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 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; 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.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Emily Nicholas | Clear Lake | Miss Cedar River | sister of Miss Iowa 2004 | ||
| 2005 | Kay Pauszek | Bettendorf | Miss Muscatine | |||
| 2004 | Carolyn Nicholas | Clear Lake | Miss Cedar River | Non-finalist Talent Award | sister of Miss Iowa 2006 | |
| 2003 | Nicole White | Eldridge | Miss Scott County | |||
| 2002 | Stephanie Moore | Okoboji | Miss Golden Circle | Previously Iowa's Junior Miss 1998 | ||
| 2001 | Erin Smith | Bettendorf | Miss Mississippi Valley Fair | Miss America Scholar | Previously Iowa's Junior Miss 1999 | |
| 2000 | Theresa Uchytil | Urbandale | Miss Johnson County | 1st Runner Up for the Quality of Life Award | ||
| 1999 | Jennifer Caudle | Davenport | Miss Scott County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1998 | Lisa Dondlinger | Des Moines | Miss Capital City | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1997 | Sheri Riley | Clear Lake | Miss Cedar Valley | |||
| 1996 | Natasha Courter | Davenport | Miss Mississippi Valley Fair | |||
| 1995 | Jennifer Curry | Muscatine | Miss Johnson County | |||
| 1994 | Tammy Truitt | Davenport | Miss Scott County | |||
| 1993 | Nancy Van Meter | Burlington | Miss Burlington | |||
| 1992 | Catherine Lemkau | Muscatine | Miss Mississippi Valley Fair | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award, Preliminary Swimsuit Award (tie) | |
| 1991 | Lisa Somodi | Muscatine | Miss Muscatine County | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1990 | Kerri Rosenberg | Burlington | Miss Mississippi Valley Fair | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1989 | Jayna Sanchez | Davenport | Miss Cedar-Johnson County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1988 | Tiffany DiBernardo | Bettendorf | Miss Scott County | |||
| 1987 | Robin Wolfram | Davenport | Miss Scott County | |||
| 1986 | Darcy Benton | Delmar | Miss Clinton County | |||
| 1985 | Sherri Bowman | Council Bluffs | Miss Griswold | |||
| 1984 | Debra Deitering | Missouri Valley | Miss Clarinda | |||
| 1983 | Karri Nussle | Des Moines | Miss Polk County | |||
| 1982 | Linda Simon | DeWitt | Miss Clinton County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1981 | Darla Blocker | Davenport | Miss Scott County | |||
| 1980 | Jane Patton | Council Bluffs | Miss Nishna Valley | |||
| 1979 | Lori Froeling | Keokuk | Miss Keokuk | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1978 | Mary England | Davenport | Miss Davenport | |||
| 1977 | Debra Scheller | Fort Dodge | Miss Ringsted | |||
| 1976 | Rhonda Frogley | Davenport | Miss Davenport | |||
| 1975 | Debbie Weuve | State Center | Miss Marshalltown | |||
| 1974 | Jean Bollhoefer | Haverhill | Miss Marshalltown | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1973 | Lynette Henninger | Bettendorf | Miss Davenport | |||
| 1972 | Renee Stuedemann | Clinton | Miss DeWitt | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1971 | Judith Stephens | Clarinda | Miss Clarinda | |||
| 1970 | Cheryl Browne | Decorah | Miss Decorah | Non-finalist Talent Award | first African American contestant to compete at the Miss America pageant | |
| 1969 | Lois Koth | Alta | Miss Storm Lake | |||
| 1968 | Susan Thompson | Des Moines | Miss Des Moines | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1967 | Lynda Formanek | Belle Plaine | Miss Newton | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1966 | Pamela Ericson | Sioux City | Miss Sioux City | |||
| 1965 | Marie Mushro | Sioux City | Miss Sioux City | Miss Congeniality, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1964 | Carol Johnson | Ames | Miss Ames | |||
| 1963 | Carolyn Northway | Davenport | Miss Davenport | |||
| 1962 | Joleen Wolf | Des Moines | Miss Des Moines | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1961 | Patti Whalen | Clinton | Miss Clinton-DeWitt | |||
| 1960 | Sally Neville | Davenport | Miss Davenport | |||
| 1959 | Jacquelyn Baker | Grinnell | ||||
| 1958 | Joanne MacDonald | Ames | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1957 | Carol Fleck | Oskaloosa | ||||
| 1956 | Martha Barsness | Decorah | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1955 | Kay Taylor | Iowa City | ||||
| 1954 | Carol Morris | Ottumwa | Later Miss Iowa USA 1956, Miss USA 1956, Miss Universe 1956 | |||
| 1953 | Constance Verhoef | Sheldon | ||||
| 1952 | Carolyn Hill | Cedar Falls | ||||
| 1951 | Nancy Norman | Shenandoah | ||||
| 1950 | Mary Lines | Clarinda | ||||
| 1949 | Barbara Juel | Council Bluffs | ||||
| 1947 | Ruth Anderson | Oelwein | ||||
| 1946 | Jacquline Means | Des Moines | ||||
| 1945 | Jeanne Gordon | Des Moines | ||||
| 1941 | Lorene Snoddy | Des Moines | ||||
| 1936 | Carol Bailey | Waterloo | ||||
| 1935 | Connie Rosefeld | Des Moines | ||||
| 1927 | Geneva Roberts |
[edit] External links
| Iowa Pageantry | |
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Miss USA Miss Iowa USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Iowa's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Iowa Teen USA |
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