Miss Indiana

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

Nicole Rash, Miss Indiana 2007, in a parade

The Miss Indiana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss America pageant.

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Local Title	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2007	Nicole Rash	Plymouth, Indiana	Miss Ball State University	1st Runner-Up at Miss America 2008		Top 10 at Miss National Sweetheart 2006
2006	Betsy Uschkrat	Bloomington, Indiana	Miss Indiana University		Finalist Quality of Life Award	*eligible to compete as Miss Indiana as graduate student at Indiana University
2005	Susan Guilkey	Noblesville	Miss North Central
2004	Sarah Wiley	Carmel	Miss Wabash Valley		Non-finalist Talent Award	Top 10 at Miss National Sweetheart 2002
2003	Bryn Chapman	Indianapolis	Miss South Central	Top 10 at Miss America 2003		3rd runner up at Miss National Sweetheart 2002 as Miss Kentucky
2002	Tangra Riggle	West Lafayette	Miss North Central	Top 15 at Miss America 2002	Preliminary Talent Award
2001	Allison Hatcher	Evansville	Miss North Central	Top 20 at Miss America 2001
2000	Betsy Bobel	Peru	Miss Duneland			Sister of Bridget Bobel, Miss Indiana USA 2006
1999	Kelly Lloyd	Indianapolis	Miss North Central		Albert A. Marks Jr. Interview Award	Triple Crown winner - previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1993 (1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA), later Miss Indiana USA 2002 (2nd runner-up at Miss USA)
1998	Julianne Hackney	Vincennes	Miss Northwest Territory	Top 10		Previously was Indiana's Junior Miss 1996
1997	Sara Engerman	Kendallville	Miss Limberlost
1996	Shani Nielsen	New Albany	Miss Harvest Homecoming	Top Ten Finalist	Preliminary Talent Award, Bernie Wayne Talent Award
1995	Becky Gray	Indianapolis	Miss North Central
1994	Tiffany Storm	Bloomington	Miss Capital City	4th Runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Bernie Wayne Talent Award
1993	Dayna Brewer	New Albany	Miss Capital City
1992	Shelli Yoder	Shipshewana	Miss Elkhart	2nd Runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award (tie)
1991	Kari Hipsher	Wabash	Miss Huntington
1990	Brenda Bassett	Kokomo	Miss Kokomo
1989	Lisa Williamson	Terre Haute	Miss Hoosier Hills
1988	Joni McMechan	Liberty	Miss Central Indiana			Toured with the 1989 Miss America Department of Defense USO Show
1987	Sheila Stephen	Unionville	Miss Hoosier Hills		Non-Finalist Talent
1986	Susan Sailor	Elkhart	Miss Elkhart
1985	Laurie Broderick	Elkhart	Miss Elkhart	Top Ten Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award	Toured with 1986 Miss America Gillette Show Troupe
1984	Cynthia Yantis	Fort Wayne	Miss Fort Wayne
1983	Teri Schultz	Bloomington	Miss Hoosier Hills
1982	Ilona Conway	Bunker Hill	Miss Hoosier Hills
1981	Pam Carlberg	Bourbon	Miss Plymouth	3rd Runner-up
1980	Teri Kardatzke	Anderson	Miss Anderson
1979	Rickee Farrell	Valparaiso	Miss North Central			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1978	Terry Kaiser	Etna Green	Miss Plymouth
1977	Barbara Mougin	Bremen	Miss Plymouth	1st Runner-up
1976	Tamara Trittschuh	Plainfield	Miss Monroe County
1975	Cyndi Legler	Fort Wayne	Miss Mid-Central	Top Ten Semi-finalist
1974	Penny Tichenor	Owensville	Miss Evansville Freedom Festival	Top Ten Semi-finalist
1973	Karen Rogers	Indianapolis	Miss Indiana Central College
1972	Rebecca Graham	Indianapolis	Miss South Central	4th Runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1971	Pat Patterson	Gary	Miss Gary		Special Talent Award	first African-American winner, had a career as a recording artist under the name "Kellee Patterson"
1970	Debbie May	Remington	Miss Indianapolis		Miss Congeniality
1969	Jill Jackson	Anderson	Miss Anderson
1968	Kit Field	Indianapolis	Miss Indianapolis	4th Runner-up		was a featured performer for the 1969 Miss America pageant
1967	Mary Haglund	Indianapolis	Miss Butler University	Top Ten Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award
1966	Jane Ann Rutledge	Vincennes	Miss Indiana University
1965	Eileen Smith	Indianapolis	Miss Indianapolis	2nd Runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award	Featured Performer on the 1966 Miss America telecast
1964	Sandra Miller	Bedford	Miss Bedford
1963	Marsha Pinkstaff	Crawfordsville	Miss Butler University
1962	Julia Flaningan	Lebanon	Miss Butler University
1961	Kathleen Burke	Terre Haute	Miss Indiana State Teachers College		Non-Finalist Talent Award
1960	Tommye Glaze	Culver	Miss Plymouth	4th Runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1959	Barbara Kummer	Valparaiso	Miss Valparaiso University
1958	Anita Hursh	Goshen	Miss Goshen		Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1957	Gloria Rupprecht	Valparaiso	Miss Valparaiso University		Preliminary Talent Award
1956	Mary McNulty	Fort Wayne	Miss Fort Wayne
1955	Carolyn Turner	Indianapolis	Miss Indianapolis
1954	Sue Eaton	Monticello	Miss Indianapolis
1953	Violet Wratich	East Chicago	Miss East Chicago
1952	Ann Garnier	Indianapolis	Miss Indianapolis	1st Runner-up
1951	Carol Mitchell	Rochester	Miss Rochester	1st Runner-up
1950	Pat Berry	Indianapolis	Miss Monticello
1949	Patricia Cunningham	Peru	Miss Monticello			Original winner was disqualified
1948	Patti Grubbs	Gary
1947	Beverly Trenary	Gary
1946	Lois Chitwood	Helmsburg	Miss Indiana University
1945	Betty Lockyear	Evansville
1941	Carolyn Akin	Evansville
1940	Alice Ullery	Evansville
1938	Helen Emly	Letts	Miss Letts	Semi-finalist
1927	Hilda Koch	South Bend	Miss South Bend