Miss Ohio
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Ohio USA
The Miss Ohio Pageant selects the representative for the U.S. state of Ohio in the Miss America pageant. The pageant is held annually, during the "Miss Ohio Festival" week, at the historic 1,600 seat Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield. Prior to 1975, the pageant was held in the Ballroom Pavilion at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky.
Ohio representatives have won the Miss America Pageant six times, joining California and Oklahoma as the only states with six crowns, and is the only state to have a contestant who won Miss America twice:
- 1922 Mary Katherine Campbell, Columbus
- 1923 Mary Katherine Campbell, Columbus
- 1938 Marilyn Meseke, Marion
- 1963 Jacquelyn Mayer, Sandusky
- 1972 Laurie Lea Schaefer, Bexley
- 1978 Susan Perkins, Middletown
When city representatives were common at the national pageant, Mary Katherine Campbell competed in Miss America Pageants as "Miss Columbus Ohio".
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2007 | Roberta Camp | Grove City | Miss Maple City | |||
| 2006 | Melanie Murphy | Brook Park | Miss Miami Valley | |||
| 2005 | Marlia Fontaine | Massillon | Miss Lake Erie | |||
| 2004 | Amanda Beagle | Warren | Miss Lake Erie | Non-finalist Talent | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2003 | |
| 2003 | Janelle Couts | Akron | Miss Medina | |||
| 2002 | Tiffany Haas | Cincinnati | Miss Heart of it All | 2nd runner up, Quality of Life award | ||
| 2001 | Natalie Witwer | Dublin | Miss Ashland | |||
| 2000 | Stephanie Meisberger | Hopewell | Miss North Coast | |||
| 1999 | Tiffany Baumann | Cleveland | Miss Greater Cleveland | niece of Miss Ohio 1969 Katherine Baumann | ||
| 1998 | Cheya Watkins | Cincinnati | Miss Southeastern Ohio | Later Miss Ohio USA 2000 | ||
| 1997 | Kelly Creager | Hamler | Miss Conneaut | |||
| 1996 | Robyn Hancock | Grand Rapids | Miss Crestline | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1995 | Ellen Pasturzak | Portsmouth | Miss Portsmouth | |||
| 1994 | Lea Mack | Pickerington | Miss Pickerington-America | Top 10 Semi-Finalist | 2nd runner-up Quality of Life Award | Previously Ohio's Junior Miss 1991 |
| 1993 | Titilayo Adedokun | Cincinnati | Miss Americana | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1992 | Robin Meade | Wakeman | Miss Mansfield | Semi-finalist | Lead news anchor for CNN Headline News' morning show, Morning Express with Robin Meade | |
| 1991 | Renee Autherson | Newark | Miss Central Ohio | |||
| 1990 | Kristi Cooke | Marion | Miss Willard | |||
| 1989 | Kristin Huffman | Canal Winchester | Miss Pickerington-America | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1988 | Sarah Ann Evans | Van Wert | Miss Pickerington-America | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1987 | Susan Kay Johnson | Columbus | Miss Canton | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1986 | Mary Zilba | Toledo | Miss Greater Toledo | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1985 | Suellen Cochran | Heath | Miss Southeastern | Top 10 Semi-Finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit; Preliminary Talent | |
| 1984 | Melissa Bradley | Mansfield | Miss Clayland | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1983 | Pamela Rigas | Canfield | Miss Cuyahoga Co. Fair | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | Previously Miss Alabama USA 1980 (3rd runner-up to Miss USA), Ohio's Junior Miss 1978 |
| 1982 | Debra Gombert | Bexley | Miss North Central | |||
| 1981 | Juliana Zilba | Mansfield | Miss North Central | Non-finalist Talent Award, Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship Recipient | ||
| 1980 | Kathy Vernon | Youngstown | Miss North Central | Top 10 Semi-Finalist | ||
| 1979 | Tana Carli | Lakewood | Miss Willard | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1978 | Sher Patrick | Centerville | Miss South Central | 3rd runner-up | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1977 | Joan Gilger* | Mansfield | Miss Bowling Green | |||
| Susan Perkins | Middletown | Miss Clayland | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1976 | Janice Cooley | Portsmouth | Miss Ohio Valley | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1975 | Susan Banks | Ravenna | Miss Warren | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1974 | Lorrie Kapsta | Columbus | Miss Franklin County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1973 | Cheryl Youkvitch | Lorain | Miss Lorain | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1972 | Karen Sparka | Bowling Green | Miss Bowling Green | non-finalist talent | ||
| 1971 | Judy Jones | Miss Miami University | ||||
| Laurie Lea Schaefer | Bexley | Miss Bexley | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit | ||
| 1970 | Grace Bird | Alliance | Miss Alliance | |||
| 1969 | Katherine Baumann | Bowling Green | Miss Bowling Green | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit; Preliminary Talent | Aunt of Miss Ohio 1999 Tiffany Baumann |
| 1968 | Leslyn Hiple | Louisville | Miss Canton | |||
| 1967 | Pamela Robinson | Dayton | Miss Dayton | |||
| 1966 | Sharon Phillian | Delaware | Miss Delaware | 3nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1965 | Valerie Lavin | Canton | Miss Canton | |||
| 1964 | Diane Courtwright | Columbus | Miss Columbus | |||
| 1963 | Peggy Emerson | Akron | Miss Akron | |||
| 1962 | Bonne Gawronski* | Miss Toledo | ||||
| Jacquelyn Mayer | Sandusky | Miss Sandusky | Winner | Motivational speaker, noted for her recovery from a near-fatal stroke suffered at age 28 | ||
| 1961 | Darlene Depasquale | Dayton | Miss Dayton | |||
| 1960 | Alice McClain | Marion | Miss Marion | |||
| 1959 | Carole Weiler | Circleville | Miss Circleville | |||
| 1958 | Margaret Putman | Ada | Miss Ada | |||
| 1957 | Linda Hattman | Mansfield | Miss Mansfield | |||
| 1956 | Roberta Palmer | Cleveland | Miss Cleveland | |||
| 1955 | Marguerite Garr | Cincinnati | Miss Cincinnati | |||
| 1954 | Barbara Quinlin | Alliance | Miss Alliance | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1953 | Martha Zimmerman | Salem | Miss Salem | |||
| 1952 | Carol Koontz | Bolivar | Miss Bolivar | |||
| 1951 | Ruth Howell | Apple Creek | Miss Apple Creek | |||
| 1950 | Irene Farren | Grand River | Miss Grand River | |||
| 1949 | Florence Bondi | Cleveland | Miss Cleveland | |||
| 1948 | Maxine Waack | Fairview | Miss Fairview | |||
| 1947 | Nancy Nesbitt | Cleveland | Miss Cleveland | |||
| 1945 | Julia Donahue | Oxford | ||||
| 1941 | Janice Sulzman | Willoughby | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1940 | Violet Berze | Steubenville | ||||
| 1939 | Jeanne Saboda | Cleveland | ||||
| 1938 | Marilyn Meseke | Marion | Miss Marion | Winner | ||
| 1937 | Jean Fadden | Cleveland |
* Succeeded to the crown after Miss Ohio won Miss America
[edit] External links
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| Miss America Miss Ohio |
Miss USA Miss Ohio USA |
Miss Teen USA Miss Ohio Teen USA |
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