The Miss Illinois competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

 in the Miss America

Miss America

The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

 pageant. The Miss Illinois pageant started in 1927, several years after the initial Miss America pageant. The first "Miss Illinois" sent to the national pageant, Lois Delander

Lois Delander

Lois Eleanor Delander was Miss America in 1927.Delander, a native of Joliet, Illinois and high school junior, aged 16, won the crown on her parents' twentieth wedding anniversary. The pageant was not held again until 1932. She died near Chicago in 1985.- References :...

, won the Miss America title. Including Delander, five Miss Illinois representatives have won Miss America.

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Miss America Talent	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2011	Hannah Smith	Huntley Huntley, Illinois Huntley is a rapidly-growing village in McHenry and Kane Counties, Illinois. In 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the village's population to be 22,923. As of the 2000 Census, the village had a mere 5,730 people, meaning the village's population has more than tripled in eight years...	20	Miss Windy City	Ballet en Pointe
2010	Whitney Thorpe-Klinsky	New Baden New Baden, Illinois New Baden is a village in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,349 at the 2010 census.-Geography:New Baden is located at ....	22	Miss River to River	Tap Dance "On the Dance Floor"
2009	Erin O'Connor	Evergreen Park Evergreen Park, Illinois Evergreen Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,044 at the 2009 census.-Geography:Evergreen Park is located at . The suburb is surrounded by the city of Chicago on three of its sides, while Oak Lawn and Hometown border it on the west...	20	Miss Macomb	Ballet en Pointe "I Wanna Dance with Somebody Remix I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) "I Wanna Dance with Somebody " is the first single from Whitney Houston's second studio album Whitney. It was produced by Narada Michael Walden, and written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam of the band Boy Meets Girl, who had previously written the number-one Whitney Houston hit "How Will I... "
2008	Katie Lorenz	Chicago	24	Miss Chicago	Lyrical Dance "Footprints in the Sand" Footprints in the Sand (song) "Footprints in the Sand" is a song recorded by British singer Leona Lewis for her debut studio album Spirit . It was written by Simon Cowell, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, Richard Page, and produced by Steve Mac. It was released on 9 March 2008 in the United Kingdom as Lewis's third...
2007	Ashley Hatfield	Anna Anna, Illinois Anna is a city in Union County, Illinois, United States. Located in Southern Illinois, the population was 5,136 at the 2000 census. The city is known for being tied to its close neighbor Jonesboro, together known as Anna-Jonesboro. Anna is well renowned for the Anna State Mental Hospital or the...	24	Miss Heartland	Vocal "To Love You More To Love You More "To Love You More" is a single by Céline Dion, released in Japan on October 23, 1995.It was recorded for a popular Japanese TV drama series, called Koibito Yo , and included on The Colour of My Love album re-release in Japan... "
2006	Heidi Ekstrom	Mundelein Mundelein, Illinois Mundelein is a village in Lake County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 31,064.-History:The community now known as Mundelein has been inhabited since at least 1650, when the Potowatami Indians were known to have been trading with French fur traders....	24	Miss Kane County	Ballet en Pointe "Ride"
2005	Lauren Allen	Batavia Batavia, Illinois Batavia was founded in 1833, and is the oldest city in Kane County, Illinois, with a small portion in DuPage County. During the Industrial Revolution, Batavia became known as ‘The Windmill City’ for being the largest windmill producer of the time...	21	Miss Western Suburbs	Freestyle Gymnastics "Rhythm of the Night Rhythm of the Night (song) "Rhythm of the Night" is a 1985 hit single by the American R&B band DeBarge. The song is said to have been what jump started the career of songwriter Diane Warren and was the biggest hit recorded by the Motown family singing group.-History:... "
2004	Michelle LaGroue	Naperville Naperville, Illinois Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will Counties in Illinois in the United States, voted the second best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine in 2006. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 141,853. It is the fifth largest city in the state, behind Chicago,...	24	Miss Chicago	Vocal "I Know the Truth" from Aida Aida (musical) Aida is a musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical....			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 Schaumburg, Illinois Schaumburg is a city located in Cook County in northeastern Illinois. A common misspelling of the city name is Schaumberg, a spelling which persists on some modern maps. Schaumburg is located just under northwest of downtown Chicago and approximately northwest of O'Hare International Airport. As...	21	Miss Chicago	Lyrical Dance "Dance With My Father Dance with My Father (song) "Dance with My Father" is the title track to singer-songwriter Luther Vandross' thirteenth studio album. With Richard Marx, Vandross wrote the song based on his personal experience... "
