Laura Bach (2nd Runner-up at Miss USA)
- 1984 - LaVonne Misselle (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1983 - Vanessa Romine
- 1982 - Carla Danielson
- 1981 - Leslie Renfrow
- 1980 - Karen Groat
- 1979 - Debra Ann Niego (3rd Runner-up at Miss USA)
- 1978 - Suzanne Piche
- 1977 - Elizabeth Curran (Miss Photogenic at Miss USA)
- 1976 - Kathy Schmalen (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1975 - Connie Reif
- 1974 - Karen Morrison (Miss USA)
- 1973 - Amanda Jones (Miss USA) -- "reluctant" beauty queen
- 1972 - Jani Hall
- 1971 - Paulette Breen
- 1970 - Carol Pepoon
- 1969 - Christine Jalloway
- 1968 - Sandra Wolsfeld
- 1967 - Beverly Lacek (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1966 - Cheryl Setser
- 1965 - Diane Gortz
- 1964 - Karen Wiesbrook
- 1963 - Marite Ozers (Miss USA)
- 1962 - Jean Donnelly (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1961 - Dianne Duffey
- 1960 - Pat Thompson
- 1959 - Arlene Kaye
- 1958 - June Pickney (3rd Runner-up at Miss USA)
- 1957 - Marianne Gaba (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1956 - Mickey Blair
- 1955 - Dianne Daniggelis (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1954 - Celeste Ravel (4th Runner-up at Miss USA)
- 1953 - Myrna Hansen (Miss USA)
- 1952 - Sherri Matulis
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