Miss Iowa
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The Miss Iowa competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Iowa
in the Miss America
pageant.
In 1970, Miss Iowa Cheryl Adrianne Browne became the first African American ever to compete in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. No contestant from Iowa has ever won the national Miss America title although two Miss Iowas have been named First Runner Up.
Contestants at the local and state levels of the Miss Iowa program use the scholarship money they earn to help pay for college and graduate school. In addition to scholarships granted to local and state winners, the Miss Iowa program awards scholarships for outstanding interview skills, talent, and other special awards.
The Miss Iowa pageant is a three-day program held in the Quad-Cities every June.
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
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.
In 1970, Miss Iowa Cheryl Adrianne Browne became the first African American ever to compete in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. No contestant from Iowa has ever won the national Miss America title although two Miss Iowas have been named First Runner Up.
Contestants at the local and state levels of the Miss Iowa program use the scholarship money they earn to help pay for college and graduate school. In addition to scholarships granted to local and state winners, the Miss Iowa program awards scholarships for outstanding interview skills, talent, and other special awards.
The Miss Iowa pageant is a three-day program held in the Quad-Cities every June.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2011 | Jessica Pray Jessica Pray Jessica Elizabeth Pray, is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Johnston, Iowa who was named Miss Iowa 2011.-Biography:... |
Johnston Johnston, Iowa -2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 17,278 in the city, with a population density of . There were 6,618 housing units, of which 6,369 were occupied.... |
18 | Miss Muscatine | Classical Vocal | |||
| 2010 | Pauli Mayfield | Davenport Davenport, Iowa Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk... |
24 | Miss Scott County | Vocal "I Know Where I've Been" from Hairspray Hairspray (musical) Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues... |
Ric Ferentz Non-Finalist Interview Award | ||
| 2009 | Anne Langguth | Iowa City Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, State of Iowa. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of about 67,862, making it the sixth-largest city in the state. Iowa City is the county seat of Johnson County and home to the University of Iowa... |
22 | Miss Johnson County | Violin Solo "Zigeunerweisen Zigeunerweisen Zigeunerweisen , Op. 20, is a musical composition for violin and orchestra written in 1878 by the Spanish composer and virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate and premiered during the same year in Leipzig... " |
Non-Finalist Talent Award & Quality of Life Finalist | Top 10 at National Sweetheart National Sweetheart Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1952 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart.... 2008; Formerly Iowa's Junior Miss 2005, Top 10 at America's Junior Miss 2005 |
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| 2008 | Olivia Myers | Sperry Sperry, Iowa Sperry is an unincorporated community in central Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. It lies along local roads north of the city of Burlington, the county seat of Des Moines County. Its elevation is 751 feet... |
22 | Miss Burlington | Tap Dance "Fever" | 2nd Runner Up at Miss America 2009 Miss America 2009 Miss America 2009, the 88th Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 24, 2009. The winner was Katie Stam from Indiana.... |
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| 2007 | Diana Reed | Norwalk Norwalk, Iowa Norwalk is a city in Polk and Warren counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 6,884 at the 2000 census. The city is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located just south of the Des Moines International Airport.-History:The first log cabin... |
23 | Miss Capital City | Baton "You Can't Stop the Beat" from Hairspray Hairspray (musical) Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues... |
Top 10 at Miss America 2008 Miss America 2008 Miss America 2008, the 87th Miss America pageant, was held at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on January 26, 2008.The pageant was broadcast live on TLC from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, only the third time that the pageant has been... |
Preliminary Talent | Former Golden Girl for the University of Iowa, Formerly Iowa's Junior Miss 2002 |
| 2006 | Emily Nicholas | Clear Lake Clear Lake, Iowa Clear Lake is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. The population was 8,161 at the 2000 census. The city is named for the large lake on which it is located. It is the home of a number of marinas, state parks and tourism-related businesses. Clear Lake is also a major stop on Interstate... |
21 | Miss Cedar River | Vocal "Over the Rainbow Over the Rainbow "Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie... " |
Sister of Miss Iowa 2004 | ||
| 2005 | Kay Pauszek | Bettendorf Bettendorf, Iowa Bettendorf is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Bettendorf is the fifteenth largest city in the U.S. state of Iowa and the fourth largest city in the "Quad Cities". As of the 2010 United States Census the population grew to 33,217. Bettendorf is one of the Quad Cities, along with... |
