| Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Miss America Talent |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
| 2011 |
Genevieve Nutting[1] |
Boise |
22 |
Miss Tri-Counties |
Piano "Rhapsody in Blue" |
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Four Points Magazine Award |
Previously Miss Idaho's Outstanding Teen 2006; Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 |
| 2010 |
Kylie Kofoed |
Eagle |
19 |
Miss Nampa |
Classical Vocal "Time to Say Goodbye" |
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| 2009 |
Kara Jackson |
Nampa |
22 |
Miss Nampa |
Viola "Csárdás" |
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| 2008 |
Elise Davis[2] |
Idaho Falls |
20 |
Miss Idaho Falls |
Classical Vocal |
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| 2007 |
Sadie Quigley |
Idaho Falls |
19 |
Miss Eastern Idaho |
Piano "Devilish Inspiration, Op. 4, No. 4" by Prokofiev |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 2006 |
Katherine Crouch |
Rexburg |
19 |
Miss Rexburg |
Piano "Un Sospiro" |
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| 2005 |
Tracey Brown |
Post Falls |
19 |
Miss North Idaho |
Ballet en Pointe "The Stars and Stripes Forever" |
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Quality of Life Award winner |
Idaho's Junior Miss 2004, Later Miss Idaho USA 2008 |
| 2004 |
Elizabeth Barchas |
Boise |
24 |
Miss Nampa |
Classical Piano "Prelude in C Sharp Minor" |
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Non-finalist Interview Award, 1st runner-up Quality of Life Award |
Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 1998, Miss Idaho USA 2001 |
| 2003 |
Tiffany Jewell |
Boise |
22 |
Miss Southern Idaho |
Vocal "Ten Minutes Ago" from Cinderella |
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| 2002 |
Misty Taylor |
Boise |
20 |
Miss Tri-Counties |
Classical Vocal "Chacun le Sait" from The Daughter of the Regiment |
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| 2001 |
Christi Weible |
Eagle |
22 |
Miss Tri-Counties |
Dramatic Monologue |
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 1998 & 2000; The Bachelor Season 2 Contestant; Sister of Kimberly Weible, Miss Idaho USA 2004 and Miss Idaho Teen USA 1999 |
| 2000 |
Christina Tiel |
Nampa |
21 |
Miss Blaine County |
Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville |
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| 1999 |
Mellisa Paul |
Boise |
20 |
Miss Tri-Counties |
Dramatic Monologue from Steel Magnolias |
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| 1998 |
Tammy Toney |
Boise |
24 |
Miss Southern Idaho |
Classical Vocal "Che Fiero Costume" from Eteocle e Polinice by Giovanni Legrenzi |
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| 1997 |
Sherrie Belnap |
Roberts |
20 |
Miss Southern Idaho |
Classical Piano "Polonaise in A flat Major" |
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| 1996 |
Misty Esplin |
Preston |
19 |
Miss Franklin County |
Classical Clarinet Solo "Concertino" by Carl Maria von Weber |
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| 1995 |
Brooke Gambrell |
Boise |
22 |
Miss Boise |
Violin/Fiddle Medley "Blackberry Blossom" |
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1st runner-up Quality of Life Award |
Later Miss Idaho USA 2000 |
| 1994 |
Tracy Yarbrough |
Boise |
24 |
Miss Southern Idaho |
Vocal "Over the Rainbow" |
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Later Miss Idaho USA 1996 |
| 1993 |
RoseAnna Boyle |
Twin Falls |
23 |
Miss Twin Falls |
Vocal "Come Rain or Come Shine" |
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| 1992 |
Stephanie Smith |
Boise |
26 |
Miss Eastern Idaho |
Harp "The Impossible Dream" & "Man of La Mancha" |
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| 1991 |
Sarah Louise Benson |
Nampa |
18 |
Miss Treasure Valley |
Classical Piano |
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| 1990 |
Kendra Ruwe |
Meridian |
23 |
Miss Boise |
Fiddle "Miss Sally Goodin" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 1989 |
Rebecca Trueblood |
Caldwell |
26 |
Miss Treasure Valley |
Vocal "God Bless the USA" |
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Non-finalist Interview Award |
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| 1988 |
Susan Hart |
Rigby |
18 |
Miss Idaho Falls |
Ballet |
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| 1987 |
Holly Hill |
Meridian |
20 |
Miss Meridian |
Vocal "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line |
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| 1986 |
Jennifer Hovey |
Twin Falls |
19 |
Miss Idaho National Guard |
Violin Solo |
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| 1985 |
Nanette South |
Rexburg |
19 |
Miss Rexburg |
Alto Saxophone Solo |
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| 1984 |
Patty Hoag |
Burley |
19 |
Miss Burley |
Popular Vocal "Wind Beneath My Wings" |
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| 1983 |
Elaine Pack |
Rexburg |
20 |
Miss Idaho National Guard |
Harp Solo "Spanish Fantasy" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1982 |
Lisa Eaton |
Shelley |
22 |
Miss Eastern Idaho |
Vocal "It's My Turn" |
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| 1981 |
Stephanie Kambitsch |
Genesee |
22 |
Miss University of Idaho |
