{{for|the state pageant affiliated with Miss America|Miss Iowa}} {{Short description|Beauty pageant competition}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Infobox organization |name = Miss Iowa USA |image = |image_border = |image_size = |caption = |map = |map_size = |map_caption = |formation = 1952 |type = Beauty pageant |headquarters = Savage |location = Minnesota |membership = Miss USA |language = English |leader_title = |leader_name = |key_people = Kelly McCoy<br> |num_staff = |budget = |website = {{official|https://kpcproductions.themissusa.com/}} }} The ''' Miss Iowa USA '''competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Iowa in the Miss USA pageant. It was directed by Future Productions based in Savage, Minnesota since 2008 to 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.missnorthdakotausa.com/nd-about-us.html|title=Future Productions, LLC State Directors|access-date=8 February 2017}}</ref>
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. In 1956, Carol Morris became the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe crown. The most recent placement was McKenzie Ariana Kerry in 2024, placing Top 20.
Jamie Solinger, Miss Teen USA 1992 and Miss Iowa USA 1998, crowned her sister Jaclyn Solinger as Miss Iowa USA 1999.
The current titleholder is Madeline Erickson of Ankeny, who was crowned on May 30, 2026 at The Franklin Center in Des Moines. She will represent Iowa at Miss USA 2026.
==Gallery of titleholders== <gallery mode="packed" heights="180px" style="text-align:left"> File:Carol Morris (cropped).jpg|Carol Morris, Miss Iowa USA 1956, Miss USA 1956 and '''Miss Universe 1956''' File:Jamie Solinger Patterson.jpg|Jamie Solinger, Miss Iowa USA 1998 File:SarahCorpstein.jpg|Sarah Corpstein, Miss Iowa USA 2006 File:DaniReeves.jpg|Dani Reeves, Miss Iowa USA 2007 File:Katherine Connors.jpg|Katherine Connors, Miss Iowa USA 2010 </gallery>
==Results summary== ===Placements=== *'''Miss USA:''' Carol Morris (1956) *'''5th Runner-up:''' Carlyn Bradarich (2014) *'''Top 10'''/'''12:''' Jan Hoyer (1993), Jensie Grigsby (2000) *'''Top 14'''/'''15'''/'''19'''/'''20:''' Marilyn Shonka (1953), Ione Lucken (1954), Judy Hall (1957), Kay Nielson (1959), Trudy Shulkin (1960), Baylee Drezek (2019), McKenzie Ariana Kerry (2024)
'''Iowa''' holds a record of 11 placements at Miss USA.
===Awards=== *'''Miss Congeniality:''' Dana Mintzer (1983), Rebecca Hodge (2012)
== Winners == ;Color key {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} Ended as runner-up * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists }}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"<!-- enter "collapsed" after collapsible to start in the closed state--> |- ! scope="col" style="width: 5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="width: 20%" | Name ! scope="col" style="width: 10%" | Hometown ! scope="col" style="width: 3%" |Age<sup>1</sup> ! width=12%| Local title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:14%" | Placement at Miss USA ! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:17%" | Special awards at Miss USA ! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:31%" | Notes |- | 2026 | Madeline "Maddie" Erickson | Ankeny | 22 | Miss Ankeny | TBA | TBA | * Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 2023 **Top 20 at Miss Teen USA 2023 |- | 2025 | Hayley Buettell | Mediapolis | 27 | Miss Johnson County | | | |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;” | 2024 | McKenzie Ariana Kerry | Des Moines | 26 | Miss Capital City | Top 20 | People's Choice | |- | 2023 | Grace Lynn Keller | Coralville | 24 | Miss Johnson County | | | * Previously Miss Iowa 2021 |- | 2022 | Randi Estabrook | Mitchellville | 24 | Miss