Miss Indiana
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File:Gabrielle Reed.jpg
Gabrielle Reed, Miss Indiana 2010
File:Nicole Pollard.jpg
Nicole Pollard, Miss Indiana 2009
File:Megan Meadors.jpg
Megan Meadors, Miss Indiana 2008
File:Katie Stam cropped.png
Katie Stam, Miss Indiana 2008 and Miss America 2009
File:Nicole Rash parade.jpg
Nicole Rash, Miss Indiana 2007
The Miss Indiana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss America pageant.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Morgan Jackson[1] | Charlestown | 21 | Miss Harvest Homecoming | Lyrical Ballet "It Is Well with My Soul" by Bill Gaither | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014. Miss Indiana's Outstanding Teen 2007 and top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008. Daughter of Miss New Mexico 1984 Trina Collins.[2] | ||
| 2014 | Audra Casterline | Fishers | 23 | Miss Hoosier Heartland | Vocal "Over the Rainbow" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 | |
| 2013 | Terrin Thomas | Auburn | 21 | Miss Indiana University | Vocal "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love" | Semi-finalist at Miss Indiana Teen USA 2011 | ||
| 2012 | MerrieBeth Cox | Roselle, IL | 22 | Miss Duneland | Baton Twirling "Sparkling Diamonds" | Top 12 | Miss Illinois's Outstanding Teen 2007, Eligible to be Miss Indiana as a student at Purdue University | |
| 2011 | Jackie Jerlecki[3] | Goshen | 22 | Miss Duneland | Vocal "Take Me to the World" from Evening Primrose | |||
| 2010 | Gabrielle Reed | Bloomington | 22 | Miss Southern Heartland | Vocal "You'll Never Walk Alone" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2009 | Nicole Pollard | Lafayette | 23 | Miss Duneland | Broadway Vocal "And This Is My Beloved" | Top 15 | Indiana's Junior Miss 2004 | |
| 2008 | Megan Meadors | Auburn | 22 | Miss Pride of Indiana | Vocal | Placed 6th at the Miss Indiana 2008, Assumed the title after Katie Stam became Miss America, Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005, Later cheerleader for the Indianapolis Colts (2010-present)[4] | ||
| Katie Stam | Seymour | 22 | Miss Duneland | Vocal "Via Dolorosa" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Kentuckiana Teen 2002, Indiana's Junior Miss 2005, 2nd runner-up at America's Junior Miss 2005, Received a "golden sash" and was voted into the top 15 by the American viewing public | |
| 2007 | Nicole Rash | Plymouth | 23 | Miss Ball State University | Vocal "Bandito" | 1st runner-up | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2006 | |
| 2006 | Betsy Uschkrat | Bloomington | 24 | Miss Indiana University | Classical Vocal "Quando Me'n Vo'" | Quality of Life Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Susan Guilkey | Noblesville | 22 | Miss North Central | Vocal "I, Don Quixote" from Man of La Mancha | |||
| 2004 | Sarah Wiley | Carmel | 24 | Miss Wabash Valley | Vocal "What Kind of Fool Am I?" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Top 10 (2002) & Contestant (2003) at National Sweetheart | |
| 2003 | Bryn Chapman | Indianapolis | 21 | Miss South Central | Vocal "Home" from Phantom | Top 10 | 3rd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2002 as Miss Kentucky | |
| 2002 | Tangra Riggle | West Lafayette | 21 | Miss North Central | Vocal "God Bless America" | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 2001 | Allison Hatcher | Evansville | 24 | Miss North Central | Classical Piano "Prelude in G Minor" | Top 20 | ||
| 2000 | Betsy Bobel | Peru | 23 | Miss Duneland | Gymnastics "In the Mood" | Sister of Miss Indiana USA 2006 Bridget Bobel | ||
| 1999 | Kelly Lloyd | Indianapolis | 22 | Miss North Central | Jazz Dance "Jump, Jive an' Wail" | Albert A. Marks Jr. Interview Award | Miss Indiana Teen USA 1993 and 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 1993, Miss Indiana USA 2002 and 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 2002, 2nd runner-up at National Sweetheart 1998, Current director of operations for the Miss Indiana USA and Miss Indiana Teen USA pageants[5] | |