	Michelle LaGroue*	Naperville		Miss Tinley Park
2002	Erika Harold Erika Harold Erika N. Harold was Miss America 2003, having qualified for the pageant by being selected Miss Illinois 2002. Her official platform was "Preventing Youth Violence and Bullying: Protect Yourself, Respect Yourself." This platform choice was said to have grown out of personal experience; she recounts...	Urbana Urbana, Illinois Urbana is the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,250. Urbana is the tenth-most populous city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area....	22	Miss Land of Lincoln	Classical Vocal "Habanera Habanera (aria) In the form of habanera, there is a famous aria from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. It is sometimes referred to as "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle." . Its score was adapted from the habanera "El Arreglito," originally composed by the Spanish musician Sebastián Yradier... "	Winner	Preliminary Interview Award, Preliminary On-stage Interview Award, Overall Interview Award
2001	Kristin Castillo	Macomb Macomb, Illinois Macomb is a city in and the county seat of McDonough County, Illinois, United States. It is situated in western Illinois southwest of Galesburg. The population was 18,588 at the 2000 census. Macomb is the home of Western Illinois University.- Geography :...	18	Miss Macomb	Classical Violin "Praeludium & Allegro"
2000	Jenny Powers Jenny Powers Jennifer Diane Powers is an American actress, singer, and beauty pageant contestant. She won the title of Miss Illinois in 2000, and has had major roles in Broadway productions such as Little Women and Grease....	Andover, Massachusetts Andover, Massachusetts Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was incorporated in 1646 and as of the 2010 census, the population was 33,201...	21	Miss Northern Illinois	Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'"		Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award	*was eligible to compete for Miss Illinois as a student at Northwestern University Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
1999	Jade Smalls Jade Simmons Jade Simmons, née Smalls, is an American classical pianist. She has been chosen as Concert Artist Guild’s New Music/New Places Fellow, and the Washington Post branded her “A clear, powerful pianist with a magnetic personality…worth seeing any time.”...	Evanston Evanston, Illinois Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...	21	Miss Chicago	Classical Piano "Etude in C Minor Étude Op. 10, No. 4 (Chopin) Étude Op. 10, No. 4, in C-sharp minor, is a study for solo piano composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1830. It was first published in 1833 in France, Germany, and England as the fourth piece of his Études Op. 10... "	1st runner-up
1998	Amanda Jo Meadows	Sycamore Sycamore, Illinois Sycamore is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. It has a commercial district based and centered on Illinois Route 64. The population was 17,519 at the 2010 census, up from 12,020 at the 2000 census.-Early settlement:...		Miss Macomb	Baton "1-2-3 Maria María (song) "María" is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin for his third album, A Medio Vivir. It was released as a single on November 21, 1995 in Latin territories, and later in other parts of the world. "María" became Martin's first international hit single.-Music video:Three versions of the... "		Non-finalist Talent Award
1997	Ashley Eisenhauer*	Herrin Herrin, Illinois Herrin is a city in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,501 at the 2010 census. It is home to Country Musicstar David Lee Murphy, the hometown of baseball's Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman, and the hometown of San Diego State University men's basketball coach Steve...
	Katherine Shindle Katherine Shindle Kate Shindle is an American actress, singer, dancer, and AIDS activist. She came to fame as Miss America 1998, where she represented the state of Illinois as Miss Illinois 1997...	Evanston	20	Miss Lake-Cook	Vocal "Don't Rain on My Parade Don't Rain on My Parade "Don't Rain On My Parade" is a popular song from the 1964 musical Funny Girl. It was also featured in the 1968 movie version of the musical. The song was written by Bob Merrill and Jule Styne. Both the movie and stage versions feature Barbra Streisand performing the song. It has since become one of... "	Winner	Preliminary Talent Award
1996	Tania Gibson	Lake Barrington Lake Barrington, Illinois Lake Barrington is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,757 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lake Barrington is located at ....	19	Miss Fox River Valley	Vocal "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard (musical) Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on the 1950 film of the same title, the plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the...
