Miss Iowa USA
The Miss Iowa USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Iowa in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by Future Productions based in Savage, Minnesota since 2008.
While Iowa has not been greatly successful in the past four decades, they were one of the most consistent states in the first decade of the pageant's existence. The second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe Crown was Carol Morris of Iowa in 1956.
Jamie Solinger, Miss Teen USA 1992 and Miss Iowa USA 1998, crowned her sister Jaclyn Solinger as Miss Iowa USA 1999.
Morgan Kofoid of Leon was crowned Miss Iowa USA 2020 on October 6, 2019 at the Auditorium of Newton High School in Newton. She will represent Iowa for the title of Miss USA 2020 on the spring of 2020.
Gallery of titleholders
Results summary
Placements
- Miss USA: Carol Morris
- 5th Runner-up: Carlyn Bradarich
- Top 10/12: Jan Hoyer, Jensie Grigsby
- Top 14/15/19/20: Marilyn Shonka, Ione Lucken, Judy Hall, Kay Nielson, Trudy Shulkin, Baylee Drezek
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Dana Ruth Mintzer, Rebecca Hodge
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2020 | Morgan Kofoid | Leon | 22 | TBA | Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 2013 | |
| 2019 | Baylee Drezek | Eldridge | 21 | Top 15 | ||
| 2018 | Jenny Valliere | Cedar Rapids | 27 | Joining Miss Iowa USA on her 8th consecutive year, before winning the title in 2018 | ||
| 2017 | Kelsey Weier | Des Moines | 25 | Former Bachelor contest ion season 24 and was eliminated on week 8 after hometown dates. | ||
| 2016 | Alissa Morrison | Davenport | 24 | |||
| 2015 | Taylor Even | Jesup | 21 | |||
| 2014 | Carlyn Bradarich | Iowa City | 23 | 5th runner-up |
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| 2013 | Richelle Orr | Hampton | 20 | Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 2011 | ||
| 2012 | Rebecca Hodge | Iowa City | 22 | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2011 | Rebecca Goldsmith | Chariton | 26 | |||
| 2010 | Katherine Connors | Bettendorf | 20 | at a Washington Nationals baseball game following a joke by Nationals pitcher Miguel Batista at Miss Iowa's expense. Batista sent flowers, but declined Connors' challenge to "walk the runway in a swimsuit." | ||
| 2009 | Chelsea Gauger | Ankeny | 19 | |||
| 2008 | Abbey Curran | Davenport | 20 | First person born with a disability to compete in Miss USA | ||
| 2007 | Dani Reeves | Hamburg | 21 | |||
| 2006 | Sarah Corpstein | Anamosa | 23 | |||
| 2005 | Joy Robinson | Altoona | 25 | |||
| 2004 | Brooke Hansen | Fort Dodge | 22 | |||
| 2003 | Linsey Grams | Urbandale | 20 | |||
| 2002 | Lauren Wilson | Bettendorf | 22 | |||
| 2001 | Clarissa Kroese | Pella | 22 | |||
| 2000 | Jensie Grigsby | West Des Moines | 26 | Top 10, Finishing in 10th Place | ||
| 1999 | Jaclyn Solinger | Altoona | ||||
| 1998 | Jamie Solinger | Altoona | ||||
| 1997 | Shawn Marie Brogan | New Hampton | ||||
| 1996 | Jill Simon | Burlington | ||||
| 1995 | Angela Hearne | Mount Vernon | ||||
| 1994 | Callie Pandit | Des Moines | ||||
| 1993 | Jan Hoyer | Fort Madison | Top 12 Semi-finalist, Finishing in 8th Place | |||
| 1992 | Pam Patrick | Ottumwa | ||||
| 1991 | Heather Bowers | Toddville | ||||
| 1990 | Elizabeth Muelhaupt | West Des Moines, Iowa | ||||
| 1989 | Marcy Requist | Red Oak | ||||
| 1988 | Julie Kemmerling | Hinsdale, IL | ||||
| 1987 | Katy Magee | Jefferson | ||||
| 1986 | Holly Wilkins | Clear Lake | ||||
| 1985 | Karen North | Ames | ||||
| 1985 | Devin Steinberg | Manson | Original winner, dethroned after she married during her reign. | |||
| 1984 | Michele Boisvert | Decorah | ||||
| 1983 | Dana Ruth Mintzer | Des Moines | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1982 | Jeanne Hoyer | Fort Madison | Sister of Miss Iowa USA 1993 Jan Hoyer | |||
| 1981 | Jennifer Lynn Wimpey | Iowa City | ||||
| 1980 | Lori Kromminga | Keystone | ||||
| 1979 | Teri Rees | Sioux City | ||||
| 1978 | Michelle Daley | West Des Moines | ||||
| 1977 | Cindy Woodard | Urbandale | ||||
| 1976 | Sheri Davenport | Storm Lake | ||||
| 1975 | Kathleen Duggan | Council Bluffs | ||||
| 1974 | Susan Thompson | Cedar Rapids | ||||
| 1973 | Dyanna Roberts | Oskaloosa | ||||
| 1972 | Jennifer Owen | Maxwell | ||||
| 1971 | Cindy Helmers | Sibley | ||||
| 1970 | Jacqueline Jochims | Carroll | ||||
| 1969 | Becky Stoner | Laurens | ||||
| 1968 | Markie Anderson | Sioux City | ||||
| 1967 | Kathleen Solt | Jefferson | ||||
| 1966 | Janis Mieras | Alta | ||||
| 1965 | Mari Hardy | Sioux City | ||||
| 1964 | Barbara Rodgers | Perry | ||||
| 1963 | Ramona Meylor | Le Mars | ||||
| 1962 | Regina Prusha | Cedar Rapids | ||||
| 1961 | Deanne Ostermann | Ocheyedan | ||||
| 1960 | Trudy Shulkin | Sioux City | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1959 | Kay Nielson | Council Bluffs | Semi-finalist | Former Miss Nebraska 1957 | ||
| 1958 | Sandra Olsen | Sioux City | ||||
| 1957 | Judy Hall | Council Bluffs | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1956 | Carol Morris | Ottumwa | 19 | Miss USA 1956 | ||
| 1955 | Jerri Cole | Holstein | ||||
| 1954 | Ione Lucken | Le Mars | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1953 | Marilyn Shonka | Sioux City | Semi-finalist |