Central Iowa | | | |- | 2021 | Katie Wadman | Iowa City | 21 | Miss Iowa City | | | * Later Miss District of Columbia 2025 |- | 2020 | Morgan Kofoid | Leon | 22 | | | | *Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 2013 *Longest reigning Miss Iowa USA at {{age in years, months and days|2019|10|6|2021|5|8}} |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2019 | Baylee Drezek | Davenport | 21 | | Top 15 | | |- | 2018 | Jenny Kim Valliere | Cedar Rapids | 27 | | | | Joining Miss Iowa USA on her 8th consecutive year, before winning the title in 2018 |- | 2017 | Kelsey Anne Weier | Des Moines | 25 | | | | Later contestant on season 24 of ''The Bachelor'' and season 7 of ''Bachelor in Paradise''. |- | 2016 | Alissa Katelin Morrison | Davenport | 24 | | | | |- | 2015 | Taylor Lynn Even | Jesup | 21 | | | | |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 2014 | Carlyn Nicole Bradarich | Iowa City | 23 | | 5th runner-up | | *Sister of Ashley Bradarich, Miss Illinois USA 2010 *Advanced to the top 6 as a fan vote winner *Later Miss Illinois World 2015 **Top 12 at Miss World America 2015 |- | 2013 | Richelle Elizabeth Orr{{cn|date=October 2023}} | Hampton | 20 | | | | * Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 2011 |- | 2012 | Rebecca Jean Hodge | Iowa City | 22 | | | Miss Congeniality | |- | 2011 | Rebecca Anne Goldsmith | Chariton | 26 | | | | |- | 2010 | Katherine Anna Connors | Bettendorf | 20 | | | | [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2010/07/all-smiles-miss-iowa-throws-out-first-pitch-at-nats-game/ Threw out the first pitch] 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 Lynn Gauger | Ames | 19 | | | | |- | 2008 | Abbey Nicole Curran | Davenport | 20 | | | | First person born with a disability (cerebral palsy) to compete in Miss USA<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wcbstv.com/sports/miss.usa.cerebralpalsy.2.697090.html |title=Beating The Odds: Beauty Queen With Cerebral Palsy |publisher=WCBS-TV |last=Johnson |first=Kristine |author-link=Kristine Johnson |date=2008-04-10 |access-date=2008-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414235518/http://wcbstv.com/sports/miss.usa.cerebralpalsy.2.697090.html |archive-date=2008-04-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | 2007 | Dani Reeves | Hamburg | 21 | | | | |- | 2006 | Sarah Corpstein | Anamosa | 23 | | | | |- | 2005 | Joy Robinson | Altoona | 25 | | | | |- | 2004 | Brooke Hansen | Fort Dodge | 22 | | | | |- | 2003 | Linsey Dara Grams | Urbandale | 20 | | | | |- | 2002 | Lauren Wilson | Bettendorf | 22 | | | | |- | 2001 | Clarissa Kroese | Pella | 22 | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2000 | Jensie Grigsby | West Des Moines | 26 | | Top 10, Finishing in 10th Place | | |- | 1999 | Jaclyn Colleen Solinger | Altoona | 20 | | | | *Sister of Jamie Solinger, Miss Iowa USA 1998 |- | 1998 | Jamie Solinger | Altoona | | | | | *Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 1992 **'''Miss Teen USA 1992''' *Sister of Jaclyn Solinger, Miss Iowa USA 1999 *Later Mrs. Iowa America 2004 **3rd runner-up to Mrs. America 2004 under her married name, Jamie Patterson.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2004 |title=2004 Mrs America |access-date=July 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624080946/http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2004 |archive-date=June 24, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | 1997 | Shawn Marie Brogan | New Hampton | | | | | |- | 1996 | Jill Simon | Burlington | | | | | |- | 1995 | Angela Hearne | Mount Vernon | | | | | |- | 1994 | Callie Pandit<ref>{{cite news |date=30 January 1994 |title=LOCAL & STATE: And turn and kick |pages=3A |work=Victoria Advocate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/victoria-advocate-1994-miss-usa-clipping/126204401/ |access-date=13 March 2026 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | Des Moines | | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1993 | Janis Ann "Jan" Hoyer | Fort Madison | | | Top 12 | | *Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 1987 *Sister of Miss Iowa USA 1982 Jeanne Hoyer |- | 1992 | Pam Patrick | Ottumwa | | | | | |- | 1991 | Heather Bowers | Toddville | 24 | | | | |- | 1990 | Elizabeth "Libby" Muelhaupt | Des Moines | | | | | |- | 1989 | Marcy Requist | Red Oak | | | | | |- | 1988 | Julie Kemmerling | Des Moines | 18 | | | | |- | 1987 | Katy Lynn Magee | Jefferson | 19 | | | | |- | 1986 | Holly Wilkins | Clear Lake | | Miss Iowa City | | | *First runner-up at Miss Iowa USA 1985 |- | rowspan=2| 1985 | Karen K. North | Ames | | | | | |- | Devin Steinberg | Manson | 21 | | | | Original winner, dethroned after she married during her reign. |- | 1984 | Michele Boisvert | Decorah | 21 | | | | |- | 1983 | Dana Ruth Mintzer | Des Moines | 21 | | | Miss Congeniality | |- | 1982 | Jeanne Hoyer | Fort Madison | 21 | | | | Sister of Miss Iowa USA 1993 Jan Hoyer |- | 1981 | Jennifer Lynn Wimpey | Coralville | 19 | | | | |- | 1980 | Lori Kromminga | Keystone | 21 | Miss Ames | | | |- | 1979 | Teri Lee Rees | Sioux City | 21 | | | | |- | 1978 | Michelle Elaine Daley | West Des Moines | | | | | |- | 1977 | Cindy Woodard | Urbandale | | | | | |- | 1976 | Sheri Lynn Davenport | Des Moines | | | | | |- | 1975 | Kathleen M. "Kathie" Duggan | Council Bluffs | | | | | |- | 1974 | Susan Jane Thompson | Cedar Rapids | | | | | |- | 1973 | Dyanne Roberts | Oskaloosa | | | | | |- | 1972 | Jennifer Jo Owen | Maxwell | | | | | |- | 1971 | Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Helmers | Sibley | 19 | | | Top 10 Best in Swimsuit | |- | 1970 | Jacqueline Lee Jochims | Carroll | | Miss Starling | | | *Later represented Iowa in Miss World USA 1970, did not place * Later Miss U.S. International 1971 **3rd runner-up at Miss International 1971 |- | 1969 | Becky Stoner | Laurens | | | | | |- | 1968 | Markie Anderson | Sioux City | | Miss Morningside | | | |- | 1967 | Kathleen "Kathy" Solt | Jefferson | | | | | |- | 1966 | Janis Mieras | Alta | | | | | |- | 1965 | Mari Hardy | Sioux City | | | | | |- | 1964 | Barbara Rogers | Perry | | | | | |- | 1963 | Dr. Ramona Kathleen Meylor | Le Mars | 23 | | | | |- | 1962 | Regina Prusha | Marshalltown | | Miss Cedar Rapids | | | |- | 1961 | Deanne E. Ostermann | Ocheyedan | 19 | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1960 | Gertrude Cele "Trudy" Shulkin | Sioux City | 22 | Miss KMNS Sioux City | Semi-finalist | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1959 | Catherine Lucille "Kay" Nielson | Council Bluffs | 22 | Miss Council Bluffs | Semi-finalist | | * Previously Miss Nebraska 1957 |- | 1958 | Sandra Mary Olsen | Sioux City | 18 | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1957 | Judith Ann "Judy" Hall | Council Bluffs | 20 | | Semi-finalist | | |- |-style="background-color:GOLD;" | '''1956''' | '''Carol Ann Laverne Morris''' | Ottumwa | 20 | | '''Miss USA 1956''' | | *Previously Miss Iowa 1954 *'''Miss Universe 1956''' |- | 1955 | Jerri Jean Cole | Holstein | 18 | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1954 | Ione Luken | Le Mars | 20 | | Semi-finalist | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1953 | Marlyn E. Shonka | Pocahontas | 20 | | Semi-finalist | | |- |} <sup>1</sup> Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official|http://www.missminnesotausa.com/ia-home.html}}
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