23 | Miss Muscatine | Irish Step Dance "Tipping Wheel" | |||
| 2004 | Carolyn Nicholas | Clear Lake | 22 | Miss Cedar River | Flute Solo "The Heebie Jeebies" | Non-finalist Talent | Sister of Miss Iowa 2006 | |
| 2003 | Nicole White | Eldridge Eldridge, Iowa Eldridge is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,651 at the 2010 census; Eldridge is a part of the Quad Cities metropolitan area and is considered a suburb.-History:... |
22 | Miss Scott County | Vocal "If I Had My Way" | |||
| 2002 | Stephanie Moore Stephanie Moore Stephanie Moore is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles on P2 as Lorraine and in the films Cube Zero, Angel Eyes, and John Q.-Filmography:*Labour Laws *King of Sorrow as Julia Baker... |
Okoboji Okoboji, Iowa Okoboji is a city in Dickinson County, Iowa, United States, along the eastern shore of West Okoboji Lake in the Iowa Great Lakes region. The population was 820 at the 2000 census. Pikes Point State Park is located within the city limits... |
22 | Miss Golden Circle | Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical) The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,... |
Iowa's Junior Miss 1998 | ||
| 2001 | Erin Smith | Bettendorf | 20 | Miss Mississippi Valley Fair | 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... " |
Miss America Scholar | Iowa's Junior Miss 1999 | |
| 2000 | Theresa Uchytil | Urbandale Urbandale, Iowa Urbandale is a city in Polk and Dallas counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 29,072; a special census taken by the city in 2005 counted 35,904 residents and the United States Census Bureau estimated that 38,369 residents lived there in 2008... |
24 | Miss Johnson County | Baton "The Cup of Life" | Quality of Life 1st runner-up | ||
| 1999 | Jennifer Caudle | Davenport Davenport, Iowa Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk... |
21 | Miss Scott County | Cello "Sabre Dance Sabre Dance "The Sabre Dance" is a movement in the final act of the ballet Gayane , written by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian's and completed in 1942. It evokes a whirling war dance in an Armenian dance, where the dancers display their skill with sabres. Its middle section incorporates an Armenian folk... " |
Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1998 | Lisa Dondlinger | Des Moines Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857... |
24 | Miss Capital City | Violin Solo "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo Rodeo (Copland) Rodeo is a ballet scored by Aaron Copland and choreographed by Agnes de Mille, which premiered in 1942. Subtitled "The Courting at Burnt Ranch", the ballet consists of five sections: "Buckaroo Holiday", "Ranch House Party", "Corral Nocturne", "Saturday Night Waltz", and "Hoe-Down"... |
Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1997 | Sheri Riley | Clear Lake | 19 | Miss Cedar Valley | Gospel Vocal "His Eye Is on the Sparrow His Eye is on the Sparrow "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" is a Gospel hymn. Although today it is a staple of African-American worship services, the song was originally written in 1905 by two white songwriters, lyricist Civilla D. Martin and composer Charles H. Gabriel... " |
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| 1996 | Natasha Courter | Davenport | 23 | Miss Mississippi Valley Fair | Tap Dance "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) "It Don't Mean a Thing " is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Irving Mills, now accepted as a jazz standard. The music was written and arranged by Ellington in August 1931 during intermissions at Chicago's Lincoln Tavern and was first recorded by Ellington and his orchestra for... |
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| 1995 | Jennifer Curry | Muscatine Muscatine, Iowa Muscatine is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. The population was 22,886 in the 2010 census, an increase from 22,697 in the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Muscatine County... |
21 | Miss Johnson County | Vocal "The Last Man In My Life" from Song and Dance Song and Dance Song and Dance is a musical comprising two acts, one told entirely in "Song" and one entirely in "Dance", tied together by a love story.The first part is Tell Me On A Sunday, with lyrics by Don Black and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, about a young British woman's romantic misadventures in New York... |
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| 1994 | Tammy Truitt | Davenport Davenport, Iowa Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk... |
21 | Miss Scott County | Dramatic Vocal "I Still Believe" from Miss Saigon Miss Saigon Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover... |
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| 1993 | Nancy Van Meter | Burlington Burlington, Iowa Burlington is a city in, and the county seat of Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The population was 25,663 in the 2010 census, a decline from the 26,839 population in the 2000 census. Burlington is the center of a micropolitan area including West Burlington, Iowa and Middletown, Iowa and... |
24 | Miss Burlington | Vocal "Stand by Your Man Stand By Your Man "Stand by Your Man" is a song co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill and originally recorded by Tammy Wynette, released as a single in September 1968 in the USA... " |
2nd runner-up Quality of Life | ||
