Miss_Iowa

Miss Iowa

Miss Iowa

Beauty pageant competition

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

The Miss Iowa competition is the official preliminary for the state of Iowa in the Miss America Scholarship Competition.

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Alysa Goethe of Bettendorf was crowned Miss Iowa 2023 on June 10, 2023 at the Adler Theatre in Davenport, Iowa. She competed for the title of Miss America 2024 at the Walt Disney Theater in Orlando, Florida in January 2024. She is the first known diabetic Miss Iowa and was the only competitor at the national competition to advocate for diabetes.

The Miss Iowa Scholarship Competition is a three-day program held in the Davenport, IA every June. During this event, both Miss Iowa and Miss Iowa's Outstanding Teen are crowned. In order to compete for Miss Iowa, you must be at least 17 years old and cannot be over 25 years old before December 31 in the year you hope to compete. In addition, you must reside, work, or attend school in Iowa. You also need to be awarded a preliminary title from a local competition.[1]

No contestant from Iowa has ever won the national Miss America title although two Miss Iowa Titleholders have been named first runner-up.[citation needed]

Cheryl Browne, Miss Iowa 1970, competed in the Miss America 1971 pageant as the first African American contestant.[2]

  • Taylor Wiebers,
    Miss Iowa 2015
  • Olivia Myers,
    Miss Iowa 2008

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Iowa titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

Placements

  • 1st runners-up: Joanne MacDonald (1959), Catherine Lemkau (1993)
  • 2nd runners-up: Susan Thompson (1969), Olivia Myers (2009)
  • 3rd runners-up: Lisa Somodi (1992)
  • 4th runners-up: Mariah Cary (2013)
  • Top 10: Lynda Jeanne Formanek (1968), Renee Stuedemann (1973), Lori Froeling (1980), Kerri Rosenberg (1991), Diana Reed (2008), Jessica Pray (2012), Kelly Koch (2017)
  • Top 12: Aly Olson (2015), Taylor Wiebers (2016)

Awards

Preliminary awards

  • Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness: Susan Thompson (1969), Catherine Lemkau (1993) (tie), Taylor Wiebers (2016)
  • Preliminary Talent: Lisa Somodi (1992), Catherine Lemkau (1993), Diana Reed (2008), Taylor Wiebers (2016)
  • Preliminary Social Impact Pitch: Bailey Hodson (2023)

Non-finalist awards

  • Non-finalist Talent: Martha Barsness (1957), Joleen Wolf (1963), Carolyn Northway (1964), Marie Mushro (1966), Lois Koth (1970), Cheryl Browne (1971), Jean Bollhoefer (1975), Darla Blocker (1982), Linda Simon (1983), Robin Wolfram (1987), Jayna Sanchez (1990), Lisa Dondlinger (1999), Jennifer Caudle (2000), Carolyn Nicholas (2005), Anne Langguth (2010), Chelsea Dubczak (2018)
  • Non-finalist Interview: Pauli Mayfield (2011)

Other awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Marie Mushro (1966)
  • Miss America Scholar Award: Erin Smith (2002)
  • Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Theresa Uchytil (2001)
  • Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Nancy Van Meter (1994)
  • Quality of Life Award Finalists: Anne Langguth (2010)

Winners

  •   Declared as winner
  •   Ended as a runner-up
  •   Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
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Notes
  1. Titleholder extended to a second full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]

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