1995	Tracy Hayes	Wheaton Wheaton, Illinois Wheaton is an affluent community located in DuPage County, Illinois, approximately west of Chicago and Lake Michigan. Wheaton is the county seat of DuPage County...	22	Miss Greater DuPage County	Vocal "Tonight Tonight (1956 song) "Tonight" is a popular song with music written by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and was published in 1956.It was introduced in the Broadway musical West Side Story. The song was revived in 1961 on single records in versions by Ferrante & Teicher and Eddie Fisher, whose... "	4th runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1994	Chuti Tiu Chuti Tiu Chuti Tiu is an Asian American actress of Chinese, Filipina and Spanish descent. Tiu studied at Northwestern University where she earned a B.A. in Economics and Political Science. She later got a lead role in Sally Field's directorial debut Beautiful a film based on the pageant experience...	Chicago	24	Miss Kankakee	Classical Piano		Non-finalist Talent Award	Previously was America's Junior Miss America's Junior Miss Distinguished Young Women, formerly known as America's Junior Miss, is a national non-profit organization that provides scholarship opportunities to high school senior girls. Depending on the schedule of the various state and local programs, young women are eligible during the summer preceding...  1987 representing Wisconsin
1993	Sara Martin	Schaumburg	20	Miss Schaumburg	Vocal "Hello, Young Lovers Hello, Young Lovers (song) "Hello, Young Lovers" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I. It is sung by Anna, played by Gertrude Lawrence in the original Broadway production, by Valerie Hobson in the original London West End production, and by Deborah Kerr in the film version... "		Non-finalist Talent Award	Previously was America's Junior Miss 1990
1992	Kathleen Farrell	Chicago	23	Miss Kankakee	Classical Piano		Non-finalist Talent Award	Later Miss Illinois USA Miss Illinois USA 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...  1994; Sister of Miss New York Miss New York The Miss New York competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss America pageant. Miss New York has twice won the Miss America Crown. Also, when city representatives were common at the national pageant, Bess Myerson won as Miss New York City in...  1984 and Miss Florida Miss Florida The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Florida has twice won the Miss America crown.-Winners:* Assumed the crown after Miss Florida won Miss America...  1985
1991	Cheryl Majercik	Niles Niles, Illinois Niles is a village in Maine and Niles Townships, Cook County, Illinois, United States. The 2010 population from the U.S. Census Bureau is 29,803.The current mayor of Niles is Robert M. Callero.-History:Niles was first settled in 1827....	26	Miss Chicago	Classical Vocal "O Mio Babbino Caro O mio babbino caro "O mio babbino caro" is a soprano aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi , by Giacomo Puccini, to a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is sung by Lauretta after tensions between her father Schicchi and the family of Rinuccio, the boy she loves, have reached a breaking point that threatens to... "		Non-finalist Talent Award
1990	Jaclyn Greer*
	Marjorie Vincent	Oak Park Oak Park, Illinois Oak Park, Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the city of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is the twenty-fifth largest municipality in Illinois. Oak Park has easy access to downtown Chicago due to public transportation such as the Chicago 'L' Blue and Green lines,...	25	Miss Kankakee	Classical Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu Fantaisie-Impromptu Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 66, is a solo piano composition and one of his best-known pieces. It was composed in 1834 and dedicated to Julian Fontana, who published the piece in spite of Chopin's request not to do so.... "	Winner - Miss America 1991 Miss America 1991 Miss America 1991, the 70th Miss America, pageant, was from on the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1990 on NBC Network.- Placements :-Preliminary Awards:-Quality of Life Award:- Delegates :The Miss America 1991 delegates:...	Preliminary Talent Award
1989	Jeri Zimmermann Jeri Ryan Jeri Lynn Zimmermann Ryan is an American actress best known for her roles as the liberated Borg, Seven of Nine, on Star Trek: Voyager; Tara Cole on Leverage; and Veronica "Ronnie" Cooke on Boston Public. She was also a regular on the science fiction show Dark Skies and the legal drama series...	Evanston	21	Miss Northwestern University	Vocal "On My Own Songs from Les Misérables Les Misérables, colloquially known as Les Mis, is one of the most famous and most performed musicals worldwide. It is based on the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, which follows the struggles of a cast of characters as they seek redemption and revolution in nineteenth century France... "	3rd runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Actress best known for playing the Borg Borg (Star Trek) The Borg are a fictional pseudo-race of cybernetic organisms depicted in the Star Trek universe associated with Star Trek.Whereas cybernetics are used by other races in the science fiction world to repair bodily damage and birth defects, the Borg use enforced cybernetic enhancement as a means of...  Seven of Nine Seven of Nine Seven of Nine is a fictional character on Star Trek: Voyager, portrayed by actress Jeri Ryan. Born human, she was assimilated by the Borg at the age of six. Eighteen years later, Voyager left Borg space with Seven on board, after attempts to negotiate passage through Borg space proved only...  on Star Trek: Voyager Star Trek: Voyager Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while... .
