Miss Ohio USA
Beauty pageant competition
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The Miss Ohio USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. It has previously been known as Miss Ohio Universe.[1] It is produced by Proctor Productions.
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Cincinnati |
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| Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Melissa Proctor-Pitchford, state pageant director |
| Website | Official website |
The pageant is currently held in Springfield and has previously been hosted by Mentor, Steubenville and Portsmouth.[2][3][4][5]
Two Ohio representatives, Sue Downey in 1965 and Kim Seelbrede in 1981, have won the Miss USA title and competed in the Miss Universe pageant.[6][7][8]
The most notable Miss Ohio USA is actress and Oscar winner Halle Berry, who was 1st runner up at Miss USA 1986.[9] Other notable former titleholders include actress, model and sportscaster Jayne Kennedy[10] and two former Survivor contestants, Kim Mullen of Survivor: Palau and Candace Smith of Survivor: Tocantins.[11][12] Two Miss Ohio USA titleholders have previously competed at Miss Teen USA. Two have also competed at Miss America. The most recent placement was Sir'Quora Carroll placing 3rd runner-up in 2022.
The current titleholder is Hannah Klein of Cincinnati and was crowned on July 19, 2025 at Vern Riffe Center for the Arts in Portsmouth. She represented Ohio at Miss USA 2025.
Gallery of titleholders
Katherine Justice, Miss Ohio USA 1960, seen in her film The Way West
Sue Downey, Miss Ohio USA 1965 & Miss USA 1965
Jane Harrison, Miss Ohio USA 1970 (pictured in 1980)
Kim Seelbrede, Miss Ohio USA 1981 & Miss USA 1981
Halle Berry, Miss Ohio USA 1986 and Miss World USA 1986
Stacy Offenberger, Miss Ohio USA 2006 and Miss Ohio Teen USA 1998
Madison Gesiotto, Miss Ohio USA 2014
Deneen Penn, Miss Ohio USA 2018
Alice Magoto, Miss Ohio USA 2019 (when she was Miss Ohio 2016)
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Results summary
- Miss USAs: Sue Downey (1965), Kim Seelbrede (1981)
- 1st runner-up: Halle Berry (1986)
- 2nd runner-up: Audrey Bolte (2012)
- 3rd runners-up: Kim Weeda (1982), Stacy Offenberger (2006), Sir'Quora Carroll (2022)
- 4th runners-up: Kathryn Gabriel (1957), Kathleen Kehlmier (1972), Macy Hudson (2024)
- Top 10/12: Melissa Proctor (1990), Melinda Miller (1999), Kristin Smith (2013), Alice Magoto (2019)
- Top 15/16: Eleanore Mack (1953), Barbara Randa (1954), Eleanor Wood (1956), Corrine Huff (1960), Gail Krielow (1964), Karen Dietz (1966), Linda Hoyle (1968), Jane Harrison (1970), Megan Wise (2016), Sthephanie Miranda (2020)
Ohio holds a record of 24 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Kim Thomas (1980)
- Miss Congeniality: Monica Day (2008)
- Best State Costume: Kim Thomas (1980), Kim Weeda (1982)
Winners
- Color key
- Winner
- Runner-up
- Finalists or semifinalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age[a] | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2025 | Hannah Klein | Cincinnati | 33 | Miss Queen City | |||
| 2024 | Macy Hudson | Dayton | 24 | Miss Gem City | 4th Runner-up | ||
| 2023 | Mackenzie Schutt | Westerville | 27 | Miss Central Ohio | |||
| 2022 | Sir'Quora Carrol | Canal Winchester | 23 | Miss Franklin County | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2021 | Nicole Wess | Cincinnati | 22 | Miss Cincinnati Metro | Shortest reigning Miss Ohio USA at 10 months and 11 days | ||
| 2020 | Sthephanie Miranda | Campbell | 26 | Miss Campbell | Top 16 |
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| 2019 | Alice Louisa Magoto[13] | Cincinnati | 20 | Miss Hyde Park | Top 10 | ||
| 2018 | Deneen Paige Penn | Cortland | 20 | Miss Cortland | |||
| 2017 | Dinaleigh Baxter[8] | Winchester[8] | 23 | Miss Winchester | |||
| 2016 | Megan Wise[15] | Gallipolis[15] | 26 | Miss Gallia County | Top 15[15] | ||
| 2015 | Sarah Newkirk | Columbus | 25 | Miss Capital City | |||
| 2014 | Madison Mari Gesiotto | Massillon | 21 | Miss Mid Ohio | |||
| 2013 | Kristin Smith[16] | Dayton | 21 | Miss Dayton | Top 10 | ||
| 2012 | Audrey Claire Bolte | Batavia | 21 | Miss Batavia | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2011 | Ashley Nicole Caldwell | Gallipolis | 24 | Miss Northwest Ohio | |||
| 2010 | Amanda Tempel | St. Bernard | 19 | Miss St. Bernard | |||
| 2009 | Natasha Aristea Vivoda | Champion | 22 | Miss Trumbull County | |||
| 2008 | Monica Day Boggs | Whitehall | 25 | Miss Greater Ohio | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2007 | Anna Melomud | Richmond Heights | 22 | Miss Richmond Heights | |||
