Miss Ohio
Beauty pageant competition
The Miss Ohio Scholarship Program selects the representative for the U.S. state of Ohio to compete for the title of Miss America . The pageant is held annually, during the "Miss Ohio Festival" week, at the historic 1,600 seat Renaissance Theatre (originally named the Ohio Theatre) in Mansfield .
Ohio representatives have won the Miss America pageant six times, joining California , and Oklahoma as the only states with six crowns. New York has the most winners with seven. Ohio is the only state to have a contestant who won the Miss America title twice:
* When city representatives were common at the national pageant, Mary Katherine Campbell competed in Miss America Pageants as "Miss Columbus, Ohio".
The Miss Ohio pageant played a significant role in the saving of the Ohio Theatre and its renovation into the Renaissance Theatre. Mansfield originally hosted the Miss Ohio Pageant at the old Ohio Theatre from 1959 through 1962. After Jacquelyn Mayer , Miss Ohio 1962, was crowned Miss America 1963, the Miss Ohio pageant was relocated to the Ballroom Pavilion at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky . In 1975, the pageant returned to Mansfield, first to Malabar High School Auditorium from 1975 through 1978, then to the Madison Theatre in 1979. In 1980, it was decided to televise the pageant. Because of inadequate stage depth and backstage space at the Madison Theatre, then pageant producer Denny Keller and pageant set designer Paul Gilger persuaded the Miss Ohio Board of Directors to move the pageant back to Mansfield's Ohio Theatre, reopening the facility and sprucing it up for the pageant's first televised broadcast. The pageant's return to the old Ohio Theatre was the initial event that eventually led to the total renovation of the theatre and its reincarnation into the Renaissance Theatre. The Miss Ohio Scholarship Program has been held at the Renaissance Theatre since 1980, now for over 40 years.
Stephanie Finoti of Columbus was crowned Miss Ohio 2024 on June 15, 2024 at Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield . She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.
Results summary
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Ohio 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
Miss Americas: Mary Katherine Campbell (1922 and 1923 ), Marilyn Meseke (1938 ), Jacquelyn Mayer (1963 ), Laurie Lea Schaefer (1972 ), Susan Perkins (1978 )
1st runners-up: Mary Katherine Campbell (1924), Kathrine Baumann (1970), Tana Carli (1980), Melissa Ann Bradley (1985)
2nd runners-up: Titilayo Adedokun (1994)
3rd runners-up: Sharon Phillian (1967), Susan Banks (1976), Sher Patrick (1979)
4th runners-up: Pamela Helean Rigas (1984), Kristin Huffman (1990)
Top 10: Barbara Quinlin (1955), Kathy Vernon (1981), Suellen Cochran (1986), Robin Michelle Meade (1993), Lea Mack (1995), Mackenzie Bart (2015)
Top 11: Elizabetta Nies (2023)
Top 15: Pauline James (1924), Elsie Connor (1925), Evelyn Townley (1936), Evelyn Bertelsbeck (1938), Janice Sulzman (1941)
Top 16: Evelyn Townley (1937), Jean Fadden (1937), LaVonne Bond (1946)
Top 18: Corinne Porter (1933)
Awards
Preliminary awards
Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness : Kathrine Baumann (1970), Laurie Lea Schaefer (1972), Pamela Helean Rigas (1984), Suellen Cochran (1986), Alice Magoto (2017)
Preliminary Talent : Barbara Patterson (1942), Joan Hyldoft (1943), Barbara Quinlin (1955), Sharon Phillian (1967), Kathrine Baumann (1970), Susan Banks (1976), Susan Perkins (1978), Tana Carli (1980), Suellen Cochran (1986), Kristin Huffman (1990), Titilayo Adedokun (1994), Mackenzie Bart (2015)