1988	Dawn Spicuzza	Collinsville Collinsville, Illinois Collinsville is a city located mainly in Madison County, and partially in St. Clair County, both in Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 26,016. Collinsville is approximately 12 miles from St. Louis, Missouri and is considered part of that city's Metro-East area...	22	Miss Bethalto	Vocal "If I Loved You"
1987	Cindi Hodgkins	Schaumburg	22	Miss Chicago	Vocal Medley "My Man My Man "My Man" is a 1982 single by Yoko Ono from the album It's Alright in a New Wave/calypso style. The minimalist "Let The Tears Dry" appeared on the B-side.... " & "But the World Goes Round"
1986	Lisa Heussner	Pekin Pekin, Illinois Pekin is a the county seat of Tazewell County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located on the Illinois River, Pekin is also the largest city of Tazewell County, and a key part of the Peoria metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, its population is 34,094. A small portion of the city limits extends...	21	Miss Pekin	Dramatic Interpretation "Emily Dickinson, Portrait of a Poet"
1985	Karen Moncrieff Karen Moncrieff Karen Moncrieff , is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. Her directing credits are in both television and features and she acted in the soap operas Days of our Lives and Santa Barbara. In 1985, she was crowned Miss Illinois and competed in the Miss America pageant...	Chicago	21	Miss Northwestern University	Popular Vocal "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles Ice Castles Ice Castles is a 1978 American romantic drama, starring Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson.It is the story of Alexis, a young figure skater, and her rise and fall from super stardom. Tragedy strikes when, following a freak accident, Lexie loses her sight, leaving her to hide away in the privacy of...			Toured with 1986 Miss America Gillette Global Gillette Gillette is a brand of Procter & Gamble currently used for safety razors, among other personal care products. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, it was one of several brands originally owned by The Gillette Company, a leading global supplier of products under various brands, which was...  Show Troupe
1984	Ruth Booker	Chicago	21	Miss Chicago	Vocal "Kiss Me In the Rain"
1983	Becky Bush	Chicago	24	Miss Chicago	Vocal "It's My Turn It's My Turn "It's My Turn" is a 1980 song used as the theme to the film of the same name. The song, written by Carole Bayer Sager and Michael Masser for Diana Ross, was released as a single and became a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number nine.Aretha Franklin recorded the song for her... "			actress, using the name Rebeccah Bush, played Detective Katie Grant on Jake and the Fatman Jake and the Fatman Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series...
