Miss Ohio USA

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Ohio. For the state pageant affiliated with Miss World America, see Miss Ohio World.

Miss Ohio USA
Formation1952
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersCincinnati
Location
Membership
Miss USA
Official language
English
Key people
Melissa Proctor-Pitchford, state pageant director
WebsiteOfficial website

The Miss Ohio USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. It has previously been known as Miss Ohio Universe.[1] It is produced by Proctor Productions.

The pageant is currently held in Springfield and has previously been hosted by Mentor, Steubenville and Portsmouth.[2][3][4][5]

Two Ohio representatives, Sue Downey in 1965 and Kim Seelbrede in 1981, have won the Miss USA title and competed in the Miss Universe pageant.[6][7][8]

The most notable Miss Ohio USA is actress and Oscar winner Halle Berry, who was 1st runner up at Miss USA 1986.[9] Other notable former titleholders include actress, model and sportscaster Jayne Kennedy[10] and two former Survivor contestants, Kim Mullen of Survivor: Palau and Candace Smith of Survivor: Tocantins.[11][12] Two Miss Ohio USA titleholders have previously competed at Miss Teen USA. Two have also competed at Miss America. The most recent placement was Sir'Quora Carroll placing 3rd runner-up in 2022.

The current titleholder is Macy Hudson of Dayton and was crowned on May 25, 2024 at Vern Riffe Center for the Arts in Portsmouth. She will represent Ohio at Miss USA 2024.

  1. ^ Tiefenbach, Anne (28 October 1971). "Beauty Queens: Traveling is just one of many 'royal' benefits". The Mansfield News-Journal.
  2. ^ Cooper, Michael (31 March 2016). "Springfield to again host Miss Ohio pageants". Springfield News-Sun.
  3. ^ Baker, Wayne (20 February 2015). "Miss Ohio USA Pageant Coming To Springfield". WYSO.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Buckeye Beauty Crowned". The Marion Star. 20 April 1971.
  6. ^ "Stunning Blonde from Ohio named Miss USA". The News. 5 June 1965. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Modelling instructor representing Ohio is crowned Miss USA". The Index-Journal. 22 May 1981.
  8. ^ Beech, Patricia (21 November 2016). "Winchester's Baxter wins Miss Ohio USA 2017 pageant". The People's Defender.
  9. ^ Strauss, Bob (1 April 1997). "Going on with her life". Los Angeles Daily News.
  10. ^ "CBS' Jayne Kennedy a Grid Fan". The Roswell Daily Record. 17 November 1978. p. 20.
  11. ^ Silverman, Stephen (13 January 2005). "New Survivor: Palau Castaways Announced". People.
  12. ^ Schulz, Chris (29 May 2009). "Survivor's Candace speaks out". Stuff.