Non-finalist awards
Non-finalist Talent: Karen Sparka (1973), Cheryl Yourkvitch (1974), Lorrie Kapsta (1975), Janice Cooley (1977), Juliana Zilba (1982), Sarah Ann Evans (1989), Robyn Hancock (1997), Amanda Beagle (2005)
Other awards
Winners
Declared as winner
Ended as a runner-up
Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
Year
Name
Hometown
Age
Local Title
Miss America Talent
Placement at Miss America
Special scholarships at Miss America
Notes
2024
Stephanie Finoti
Columbus
21
Miss Shawnee
Ballet
2023
Madison Miller[1]
Coshocton
23
Miss North Coast
Piano
2022
Elizabetta Nies
Cincinnati
18
Miss Maple City
Piano, "Étude Op. 10, No. 10 "
Top 11
Daughter of Miss Illinois 1992 and Miss Illinois USA 1994, Kathleen Farrell
Niece of Miss Florida 1985 and Miss Florida USA 1988, Monica Farrell and of Miss New York 1984, Mary-Ann Farrell
2021
Lora Current[2]
Rosewood
20
Miss South Central Ohio
Tap Dance
2019 –20
Caroline Grace Williams[3]
Cincinnati
24
Miss Montgomery County
Classical Vocal
2018
Matti-Lynn Chrisman[4]
Cambridge
22
Miss Maple City
Musical Theater Vocal, "Life of the Party " from Wild Party
2017
Sarah Clapper[5]
Louisville
22
Miss Clayland
Piano, "White Water Chopsticks"
Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship[citation needed ] Women in Business Scholarship Award[6]
2016
Alice Magoto[7] [8]
Cincinnati
18
Miss Portsmouth
Vocal, "Astonishing" from Little Women
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
Later Miss Ohio USA 2019[9] Top 10 at Miss USA 2019 pageant
2015
Sarah Hider [10]
Wooster
24
Miss Maple City
Jazz Vocal, "Almost Like Being in Love "
Previously Miss Ohio's Outstanding Teen 2008[11]
2014
Mackenzie Bart[12]
Columbus
22
Miss Montgomery County
Ventriloquism, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious " from Mary Poppins
Top 10
Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship[13] Preliminary Talent Award[14] STEM Scholarship Award[14]
Winner of Funny or Die Presents: America's Next Weatherman
2013
Heather Wells [15]
Warren
23
Miss Montgomery County
Dance, "Alabaster Box "
2012
Elissa McCracken
Ada [16]
20
Miss West Central Ohio
Piano, "Cumana "
2011
Ellen Bryan
Celina
22
Miss Clayland
Vocal, "On My Way" from Violet
Quality of Life Award Finalist
2010
Becky Minger
Sylvania
22
Miss All-American City
Vocal, "A House Is Not a Home "
Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2008 and 2009 pageants 3rd runner-up in Miss Ohio USA 2012 pageant[17] 4th runner-up in Miss Ohio USA 2013 pageant[17]
2009
Erica Gelhaus
St. Henry
21
Miss Clayland
Classical Vocal, "So Anch'io la Virtu Magica" from Don Pasquale
Previously National Sweetheart 2007
2008
Karissa Martin
Woodsfield
20
Vocal, "The Girl in 14-G"
2007
Roberta Camp
Grove City
23
Miss Maple City
Vocal, "Blessed"
Top 15 Miss Ohio USA 2006
2006
Melanie Murphy
Brook Park
20
Miss Miami Valley
Dance, "Pump It"
Later Mrs. Ohio America 2011 under married name, Melanie Miller
2005
Marlia Fontaine
Massillon
23
Miss Lake Erie
Vocal, "The Impossible Dream "
2004
Amanda Beagle
Warren
24
Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo' "
Non-finalist Talent Award
Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2003 pageant
2003
Janelle Couts
Akron
22
Miss Medina
Vocal, "When I Look at You" from The Scarlet Pimpernel
2002
Tiffany Haas
Cincinnati
20
Miss Heart of it All
Classical Vocal, "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide
Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up
