# Miss Idaho

The Miss Idaho scholarship program is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Idaho in the Miss America pageant. The current titleholder receives a $4,000 cash scholarship to any accredited institution of her choice. She also represents the state of Idaho for the live ABC broadcast of the Miss America pageant.
Madison Andreason of Pocatello was crowned Miss Idaho 2024 on June 22, 2024, at the Colonial Theater in Idaho Falls. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.

## Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Idaho titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

### Placements

* 1st runners-up: Karen Herd (1972)
* Top 10: Marlene Coleman (1961), Nina Forest (2019)
* Top 15: Louise Fletchner (1939), Kylee Solberg (2017)
* Top 16: Sierra Sandison (2015)

### Awards
#### Preliminary awards

* Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Kristine Phillips (1968)

#### Non-finalist awards

* Non-finalist Talent: Carene Clark (1958), Bonnie Leila Baird (1959), Judith Steubbe (1965), Rhonda Hammond (1966), Karen Ryder (1969), RaNae Peterson (1977), Kimberly Jensen (1979), Stephanie Kambitsch (1982), Elaine Pack (1984), Kendra Ruwe (1991), Sadie Quigley (2008), Whitney Wood (2013), Kalie Wright (2016)
* Non-finalist Interview: Rebecca Trueblood (1990), Elizabeth Barchas (2005)

#### Other awards

* America's Choice: Sierra Sandison (2015)
* Miss Congeniality: Grace Zimmerman (2020)
* Four Points Award: Genevieve Nutting (2012), Whitney Wood (2013), Sarah Downs (2014)
* Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award: Whitney Wood (2013)
* Quality of Life Award Winners: Tracey Brown (2006)
* Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Brooke Gambrell (1996), Elizabeth Barchas (2005)
* Quality of Life Award Finalists: Whitney Wood (2013)
* Women in Business Scholarship Award Finalists: Grace Zimmerman (2020)