1982	Jaleigh Jeffers	Mt. Carmel Mount Carmel, Illinois Mount Carmel is a city in and the county seat of Wabash County, Illinois, United States. At the time of the 2000 census, the population was 7,982, while the next largest town in Wabash County is Allendale, population 528. Located at the confluence of the Wabash, Patoka, and White Rivers, Mount...	21	Miss Southern Illinois	Piano Solo "Bumble Boogie"
1981	Sandra Truitt	Evanston	25	Miss North Shore	Classical Vocal "Près des remparts de Séville" from Carmen Carmen Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...	1st runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1980	Blythe Sawyer	Naperville	22	Miss Chicago	Classical Vocal "The Jewel Song" from Faust Faust (opera) Faust is a drame lyrique in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part 1...		Non-finalist Talent Award
1979	Elizabeth Russell	Pekin	20	Miss Heart of Illinois	Classical Vocal "O Luce di Quest'Anima" from Linda di Chamounix Linda di Chamounix Linda di Chamounix is an operatic melodramma semiserio in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Gaetano Rossi. It premiered in Vienna, at the Kärntnertortheater, on May 19, 1842.-Performance history:...			assumed Miss Illinois title after original winner, Shanna McNeill, was stripped of the title
1978	Debra Carlson	Ottawa Ottawa, Illinois Ottawa is a city located at the confluence of the Illinois River and Fox River in LaSalle County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 18,786...	19	Miss Ottawa	Flute Solo "Carnival of Venice Carnival of Venice (song) The Carnival of Venice, is a folk tune popularly associated with the words "My hat, it has three corners." A series of theme and variations have been written for solo trumpet, as "show off" pieces that contain virtuosic displays of double and triple tonguing, and fast tempos.Many variations on the... "		Non-finalist Talent Award
1977	Nancy Beatty	Avon Avon, Illinois Avon is a village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 915 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Avon is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....	22	Miss Macomb	Classical Vocal "Voices of Spring Frühlingsstimmen "Frühlingsstimmen" , Op. 410, is a waltz by Johann Strauss II, written in 1882, for orchestra and solo soprano voice.-History:Strauss dedicated the work to the pianist and composer Alfred Grünfeld... "
1976	Betsy Jamison	Mundelein	24	Miss Mundelein	Popular Vocal "Who Will Buy?" from Oliver! Oliver! Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
1975	Jean Waters	Tuscola Tuscola, Illinois Tuscola is a city in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,480 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Douglas County.-Geography:Tuscola is located at ....	22	Miss Crossroads Country	Gymnastic Dance / Trampoline "High School Cadets High School Cadets High School Cadets is a march that was written in 1890 by John Philip Sousa. The march is written in the form IAABBCCDD.The tune is often included on compilations of Sousa's works. The final portion of the song was used for the melody of "The March of the Penguins" in Gloria Jean's 1939 film, The... "
1974	Jean Ahern	Hinsdale Hinsdale, Illinois Hinsdale is a suburb of Chicago, Illinois; it is located partly in Cook County and mainly in DuPage County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 17,349 at the 2000 census. The town's ZIP code is 60521. The town has a rolling, wooded topography, with a quaint downtown and is a 30-minute...	21	Miss Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills	Ballet en Pointe "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote Don Quixote (ballet) Don Quixote is a ballet originally staged in four acts and eight scenes, based on an episode taken from the famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus and was first presented by the Ballet of the...	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1973	Colleen Metternich	Carthage Carthage, Illinois Carthage is a city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,725 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hancock County. Carthage is most famous for being the site of the murder of Joseph Smith in 1844.- History :...	23	Miss Heart of Illinois	Piano Solo "Variations on a Twelve Note Theme"	Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1972	Carolyn Paulus	Elmhurst Elmhurst, Illinois Elmhurst is a suburb of Chicago in DuPage and Cook Counties, Illinois. The population is 46,013 as of the 2008 US Census population estimate.-History:...	20	Miss Macomb	Classical Vocal "Glitter And Be Gay" from Candide Candide (operetta) Candide is an operetta with music composed by Leonard Bernstein, based on the novella of the same name by Voltaire. The operetta was first performed in 1956 with a libretto by Lillian Hellman; but since 1974 it has been generally performed with a book by Hugh Wheeler which is more faithful to...
