Miss Ohio
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Ohio USA
The Miss Ohio competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss America pageant.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Melanie Murphy | Brook Park | Miss Miami Valley | |||
| 2005 | Marlia Fontaine | Massillon | Miss Lake Erie | |||
| 2004 | Amanda Beagle | Warren | Miss Lake Erie | Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 2003 | Janelle Couts | Akron | Miss Medina | |||
| 2002 | Tiffany Haas | Cincinnati | Miss Heart of it All | 2nd runner up, Quality of Life award | ||
| 2001 | Natalie Witwer | Dublin | Miss Ashland | |||
| 2000 | Stephanie Meisberger | Hopewell | Miss North Coast | |||
| 1999 | Tiffany Baumann | Cleveland | Miss Greater Cleveland | |||
| 1998 | Cheya Watkins | Cincinnati | Miss Southeastern Ohio | Later Miss Ohio USA 2000 | ||
| 1997 | Kelly Creager | Hamler | Miss Conneaut | |||
| 1996 | Robyn Hancock | Grand Rapids | Miss Crestline | Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1995 | Ellen Pasturzak | Miss Portsmouth | ||||
| 1994 | Lea Mack | Miss Pickerington-America | Top 10 Finalist | |||
| 1993 | Titilayo Adedokun | Miss Americana | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent | ||
| 1992 | Robin Meade | Miss Mansfield | Top 10 Finalist | Lead news anchor for CNN Headline News' morning show, Robin & Company | ||
| 1991 | Renee Autherson | Miss Central Ohio | ||||
| 1990 | Kristi Cooke | Miss Willard | ||||
| 1989 | Kristin Huffman | Miss Pickerington-America | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent | ||
| 1988 | Sarah Ann Evans | Miss Pickerington-America | Non-finalist Talent | |||
| 1987 | Susan Kay Johnson | Miss Canton | Non-finalist Talent | |||
| 1986 | Mary Zilba | Miss Greater Toledo | Non-finalist Talent | |||
| 1985 | Suellen Cochran | Miss Southeastern | Top 10 Finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit; Preliminary Talent | ||
| 1984 | Melissa Bradley | Miss Clayland | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1983 | Pamela Rigas | Miss Cuyahoga Co. Fair | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | Previously Miss Alabama USA 1980 (3rd runner-up to Miss USA) | |
| 1982 | Debra Gombert | Miss North Central | ||||
| 1981 | Juliana Zilba | Miss North Central | Non-finalist Talent | |||
| 1980 | Kathy Vernon | Miss North Central | Top 10 Finalist | |||
| 1979 | Tana Carli | Miss Willard | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent | ||
| 1978 | Sher Patrick | Miss South Central | ||||
| 1977 | Joan Gilger* | Miss Bowling Green | ||||
| Susan Perkins | Miss Clayland | Winner | Preliminary Talent | |||
| 1976 | Janice Cooley | Miss Ohio Valley | Non-finalist Talent | |||
| 1975 | Susan Banks | Miss Warren | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent | ||
| 1974 | Lorrie Kapsta | Miss Franklin County | Non-finalist Talent | |||
| 1973 | Cheryl Youkvitch | Miss Lorain | Non-finalist Talent | |||
| 1972 | Karen Sparka | Miss Bowling Green | Top 10 Finalist | |||
| 1971 | Judy Jones | Miss Miami University | ||||
| Laurie Lea Schaefer | Miss Bexley | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit | |||
| 1970 | Grace Bird | Miss Alliance | ||||
| 1969 | Kathy Baumann | Miss Bowling Green | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit; Preliminary Talent | ||
| 1968 | Leslyn Hiple | Miss Canton | ||||
| 1967 | Pamela Robinson | Miss Dayton | ||||
| 1966 | Sharon Phillian | Miss Delaware | 3nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent | ||
| 1965 | Valerie Lavin | Miss Canton | ||||
| 1964 | Diane Courtwright | Miss Columbus | ||||
| 1963 | Bonne Gawronski | Miss Toledo | ||||
| 1962 | Peggy Emerson* | Miss Akron | ||||
| Jacquelyn Mayer | Miss Sandusky | Winner | Motivational speaker, noted for her recovery from a near-fatal stroke suffered at age 28 | |||
| 1961 | Darlene Depasquale | Miss Dayton | ||||
| 1960 | Alice McClain | Miss Marion | ||||
| 1959 | Carole Weiler | Miss Circleville | ||||
| 1958 | Margaret Putman | Miss Mansfield | ||||
| 1957 | Linda Hattman | Miss Cleveland | ||||
| 1956 | Roberta Palmer | Miss Cleveland | ||||
| 1955 | Marguerite Garr | Miss Cincinnati | Preliminary Talent | |||
| 1954 | Barbara Quinlin | Miss Alliance | ||||
| 1953 | Martha Zimmerman | Miss Salem | ||||
| 1952 | Carol Koontz | Miss Bolivar | ||||
| 1951 | Ruth Howell | Miss Apple Creek | ||||
| 1950 | Irene Farren | Miss Grand River | ||||
| 1949 | Florence Bondi | Miss Cleveland | ||||
| 1948 | Maxine Waack | Miss Fairview | ||||
| 1947 | Nancy Nesbit | Miss Cleveland |
* Succeeded to the crown after Miss Ohio won Miss America
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