## Winners

* Declared as winner
* Ended as a runner-up
* Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
| 2024 | Madison Andreason | Pocatello | 21 | Miss Pocatello | Dance | | | |
| 2023 | Reagan Yamauchi | Soda Springs | | | Piano and Basketball | | | |
| 2022 | Sarah Jensen | Weiser | 26 | Miss Western Idaho | Piano | | | |
| 2021 | Ayriss Torres | Pocatello | 21 | Miss Bonneville County | Ballet en Pointe | | | |
| 2019–20 | Grace Zimmerman | Weiser | 21 | Miss Western Idaho | Dance | | Miss Congeniality Women in Business Scholarship Finalist | Originally first runner-up; assumed the title when Forest resigned in June 2019 |
| 2019–20 | Rachel Forest | Pocatello | 18 | Miss Pocatello | | Unable to compete; resigned to continue to pursue her education at Columbia University | Unable to compete; resigned to continue to pursue her education at Columbia University | Unable to compete; resigned to continue to pursue her education at Columbia University |
| 2019–20 | Rachel Forest | Pocatello | 18 | Miss Pocatello | | | | Younger sister of Miss Idaho 2018, Nina Forest Previously Distinguished Young Woman of Idaho 2017 |
| 2018 | Nina Forest | Pocatello | 21 | Miss Pocatello | Piano, "Rhapsody Brillante" by Melody Bober | Top 10 | | Older sister of Miss Idaho 2019, Rachel Forest |
| 2017 | Taylor Lance | Boise | 23 | Miss Meridian | Vocal, "So Small" by Carrie Underwood | | | |
| 2016 | Kylee Solberg | Coeur d'Alene | 21 | Miss Tri-Counties | Classical Ballet en Pointe | Top 15 | | Previously National Sweetheart 2015 |
| 2015 | Kalie Wright | Kimberly | 23 | Miss Magic Valley | Vocal/Guitar, "Over the Rainbow" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously National Sweetheart 2014 Later Miss Minnesota USA 2018 |
| 2014 | Sierra Sandison | Twin Falls | 20 | Miss Magic Valley | Vocal, "Forget About the Boy" from Thoroughly Modern Millie | Top 16 | America's Choice | |
| 2013 | Sarah Downs | Emmett | 23 | Miss Nampa | Violin, "Orange Blossom Special" | | Four Points Award | |
| 2012 | Whitney Wood | Idaho Falls | 19 | Miss Idaho Falls | Piano, "Etude de Concert Opus 26" by Edward MacDowell | | Four Points Award Louanne Gamba Instrumentalist Award Non-finalist Talent Award Quality of Life Award Finalist | |
| 2011 | Genevieve Nutting | Boise | 22 | Miss Tri-Counties | Piano, Rhapsody in Blue | | Four Points Award | Previously Miss Idaho's Outstanding Teen 2006 Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant |
| 2010 | Kylie Kofoed | Eagle | 19 | Miss Nampa | Classical Vocal, "Time to Say Goodbye" | | | Only contestant at Miss America 2011 pageant to wear a one-piece swimsuit |
| 2009 | Kara Jackson | Nampa | 22 | Miss Nampa | Viola, "Csárdás" | | | |
| 2008 | Elise Davis | Idaho Falls | 20 | Miss Idaho Falls | Classical Vocal | | | |
| 2007 | Sadie Quigley | Idaho Falls | 19 | Miss Eastern Idaho | Piano, "Devilish Inspiration, Op. 4, No. 4" by Prokofiev | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| 2006 | Katherine Crouch | Rexburg | 19 | Miss Rexburg | Piano, "Un Sospiro" | | | |
| 2005 | Tracey Brown | Post Falls | 19 | Miss North Idaho | Ballet en Pointe, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" | | Quality of Life Award | Later Miss Idaho USA 2008 |
| 2004 | Elizabeth Barchas | Boise | 24 | Miss Nampa | Classical Piano, "Prelude in C sharp minor" | | Non-finalist Interview Award Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up | Triple Crown Winner Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 1998 Previously Miss Idaho USA 2001 |
| 2003 | Tiffany Jewell | Boise | 22 | Miss Southern Idaho | Vocal, "Ten Minutes Ago" from Cinderella | | | |
| 2002 | Misty Taylor | Boise | 20 | Miss Tri-Counties | Classical Vocal, "Chacun le Sait" from La fille du régiment | | | |
| 2001 | Christi Weible | Eagle | 22 | Miss Tri-Counties | Dramatic Monologue | | | Sister of Miss Idaho Teen USA 1999 and Miss Idaho USA 2004, Kimberly Weible Contestant at National Sweetheart 1998 & 2000 pageants Contestant on season 2 of The Bachelor |
| 2000 | Christina Tiel | Nampa | 21 | Miss Blaine County | Classical Vocal, "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville | | | |
| 1999 | Mellisa Paul | Boise | 20 | Miss Tri-Counties | Dramatic Monologue from Steel Magnolias | | | |
| 1998 | Tammy Toney | Boise | 24 | Miss Southern Idaho | Classical Vocal, "Che Fiero Costume"' from Eteocle e Polinice by Giovanni Legrenzi | | | |
| 1997 | Sherrie Belnap | Roberts | 20 | Miss Southern Idaho | Classical Piano, "Polonaise in A flat" | | | |
| 1996 | Misty Esplin | Preston | 19 | Miss Franklin County | Classical Clarinet, "Concertino" by Carl Maria von Weber | | | |
| 1995 | Brooke Gambrell | Boise | 22 | Miss Boise | Violin/Fiddle Medley, "Blackberry Blossom" | | Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up | Later Miss Idaho USA 2000 |
| 1994 | Tracy Yarbrough | Boise | 24 | Miss Southern Idaho | Vocal, "Over the Rainbow" | | | Later Miss Idaho USA 1996 |
| 1993 | RoseAnna Boyle | Twin Falls | 23 | Miss Twin Falls | Vocal, "Come Rain or Come Shine" | | | |
| 1992 | Stephanie Smith | Boise | 26 | Miss Eastern Idaho | Harp, "The Impossible Dream" & "Man of La Mancha" | | | |
| 1991 | Sarah Louise Benson | Nampa | 18 | Miss Treasure Valley | Classical Piano | | | |
| 1990 | Kendra Ruwe | Meridian | 23 | Miss Boise | Fiddle, "Miss Sally Goodin" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| 1989 | Rebecca Trueblood | Caldwell | 26 | Miss Treasure Valley | Vocal, "God Bless the USA" | | Non-finalist Interview Award | |
| 1988 | Susan Hart | Rigby | 18 | Miss Idaho Falls | Ballet | | | |
| 1987 | Holly Hill | Meridian | 20 | Miss Meridian | Vocal, "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line | | | |
| 1986 | Jennifer Hovey | Twin Falls | 19 | Miss Idaho National Guard | Violin | | | |
| 1985 | Nanette South | Rexburg | 19 | Miss Rexburg | Alto Saxophone | | | |
| 1984 | Patty Hoag | Burley | 19 | Miss Burley | Popular Vocal, "Wind Beneath My Wings" | | | |
