Miss Indiana USA
The Miss Indiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss USA pageant and the name of the title held by those representatives. This pageant is independently conducted and produced by Sanders & Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia.
The pageant is currently held in Fort Wayne and has previously been hosted by Merrillville, Michigan City, Indianapolis and Carmel.
Nine Miss Indiana USA winners have previously held the Miss Indiana Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA and three were previously competed in other states, currently tied with Virginia at twelve. Two Miss winners have also competed at Miss America.
Alexis Lete of New Albany was crowned Miss Indiana USA 2020 on November 24, 2019 at Grand Wayne Convention Center in Fort Wayne. She will represent Indiana at the Miss USA 2020 pageant on the summer of 2020.
Gallery of titleholders
Results summary
Placements
- 1st runners-up: Holli Dennis
- 2nd runners-up: Elaine Richards, Kelly Lloyd
- 3rd runners-up: Jayme Buecher
- Top 10/12: Virginia Johnson, Jo Berryman, Holly Roehl, Pratima Yarlagadda, Tashina Kastigar, Brittany Mason
- Top 16/19/20: Cecilia Dennis, Sue Ekamp, Jillian Wunderlich, Mekayla Diehl
Special awards
- Miss Photogenic: Gretchen Reece
- Miss Congeniality: Tate Fritchley
- Best State Costume: Heather Gray
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2020 | Alexis Lete | New Albany | 23 | TBA | TBA | |
| 2019 | Tate Fritchley | Evansville | 20 | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Indiana State Fair 2016 | |
| 2018 | Darrian Arch | Chesterton | 23 | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2013 | ||
| 2017 | Brittany Winchester | Indianapolis | 26 | |||
| 2016 | Morgan Abel | North Vernon | 26 | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2008 | ||
| 2015 | Gretchen Reece | North Vernon | 23 | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 2014 | Mekayla Diehl | Bristol | 25 | Top 20 | 2nd runner-up at Miss Indiana 2012, later Mrs. America 2018 | |
| 2013 | Emily Hart | Fort Wayne | 25 | |||
| 2012 | Megan Myrehn | Carmel | 20 | Previously Miss Virginia Teen USA 2008 and Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2008 | ||
| 2011 | Jillian Wunderlich | Kokomo | 19 | Top 16 | Previously Miss Florida Teen USA 2008 and Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2008 | |
| 2010 | Allison Biehle | North Vernon | 21 | |||
| 2009 | Courtni Hall | Crawfordsville | 22 | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2004 | ||
| 2008 | Brittany Mason | Anderson | 21 | Top 10 | Director of Miss Universe Ireland pageant | |
| 2007 | Jami Stallings | Newburgh | 20 | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2003, Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2003 | ||
| 2006 | Bridget Bobel | Peru | 26 | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2004; Sister of Miss Indiana 2000 Betsy Bobel | ||
| 2005 | Kaitlyn Christopher | Kokomo | 18 | |||
| 2004 | Stephanie Keusch | Jasper | 24 | |||
| 2003 | Tashina Kastigar | West Terre Haute | 22 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1998 | |
| 2002 | Kelly Lloyd | Indianapolis | 25 | 2nd runner-up | "Triple Crown" winner, previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1993 1st runner up Miss Teen USA 1993 and Miss Indiana 1999; 2nd runner-up to National Sweetheart 1998; Current director of operations for the Miss Indiana USA and Miss Indiana Teen USA pageants | |
| 2001 | Sarah McClary | Evansville | 22 | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1995 | ||
| 2000 | Kristal Wile | Anderson | 23 | |||
| 1999 | Pratima Yarlagadda | Shipshewana | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1998 | Nicole Llewellyn | Munster | 23 | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1992 and later Mrs. Indiana 2001, Mrs. America 2001 & Mrs. World 2002 under her married name, Nicole Brink. | ||
| 1997 | Tricia Nosko | Evansville | 25 | |||
| 1996 | Holly Roehl | 23 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1990, 2nd runner up at Miss Teen USA 1990 | ||
| 1995 | Heather Hart | Newburgh | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1991, Top 12 at Miss Teen USA 1991 | |||
| 1994 | Kim Scull | Clarksville | ||||
| 1993 | Lisa Higgins | South Bend | ||||
| 1992 | Heather Gray | Best State Costume | ||||
| 1991 | Cathi Bennett | New Albany | 24 | |||
| 1990 | Meri Buker | Kokomo | 24 | |||
| 1989 | Gwen Volpe | |||||
| 1988 | Loetta Earnest | East Chicago | 22 | |||
| 1987 | Alecia Masalkoski | Bremen | Previously Miss Michigan 1985 | |||
| 1986 | Diane Andrysiak | South Bend | ||||
| 1985 | Theresa Hobbs | Wilmington | ||||
| 1984 | Susan Willardo | Highland | ||||
| 1983 | Toni Yudt | Portage | ||||
| 1982 | Sara Binkley | Greencastle | ||||
| 1981 | Holli Dennis | Fort Wayne | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1980 | Susan Osby | Hebron | ||||
| 1979 | Deborah Hayes | Kokomo | ||||
| 1978 | Jayme Buecher | 3rd runner-up | ||||
| 1977 | Lynn Flaherty | Nappanee | ||||
| 1976 | Annette Anderson | Gary | ||||
| 1975 | Jo Berryman | Kokomo | Semi-finalist | Non-finalist at Miss World USA 1974 | ||
| 1974 | Lisa Childress | |||||
| 1973 | Debbie Ausenbaugh | Merrillville | ||||
| 1972 | Julie Clifford | Edwardsport | Later Miss Indiana World 1975 and 1st Runner-Up in Miss World USA 1975 | |||
| 1971 | Debra Downhour | Cass | ||||
| 1970 | Mary McBride | Michigan City | ||||
| 1969 | Linda Smith | |||||
| 1968 | Nikki Peck | |||||
| 1967 | Pamela Talmadge | |||||
| 1966 | Elaine Richards | 2nd runner-up | Died age 41 in 1984 after a long illness | |||
| 1965 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1964 | Charlene Kratochvil | |||||
| 1963 | Vickie Little | |||||
| 1962 | Sue Ekamp | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1961 | Janice Oliver | |||||
| 1960 | June Cochran | Indianapolis | Later Miss Indiana World 1962 and a contestant at Miss USA World 1962. Later Playboy Playmate of Year 1963 | |||
| 1959 | Anita Watkins | |||||
| 1958 | Shirley Ball | |||||
| 1957 | Pat Dorsett | |||||
| 1956 | Beverly Mattox | |||||
| 1955 | Mary Wasick | |||||
| 1954 | Cecilia Dennis | Milan | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1953 | Edith Krumme | |||||
| 1952 | Virginia Johnson | Semi-finalist |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant