Miss Illinois USA
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The Miss Illinois USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state Illinois in the Miss USA pageant.
Illinois is one of the most successful states in the competition. It is one of only four states to have won four or more Miss USA titles and one of only three states to win two Miss USA titles in consecutive years. All four winners came from the early history of the competition, with their last Miss USA being Karen Morrison, who held the title in 1974. The pageant's most successful years were from 1984-1996, when all but two delegates made the cut at Miss USA. That period was followed by many years without a placement, until Jill Gulseth finished third runner-up in 2005, the state's highest placement since 1995.
In 1986, sisters Tricia and Laura Bach won the title consecutively, the first occasion of this in the history of the Miss Universe organization.[1]
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[edit] Results summary
[edit] Placements
- Miss USA winners: Myrna Hansen (1953), Marite Ozers (1963), Amanda Jones (1973), Karen Morrison (1974)
- Second runners-up: Laura Bach (1985), Nichole Holmes (1995)
- Third runners-up: June Pickney (1958), Debra Niego (1979), Jill Gulseth (2005)
- Fourth runners-up: Celeste Ravel (1954)
- Top 6: Lisa Morgan (1991)
- Top 10: LaVonne Misselle (1984), Tricia Bach (1986), Joan Berge (1987), Gina Zordani (1988), Kelly Holub (1989), Bernadette Przybycien (1996)
- Top 12: Kathy Schmalen (1976), Carla Myers (1990), Kathleen Farrell (1994)
- Top 15: Dianne Daniggelis (1955), Marianne Gaba (1957), Jean Donnelly (1962), Beverly Lacek (1967), Catherine Warren (2005)
[edit] Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Elizabeth Curran (1977), Nichole Holmes (1995)
- Best State Costume: Kelly Holub (1989)
[edit] Titleholders
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Mia Heaston | Chicago | 25 | |||
| 2006 | Catherine Warren | Lake Forest | 23 | Top 15 | Contestant on The Bachelor: Officer and a Gentleman | |
| 2005 | Jill Gulseth | Geneva | 21 | 3rd Runner-up | ||
| 2004 | Molly Graham | Montgomery | 24 | |||
| 2003 | Agnieszka Zakreta | Rolling Meadows | 24 | |||
| 2002 | Amanda Reynolds | Marion | 23 | |||
| 2001 | Rebecca Ambrosi | Chicago | 24 | |||
| 2000 | Constance Stoetzer | Abingdon | 26 | |||
| 1999 | Christina Lam | |||||
| 1998 | Mandy Lane | |||||
| 1997 | Jennifer Celenas | Chicago | 21 | |||
| 1996 | Bernadette Przybycien | 24 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1995 | Nichole Holmes | Marion | 2nd runner-up | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 1994 | Kathleen Farrell | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1993 | Susie Park | Chicago | ||||
| 1992 | Leilani Magnussen | |||||
| 1991 | Lisa Morgan | Finalist | ||||
| 1990 | Carla Myers | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1989 | Kelly Holub | Semi-finalist | Best State Costume award | |||
| 1988 | Gina Zordani | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1987 | Joan Berge | Arlington Heights | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1986 | Tricia Bach | Elmhurst | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1985 | Laura Bach | Elmhurst | 2nd Runner-up | |||
| 1984 | LaVonne Misselle | Chicago | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1983 | Vanessa Romine | Rockford | ||||
| 1982 | Carla Danielson | Chicago | ||||
| 1981 | Leslie Renfrow | Chicago | ||||
| 1980 | Karen Groat | |||||
| 1979 | Debra Ann Niego | 3rd Runner-up | ||||
| 1978 | Suzanne Piche | |||||
| 1977 | Elizabeth Curran | Miss Photogenic | ||||
| 1976 | Kathy Schmalen | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1975 | Connie Reif | |||||
| 1974 | Karen Morrison | St. Charles | Winner | semifinalist at Miss Universe 1974 | ||
| 1973 | Amanda Jones | St. Charles | Winner | 1st runner up at Miss Universe 1973 | ||
| 1972 | Jani Hall | |||||
| 1971 | Paulette Breen | |||||
| 1970 | Carol Pepoon | |||||
| 1969 | Christine Jalloway | |||||
| 1968 | Sandra Wolsfeld | |||||
| 1967 | Beverly Lacek | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1966 | Cheryl Setser | |||||
| 1965 | Diane Gortz | |||||
| 1964 | Karen Wiesbrook | |||||
| 1963 | Marite Ozers | Kirkland | Winner | semifinalist at Miss Universe 1963 | ||
| 1962 | Jean Donnelly | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1961 | Dianne Duffey | |||||
| 1960 | Pat Thompson | |||||
| 1959 | Arlene Kaye | |||||
| 1958 | June Pickney | 3rd Runner-up | ||||
| 1957 | Marianne Gaba | Chicago | Semi-finalist | Playboy playmate September 1959 | ||
| 1956 | Mickey Blair | |||||
| 1955 | Dianne Daniggelis | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1954 | Celeste Ravel | 4th Runner-up | ||||
| 1953 | Myrna Hansen | Chicago | Winner | 1st runner up at Miss Universe 1953 | ||
| 1952 | Sherri Matulis |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
[edit] References
- ^ "Sisters reign, Bach to Bach", Chicago Sun-Times, 1986-02-25, p. 24.
[edit] External links
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