| 1983 | Elaine Pack | Rexburg | 20 | Miss Idaho National Guard | Harp, "Spanish Fantasy" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| 1982 | Lisa Eaton | Shelley | 22 | Miss Eastern Idaho | Vocal "It's My Turn" | | | |
| 1981 | Stephanie Kambitsch | Genesee | 22 | Miss University of Idaho | Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| 1980 | Leslie Taylor | Burley | 18 | Miss Burley | Piano, "Rocktata" | | | |
| 1979 | Gladys Steele | Boise | 22 | Miss Boise | Violin, "Polish Dance" | | | |
| 1978 | Kimberly Jensen | Caldwell | 18 | Miss Caldwell | Popular Vocal, "I Honestly Love You" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| 1977 | Charlene McArthur | Pocatello | 21 | Miss Pocatello | Piano, "Piano Throughout the Ages" | | | 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" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| 1975 | Teri Harding | Heyburn | 19 | Miss Heyburn | Vocal, "If Ever I Would Leave You" | | | |
| 1974 | Rochelle Bacon | Boise | 21 | Miss Boise | Vocal, "Cornet Man" from Funny Girl | | | |
| 1973 | Sharon Davis | Jerome | 21 | Miss Twin Falls | Vocal, "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" from Fiddler on the Roof | | | |
| 1972 | Vicki Hawkins | Boise | 20 | Miss Boise | Piano, "Theme from Summer of '42" | | | |
| 1971 | Karen Herd | Idaho Falls | 20 | Miss Idaho Falls | Organ, "Ebb Tide" & "España cañí" | 1st runner-up | | |
| 1970 | Noralyn Olsen | Ovid | 18 | Miss Montpelier | Classical Piano, "Etude Op. 10, No. 5" | | | |
| 1969 | Diana Hopperstad | Twin Falls | 19 | Miss Twin Falls | Folk Song with Tambourine & Drum, "Both Sides, Now" | | | |
| 1968 | Karen Ryder | Weiser | 20 | Miss Weiser | Magic Act, "The Shadow of Your Smile" & "Born Free" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| 1967 | Kristine Phillips | Rupert | 19 | Miss Rupert | Organ Medley, "Tico Tico", "Dark Eyes", & "The Shadow of Your Smile" | | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1966 | Cheryl Couch | Twin Falls | 19 | Miss Twin Falls | Vocal, "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady | | | |
| 1965 | Rhonda Hammond | Preston | 19 | Miss Idaho State University | Speech on Fashion Design with Modeling | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| 1964 | Judith Steubbe | Moscow | 21 | Miss University of Idaho | Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| 1963 | Linda Moulton | Boise | 20 | Miss Boise | Semi-classical Vocal & Piano | | | |
| 1962 | Irene May Ammons | Nampa | 23 | Miss Nampa | Folk Vocal, "The Riddle Song" | | | |
| 1961 | LaVerda Garrison | Nampa | 18 | Miss Nampa | Dramatic Reading, "The Yellow Wallpaper" | | | |
| 1960 | Marlene Coleman | Pocatello | 18 | Miss Pocatello | Vocal, "If I Were On the Stage" | Top 10 | | Contracted laryngitis and was unable to perform her talent during the national telecast |
| 1959 | Tamara Ashby | Burley | 18 | | Original Interpretive Ballet | | | |
| 1958 | Bonnie Leila Baird | Heyburn | | | Clarinet | | Non-finalist Talent Award | Bonnie Baird Smith passed away at age 73 on Sept. 9, 2013 at home in North Logan, Utah after a two-year battle with Alzheimer's disease |
| 1957 | Carene Clark | Pocatello | | | Classical Vocal from Die Fledermaus | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| 1956 | Gail Rupp | Pocatello | | | Vocal, "One Kiss" from The New Moon | | | |
| 1955 | Judy Voiten | Boise | 19 | | Vocal / Guitar, "Western Folk Song Medley" | | | |
| 1954 | LaVonne Skalsky | Nampa | | | Dramatic Monologue, "Children of God" | | | |
| 1953 | Jane Bostic | New Plymouth | | | Vocal, "All the Things You Are" | | | |
| 1952 | Zoe Warberg | Twin Falls | 18 | Miss Twin Falls | Speech, "The Sacred Duty of the American to Vote" | | | First female judge in Idaho's 5th Judicial District and appeared on the 1985 Miss America telecast. ZoeAnn Warberg Shaub died at 83 on Sept. 13, 2017 as result of a car accident in rural Jackpot, Nevada. |
| 1951 | Phyllis Ralstin | Nezperce | | | Operatic Vocal, "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier | | | |
| 1950 | Barbara Norton | Burley | | | Vocal, "A Heart That's Free" from Two Weeks with Love | | | |
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| 1947 | Norma Briggs | Pocatello | | | Drama, Romeo & Juliet | | | |
| 1946 | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant |
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| 1939 | Louise Fletchner | | | Miss Sun Valley | Clarinet, "Stardust" | Top 15 | | |
| 1938 | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant |
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| 1935 | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant |
| 1934 | No national pageant was held | No national pageant was held | No national pageant was held | No national pageant was held | No national pageant was held | No national pageant was held | No national pageant was held | No national pageant was held |
| 1933 | Margaret Whitman | Spokane, WA | | | | N/A | N/A | Was disqualified from the pageant because she resided in Spokane, Washington |
| 1932 | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held |
| 1931 | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held |
| 1930 | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held |
| 1929 | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held |
| 1928 | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held |
| 1927 | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant |
| 1926 | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant |
| 1925 | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant |
| 1924 | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant |
| 1923 | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant |
| 1922 | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant |
| 1921 | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant | No Idaho representative at Miss America pageant |

### Note

* ↑ Appointed titleholder extended to a second full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic