The Miss Iowa USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Iowa in the Miss USA pageant.
While Iowa has not been greatly successful in the past four decades, they were one of the most consistent states in the first decade of the pageant's existence. The second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe Crown was Carol Morris of Iowa in 1956.
Jamie Solinger, Miss Teen USA 1992 and Miss Iowa USA 1998 crowned her sister Jacklyn as Miss Iowa USA 1999.
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| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Rebecca Goldsmith | Chariton | 26 | |||
| 2010 | Katherine Connors | Bettendorf | 20 | |||
| 2009 | Chelsea Gauger | Ankeny | 19 | |||
| 2008 | Abbey Curran | Kewanee, IL | 20 | First person born with a disability (cerebral palsy) to compete in Miss USA[1] | ||
| 2007 | Dani Reeves | Hamburg | 21 | |||
| 2006 | Sarah Corpstein | Anamosa | 23 | |||
| 2005 | Joy Robinson | Altoona | 25 | |||
| 2004 | Brooke Hansen | Fort Dodge | 22 | |||
| 2003 | Linsey Grams | Urbandale | 20 | |||
| 2002 | Lauren Wilson | Bettendorf | 22 | |||
| 2001 | Clarissa Kroese | Pella | 22 | |||
| 2000 | Jensie Grigsby | West Des Moines | 26 | Top 10, Finishing in 10th Place | ||
| 1999 | Jaclyn Solinger | Altoona | ||||
| 1998 | Jamie Solinger | Altoona | Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 1992 and Miss Teen USA 1992. Later Mrs. Iowa America 2004 and 3rd runner-up to Mrs. America 2004 under her married name, Jamie Patterson.[2] | |||
| 1997 | Shawn Marie Brogan | New Hampton | ||||
| 1996 | Jill Simon | Burlington | ||||
| 1995 | Angela Hearne | Mount Vernon | ||||
| 1994 | Dr. Callie Pandit | Des Moines | ||||
| 1993 | Jan Hoyer | Fort Madison | Top 12 Semi-finalist, Finishing in 8th Place | Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 1987 | ||
| 1992 | Pam Patrick | Ottumwa | ||||
| 1991 | Heather Bowes | Toddville | ||||
| 1990 | Elizabeth Muelhaupt | West Des Moines | ||||
| 1989 | Marcy Requist | Red Oak | ||||
| 1988 | Julie Kemmerling | Hinsdale, IL | ||||
| 1987 | Katy Magee | Jefferson | ||||
| 1986 | Holly Wilkins | Clear Lake | ||||
| 1985 | Karen North | Ames | ||||
| 1985 | Devin Steinberg | Manson | Original winner, dethroned after she married during her reign. | |||
| 1984 | Michele Boisvert | Decorah | ||||
| 1983 | Dana Ruth Mintzer | Des Moines | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1982 | Jeanne Hoyer | Fort Madison | ||||
| 1981 | Jennifer Lynn Wimpey | Iowa City | ||||
| 1980 | Lori Kromminga | Keystone | ||||
| 1979 | Teri Lee Rees | Sioux City | ||||
| 1978 | Michelle Daley | West Des Moines | ||||
| 1977 | Cindy Woodard | Urbandale | ||||
| 1976 | Shery Lynn Davenport | Storm Lake | ||||
| 1975 | Kathleen Duggan | Council Bluffs | ||||
| 1974 | Susan Jane Thompson | Cedar Rapids | ||||
| 1973 | Dyanna Roberts | Oskaloosa | ||||
| 1972 | Jennifer Jo Owen | Maxwell | ||||
| 1971 | Cindy Helmers | Sibley | ||||
| 1970 | Jacqueline Jochims | Carroll | 3rd runner up at Miss International 1971, represented Iowa in Miss World USA 1970, did not place | |||
| 1969 | Becky Stoner | Laurens | ||||
| 1968 | Markie Anderson | Sioux City | ||||
| 1967 | Kathleen Solt | Jefferson | ||||
| 1966 | Janis Mieras | Alta | ||||
| 1965 | Mari Hardy | Sioux City | ||||
| 1964 | Barbara Rodgers | Perry | ||||
| 1963 | Ramona Meylor | Le Mars | ||||
| 1962 | Regina Prusha | Cedar Rapids | ||||
| 1961 | Deanne Ostermann | Ocheyedan | ||||
| 1960 | Trudy Shulkin | Sioux City | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1959 | Kay Nielson | Council Bluffs | Semi-finalist | Former Miss Nebraska 1957 | ||
| 1958 | Sandra Olsen | Sioux City | ||||
| 1957 | Judy Hall | Council Bluffs | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1956 | Carol Morris | Ottumwa | 19 | Winner | Winner Miss Universe 1956, Miss Iowa 1954 | |
| 1955 | Jerri Jean Cole | Holstein | ||||
| 1954 | Ione Lucken | Le Mars | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1953 | Marilyn Shonka | Sioux City | Semi-finalist |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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