| 1998 | Julianne Hackney | Vincennes | 20 | Miss Northwest Territory | Vocal "My Man" | Top 10 | Indiana's Junior Miss 1996, Top 10 at National Sweetheart 1997 | |
| 1997 | Sara Engerman | Kendallville | 19 | Miss Limberlost | Tap Dance "Shout And Feel It" | |||
| 1996 | Shani Nielsen | New Albany | 24 | Miss Harvest Homecoming | Vocal "In His Eyes" from Jekyll & Hyde | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award, Bernie Wayne Talent Award | |
| 1995 | Becky Gray | Indianapolis | 23 | Miss North Central | Piano | |||
| 1994 | Tiffany Storm | Bloomington | 24 | Miss Capital City | Dramatic Vocal "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Bernie Wayne Talent Award | |
| 1993 | Dayna Brewer | New Albany | 22 | Miss Capital City | Vocal "When I Look At You" from The Scarlet Pimpernel | |||
| 1992 | Shelli Yoder | Shipshewana | 24 | Miss Elkhart | Vocal "This Is the Moment" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award (tie) | ran for US Congress in 2012 |
| 1991 | Kari Hipsher | Wabash | 23 | Miss Huntington | Ballet en Pointe | |||
| 1990 | Brenda Bassett | Kokomo | 21 | Miss Kokomo | Character Ballet en Pointe | |||
| 1989 | Lisa Williamson | Terre Haute | 26 | Miss Hoosier Hills | Classical Vocal "The Doll Song" from The Tales of Hoffmann | |||
| 1988 | Joni McMechan | Liberty | 21 | Miss Central Indiana | Semi-classical Vocal Medley | Toured with the 1989 Miss America Department of Defense USO Show | ||
| 1987 | Sheila Stephen | Unionville | 23 | Miss Hoosier Hills | Country Vocal "Only You" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1986 | Susan Sailor | Elkhart | 20 | Miss Elkhart | Piano Solo | |||
| 1985 | Laurie Broderick | Elkhart | 21 | Miss Elkhart | Dance / Twirl Batons to a medley of songs | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | Toured with 1986 Miss America Gillette Show Troupe |
| 1984 | Cynthia Yantis | Fort Wayne | 23 | Miss Fort Wayne | Popular Vocal "City Lights" | |||
| 1983 | Teri Schultz | Bloomington | 21 | Miss Hoosier Hills | Ballet "Sylvia" | |||
| 1982 | Ilona Conway | Bunker Hill | 25 | Miss Hoosier Hills | Popular Vocal "Mister Melody" | |||
| 1981 | Pam Carlberg | Bourbon | 21 | Miss Plymouth | Accordion Medley "Sabre Dance" & "Ritual Fire Dance" | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1980 | Teri Kardatzke | Anderson | 19 | Miss Anderson | Semi-classical Vocal "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" | |||
| 1979 | Rickee Farrell | Valparaiso | 18 | Miss North Central | Acrobatic Dance "Sweet Charity" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1978 | Terry Kaiser | Etna Green | 22 | Miss Plymouth | Modern Dance "Schubert's Unfinished Symphony" | |||
| 1977 | Barbara Mougin | Bremen | 24 | Miss Plymouth | Modern Dance "Theme from Summer of '42" | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1976 | Tamara Trittschuh | Plainfield | 21 | Miss Monroe County | Piano Solo "Brahms' Rhapsody No. 2" | |||
| 1975 | Cyndi Legler | Fort Wayne | 21 | Miss Mid-Central | Classical Ballet "Dawn" from Coppélia | Top 10 | Contestant at National Sweetheart 1974 | |
| 1974 | Penny Tichenor | Owensville | 21 | Miss Evansville Freedom Festival | Vocal "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret | Top 10 | ||
| 1973 | Karen Rogers | Indianapolis | 22 | Miss Indiana Central College | Popular Vocal "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" | |||
| 1972 | Rebecca Graham | Indianapolis | 23 | Miss South Central | Gymnastics Dance | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1971 | Pat Patterson | Gary | 22 | Miss Gary | Vocal "My Funny Valentine" | Special Talent Award | First African-American Miss Indiana, Had a career as a recording artist under the name "Kellee Patterson" | |
| 1970 | Debbie May | Remington | 21 | Miss Indianapolis | Semi-classical Vocal "The Impossible Dream" | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1969 | Jill Jackson | Anderson | 18 | Miss Anderson | Vocal / Dance "Much More" from The Fantasticks | |||
| 1968 | Kit Field | Indianapolis | 21 | Miss Indianapolis | Vocal "Why Was I Born?" | 4th runner-up | Featured performer at Miss America 1969 | |
| 1967 | Mary Haglund | Indianapolis | 19 | Miss Butler University | Figure Skating "Swan Lake" & "The Shadow of Your Smile" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1966 | Jane Ann Rutledge | Vincennes | 19 | Miss Indiana University | Piano Solo "Gershwin Medley" | |||
| 1965 | Eileen Smith | Indianapolis | 18 | Miss Indianapolis | Vocal Medley "The Sound of Music" & "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Featured Performer at Miss America 1966 telecast |
| 1964 | Sandra Miller | Bedford | 20 | Miss Bedford | Popular Vocal | |||
| 1963 | Marsha Pinkstaff | Crawfordsville | Miss Butler University | Dramatic Reading | ||||
| 1962 | Julia Flaningan | Lebanon | 20 | Miss Butler University | Popular Vocal | |||
| 1961 | Kathleen Burke | Terre Haute | 18 | Miss Indiana State Teachers College | Musical Monologue & Fashion Show | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1960 | Tommye Glaze | Culver | 21 | Miss Plymouth | Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1959 | Barbara Kummer | Valparaiso | 20 | Miss Valparaiso University | Impersonations of Various Television Personalities | |||
| 1958 | Anita Hursh | Goshen | Miss Goshen | Piano "Polonaise" by Frédéric Chopin | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |||
| 1957 | Gloria Rupprecht | Valparaiso | Miss Valparaiso University | Vocal / Comedy Skit "My Hero" | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1956 | Mary McNulty | Fort Wayne | 22 | Miss Fort Wayne | Soft Shoe Dance "Singin' in the Rain" | |||
| 1955 | Carolyn Turner | Indianapolis | Miss Indianapolis | Chalk Talk & Poetry | ||||
| 1954 | Sue Eaton | Monticello | Miss Indianapolis | Art/Photo Display & Hula | ||||
| 1953 | Violet Wratich | East Chicago | Miss East Chicago | Vocal | ||||
| 1952 | Ann Garnier | Indianapolis | Miss Indianapolis | Classical Vocal "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1951 | Carol Mitchell | Rochester | Miss Rochester | Chalk Talk & Marionette Exhibition | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1950 | Pat Berry | Indianapolis | Miss Monticello | Vocal "I'm Falling In Love With Someone" from Naughty Marietta | ||||
| 1949 | Patricia Cunningham | Peru | Miss Monticello | Water Ballet | Original winner, Fay Suter, was disqualified for having competed in two local pageants that same year which at the time was against the rules.[6] | |||
| 1948 | Patti Grubbs | Gary | Vocal "When You Are Away" | |||||
| 1947 | Beverly Trenary | Gary | Vocal "I'll Close My Eyes" | |||||
| 1946 | Lois Chitwood | Helmsburg | Miss Indiana University | Piano & Speech | ||||
| 1945 | Betty Lockyear | Evansville | Vocal "Indian Love Call" | |||||
| 1941 | Alice Ullery | Evansville | Modeling | |||||
| 1940 | Carolyn Akin | Evansville | Tap Dance | |||||
| 1938 | Helen Emly | Letts | Miss Letts | Top 15 | Rosemary White competed as Miss Indianapolis. | |||
| 1933 | Mary Frances Lininger | Won the title of Miss Indiana but chose to get married rather than compete at Miss America | ||||||
| 1927 | Hilda Koch | South Bend | Miss South Bend | Also representing Indiana were: Anne Howe, Miss Hammond, who placed as a Finalist; Anna May Owens, Miss Gary and Vera Haspal, Miss Terre Haute | ||||
| 1926 | No Miss Indiana | A Miss Indianapolis competed but her name is not known. | ||||||
| 1922 | No Miss Indiana | Thelma Blossom competed as Miss Indianapolis. | ||||||
References
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