Later starred as Glinda in Broadway and national touring productions of Wicked [18]
2001
Natalie Witwer
Dublin
19
Miss Ashland
Piano, "America the Beautiful "
2000
Stephanie Meisberger
Hopewell
23
Miss North Coast
Vocal, "You Do Something to Me "
Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999 pageant
1999
Tiffany Baumann
Cleveland
22
Miss Greater Cleveland
Vocal, "But the World Goes Round" by Kander and Ebb
Niece of Miss Ohio 1969, Kathrine Baumann
1998
Cheya Watkins
Cincinnati
21
Miss Southeastern Ohio
Gospel Vocal, "His Eye Is on the Sparrow "
Later Miss Ohio USA 2000
1997
Kelly Creager
Hamler
19
Miss Conneaut
Vocal, "Remember Me This Way" from Casper
1996
Robyn Hancock
Grand Rapids
21
Miss Crestline
Classical Ballet en Pointe, "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker
Non-finalist Talent Award
1995
Ellen Pasturzak
Portsmouth
23
Miss Portsmouth
Vocal, "As if We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard
1994
Lea Mack
Pickerington
21
Miss Pickerington-America
Vocal, "Think of Me "
Top 10
Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up
Previously Ohio's Junior Miss 1991
1993
Titilayo Adedokun
Cincinnati
20
Miss Americana
Classical Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust
2nd runner-up
Preliminary Talent Award
1992
Robin Michelle Meade
New London
23
Miss Mansfield
Vocal, "Alexander's Ragtime Band "
Top 10
Lead news anchor for HLN morning show, Morning Express with Robin Meade , since 2011[citation needed ]
1991
Renee Autherson
Newark
21
Miss Central Ohio
Vocal / Tap Dance, "Fabulous Feet" from The Tap Dance Kid
1990
Kristi Cooke
Marion
22
Miss Willard
Vocal, "Nothing" from A Chorus Line
1989
Kristin Huffman
Canal Winchester
24
Miss Pickerington-America
Classical Vocal, "Csárdás" from Die Fledermaus
4th runner-up
Preliminary Talent Award
1988
Sarah Ann Evans
Van Wert
23
Miss Pickerington-America
Vocal, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera
Non-finalist Talent Award
1987
Susan Kay Johnson
Columbus
22
Miss Canton
Vocal, "Believe"
1986
Mary Zilba
Toledo
22
Miss Greater Toledo
Vocal, "My Mammy "
Sister of Miss Ohio 1981, Juliana Zilba Later appeared on The Real Housewives of Vancouver [citation needed ]
1985
Suellen Cochran[19]
Heath
21
Miss Southeastern Ohio
Piano, "Variations on Chopsticks"
Top 10
Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award
1984
Melissa Ann Bradley
Mansfield
23
Miss Clayland
Vocal, "A Piece of Sky" from Yentl
1st runner-up
Mother of actor, Chad Buchanan [citation needed ]
1983
Pamela Helean Rigas
Canfield
22
Miss Cuyahoga County Fair
Vocal / Dance, "Shine it On"
4th runner-up
Preliminary Swimsuit Award
Previously Ohio's Junior Miss 1978 Previously Miss Alabama USA 1980 3rd runner-up at Miss USA 1980 pageant
1982
Debra Gombert
Bexley
22
Miss North Central
Semi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It"
1981
Juliana Zilba
Mansfield
21
Vocal Medley, "Up the Ladder to the Roof " & "With One More Look at You" from A Star Is Born
Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship Non-finalist Talent Award
Sister of Miss Ohio 1986, Mary Zilba
1980
Kathy Vernon
Youngstown
24
Miss North Central
Vocal Medley, "I Have Dreamed " & "I Loved You Once in Silence "
Top 10
1979
Tana Carli
Lakewood
23
Miss Willard
Accordion Medley, "Tea for Two " & "Dizzy Fingers"
1st runner-up
Preliminary Talent Award
1978
Sher Patrick
Centerville
19
Miss South Central
Middle-Eastern Dance
3rd runner-up
1977
Joan Gilger
Mansfield
21
Miss Bowling Green
Gymnastic Trampoline