| 1992 | Catherine Lemkau | Muscatine | 24 | Miss Mississippi Valley Fair | Vocal "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll & Hyde (musical) Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543... |
1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent, Preliminary Swimsuit (tie) | |
| 1991 | Lisa Somodi | Muscatine | 23 | Miss Muscatine County | Classical Piano "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 Hungarian Rhapsodies Hungarian Rhapsody redirects here. For the 1979 Hungarian film Hungarian Rhapsody . For the 1928 German film Ungarische Rhapsodie.The Hungarian Rhapsodies, S.244, R106, is a set of 19 piano pieces based on Hungarian folk themes, composed by Franz Liszt during 1846-1853, and later in 1882 and 1885... " |
3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent | |
| 1990 | Kerri Rosenberg | Burlington | 26 | Miss Mississippi Valley Fair | Classical Vocal "Ah, Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette Roméo et Juliette Roméo et Juliette is an opéra in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique , Paris on 27 April 1867... |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1989 | Jayna Sanchez | Davenport | 24 | Miss Cedar-Johnson County | Dance / Twirl "Another Cha-Cha" by Santa Esmeralda Santa Esmeralda Santa Esmeralda is a U.S./French Disco group formed in the 1970s, which earned a #1 club hit in 1977 with a cover version of the song "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".-Mr. "Misunderstood":Leroy Gómez was born in Wareham, Massachusetts of Cape Verdean descent... |
Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1988 | Tiffany DiBernardo | Bettendorf | 19 | Miss Scott County | Vocal "I Go To Rio I Go To Rio "I Go to Rio" is a popular song written by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson, and performed by Allen. It became a signature song of Allen, as well as being covered by Peggy Lee and Pablo Cruise, among others, in addition to being subject to multiple soundtrack inclusions.-History:The song was first... " |
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| 1987 | Robin Wolfram | Davenport | 24 | Miss Scott County | Popular Vocal "Only He Only You (Pearl and Rusty) "Only You" is the love duet from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express. It is performed by the protagonist, Rusty, a young steam locomotive and his true love, the observation car, Pearl.- Overview :... " |
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| 1986 | Darcy Benton | Delmar Delmar, Iowa Delmar is a city in Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 514 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Delmar is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.... |
19 | Miss Clinton County | Vocal "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... " |
Toured with the 1987 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... Miss America Show Troupe |
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| 1985 | Sherri Bowman | Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, Iowa Council Bluffs, known until 1852 as Kanesville, Iowathe historic starting point of the Mormon Trail and eventual northernmost anchor town of the other emigrant trailsis a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States and is on the east bank of the Missouri River across... |
24 | Miss Griswold | Piano Solo | |||
| 1984 | Debra Deitering | Missouri Valley Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley is a city in Harrison County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,992 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Missouri Valley's longitude and latitude coordinatesin decimal form are 41.558912, -95.893926... |
23 | Miss Southwest Iowa | Vocal "This Is My Life" | |||
| 1983 | Karri Nussle | Des Moines | 19 | Miss Polk County | Vocal "Minute Waltz" | |||
| 1982 | Linda Simon | DeWitt DeWitt, Iowa DeWitt is a city in Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,049 at the 2000 census. DeWitt was named after DeWitt Clinton , an early American politician who served as United States Senator and 7th Governor of New York.-Geography:... |
23 | Miss Clinton County | Baton Twirling | Non-finalist Talent | Former Golden Girl for the University of Iowa | |
| 1981 | Darla Blocker | Davenport | 19 | Miss Scott County | Vocal "But the World Goes Round" | |||
| 1980 | Jane Patton | Council Bluffs | 24 | Miss Nishna Valley | Semi-Classical Vocal "Climb Ev'ry Mountain Climb Ev'ry Mountain "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Here it is sung at the close of the first act by the Mother Abbess... " |
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| 1979 | Lori Froeling | Keokuk Keokuk, Iowa Keokuk is a city in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa and one of the county seats of Lee County. The other county seat is Fort Madison. The population was 11,427 at the 2000 census. The city is named after the Sauk Chief Keokuk, who is thought to be buried in Rand Park... |
20 | Miss Keokuk | 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... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1978 | Mary England | Davenport | 20 | Miss Davenport | Piano Solo "Spellbound" | |||
| 1977 | Debra Scheller | Fort Dodge Fort Dodge, Iowa Fort Dodge is a city and county seat of Webster County, Iowa, United States, along the Des Moines River. The population was 25,206 in the 2010 census, an increase from 25,136 in the 2000 census. Fort Dodge is a major commercial center for North Central and Northwest Iowa. It is located on U.S... |
23 | Miss Ringsted | Popular Vocal "Country Girl" | |||
| 1976 | Ronda Frogley | Davenport | 20 | Miss Davenport | Popular Vocal "Tomorrow" | |||
