Beauty pageant competition
The Miss Iowa USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Iowa in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by Future Productions based in Savage, Minnesota since 2008.[1]
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. The second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe Crown was Carol Morris of Iowa in 1956. The most recent placement was Baylee Drezek in 2019, placing Top 15.
Jamie Solinger, Miss Teen USA 1992 and Miss Iowa USA 1998, crowned her sister Jaclyn Solinger as Miss Iowa USA 1999.
The current titleholder is McKenzie Ariana Kerry of Des Moines and was crowned on June 23, 2024 at The Ames Center, formerly Burnsville Performing Arts Center in Burnsville. She will represent Iowa for the title of Miss USA 2024.
Gallery of titleholders
Jamie Solinger, Miss Iowa USA 1998
Sarah Corpstein, Miss Iowa USA 2006
Dani Reeves, Miss Iowa USA 2007
Katherine Connors, Miss Iowa USA 2010
Results summary
Placements
- Miss USA: Carol Morris (1956)
- 5th Runner-up: Carlyn Bradarich (2014)
- Top 10/12: Jan Hoyer (1993), Jensie Grigsby (2000)
- Top 14/15/19/20: Marilyn Shonka (1953), Ione Lucken (1954), Judy Hall (1957), Kay Nielson (1959), Trudy Shulkin (1960), Baylee Drezek (2019)
Iowa holds a record of 10 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Dana Ruth Mintzer (1983), Rebecca Hodge (2012)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ "Future Productions, LLC State Directors". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ Johnson, Kristine (2008-04-10). "Beating The Odds: Beauty Queen With Cerebral Palsy". WCBS-TV. Archived from the original on 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- ^ "2004 Mrs America". Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
External links
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