Did not compete; originally 4th runner-up; later assumed the title after Perkins won Miss America 1978
Susan Perkins
Middletown
23
Miss Clayland
Vocal, "Good Morning Heartache "
Winner [20]
Preliminary Talent Award
Judge for the preliminary competition of the Miss America 2018 pageant[21]
1976
Janice Cooley
Portsmouth
20
Miss Ohio Valley
Piano, "Mephisto Waltz "
Non-finalist Talent Award
1975
Susan Banks
Ravenna
24
Miss Warren
Classical Vocal, "Sempre libera" from La traviata
3rd runner-up
Preliminary Talent Award
1974
Lorrie Kapsta
Columbus
26
Miss Franklin County
Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto in B Minor " by Tchaikovsky
Non-finalist Talent Award
1973
Cheryl Yourkvitch
Lorain
21
Miss Lorain County
Vocal Medley
Non-finalist Talent Award
1972
Karen Sparka
Bowling Green
21
Miss Bowling Green
Vocal Medley, "My Man " & "My Man's Gone Now "
Non-finalist Talent Award
1971
Judy Jones
West Alexandria
19
Miss Miami University
Did not compete; later assumed the title after Schaefer won Miss America 1972
Laurie Lea Schaefer
Bexley
22
Miss Central Ohio
Semi-classical Vocal, "And This Is My Beloved "
Winner [22]
Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1970
Grace Bird
Alliance
21
Miss Alliance
French Horn & Classical Vocal, "1st Concerto for French Horn" & "Ouvre ton Coeur" from Vasco da Gama by Georges Bizet
1969
Kathrine Baumann
Bowling Green
19
Miss Bowling Green
Gymnastics Dance, "Those Were the Days "
1st runner-up
Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award
Aunt of Miss Ohio 1999, Tiffany Baumann
1968
Leslyn Hiple
Louisville
19
Miss Canton
Vocal Medley, "If My Friends Could See Me Now " & "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity
1967
Pamela Robinson
Dayton
22
Miss Dayton
Vocal, "Oh, to Be a Movie Star" from The Apple Tree
Previously Ohio's Junior Miss 1963 3rd runner-up at America's Junior Miss 1963 pageant
1966
Sharon Phillian
Delaware
21
Miss Delaware
Vocal Medley, "This Is My Country " & "Où va la jeune Hindoue" from Lakme
3rd runner-up
Preliminary Talent Award
Contestant at National Sweetheart 1965 pageant
1965
Valerie Lavin
Canton
20
Miss Canton
Vocal / Dance, "I Ought to Dance"
1964
Diane Courtwright
Columbus
19
Miss Columbus
Popular Vocal & Modern Jazz Dance
1963
Peggy Emerson
Akron
Miss Akron
Semi-classical Vocal, "And This Is my Beloved"
1962
Bonne Gawronski
Toledo
19
Miss Toledo
Modern Jazz Interpretation of "Let There Be Drums"
Did not compete; later assumed the title after Mayer won Miss America 1963
Jacquelyn Mayer
Sandusky
20
Miss Vacationland[23]
Broadway Vignette, "Wishing Upon a Star," "My Favorite Things ," & "The White Cliffs of Dover "
Winner [24]
Had a near-fatal stroke at the age of 28[citation needed ]
1961
Darlene Depasquale
Dayton
18
Miss Dayton
Comedy Skit, "Betty at the Baseball Game"
1960
Alice McClain
Marion
18
Miss Marion
Vocal, "Summertime " & "I Got Plenty of Nothin"
1959
Carole Weiler
Circleville
18
Miss Circleville
Dramatic Reading
1958
Margaret Putman
Ada
Miss Ada
Dramatic Sketch, "Student Nurse"
1957
Linda Hattman
Mansfield
Miss Mansfield
Ballet
1956
Roberta Palmer
Cleveland
Miss Cleveland
Vocal, "On the Street Where You Live " from My Fair Lady
Mother of Matthew Porretta [citation needed ]
1955
Marguerite Garr
Cincinnati
Miss Cincinnati
Vocal & Zither, "Old Black Joe "
1954
Barbara Quinlin
Alliance
Miss Alliance
Classical Vocal, "Habanera "
Top 10
Preliminary Talent Award
1953
Martha Zimmerman
Salem
Miss Salem
Drama / Piano
1952
Carol Koontz
Bolivar
Miss Bolivar
Fire Baton Twirling & Clarinet
1951
Ruth Howell
Apple Creek
Miss Apple Creek
Drama
1950