Piano Solo "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1980 |
Leslie Taylor |
Burley |
18 |
Miss Burley |
Piano Solo "Rocktata" |
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| 1979 |
Gladys Steele |
Boise |
22 |
Miss Boise |
Violin Solo "Polish Dance" |
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| 1978 |
Kimberly Jensen |
Caldwell |
18 |
Miss Caldwell |
Popular Vocal "I Honestly Love You" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1977 |
Charlene McArthur |
Pocatello |
21 |
Miss Pocatello |
Piano Solo "Piano Throughout the Ages" |
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Previously Miss Idaho USA 1975 |
| 1976 |
RaNae Peterson |
Preston |
19 |
Miss Preston |
Organ Medley "I Got Rhythm & I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1975 |
Teri Harding |
Heyburn |
19 |
Miss Heyburn |
Vocal "If Ever I Would Leave You" |
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| 1974 |
Rochelle Bacon |
Boise |
21 |
Miss Boise |
Vocal "Cornet Man" from Funny Girl |
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| 1973 |
Sharon Davis |
Jerome |
21 |
Miss Twin Falls |
Vocal "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" from Fiddler on the Roof |
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| 1972 |
Vicki Hawkins |
Boise |
20 |
Miss Boise |
Piano "Theme from Summer of '42" |
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| 1971 |
Karen Herd |
Idaho Falls |
20 |
Miss Idaho Falls |
Organ "Ebb Tide" & "España Cañí" |
1st runner-up |
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| 1970 |
Noralyn Olsen |
Ovid |
18 |
Miss Montpelier |
Classical Piano "Etude Op. 10, No. 5" |
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| 1969 |
Diana Hopperstad |
Twin Falls |
19 |
Miss Twin Falls |
Folk Song w/Tambourine & Drum Solo "Both Sides, Now" |
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| 1968 |
Karen Ryder |
Weiser |
20 |
Miss Weiser |
Magic Act "The Shadow of Your Smile" & "Born Free" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1967 |
Kristine Phillips |
Rupert |
19 |
Miss Rupert |
Organ Medley "Tico Tico" "Dark Eyes" & "The Shadow of Your Smile" |
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Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 1966 |
Cheryl Couch |
Twin Falls |
19 |
Miss Twin Falls |
Vocal |
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| 1965 |
Rhonda Hammond |
Boise |
19 |
Miss Idaho State University |
Speech on Fashion Design with Modeling |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1964 |
Judith Steubbe |
Moscow |
21 |
Miss University of Idaho |
Piano Solo |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1963 |
Linda Moulton |
Boise |
20 |
Miss Boise |
Semi-Classical Vocal & Piano Solo |
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| 1962 |
Irene Ammons |
Nampa |
23 |
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Folk Singing "The Riddle Song" |
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| 1961 |
LaVerda Garrison |
Nampa |
18 |
Miss Nampa |
Dramatic Reading "The Yellow Wallpaper" |
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| 1960 |
Marlene Coleman |
Pocatello |
18 |
Miss Pocatello |
Vocal "If I Were On the Stage" |
Semi-finalist |
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*contracted laryngitis and was unable to perform her talent during the national telecast |
| 1959 |
Tamara Ashby |
Burley |
18 |
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Original Interpretive Ballet |
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| 1958 |
Bonnie Baird |
Heyburn |
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Instrumental Solo |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1957 |
Carene Clark |
Pocatello |
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Classical Vocal |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1956 |
Gail Rupp |
Pocatello |
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Vocal |
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| 1955 |
Judy Voiten |
Boise |
19 |
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Vocal/Guitar "Western Folk Song Medley" |
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| 1954 |
LaVonne Skalsky |
Nampa |
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Drama |
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| 1953 |
Jane Bostic |
New Plymouth |
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Vocal |
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| 1952 |
Zoe Warberg |
Twin Falls |
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Speech "The Sacred Duty of the American to Vote" |
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| 1951 |
Phyllis Ralstin |
Nezperce |
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| 1950 |
Barbara Norton |
Burley |
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| 1947 |
Norma Briggs |
Pocatello |
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Drama "Romeo & Juliet" |
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| 1939 |
Louise Fletchner |
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Clarinet "Stardust" |
Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Sun Valley in the Miss America Pageant |
| 1933 |
Margaret Whitman |
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was disqualified from the pageant because she resided in Spokane, WA |