1971	Anita Pankratz	Chicago	21	Miss Chicago	Vocal / Piano "Someone to Watch Over Me Someone to Watch over Me (song) "Someone to Watch Over Me" is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin from the musical Oh, Kay! , where it was introduced by Gertrude Lawrence... "
1970	Lynn Alexander	Loami Loami, Illinois Loami is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 804 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Loami is located at ....	18	Miss Springfield	Classical Vocal "Vissi d'arte Vissi d'arte "Vissi d'arte" is a soprano aria from act II of the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini. It is sung by Tosca as she thinks of her fate and how the life of her beloved, Mario Cavaradossi, is at the mercy of Baron Scarpia.-Libretto:-External links:*... "
1969	Dulcie Scripture	Elgin Elgin, Illinois Elgin is a city in northern Illinois located roughly northwest of Chicago on the Fox River. Most of Elgin lies within Kane County, Illinois, with a portion in Cook County, Illinois...	20	Miss Elgin	Piano Solo "Khachaturian's Toccata Toccata Toccata is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without imitative or fugal interludes, generally emphasizing the dexterity of the performer's fingers... "		Non-finalist Talent Award
1968	Sharon Mitchell*	Westchester		Miss Bellwood-Westchester
	Judith Ford Judith Ford Judi Nash [née Judith Anne Ford] is a retired teacher who was Miss America 1969. Ford qualified to compete in the Miss America pageant by winning first the title of Miss Boone County and then the Miss Illinois pageant...	Belvidere Belvidere, Illinois Belvidere is a city in Boone County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,585 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Boone County. Belvidere is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...	18	Miss Boone County	Acrobatic Dance & Trampoline Act "The Blue Danube The Blue Danube The Blue Danube is the common English title of An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 , a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866... "	Winner	Preliminary Swimsuit Award; Preliminary Talent Award
1967	Kathryn Myers	Aurora Aurora, Illinois Aurora is the second most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the 112th largest city in the United States. A suburb of Chicago, located west of the Loop, its population in 2010 was 197,899. Originally founded within Kane County, Aurora's city limits have expanded greatly over the past...	20	Miss Fox Valley	Dramatic Reading "Ion Ion (play) Ion is an ancient Greek play by Euripides, thought to be written between 414 and 412 BC. It follows the orphan Ion in the discovery of his origins.-Background:... "
1966	Mary Lee Inzerello	Elk Grove	19	Miss Quincy	Modern Dance
1965	Kathleen Oros	Granite City Granite City, Illinois Granite City is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. At the 2010 census, the population was 29,849, making it the third largest city in the Metro-East and Southern Illinois, behind Alton and Belleville...	20	Miss Granite City	Popular Vocal "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady My Fair Lady My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe...
1964	Patricia Quillen	North Aurora North Aurora, Illinois North Aurora is village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. A suburb of Chicago, its population was 15,848 at the 2009 census.In its early history, North Aurora was known as "Schneider's Mill" or "Schneider's Crossing" after John Peter Schneider, a German immigrant who established a mill and...	21	Miss Geneva	Clarinet Solo
1963	Judith Schlieper	Decatur Decatur, Illinois Decatur is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city, sometimes called "the Soybean Capital of the World", was founded in 1823 and is located along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. In 2000 the city population was 81,500,...		Miss Decatur	Siamese Dance
1962	Pamela Gilbert	Carbondale Carbondale, Illinois Carbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...	21	Miss Carbondale	Dramatic Reading		Preliminary Swimsuit Award
	Donnalyn Freund	Winnetka	20		Vocal "I Enjoy Being a Girl I Enjoy Being a Girl (song) "I Enjoy Being a Girl" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song. It was originally performed in 1958, as the showpiece for the Linda Low showgirl character... "		Non-Finalist Talent Award	competed as Miss Chicago
1961	Jacqueline Bingert	Winthrop Harbor Winthrop Harbor, Illinois Winthrop Harbor is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 6,670 at the 2000 census, and it is the northernmost city in Illinois. Winthrop Harbor's main claim to fame is North Point Marina. With moorage over 1,500 boats, it is the largest marina on the Great Lakes...	21	Miss Waukegan	Tap Dance & India Ink Sketching
	Nancy Kesler	Oak Park	18		Modern Dance			competed as Miss Chicago
