Miss Illinois
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Erika Harold, Miss Illinois 2002 and Miss America 2003
- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Illinois USA
The Miss Illinois competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Illinois in the Miss America pageant. The Miss Illinois pageant started in 1927, several years after the intial Miss America pageant. The first "Miss Illinois" sent to the national pageant, Lois Delander, won the Miss America title. Including Delander, five Miss Illinois representatives have won Miss America.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Heidi Ekstrom | Mundelein | Miss Kane County | |||
| 2005 | Lauren Allen | Batavia | Miss Western Suburbs | |||
| 2004 | Michelle LaGroue | Naperville | Miss Chicago | Had previously held the title in 2002 when Erika Harold won Miss America, this was allowed as she had not previously competed at Miss America. Was also previously Illinois' Junior Miss 1998. | ||
| 2003 | Andrea Fritz | Schaumburg | Miss Chicago | |||
| 2002 | Michelle LaGroue* | Naperville | Miss Tinley Park | |||
| Erika Harold | Urbana | Miss Land of Lincoln | Winner | Preliminary Interview Award, Preliminary Onstage Interview Award | ||
| 2001 | Kristin Castillo | Macomb | Miss Macomb | |||
| 2000 | Jenny Powers | Andover, Massachusetts | Miss Northern Illinois | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | *was eligible to compete for Miss Illinois as a student at Northwestern University | |
| 1999 | Jade Smalls | Evanston | Miss Chicago | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1998 | Amanda Jo Meadows | Sycamore | Miss Macomb | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1997 | Ashley Eisenhauer* | Herrin | ||||
| Katherine Shindle | Evanston | Miss Lake-Cook | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1996 | Tania Gibson | Lake Barrington | Miss Fox River Valley | |||
| 1995 | Tracy Hayes | Wheaton | Miss Greater DuPage County | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1994 | Chuti Tiu | Chicago | Miss Kankakee | Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously was America's Junior Miss 1987 representing Wisconsin | |
| 1993 | Sara Martin | Schaumburg | Miss Schaumburg | Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously was America's Junior Miss 1990 | |
| 1992 | Kathleen Farrell | Chicago | Miss Kankakee | Non-finalist Talent Award | Later Miss Illinois USA 1994 | |
| 1991 | Cheryl Majercik | Niles | Miss Chicago | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1990 | Jaclyn Greer* | |||||
| Marjorie Vincent | Oak Park | Miss Kankakee | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Jeri Zimmerman | Evanston | Miss Northwestern University | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Actress best known for playing the Borg Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager. |
| 1988 | Dawn Spicuzza | Collinsville | Miss Bethalto | |||
| 1987 | Cindi Hodgkins | Schaumburg | Miss Chicago | |||
| 1986 | Lisa Heussner | Pekin | Miss Pekin | |||
| 1985 | Karen Moncrieff | Chicago | Miss Northwestern University | |||
| 1984 | Ruth Booker | Chicago | Miss Chicago | |||
| 1983 | Becky Bush | Chicago | Miss Chicago | |||
| 1982 | Jaleigh Jeffers | Mt. Carmel | Miss Southern Illinois | |||
| 1981 | Sandra Truitt | Evanston | Miss North Shore | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1980 | Blythe Sawyer | Naperville | Miss Chicago | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1979 | Elizabeth Russell | Pekin | Miss Heart of Illinois | |||
| 1978 | Debra Carlson | Ottawa | Miss Ottawa | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1977 | Nancy Beatty | Avon | Miss Macomb | |||
| 1976 | Betsy Jamison | Mundelein | Miss Mundelein | |||
| 1975 | Jean Waters | Tuscola | Miss Crossroads Country | |||
| 1974 | Jean Ahern | Hinsdale | Miss Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1973 | Colleen Metternich | Carthage | Miss Heart of Illinois | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1972 | Carolyn Paulus | Elmhurst | Miss Macomb | |||
| 1971 | Anita Pankratz | Chicago | Miss Chicago | |||
| 1970 | Lynn Alexander | Loami | Miss Springfield | |||
| 1969 | Dulcie Scripture | Elgin | Miss Elgin | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1968 | Sharon Mitchell* | |||||
| Judith Ford | Belvidere | Miss Boone County | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award; Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1967 | Kathryn Myers | Aurora | Miss Fox Valley | |||
| 1966 | Mary Lee Inzerello | Elk Grove | Miss Quincy | |||
| 1965 | Kathleen Oros | Granite City | Miss Granite City | |||
| 1964 | Patricia Quillen | North Aurora | Miss Geneva | |||
| 1963 | Judith Schlieper | Decatur | Miss Decatur | |||
| 1962 | Pamela Gilbert | Carbondale | Miss Carbondale | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1961 | Jacqueline Bingert | Winthrop Harbor | Miss Waukegan | |||
| 1960 | Vicky Nutter | Vandalia | Miss Vandalia | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1959 | Suzanne Johnson | Chicago | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1958 | Anita Olson | River Forest | ||||
| 1957 | Jeannie Beacham | Downers Grove | ||||
| 1956 | Tillie Micheletto | Collinsville | ||||
| 1955 | Marian Cox | Oak Park | ||||
| 1954 | Patsy Bruce | Fairfield | ||||
| 1953 | Jacquie Dumbauld | Alton | ||||
| 1952 | Glenna Pohly | Rock Falls | ||||
| 1951 | Doris King | Harvey | ||||
| 1950 | Catherine Kleinschmidt | Granite City | ||||
| 1949 | Trudi Germi | Chicago | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1948 | Viola Hutmacher | Quincy | ||||
| 1947 | Maree Evans | Joliet | ||||
| 1946 | Patricia Frye | Pekin | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1945 | Beverly Long | Joliet | ||||
| 1944 | Betty King | Bloomington | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1943 | Dorothy Kohrt | Ottawa | ||||
| 1942 | Patricia Hayes | Rochelle | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1936 | Virginia Moeller | Springfield | ||||
| 1933 | Lillian Kroner | |||||
| 1927 | Lois Delander | Joliet | Winner |
* succeeded to the title after Miss Illinois won Miss America
[edit] External links
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