Yes, Miss Illinois has won Miss America 5 times: 1927, 1969, 1991, 1998, 2003.
No, the winner of the 2000 Miss America pageant was Heather Renee French, Miss Kentucky. Miss Illinois (Jade Smalls) was the 1st runner up.
The winner of the 1927 Miss America pageant was Lois Delander, Miss Illinois.
Miss Illinois, Miss Michigan, and Miss Pennsylvania each have 5 Miss America titles.
The winner of the 1998 Miss America pageant was Katherine Shindle, Miss Illinois.
Miss America 1927 is Lois, Delander from Joliet, Illinois.
Kate Shindle (Miss Illinois)
Lois Delander from Joliet, Illinois, won the Miss America contest in 1927.
I think that Judith Ford from Belvidere, Illinois, won the Miss America contest in 1969.
I think that Marjorie Vincent from Oak Park, Illinois, won the Miss America contest in 1991.
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The winner of the 1983 Miss America pageant was Debra Maffett, Miss California, but she was NOT the first Miss America.The winner of the first Miss America pageant in 1921 was Margaret Gorman, Miss Washington, DC.