1960	Vicky Nutter	Vandalia Vandalia, Illinois Vandalia is a city in Fayette County, Illinois, United States, northeast of St. Louis, on the Kaskaskia River. From 1819 to 1839 it served as the state capital of Illinois. Vandalia was the western terminus of the National Road. Today it is the county seat of Fayette County and the home of the...	18	Miss Vandalia	Presentation of Fashion Designs		Non-finalist Talent Award
	Margaret McDowell	Evanston	21		Dramatic Reading		Non-Finalist Talent Award	competed as Miss Chicago
1959	Suzanne Johnson	Chicago	21		Vocal "Hello, Young Lovers"	Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award
	Carol Rubin	Chicago	18		Modern Jazz Dance			competed as Miss Chicago
1958	Anita Olson	River Forest River Forest, Illinois River Forest is a suburban village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Two universities make their home in River Forest, Dominican University and Concordia University Chicago. The village is closely tied to the larger neighboring community of Oak Park, Illinois. There are significant...			Piano "Brahms' Rhapsody in G Minor Rhapsodies, Op. 79 (Brahms) The Rhapsodies, Op. 79, for piano were written by Johannes Brahms in 1879 during his summer stay in Pörtschach, when he had reached the maturity of his career. They were inscribed to his friend, the musician and composer Elisabeth von Herzogenberg... "
	Audra Deckmann	Chicago			Dance		Non-Finalist Talent Award	competed as Miss Chicago
1957	Jeannie Beacham	Downers Grove Downers Grove, Illinois Downers Grove is a village in Downers Grove and Lisle Townships, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 48,724 at the 2000 census, with an official estimated population of 49,250 in 2008.-History:...			Drama
	Bette Lieb	Chicago			Dramatic Monologue from Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...			competed as Miss Chicago
1956	Tillie Micheletto	Collinsville			Vocal
	Sandra Jean Stuart	Chicago			Water Ballet Video Presentation	Semi-Finalist		competed as Miss Chicago
1955	Marian Cox	Oak Park			Vocal
	Florence Gallagher	Chicago			Semi-Classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It"	2nd runner-up		competed as Miss Chicago
1954	Patsy Bruce	Fairfield Fairfield, Illinois Fairfield is the county seat of Wayne County, Illinois, United States, the site of Frontier Community College, , , and Airtex; an auto parts manufacturing facility...			Drama		Miss Congeniality
	Regina Dombeck	Chicago			Dramatic Monologue from Mary of Scotland by Maxwell Anderson Maxwell Anderson James Maxwell Anderson was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist.-Early years:Anderson was born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, the second of eight children to William Lincoln "Link" Anderson, a Baptist minister, and Charlotte Perrimela Stephenson, both of Scots and Irish descent...	Semi-Finalist		competed as Miss Chicago. Finalist in the 1954 National Press Photographer Pageant.
1953	Jacquie Dumbauld	Alton Alton, Illinois Alton is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 27,865 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in Southern Illinois...			Piano / Dance
	Carol Segermark	Chicago			Vocal			competed as Miss Chicago
1952	Glenna Pohly	Rock Falls Rock Falls, Illinois Rock Falls is a city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,266 at the 2010 census, down from 9,580. The city is located on the Rock River.- Geography :Rock Falls is located at ....			Flute
	Jo Hoppe	Chicago			Tap Dance	4th runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	competed as Miss Chicago
1951	Doris King	Harvey Harvey, Illinois Harvey is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, near Chicago. The population was 30,000 at the 2000 census.Harvey is bordered by Dixmoor, Riverdale and Blue Island to the north, Posen and Markham to the west, South Holland, Phoenix, and Dolton to the east, and East Hazel Crest to the...
	Adrianne Falcon	Chicago			Vocal & Dance	Semi-Finalist		competed as Miss Chicago
1950	Catherine Kleinschmidt	Granite City			Vocal
	Marjorie Adams	Chicago			Monologue "To the Lovely Margaret"	Semi-Finalist		competed as Miss Chicago
1949	Trudi Germi	Chicago			Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
	Teresa Giorgian	Chicago			Vocal "Jealousy"	Semi-Finalist		competed as Miss Chicago
1948	Viola Hutmacher	Quincy Quincy, Illinois Quincy, known as Illinois' "Gem City," is a river city along the Mississippi River and the county seat of Adams County. As of the 2010 census the city held a population of 40,633. The city anchors its own micropolitan area and is the economic and regional hub of West-central Illinois, catering a...			Classical Vocal "Italian Street Song"
	Lois Nettleton Lois Nettleton Lois June Nettleton was an American actress of film, stage, and television. She was Miss Chicago of 1948 as well as a semifinalist at that year's Miss America Pageant.-Early years:...	Chicago			Dramatic Monologue from Saint Joan Saint Joan (play) Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw, based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Published not long after the canonization of Joan of Arc by the Roman Catholic Church, the play dramatises what is known of her life based on the substantial records of her trial. Shaw studied the transcripts...	3rd runner-up		competed as Miss Chicago
