Miss Iowa

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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Iowa USA

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 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; 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.

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Local Title	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2007	Diana Reed	Norwalk	Miss Capital City	Top 10 at Miss America 2008	Preliminary Talent	Former Golden Girl for the University of Iowa
2006	Emily Nicholas	Clear Lake	Miss Cedar River			Sister of Miss Iowa 2004
2005	Kay Pauszek	Bettendorf	Miss Muscatine
2004	Carolyn Nicholas	Clear Lake	Miss Cedar River		Non-finalist Talent	Sister of Miss Iowa 2006
2003	Nicole White	Eldridge	Miss Scott County
2002	Stephanie Moore	Okoboji	Miss Golden Circle
2001	Erin Smith	Bettendorf	Miss Mississippi Valley Fair		Miss America Scholar
2000	Theresa Uchytil	Urbandale	Miss Johnson County		Quality of Life 1st runner-up
1999	Jennifer Caudle	Davenport	Miss Scott County		Non-finalist Talent
1998	Lisa Dondlinger	Des Moines	Miss Capital City		Non-finalist Talent
1997	Sheri Riley	Clear Lake	Miss Cedar Valley
1996	Natasha Courter	Davenport	Miss Mississippi Valley Fair
1995	Jennifer Curry	Muscatine	Miss Johnson County
1994	Tammy Truitt	Davenport	Miss Scott County
1993	Nancy Van Meter	Burlington	Miss Burlington		2nd runner-up Quality of Life
1992	Catherine Lemkau	Muscatine	Miss Mississippi Valley Fair	1st runner-up	Preliminary Talent, Preliminary Swimsuit (tie)
1991	Lisa Somodi	Muscatine	Miss Muscatine County	3rd runner-up	Preliminary Talent
1990	Kerri Rosenberg	Burlington	Miss Mississippi Valley Fair	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1989	Jayna Sanchez	Davenport	Miss Cedar-Johnson County		Non-finalist Talent
1988	Tiffany DiBernardo	Bettendorf	Miss Scott County
1987	Robin Wolfram	Davenport	Miss Scott County
1986	Darcy Benton	Delmar	Miss Clinton County			Toured with the 1987 Gillette Miss America Show Troupe
1985	Sherri Bowman	Council Bluffs	Miss Griswold
1984	Debra Deitering	Missouri Valley	Miss Clarinda
1983	Karri Nussle	Des Moines	Miss Polk County
1982	Linda Simon	DeWitt	Miss Clinton County		Non-finalist Talent
1981	Darla Blocker	Davenport	Miss Scott County
1980	Jane Patton	Council Bluffs	Miss Nishna Valley
1979	Lori Froeling	Keokuk	Miss Keokuk	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1978	Mary England	Davenport	Miss Davenport
1977	Debra Scheller	Fort Dodge	Miss Ringsted
1976	Rhonda Frogley	Davenport	Miss Davenport
1975	Debbie Weuve	State Center	Miss Marshalltown
1974	Jean Bollhoefer	Haverhill	Miss Marshalltown		Non-finalist Talent
1973	Lynette Henninger	Bettendorf	Miss Davenport			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1972	Renee Stuedemann	Clinton	Miss DeWitt	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1971	Judith Stephens	Clarinda	Miss Clarinda
1970	Cheryl Browne	Decorah	Miss Decorah		Non-finalist Talent	First African American contestant to compete at the Miss America pageant, toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1969	Lois Koth	Alta	Miss Storm Lake		Non-finalist Talent
1968	Susan Thompson	Des Moines	Miss Des Moines	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit
1967	Lynda Formanek	Belle Plaine	Miss Newton	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1966	Pamela Ericson	Sioux City	Miss Sioux City
1965	Marie Mushro	Sioux City	Miss Sioux City		Miss Congeniality, Non-finalist Talent	Featured performer in the 1966 Miss America telecast
1964	Carol Johnson	Ames	Miss Ames
1963	Carolyn Northway	Davenport	Miss Davenport		Non-finalist Talent
1962	Joleen Wolf	Des Moines	Miss Des Moines		Non-finalist Talent	Featured performer in the 1963 Miss America Pageant telecast
1961	Patti Whalen	Clinton	Miss Clinton-DeWitt
1960	Sally Neville	Davenport	Miss Davenport
1959	Jacquelyn Baker	Grinnell
1958	Joanne MacDonald	Ames		1st runner-up
1957	Carol Fleck	Oskaloosa
1956	Martha Barsness	Decorah			Non-finalist Talent
1955	Kay Taylor	Iowa City
1954	Carol Morris	Ottumwa				Later Miss Iowa USA 1956, Miss USA 1956, Miss Universe 1956
1953	Constance Verhoef	Sheldon
1952	Carolyn Hill	Cedar Falls
1951	Nancy Norman	Shenandoah
1950	Mary Lines	Clarinda
1949	Barbara Juel	Council Bluffs
1947	Ruth Anderson	Oelwein
1946	Jacquline Means	Des Moines
1945	Jeanne Gordon	Des Moines
1941	Lorene Snoddy	Des Moines
1936	Carol Bailey	Waterloo
1935	Connie Rosefeld	Des Moines
1927	Geneva Roberts