| 2006 | Stacy Nicole Offenberger | Vincent | 26 | Miss Washington County | 3rd runner-up |
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| 2005 | Aisha Berry | Cincinnati | 25 | Miss Southwest Ohio | |||
| 2004 | Lauren Kelsey Hall | Wellston | 20 | Miss Wellston | |||
| 2003 | Candace Elizabeth Smith | Dayton | 26 | Contestant on Survivor: Tocantins | |||
| 2002 | Kimberly "Kim" Danelle Mullen | Huber Heights | 23 | Miss Dublin | Contestant on Survivor: Palau | ||
| 2001 | Amanda Jane Canary | Columbus | 19 | ||||
| 2000 | Cheya Ranice Watkins | Cincinnati | 26 |
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| 1999 | Melinda Miller | Ottoville | 25 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1998 | Cynthia Madden | Anderson Township | 18 | ||||
| 1997 | Michelle Mouser | Columbus | 23 |
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| 1996 | Melissa Boyd | Massillon | 22 | ||||
| 1995 | Julia Hughes | Grove City | 22 | ||||
| 1994 | Lisa Michelle Allison | Gahanna | 18 | ||||
| 1993 | Andrea Pacione | North Royalton | |||||
| 1992 | Courtney Lea Baber | Cincinnati | |||||
| 1991 | Amy Glaze | Lucasville | |||||
| 1990 | Melissa Proctor | West Chester | 22 | Semi-finalist | Current director of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania (both Miss and Teen USA) pageants under her married name, Melissa Proctor-Pitchford | ||
| 1989 | Lisa Thompson | Marion | |||||
| 1988 | Gina West | Pickerington | |||||
| 1987 | Hallie Bonnell | Akron |
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| 1986 | Halle Maria Berry[18] | Oakwood | 19[18] | 1st runner-up |
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| 1985 | Lisa Barlow | Vandalia | |||||
| 1984 | Roxi Erwin | Pickerington | |||||
| 1983 | Gina Gangale | Youngstown | |||||
| 1982 | Kimberly Ann "Kim" Weeda | Dayton | 21 | 3rd runner-up | Best State Costume |
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| 1981 | Kimberly "Kim" Kaye Seelbrede | Germantown | 20 | Miss USA 1981 |
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| 1980 | Elizabeth Kim Thomas[20] | Cincinnati | 20 | Miss Photogenic[21] Best State Costume |
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| 1979 | Carolyn Houlihan | Youngstown | |||||
| 1978 | Sheila Anderson[22][23] | Cincinnati[22] | 19[22] | ||||
| 1977 | Lesa Rummell[4] | Paris | 19[4] | Mother of Miss Teen USA 2005 Allie LaForce[24] Later Miss Ohio World 1978 | |||
| 1976 | Karen Myers | Columbus | |||||
| 1975 | Sandra Kurdas[25] | Conneaut[25] | |||||
| 1974 | Kay Phillips[26] | Bedford[26] | 21[26] | ||||
| 1973 | Jackie Urbanek | Cleveland | Represented Ohio at Miss World USA 1974 | ||||
| 1972 | Kathleen Ann Kehlmier[27] | Columbus[27] | 18[27] | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1971 | Karen Haus[27][1] | Chagrin Falls[27] | |||||
| 1970 | Jane Harrison | Wickliffe | 18 | Semi-finalist | Actress, model and sportscaster; past host of The NFL Today[10] | ||
| 1969 | Marlynn Singleton[28] | Westerville | 18 | Assumed title[28] | |||
| Terry Chellis | Columbus | 21 | Hospitalised for haemorrhaging after checking in for Miss USA and was unable to compete[28] | ||||
| 1968 | Linda Hoyle[29] | Columbus[29] | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1967 | Phyllis Smith | Caldwell | |||||
| 1966 | Karen Dietz | Willoughby | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1965 | Sue Ann Downey[30] | Columbus | 20 | Miss USA 1965 |
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| 1964 | Gail Karen Krielow | Richmond Heights | 20 | Semi-finalist |
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| 1963 | Gloria Jean McBride | Columbus | |||||
| Andrea Getzlaff[31] | Solon | 17 | Disqualified for being underage | ||||
| 1962 | Joan Carole Colucy | Massillon | |||||
| 1961 | Alice Lou Englemann | Ashtabula | |||||
| 1960 | Corrine Huff | Youngstown | 19 | Semi-finalist |
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| Katherine "Kathy" Justice | Poland | 17 | N/a | Withdrawn because younger than 18 for Miss Universe[32] | |||
| 1959 | Marie Dicarlo | Poland | |||||
| 1958 | Cindy Ann Garrison | Canton | |||||
| 1957 | Kathryn Gabriel | Cleveland | 20 | 4th runner-up[b] | |||
| 1956 | Eleanor Wood | Canton | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1955 | Carol Hagerman | Columbus | |||||
| 1954 | Barbara Joyce Randa | Painesville | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1953 | Eleanore Mack | Bellaire | 20 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1952 | Margie Broering | Cincinnati | |||||
Notes
- Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
- Finished in 6th place and later awarded 4th runner-up after disqualification of Leona Gage