1947	Maree Evans	Joliet Joliet, Illinois Joliet is a city in Will and Kendall Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, located southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County. As of the 2010 census, the city was the fourth-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 147,433. It continues to be Illinois' fastest growing...			Dress Design & Art
	Joan Hiatt	Chicago			Vocal "Kiss In the Dark"			competed as Miss Chicago
1946	Patricia Frye	Pekin			Vocal / Tap Dance "I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do"	Semi-finalist
	Cloris Leachman Cloris Leachman Cloris Leachman is an American actress of stage, film and television. She has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards—more than any other performer—and one Daytime Emmy Award...	Chicago			Comic Sketch "One Man Radio Program"	Semi-Finalist		competed as Miss Chicago
1945	Beverly Long	Joliet
	Lee Wieland	Chicago			Monologue "A Lesson With a Fan"	Semi-Finalist	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	competed as Miss Chicago
1944	Betty King	Bloomington Bloomington, Illinois Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, United States and the county seat. It is adjacent to Normal, Illinois, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area...			Acrobatic Dance "Stardust Stardust (song) "Stardust" is an American popular song composed in 1927 by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics added in 1929 by Mitchell Parish. Originally titled "Star Dust", Carmichael first recorded the song at the Gennett Records studio in Richmond, Indiana... "
	Elaine Steinbach	Chicago			Vocal "You'll Never Know You'll Never Know "You'll Never Know" is a popular song. The music was written by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Mack Gordon, based on a poem written by a young Oklahoma war bride named Dorothy Fern Norris.... "	3rd runner-up		competed as Miss Chicago
1943	Dorothy Kohrt	Ottawa
	Marjorie Nelson	Chicago			Rhythmic Ballet	Semi-Finalist		competed as Miss Chicago
1942	Patricia Hayes	Rochelle Rochelle, Illinois Rochelle is a city in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,574 at the 2010 census, up from 9,424 at the 2000 census. Rochelle is about west of Chicago and south of Rockford...			Dramatic Recitation	Semi-finalist
	Bette Brunk	Chicago			Hula "Hawaiian War Chant Hawaiian War Chant "Hawaiian War Chant" was an American popular song whose original melody and lyrics were written in the 1860s by Prince Leleiohoku. The original title of the song was Kaua I Ka Huahua`i or "We Two in the Spray." It was not written as a chant, and the Hawaiian lyrics describe a clandestine meeting... "	1st runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	competed as Miss Chicago
1939	Ethel Lodbell	Chicago			Monologue "From the Diary of a Contestant"	Semi-Finalist		competed as Miss Chicago
1936	Virginia Moeller	Springfield Springfield, Illinois Springfield is the third and current capital of the US state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 117,400 , making it the sixth most populated city in the state and the second most populated Illinois city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area...
	Genevieve Anderson	Chicago						competed as Miss Chicago
	Arlene Causey	Chicago				3rd runner-up	Best Model	competed as Miss Cook County
1933	Lillian Kroner		18					disqualified because she resided in St. Louis
1927	Lois Delander Lois Delander Lois Eleanor Delander was Miss America in 1927.Delander, a native of Joliet, Illinois and high school junior, aged 16, won the crown on her parents' twentieth wedding anniversary. The pageant was not held again until 1932. She died near Chicago in 1985.- References :...	Joliet	16			Winner		Other contestants from Illinois were: Myrtle Valsted, Miss Chicago; Gladys Vile, Miss Danville and Anna G. Bernard, Miss Springfield.
1926	No Miss Illinois							Mae Greene represented Illinois as Miss Chicago.
1925	No Miss Illinois							Representing Illinois were Margarita Gonzales, Miss Chicago & Lucille Burns, Miss Elgin
1924	No Miss Illinois							Margaret Leigh, Miss Chicago, placed as a Finalist in the pageant. Also representing Illinois was Virginia Lipscomb, Miss Decatur
1923	No Miss Illinois							Ruth Schreiber represented Illinois as Miss Chicago.
1922	No Miss Illinois							Georgia Hale Georgia Hale Georgia Hale was an actress of the silent movie era.-Career:Georgia Theodora Hale was Miss Chicago 1922 and competed in the Miss America Pageant... represented Illinois as Miss Chicago.

* succeeded to the title after Miss Illinois won Miss America

External links

• Miss Illinois official website