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Miss Idaho USA

Beauty pageant competition

Field	Value
name	Miss Idaho USA
formation	1952
type	Beauty pageant
headquarters	Puyallup
location	Washington
membership	Miss USA
language	English
key_people	Maureen Francisco
website	Official website

Idaho's first placement at Miss USA came in 1964 with Dorothy Johnson, the first African-American semi-finalist. Their second placement came in 1997 when former Miss Idaho Teen USA and Miss Teen USA 1989 Brandi Sherwood placed first runner-up. She later became the first woman to be crowned both Miss USA and Miss Teen USA when she succeeded winner Brook Lee who became Miss Universe. Sherwood has since pursued a career as an actress, and was a rotating model on The Price Is Right from 2002 to 2009. The third came in 2004 when former Miss Idaho Teen USA 1999 Kimberly Glyn Weible made the Top 10. Their fourth was in 2009, when Melissa Weber placed in the Top 15.

Idaho is currently third tied with North Carolina in number of former teens have competed in this pageant: ten, including Sherwood, and they are all from the same state. It is the largest former Teens competed in this pageant from the same state without being won the Teen title previously from other states. In addition, three have also competed at Miss America.

Jenny Ting Crawford of Huntington Beach, CA was appointed Miss Idaho USA on September 30th, 2025 after the open casting call from Thomas Brodeur, the new owner of the national pageant. She represented Idaho at Miss USA 2025.

Gallery of titleholders

File:Lori Otter.jpg|Lori Otter, Miss Idaho USA 1991 File:Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar, Solicitor General.png|Elizabeth Prelogar, Miss Idaho USA 2001 & Miss Idaho Teen USA 1998 File:Stephanie Guerrero and Kimberly Weible.jpg| Kimberly Weible (right), Miss Idaho USA 2004

Results summary

Placements

1st Runner-Up: Brandi Sherwood (1997), Kim Layne (2020)
Top 10: Kimberly Weible (2004)
Top 15/20: Dorothy Johnson (1964), Melissa Weber (2009), Jenny Ting Crawford (2025)

Idaho holds a record of 6 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

Miss Congeniality: Sandra Baldwin (1967)

Titleholders

;Color key

Declared as Winner
Ended as runner-up
Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local title	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2025	Jenny Ting Crawford	Huntington Beach, CA	37		Top 20
2024	Kaitlyn Widmyer	Coeur d'Alene	28	Miss Downtown Coeur d'Alene
2023	Hannah Menzner	Boise	27	Miss Capital City
2022	Jordana Dahmen	Boise	26
2021	Katarina Schweitzer	Boise	26				Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2019 representing Idaho, placed in Top 10
2020	Kimberly "Kim" Layne	Nampa	25		1st Runner-up
2019	Shelby Brown	Boise	24				Contestant on The Proposal
2018	Téa Draganović	Boise	20
2017	Cassandra "Cassie" Lewis	Moscow	25
2016	Sydney Halper	Moscow	21
2015	Claira Hollingsworth	Preston	22
2014	Yvette Bennett	Boise	23
2013	Marissa Wickland	Boise	20
2012	Erna Palić	Boise	24
2011	Erza Haliti	Meridian	20				Sister of Lorena Haliti, Miss Idaho Teen USA 2013
2010	Jessica Hellwinkel	Boise	19
2009	Melissa Weber	Boise	27		Top 15
2008	Tracey Brown	Post Falls	21
2007	Amanda Rammell	Rexburg	21
2006	Allyson Swan	Twin Falls	22
2005	Sade Aiyeku	Boise	24
2004	Kimberly Weible	Eagle	22		Top 10
2003	Lana Wright	Pocatello	25
2002	Hilary Ball	Nampa	23
2001	Elizabeth Barchas	Boise	20				last1=Jones	first1=Jim	title=Idaho-grown lawyer nominated by President Joe Biden to become next U.S. solicitor general	url=https://idahocapitalsun.com/2021/08/18/idaho-grown-lawyer-nominated-by-president-joe-biden-to-become-next-u-s-solicitor-general/	access-date=9 August 2023	work=Idaho Capital Sun	date=18 August 2021}}
2000	Brooke Gambrell	Boise	26
1999	Amy Ambrose	Boise	18
1998	Melinda Grassmick	Boise	18
1997	Calley Slagle	Boise	18		did not compete}}	Originally first runner-up, assumed the title when Brandi Sherwood inherited the Miss USA title
Brandi Sherwood	Idaho Falls	26		1st runner-up
1996	Tracy Yarbrough
1995	Amy Tolzmann	Coeur D'Alene
1994	Trenna Wheeler	Idaho Falls
1993	Natalie Nukaya	Idaho Falls
1992	Cheryl Myers	Boise	25
1991	Lori Easley	Kimberly	23				Wife of Idaho Governor Butch Otter
1990	Cindy Estey
1989	Kelli Bean	Nampa
1988	Kay Kinsey	Idaho Falls					Wife of former NBA player Karl Malone
1987	Vicki Hoffman					Mother of Madison Andreason, Miss Idaho's Outstanding Teen 2021 and Miss Idaho 2024
1986	Kelli Catron	Coeur D'Alene
1985	Sheri Rose	Boise
1984	Valencia Bilyeu	Pocatello
1983	Kerry Damiano	Coeur D'Alene
1982	Valerie Stephan	Boise
1981	Lori Ditch	Boise
1980	Marta Vincen	Boise
1979	Lori Jukich	Boise
1978	Suzette Sanford	Pocatello
1977	Leslie Kingon	Coeur D'Alene
1976	Cheryl Gilbert	Boise
1975	Charlene McArthur	Pocatello
1974	Darla Jan Dowden	Pocatello
1973	Karen Hammond	Rexburg
1972	Lianne Fulmer	Coeur D'Alene
1971	Kris Riordan	Nampa
1970	Kathy Cravens	Nampa
1969	Karen Ryder	Rigby
1968	Anna Marie Evenson	Post Falls
1967	Sandra Jean Baldwin	Coeur d'Alene	19			Miss Congeniality
1966	Did not compete
1965	Did not compete
1964	Dorthy Johnson	Pocatello			Semi-finalist
1963	Did not compete
1962	Kinne Holland	Nampa	18
1961	Delcene Rositer
1960	Margie Davis
1959	Pat Sherburne
1958	Jeanette Ashton
1954-1957	Did not compete
1953	Patricia Carter
1952	Cherrie Jean Lindsey

Notes

References

(1964-06-30). "Miss USA a calm, lovely math whiz from the East". The Post-Crescent.
(18 August 2021). "Idaho-grown lawyer nominated by President Joe Biden to become next U.S. solicitor general". Idaho Capital Sun.
(30 December 2018). "Newsmakers: Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter looks back at his time leading Idaho". East Idaho News.
(17 October 1993). "The Malones". The Salt Lake Tribune.
(8 March 1982). "Miss Arizona finalists chosen". [[The Arizona Republic]].
(16 May 1967). "MISS MONTANA'S RIGHT UP FRONT". [[Missoulian]].

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