| 1975 | Debbie Weuve | State Center State Center, Iowa State Center is a city in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,349 at the 2000 census. State Center is the Rose Capital of Iowa.-Geography:State Center is located at .... |
20 | Miss Marshalltown | Vocal "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret Cabaret (musical) Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions.... |
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| 1974 | Jean Bollhoefer | Haverhill Haverhill, Iowa Haverhill is a city in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. The population was 170 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Haverhill is located at... |
25 | Miss Marshalltown | Popular Vocal "Starting Here, Starting Now Starting Here, Starting Now Starting Here, Starting Now is a musical revue with lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by David Shire. With a cast of three and three musicians, the revue explores a variety of romantic relationships.... " |
Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1973 | Lynette Henninger | Bettendorf | 19 | Miss Davenport | Ballet "Color My World" & "Make No Sound" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1972 | Renee Stuedemann | Clinton Clinton, Iowa Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 26231as of 2010. Clinton, along with DeWitt, Iowa , was named in honor of the seventh governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton. Clinton is the principal city of the Clinton Micropolitan Statistical... |
23 | Miss DeWitt | Baton Twirling "Can-Can Orpheus in the Underworld Orphée aux enfers is an opéra bouffon , or opéra féerie in its revised version, by Jacques Offenbach. The French text was written by Ludovic Halévy and later revised by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux.... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1971 | Judith Stephens | Clarinda Clarinda, Iowa -2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 5,572 in the city, with a population density of . There were 2,180 housing units, of which 1,928 were occupied.... |
21 | Miss Clarinda | Piano "Rhapsody In Blue Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects.... " |
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| 1970 | Cheryl Browne | Decorah Decorah, Iowa Decorah is a city in and the county seat of Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 8,172 at the 2000 census. Decorah is located at the intersection of State Highway 9 and U.S... |
20 | Miss Decorah | Ballet "Deep Purple Deep Purple (song) "Deep Purple" was the biggest hit written by pianist Peter DeRose, who broadcast, 1923 to 1939, with May Singhi as "The Sweethearts of the Air" on the NBC radio network. "Deep Purple" was published in 1933 as a piano composition. The following year, Paul Whiteman had it scored for his suave "big... " |
Non-finalist Talent | First African American contestant to compete at the Miss America pageant, toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1969 | Lois Koth | Alta Alta, Iowa Alta is a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,865 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Alta is located at . It is located 6 miles from the city of Storm Lake... |
20 | Miss Storm Lake | Pipe Organ Solo "Toccata" by Charles-Marie Widor Charles-Marie Widor Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor was a French organist, composer and teacher.-Life:Widor was born in Lyon, to a family of organ builders, and initially studied music there with his father, François-Charles Widor, titular organist of Saint-François-de-Sales from 1838 to 1889... |
Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1968 | Susan Thompson | Des Moines | 21 | Miss Des Moines | Piano Solo "Warsaw Concerto Warsaw Concerto The Warsaw Concerto is a single-movement piano concerto written for the 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight . It was written by British composer Richard Addinsell... " |
2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | |
| 1967 | Lynda Formanek | Belle Plaine Belle Plaine, Iowa Belle Plaine is a city in Benton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,878 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area.... |
23 | Miss Newton | Character Portrayal of "Alice In Wonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1966 | Pamela Ericson | Sioux City Sioux City, Iowa Sioux City is a city in Plymouth and Woodbury counties in the western part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 82,684 in the 2010 census, a decline from 85,013 in the 2000 census, which makes it currently the fourth largest city in the state.... |
19 | Miss Sioux City | Semi-Classical Vocal | |||
| 1965 | Mari Hardy | Sioux City | 19 | Miss Sioux City | Ballet en Pointe | Miss Congeniality, Non-finalist Talent | Featured performer in the 1966 Miss America telecast | |
| 1964 | Carol Johnson | Ames Ames, Iowa Ames is a city located in the central part of the U.S. state of Iowa in Story County, and approximately north of Des Moines. The U.S. Census Bureau designates that Ames, Iowa metropolitan statistical area as encompassing all of Story County, and which, when combined with the Boone, Iowa... |
21 | Miss Ames | Folk Singing & Guitar | |||
| 1963 | Carolyn Northway | Davenport | Miss Davenport | Piano Solo | Non-finalist Talent | |||
| 1962 | Joleen Wolf | Des Moines | 19 | Miss Des Moines | Interpretive Ballet "Autumn Concerto The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi's best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque music. The texture of each concerto is varied, each resembling its respective season... " |
