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Miss Indiana USA

Miss Indiana USA

Beauty contest in the United States

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 currently produced by Crown Moxie, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Indiana.
Not to be confused with Miss India USA.
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The pageant is currently held in Noblesville and has previously been hosted by Anderson, Michigan City, Indianapolis, Carmel and Fort Wayne.[1][2][3][4]

The most recent placement was Alexis Lete in 2020, who finished 3rd runner-up.

Nine Miss Indiana-USA winners have previously held the Miss Indiana Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA, and three previously competed in other states (Florida, Georgia and Virginia). Three Miss Indiana-USA winners (1987, 2002, and 2023) have also previously competed at Miss America.

Haley Jordan Begay, 25, from Pittsboro, was chosen as Miss Indiana-USA 2023 on July 17, 2023 at the Noblesville High School Auditorium in Noblesville. She will advance to the Miss USA 2023 pageant later this year. Begay is a local sports broadcaster and previously served as Miss Indiana 2017; and was crowned by Miss Indiana-USA 2022, Samantha Paige Toney of Greenwood who won her title on April 10, 2022 in Noblesville.

Results summary

Placements

  • 1st runners-up: Holli Rene Dennis (1981)
  • 2nd runners-up: Elaine L. Richards (1966), Kelly Ann Lloyd (2002)
  • 3rd runners-up: Jayme Buecher (1978), Alexis Nicole Lete (2020)
  • Top 10/12: Virginia Ann Johnson (1952), Jo Berryman (1975), Holly Roehl (1996), Pratima Yarlagadda (1999), Tashina Kastigar (2003), Brittany Mason (2008)
  • Top 16/19/20: Cecilia Dennis (1954), Sue Ekamp (1962), Jillian Wunderlich (2011), Mekayla Diehl (2014)

Indiana holds a record of 15 placements at Miss USA.

Special awards

  • Best State Costume: Heather Gray (1992)
  • Miss Photogenic: Gretchen Reece (2015)
  • Miss Congeniality: Tate Elizabeth Fritchley (2019)

Winners

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  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
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  1. Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

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