Miss Indiana
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Indiana USA
The Miss Indiana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss America pageant.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Betsy Uschkrat | Sugar Land, Texas | Miss Indiana University | Finalist Quality of Life Award | *eligible to compete as Miss Indiana as graduate student at Indiana University | |
| 2005 | Susan Guilkey | Noblesville | Miss North Central | |||
| 2004 | Sarah Wiley | Carmel | Miss Wabash Valley | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2003 | Bryn Chapman | Indianapolis | Miss South Central | Top Ten Semi-finalist | ||
| 2002 | Tangra Riggle | West Lafayette | Miss North Central | Top Fifteen | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 2001 | Allison Hatcher | Evansville | Miss North Central | Top Twenty | ||
| 2000 | Betsy Bobel | Peru | Miss Duneland | Sister of Bridget Bobel, Miss Indiana USA 2006 | ||
| 1999 | Kelly Lloyd | Indianapolis | Miss North Central | Albert A. Marks Jr. Interview Award | Triple Crown winner - previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1993 (1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA), later Miss Indiana USA 2002 (2nd runner-up at Miss USA) | |
| 1998 | Julianne Hackney | Vincennes | Miss Northwest Territory | Top Ten Semi-finalist | Previously was Indiana's Junior Miss 1996 | |
| 1997 | Sara Engerman | Kendallville | Miss Limberlost | |||
| 1996 | Shani Nielsen | New Albany | Miss Harvest Homecoming | Top Ten Finalist | Preliminary Talent Award, Bernie Wayne Talent Award | |
| 1995 | Becky Gray | Indianapolis | Miss North Central | |||
| 1994 | Tiffany Storm | Bloomington | Miss Capital City | 4th Runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Bernie Wayne Talent Award | |
| 1993 | Dayna Brewer | New Albany | Miss Capital City | |||
| 1992 | Shelli Yoder | Shipshewana | Miss Elkhart | 2nd Runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award (tie) | |
| 1991 | Kari Hipsher | Wabash | Miss Huntington | |||
| 1990 | Brenda Bassett | Kokomo | Miss Kokomo | |||
| 1989 | Lisa Williamson | Terre Haute | Miss Hoosier Hills | |||
| 1988 | Joni McMechan | Liberty | Miss Central Indiana | |||
| 1987 | Sheila Stephen | Unionville | Miss Hoosier Hills | Non-Finalist Talent | ||
| 1986 | Susan Sailor | Elkhart | Miss Elkhart | |||
| 1985 | Laurie Broderick | Elkhart | Miss Elkhart | Top Ten Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1984 | Cynthia Yantis | Fort Wayne | Miss Fort Wayne | |||
| 1983 | Teri Schultz | Bloomington | Miss Hoosier Hills | |||
| 1982 | Ilona Conway | Bunker Hill | Miss Hoosier Hills | |||
| 1981 | Pam Carlberg | Bourbon | Miss Plymouth | 3rd Runner-up | ||
| 1980 | Teri Kardatzke | Anderson | Miss Anderson | |||
| 1979 | Rickee Farrell | Valparaiso | Miss North Central | |||
| 1978 | Terry Kaiser | Etna Green | Miss Plymouth | |||
| 1977 | Barbara Mougin | Bremen | Miss Plymouth | 1st Runner-up | ||
| 1976 | Tamara Trittschuh | Plainfield | Miss Monroe County | |||
| 1975 | Cyndi Legler | Fort Wayne | Miss Mid-Central | Top Ten Semi-finalist | ||
| 1974 | Penny Tichenor | Owensville | Miss Evansville Freedom Festival | Top Ten Semi-finalist | ||
| 1973 | Karen Rogers | Indianapolis | Miss Indiana Central College | |||
| 1972 | Rebecca Graham | Indianapolis | Miss South Central | 4th Runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1971 | Pat Patterson | Gary | Miss Gary | Special Talent Award | ||
| 1970 | Debbie May | Remington | Miss Indianapolis | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1969 | Jill Jackson | Anderson | Miss Anderson | |||
| 1968 | Kit Field | Indianapolis | Miss Indianapolis | 4th Runner-up | was a featured performer for the 1969 Miss America pageant | |
| 1967 | Mary Haglund | Indianapolis | Miss Butler University | Top Ten Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1966 | Jane Ann Rutledge | Vincennes | Miss Indiana University | |||
| 1965 | Eileen Smith | Indianapolis | Miss Indianapolis | 2nd Runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1964 | Sandra Miller | Bedford | Miss Bedford | |||
| 1963 | Marsha Pinkstaff | Crawfordsville | Miss Butler University | |||
| 1962 | Julia Flaningan | Lebanon | Miss Butler University | |||
| 1961 | Kathleen Burke | Terre Haute | Miss Indiana State Teachers College | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1960 | Tommye Glaze | Culver | Miss Plymouth | 4th Runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1959 | Barbara Kummer | Valparaiso | Miss Valparaiso University | |||
| 1958 | Anita Hursh | Goshen | Miss Goshen | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1957 | Gloria Rupprecht | Valparaiso | Miss Valparaiso University | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1956 | Mary McNulty | Fort Wayne | Miss Fort Wayne | |||
| 1955 | Carolyn Turner | Indianapolis | Miss Indianapolis | |||
| 1954 | Sue Eaton | Monticello | Miss Indianapolis | |||
| 1953 | Violet Wratich | East Chicago | Miss East Chicago | |||
| 1952 | Ann Garnier | Indianapolis | Miss Indianapolis | 1st Runner-up | ||
| 1951 | Carol Mitchell | Rochester | Miss Rochester | 1st Runner-up | ||
| 1950 | Pat Berry | Indianapolis | Miss Monticello | |||
| 1949 | Patricia Cunningham | Peru | Miss Monticello | Original winner was disqualified | ||
| 1948 | Patti Grubbs | Gary | ||||
| 1947 | Beverly Trenary | Gary | ||||
| 1946 | Lois Chitwood | Helmsburg | Miss Indiana University | |||
| 1945 | Betty Lockyear | Evansville | ||||
| 1941 | Carolyn Akin | Evansville | ||||
| 1940 | Alice Ullery | Evansville | ||||
| 1938 | Helen Emly | Letts | Miss Letts | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1927 | Hilda Koch | South Bend | Miss South Bend |
[edit] External links
| Indiana Pageantry | |
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