Non-finalist Talent | Featured performer in the 1963 Miss America Pageant telecast | |
| 1961 | Patti Whalen | Clinton | 18 | Miss Clinton-DeWitt | Vocal Medley "I Feel Pretty" & "Tonight" from West Side Story West Side Story West Side Story is an American musical with a script by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins... |
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| 1960 | Sally Neville | Davenport | 18 | Miss Davenport | Dramatic Reading "Mother On a Moment's Notice" | |||
| 1959 | Jacquelyn Baker | Grinnell Grinnell, Iowa Grinnell is a city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 9,218 at the 2010 census. Grinnell was named after Josiah Bushnell Grinnell and is the home of Grinnell College.- History :... |
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| 1958 | Joanne MacDonald | Ames | Dramatic Recitation "The White Cliffs of Dover The White Cliffs of Dover (1944 film) The White Cliffs of Dover is a 1944 film made by Loew's and MGM. It was directed by Clarence Brown and produced by Clarence Brown and Sidney Franklin. The screenplay was by Claudine West, Jan Lustig and George Froeschel, based on the Alice Duer Miller poem titled The White Cliffs with additional... " |
1st runner-up | ||||
| 1957 | Carol Fleck | Oskaloosa Oskaloosa, Iowa Oskaloosa is the county seat of Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. The population was 11,463 in the 2010 census, an increase from 10,938 in the 2000 census. -History:... |
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| 1956 | Martha Barsness | Decorah | Vocal | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
| 1955 | Kay Taylor | Iowa City | ||||||
| 1954 | Carol Morris Carol Morris Carol Ann Laverne Morris , Miss Iowa USA, was the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant's fifth edition in 1956.... |
Ottumwa Ottumwa, Iowa Ottumwa is a city in and the county seat of Wapello County, Iowa, United States. The population was 24,998 at the 2000 census. It is located in the southeastern part of Iowa, and the city is split into northern and southern halves by the Des Moines River.... |
Violin Solo | Later Miss Iowa USA Miss Iowa USA The Miss Iowa USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Iowa in the Miss USA pageant.While Iowa has not been greatly successful in the past four decades, they were one of the most consistent states in the first decade of the pageant's existence... 1956, Miss USA Miss USA The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA... 1956, Miss Universe Miss Universe Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers.... 1956 |
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| 1953 | Constance Verhoef | Sheldon Sheldon, Iowa Sheldon is a city in O'Brien and Sioux Counties in the U.S. state of Iowa, along the Floyd River. The population was 4,914 at the 2000 census; it is the largest city in O'Brien County.- History and culture :... |
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| 1952 | Carolyn Hill | Cedar Falls Cedar Falls, Iowa Cedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States, and it is home to one of Iowa's three public universities, the University of Northern Iowa. The population was 39,260 in the 2010 census, an increase from the 36,145 population in the 2000 census... |
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| 1951 | Nancy Norman | Shenandoah Shenandoah, Iowa Shenandoah is a city in Fremont and Page Counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 5,546 at the 2000 census.Once referred to as the "seed and nursery center of the world," Shenandoah is the home to Earl May Seed Company and the radio station KMA, founded by Earl May... |
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| 1950 | Mary Lines | Clarinda | Piano / Marimba "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... " |
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| 1949 | Barbara Juel | Council Bluffs | ||||||
| 1947 | Ruth Anderson | Oelwein Oelwein, Iowa As of the census of 2000, there were 6,692 people, 2,808 households, and 1,819 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,395.8 people per square mile . There were 3,040 housing units at an average density of 634.1 per square mile... |
Vocal "You Made Me Love You You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) "You Made Me Love You " is a popular song.The music was written by James V. Monaco, the lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. The song was published in 1913. It was introduced in the Broadway revue The Honeymoon Express.... " |
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| 1946 | Jacquline Means | Des Moines | Acrobatic Dance | |||||
| 1945 | Jeanne Gordon | Des Moines | ||||||
| 1941 | Lorene Snoddy | Des Moines | ||||||
| 1936 | Carol Bailey | Waterloo Waterloo, Iowa Waterloo is a city in and the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the population decreased by 0.5% to 68,406. Waterloo is part of the Waterloo – Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the more populous of the two... |
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| 1935 | Connie Rosefeld | Des Moines | *competed in Miss America as Miss Des Moines | |||||
| 1933 | Eleanor Dankenbring | Manning | 20 | |||||
| 1927 | Geneva Roberts | Storm Lake | ||||||
| 1925 | No Miss Iowa | Dorothy Nordyke competed as Miss Sioux City in the Miss America pageant | ||||||
| 1924 | No Miss Iowa | Alta Sterling competed as Miss Sioux City in the Miss America Pageant |