Miss Idaho USA

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The Miss Idaho USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Idaho in the Miss USA pageant.

Idaho is one of the least successful states in the history of the competition, with only three placements in fifty-six years. Two of placements were achieved by former Miss Idaho Teen USA titleholders, one of whom was also a former Miss Teen USA.

The first placement came in 1964 with Dorothy Johnson, one of the first African-American semi-finalists in the pageant's history. Their second placement came in 1997 when Brandi Sherwood, Idaho's only Miss Teen USA (1989) placed first runner-up. She later became the first woman to be crowned both Miss USA and Miss Teen USA when she succeeded winner Brook Mahealani Lee who became Miss Universe. Sherwood has since pursued a career as an actress, and is a rotating model on The Price is Right. The third came in 2004 when former Miss Idaho Teen USA 1999 Kimberly Glyn Weible made the top 10.

[edit] Titleholders

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2008	Tracey Brown	Post Falls	21			Previously Miss Idaho 2005 and Idaho's Jr. Miss 2004
2007	Amanda Rammell	Rexburg	21			Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 2003
2006	Allyson Swan	Twin Falls	22
2005	Sade Aiyeku	Boise	24
2004	Kimberly Glyn Weible	Eagle	22	Top 10		Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 1999
2003	Lana Wright	Pocatello	25
2002	Hilary Renee Ball	Nampa	23
2001	Elizabeth Barchas	Boise	20			Triple Crown winner, Miss Idaho Teen USA 1998 and Miss Idaho 2004
2000	Brooke Gambrell	Boise	26			Previously Miss Idaho 1995
1999	Amy Ambrose					Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 1995
1998	Melinda Grassmick
1997	Calley Anne Slagle					Succeeded Brandi Sherwood after she became Miss USA
1997	Brandi Sherwood	Idaho Falls	26	1st runner-up		Became Miss USA 1997 after Brook Mahealani Lee won Miss Universe 1997. Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 1989 and Miss Teen USA 1989 Frequent rotating Barker's Beauty model on the game show The Price Is Right. First Miss Teen USA to win Miss USA.
1996	Tracy Yarbrough					Previously Miss Idaho 1994
1995	Amy Michelle Tolzmann	Coeur D'Alene
1994	Trenna Wheeler	Idaho Falls
1993	Natalie Nukaya	Idaho Falls
1992	Cheryl Lin Myers	Boise
1991	Lori Easley					Wife of Butch Otter, Governor of Idaho
1990	Cindy Estey
1989	Kelli Bean
1988	Kay Kinsey
1987	Vicki Hoffman	Idaho Falls
1986	Kelli Catron	Coeur D'Alene
1985	Sheri Rose	Boise
1984	Valencia Bilyeu	Pocatello
1983	Kerry Damiano	Coeur D'Alene
1982	Valerie Stephan	Boise
1981	Lori Ditch	Boise
1980	Marta Vincen
1979	Lori Jukich
1978	Suzette Sanford
1977	Leslie Kingon
1976	Cheryl Gilbert
1975	Charlene McArthur
1974	Darla Jan Dowden
1973	Karen Hammond
1972	Lianne Fulmer
1971	Kris Riordan
1970	Kathy Cravens
1969	Karen Ryder
1968	Anna Evanson
1967	Sandra Baldwin				Miss Congeniality
1966	Did Not Compete
1965	Did Not Compete
1964	Dorothy Johnson			Semi-finalist
1963	Did Not Compete
1962	Kinne Netherlands
1961	Delcene Rositer
1960	Margie Davis
1959	Pat Sherburne
1958	Jeanette Ashton
1954-1957	Did Not Compete
1953	Patricia Rose Carter
1952	Cherrie Jean Lindsey