Miss Indiana USA
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The Miss Indiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss USA pageant.
Seven Miss Indiana USA winners previously competed Miss Teen USA, more than any other state. Two have competed at Miss America. One of these is Kelly Lloyd, the highest placed Miss Indiana Teen USA ever, one of the highest placed Miss Indiana USA's ever, and a Triple Crown winner.
[edit] Results summary
- First runners-up: Holli Dennis (1981)
- Second runners-up: Elaine Richards (1966), Kelly Lloyd (2002)
- Third runners-up: Jayme Buecher (1978)
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2008 | Brittany Mason | Anderson | 21 | Top 10 finalist | ||
| 2007 | Jami Stallings | Newburgh | 20 | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2003, Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2003 | ||
| 2006 | Bridget Bobel | Peru | 26 | Sof Miss Indiana 2000 Betsy Bobel | ||
| 2005 | Kaitlyn Christopher | Kokomo | 18 | |||
| 2004 | Stephanie Keusch | Jasper | 24 | |||
| 2003 | Tashina Kastigar | West Terre Haute | 22 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1998 | |
| 2002 | Kelly Lloyd | Indianapolis | 25 | 2nd runner-up | Triple Crown winner, previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1993 1st runner up Miss Teen USA 1993 and Miss Indiana 1999 | |
| 2001 | Sarah McClary | Evansville | 22 | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1995 | ||
| 2000 | Kristal Wile | Anderson | 23 | |||
| 1999 | Pratima Yarlagadda | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1998 | Nicole Llewellyn | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1992 (semifinalist in Miss Teen USA 1992), Mrs Indiana 2002, Mrs America 2002 & Mrs World 2002, married name Nicole Brink | ||||
| 1997 | Tricia Nosko | Evansville | 25 | |||
| 1996 | Holly Roehl | 23 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1990, 2nd runner up at Miss Teen USA 1990 | ||
| 1995 | Heather Hart | Newburgh | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1991, Top 12 at Miss Teen USA 1991 | |||
| 1994 | Kim Scull | Clarksville | ||||
| 1993 | Lisa Higgins | South Bend | ||||
| 1992 | Heather Gray | Best State Costume award | ||||
| 1991 | Cathi Bennett | |||||
| 1990 | Meri Buker | |||||
| 1989 | Gwen Volpe | |||||
| 1988 | Loetta Earnest | |||||
| 1987 | Alecia Masalkoski | Bremen | Previously Miss Michigan 1985 | |||
| 1986 | Diane Andrysiak | South Bend | ||||
| 1985 | Theresa Hobbs | Wilmington | ||||
| 1984 | Susan Willardo | Highland | ||||
| 1983 | Toni Yudt | Portage | ||||
| 1982 | Sara Binkley | Greencastle | ||||
| 1981 | Holli Dennis | Fort Wayne | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1980 | Susan Osby | |||||
| 1979 | Deborah Hayes | |||||
| 1978 | Jayme Buecher | 3rd runner-up | ||||
| 1977 | Lynn Flaherty | |||||
| 1976 | Annette Anderson | |||||
| 1975 | Jo Berryman | Semi-finalist | represented Indiana in Miss World USA 1974, did not place | |||
| 1974 | Lisa Childress | |||||
| 1973 | Debbie Ausenbaugh | |||||
| 1973 | Tessa Seay | New Albany, Indiana | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1972 | Julie Clifford | 1st runner up in Miss World USA 1975 | ||||
| 1971 | Debra Downhour | |||||
| 1970 | Mary McBride | |||||
| 1969 | Linda Smith | |||||
| 1968 | Nikki Peck | |||||
| 1967 | Pamela Talmadge | |||||
| 1966 | Elaine Richards | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 1965 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1964 | Charlene Kratochvil | |||||
| 1963 | Vickie Little | |||||
| 1962 | Sue Ekamp | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1961 | Janice Oliver | |||||
| 1960 | June Cochran | Playboy model | ||||
| 1959 | Anita Watkins | |||||
| 1958 | Shirley Ball | |||||
| 1957 | Pat Dorsett | |||||
| 1956 | Beverly Mattox | |||||
| 1955 | Mary Wasick | |||||
| 1954 | Cecilia Dennis | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1953 | Edith Krumme | |||||
| 1952 | Virginia Johnson | Semi-finalist |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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| Miss America Miss Indiana |
Miss USA Miss Indiana USA |
Miss Teen USA Miss Indiana Teen USA |
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