Irene Farren
Grand River
Miss Grand River
Fashion Design
1949
Florence Bondi
Cleveland
Miss Cleveland
1948
Maxine Waack
Fairview
Miss Fairview
Rumba Dance
1947
Nancy Nesbitt
Cleveland
Miss Cleveland
Vocal, "I Don't Know Enough About You"
1946
LaVonne Bond
Cincinnati
Miss Cincinnati
Vocal, "Thine Alone" from Eileen
Top 16
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Mary Eileen Kelly
Cleveland
Miss Cleveland
1945
Julia Donahue
Oxford
Miss Ohio
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Virginia Lee Pleasant
Cincinnati
Miss Cincinnati
1944
Madeline Bohanon
Competed under local title at national pageant
1943
Joan Hyldoft
Ice Skating
Preliminary Talent Award
1942
Barbara Patterson
Preliminary Talent Award
1941
Lois Jean Beck
Cleveland
Miss Cleveland
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Janice Sulzman
Willoughby
Miss Ohio
Top 15
1940
Violet Berze
Steubenville
Miss Ohio
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Bette Jane Hart
Miss Central Ohio
1939
Maxine Drumm
Miss East Ohio
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Jeanne Saboda
Cleveland
Miss Ohio
1938
Evelyn Bertelsbeck
Cleveland
Miss Cleveland
Top 15
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Marilyn Meseke
Marion
21
Miss Ohio
Tap Dance, "How'd You Like to Love Me," "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise ," & "Joseph, Joseph"
Winner
1937
Jean Fadden
Cleveland
Miss Ohio
Top 16
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Sally Lillian Frank
Cincinnati
Miss Cincinnati
Evelyn Townley
Miss Buckeye Lake
Top 16
1936
Dorothy A. Duncan
Cincinnati
Miss Cincinnati
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Evelyn Townley
Miss Buckeye Lake
Acrobatic Dance
Top 15
1935
Beatrice Pfeiffer
Cincinnati
Miss Cincinnati
Vocal
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Eleanore Papin
Cleveland
Miss Cleveland
1934
No national pageant was held[25]
1933
Corinne Porter
18
Miss Ohio
Top 18
1932
No national pageants were held[25]
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927
Erma Shorwood Steele
Miss Canton
N/A [26]
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Evelyn Wilgus
Russells Point
Miss Ohio
1925
Elsie Connor
Miss Cleveland
Top 15
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Elarka Towne
Conneaut
Miss Ohio
Emilia Kaniewska
Miss Toledo
Isabel Robertson
Miss Youngstown
1924
Mary Katherine Campbell
Columbus
17
Miss America 1922 and 1923
1st runner-up
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Lenore O'Ryan
Miss Columbus
Pauline James
Miss Youngstown
Top 15
1923
Thelma Boyd[27]
Akron
Miss Akron
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Mary Katherine Campbell [28]
Columbus
16
Miss America 1922
Winner [29]
Competed as Miss America 1922 Successfully defended her title, the only woman to win the national pageant twice [29]
Olga Emrick[28]
Cincinnati
Miss Cincinnati
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Mary Jane Clark[28]
Cleveland
Miss Cleveland
Genevieve Mambourg[28]
Columbus
Miss Columbus
1922
Doris Widdersheim[30]
Akron
Miss Akron
Multiple Ohio representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Leile Charles[31]
Cleveland
Miss Cleveland
Intercity Roller Chair Parade Third Prize[32]
Mary Katherine Campbell [33]
Columbus
15[34]
Miss Columbus
Winner [35]
Intercity Beauty Award[36] Evening Dress Award Third Prize[37]
Helen Frances Smith[38]
Dayton
Miss Dayton
Loraine Foskey[39]
Toledo
Miss Toledo
1921
No Ohio representative at Miss America pageant[40]
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