A Proud Tradition

(Year - Name - Talent - Miss Indiana placement/awards)

 

1958 - Mary-Patricia (Patterson) Warneke

1959 - Virginia (Patterson) Haussler

1960 - Julie (Pratt) Simmons

1961 - Joyce (Thomas) Briner - chalk talk

1962 - Judith (Umbreit) Wolf -  - 4th runner up

1963 - Marilyn (Riner) Cooke - tap dance

1964 - Carol (Rinard) Mylar & Sandra (Zimmerman) Helms - vocal - 2nd runner up, Preliminary Talent, Preliminary Swimsuit

1965 - Sharon (Gustavel) Costlow - monologue - 2nd runner up

1966 - Alice (Bergh) Nuckols - vocal - Top 10

1967 - Roberta (Mullen) Forsmark - jazz dance

1968 - Jane (Faris) Pollak - harp/piano - non-finalist talent

1969 - Karen (Kamp) Blank - gymnastics dance - 2nd runner up, preliminary talent

1970 - Sandra Carson - vocal - Top 10

1971 - Cindy (Snodgrass) Cates - ballet

1972 - Margaret (Newton) Hamm - vocal

1973 - Jo Ellen Berryman - jazz dance - Top 10

1974 - Tamara (Nelson) Stanton - modern ballet

1975 - Heidi (Reiter) Cissell - piano

1976 - Sue Ellen (Cain) Hardley - piano - 2nd runner up, preliminary talent

1977 - Nancy (Hof) Jacobson - vocal - 3rd runner up

1978 - Janice Morgan - vocal - 1st runner up, preliminary talent

1980 - Susan (Stokes) Francis - vocal

1981 - Sande (Schrier) Weiss - vocal

1982 - Delisa (Rogers) LaFave - vocal - Top 10, preliminary swimsuit

1983 - Katrina (Fair) Very - gymnastics, 2nd runner up

1984 - Carol (Hansing) Bontrager - vocal - 3rd runner up

1985 - Jeana (Tenerelli) Malone - vocal

1986 - Joan (Merricks) Rippy - baton

1987 - Cindy (Williams) Plummer - vocal - 3rd runner up

1988 - Polly (Nikirk) Major - tap dance

1989 - Holly (Stults) Haas - jazz dance - Top 10

1990 - Erin Chalfin - jazz dance

1991 - Jennifer (Havens) Hester - vocal - Top 10

1992 - Rebecca (Gray) Milligan - piano - 2nd runner up

1993 - Petra Wiehe - drama - 1st runner up, preliminary swimsuit

1994 - Nichole (Zesiger) Merkel - baton - non-finalist interview

1995 - Tamara (Shrum) Walker - lyrical dance - 3rd runner up

1996 - Marie (Roy) Avila - lyrical dance - Top 10, preliminary talent

1997 - Kara (Combs) Snyder - vocal - 3rd runner up

1998 - Kelly (Lloyd) Hubler - jazz dance - 2nd runner up

1999 - Maria Selke - piano - 1st runner up, preliminary swimsuit

2000 - Lori (Brokaw) Brown - piano - Top 10

2001 - Michelle (Bowyer) Duggan - tap dance - preliminary swimsuit, newcomer award

2002 - Jennie (Keller) Skinner - vocal - Miss Hoosier Spirit Award

2003 - Lindsey (Helmer) Konkler - vocal - 2nd runner up

2004 - Allison Saul - vocal

2005 - Tiffany (Schroer) Calig - vocal - Top 10, preliminary interview, preliminary swimsuit

2005 TEEN - Katie (Miller) Lash - vocal

2006 - Whitney (Kraus) Jones - vocal

2007 - Nicole (Rash) Cook - vocal - Miss Indiana 2007, preliminary interview, preliminary swimsuit & preliminary talent; Miss America 1st runner up

2007 TEEN - Danielle (Holland) Parker - tap dance - Top 10, preliminary talent

2008 - Tara Layne (Choate) Goebel - vocal & dance - non-finalist talent

2008 TEEN - Elise (Duncan) Collins - vocal

2009 - Lauren (Petersen) James - piano - Hoosier Leadership Award

2009 TEEN - Erika (Litz) Rowse - piano

2010 - Savannah (Teegarden) Whitlock - vocal - non-finalist interview

2010 TEEN - Jenna (Litz) Teeny - piano

2011 - Kara Mitchell - dance - Life Changers Award

2011 TEEN - Rachel (Jewett) Brubaker - vocal

2012 - Courtney (Jurick) Seal - vocal - Top 10

2013 - Megan (Thwaites) Littlejohn - dance

2014 - Chloe (Anagnos) Pierce - piano

2015 - Kayzie (Priebe) Weedman - speed painting

2016 - Rylee Domann - vocal

2017 - Samantha Johnson - jump rope

2018 - Victoria Ruble - vocal

2019 - Samantha Robbins - tap dance

2020 - Anastasia (Sharp-Keller) Kent - vocal

2022 - Teah Mirabelli - vocal and piano

2023 - Kalyn Melham - vocal

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