Miss Ohio USA
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The Miss Ohio USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss USA pageant.
Ohio achieved success in the first decades of the Miss USA competition but has not done as well in recent years. Ohio is one of only twelve states to win the Miss USA crown twice (Sue Downey in 1965 and Kim Seelbrede in 1981).
There are many notable Miss Ohio USA's, most famously actress and Oscar winner Halle Berry who was 1st runner up to Miss USA in 1986. Others include Kim Mullen (2002) of Survivor: Palau, Melissa Proctor (1990), current director of the Miss Ohio USA and Miss Michigan USA pageants and Lesa Rummell (1977), mother of Miss Teen USA 2005, Allie LaForce.
Two Miss Ohio USAs, including current titleholder Stacy Offenberger, are former Miss Ohio Teen USAs who competed at Miss Teen USA.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Anna Melomud | 22 | ||||
| 2006 | Stacy Offenberger | 26 | Third runner-up | Previously Miss Ohio Teen USA 1998 | ||
| 2005 | Aisha Berry | 25 | ||||
| 2004 | Lauren Kelsey Hall | 20 | ||||
| 2003 | Candace Smith | 26 | ||||
| 2002 | Kimberly Mullen | Contestant on Survivor: Palau | ||||
| 2001 | Amanda Canary | |||||
| 2000 | Cheya Watkins | 26 | Previously Miss Ohio 1998 | |||
| 1999 | Melinda Miller | 25 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1998 | Cindy Madden | |||||
| 1997 | Michelle Mouser | Columbus | 23 | Previously Miss Ohio Teen USA 1991 | ||
| 1996 | Melissa Boyd | 22 | ||||
| 1995 | Julia Hughes | Grove City | 22 | |||
| 1994 | Lisa Allison | |||||
| 1993 | Andrea Pacione | Cleveland | ||||
| 1992 | Courtney Baber | |||||
| 1991 | Amy Glaze | |||||
| 1990 | Melissa Proctor | Semi-finalist | Director of Miss Ohio USA and Miss Michigan USA pageants | |||
| 1989 | Lisa Thompson | |||||
| 1988 | Gina West | |||||
| 1987 | Hallie Bonnell | Akron | ||||
| 1986 | Halle Berry | Cleveland | 19 | First runner-up | 5th Runner-up at Miss World 1986, actress and Academy Award winner | |
| 1985 | Lisa Barlow | Vandalia | ||||
| 1984 | Roxi Erwin | Pickerington | ||||
| 1983 | Gina Gangale | Youngstown | ||||
| 1982 | Kim Weeda | Dayton | Third runner-up | |||
| 1981 | Kim Seelbrede | Germantown | Winner | Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1981 | ||
| 1980 | Kim Thomas | Miss Photogenic | ||||
| 1979 | Carolyn Houlihan | |||||
| 1978 | Sheila Anderson | |||||
| 1977 | Lesa Rummell | Mother of Miss Teen USA 2005 Allie LaForce | ||||
| 1976 | Karen Myers | |||||
| 1975 | Sandra Kurdas | |||||
| 1974 | Kay Phillips | |||||
| 1973 | Jackie Urbanek | |||||
| 1972 | Kathleen Kehlmier | Fourth runner-up | ||||
| 1971 | Karen Haus | |||||
| 1970 | Jane Harrison | Semi-finalist | Actress, model and sportscaster. | |||
| 1969 | Marilyn Singleton | |||||
| 1968 | Linda Hoyle | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1967 | Phyllis Smith | |||||
| 1966 | Karen Dietz | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1965 | Sue Downey | Winner | Second runner-up at Miss Universe 1965 | |||
| 1964 | Gail Krielow | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1963 | Gloria McBride | |||||
| 1962 | Joan Colucy | |||||
| 1961 | Alice Lou-Englemann | |||||
| 1960 | Corrine Huff | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1959 | Marie Dicarlo | |||||
| 1958 | Cindy Garrison | |||||
| 1957 | Kathryn Gabriel | Fourth runner-up | ||||
| 1956 | Eleanor Wood | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1955 | Carol Hagerman | |||||
| 1954 | Barbara Randa | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1953 | Eleanore Mack | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1952 | Margie Broering |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
[edit] External links
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