Miss Indiana USA
The Miss Indiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss USA pageant and the name of the title held by those representatives. This pageant is currently produced by Crown Moxie, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The pageant is currently held in Noblesville and has previously been hosted by Anderson, Michigan City, Indianapolis, Carmel and Fort Wayne.
Nine Miss Indiana USA winners have previously held the Miss Indiana Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA, and three previously competed in other states. Three Miss Indiana-USA winners have also previously competed at Miss America.
The most recent placement was Alexis Lete in 2020, who finished 3rd runner-up.
Sydney Shrewsbury from Indianapolis, was chosen as Miss Indiana-USA 2025 on April 5, 2025, in Indianapolis. She represented Indiana at the Miss USA 2025 pageant.
Results summary
Placements
- 1st runners-up: Holli Dennis
- 2nd runners-up: Elaine Richards, Kelleah "Kelly" Lloyd
- 3rd runners-up: Jayme Buecher, Alexis Lete
- Top 10/'12: Virginia Johnson, Jo Berryman, Holly Roehl, Pratima Yarlagadda, Tashina Kastigar, Brittany Mason
- Top 16/19/20: Cecilia Dennis, Sue Ekamp, Jillian Wunderlich, Mekayla Diehl
Special awards
- Best State Costume: Heather Gray
- Miss Photogenic: Gretchen Reece
- Miss Congeniality: Tate Fritchley
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2025 | Sydney Shrewsbury | Indianapolis | 24 | Miss Indianapolis | |||
| 2024 | Stephanie Sullivan | Elkhart | 33 | Miss Elkhart County | |||
| 2023 | Haley Jordan Begay | Pittsboro | 25 | Miss Central Indiana |
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| 2022 | Samantha Paige Toney | Greenwood | 27 | Miss Clarksville | |||
| 2021 | A'Niyah Monae Birdsong | Anderson | 26 | Miss Anderson | Shortest reigning Miss Indiana USA | ||
| 2020 | Alexis Nicole Lete | New Albany | 23 | 3rd runner-up | Longest reigning Miss Indiana USA | ||
| 2019 | Tate Elizabeth Fritchley | Evansville | 20 | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 2018 | Darrian Rachel Arch | Chesterton | 23 | ||||
| 2017 | Brittany Winchester | Indianapolis | 26 | ||||
| 2016 | Meryssa Morgan Abel | North Vernon | 26 | ||||
| 2015 | Gretchen S. Reece | North Vernon | 23 | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 2014 | Mekayla Fawn Diehl | Bristol | 25 | Top 20 | |||
| 2013 | Emily Hart | Fort Wayne | 25 | ||||
| 2012 | Megan Leigh Myrehn | Carmel | 20 | ||||
| 2011 | Jillian Leigh Wunderlich | Kokomo | 19 | Top 16 | |||
| 2010 | Allison Biehle | North Vernon | 21 | ||||
| 2009 | Courtni Shabana Hall | Crawfordsville | 20 | ||||
| 2008 | Brittany Mason | Anderson | 21 | Top 10 | |||
| 2007 | Jami Ann Stallings | Newburgh | 20 | ||||
| 2006 | Bridget Bobel | Peru | 26 | ||||
| 2005 | Kaitlyn Christopher | Kokomo | 18 | ||||
| 2004 | Stephanie Jean Keusch | Jasper | 24 | ||||
| 2003 | Tashina Brooke Kastigar | West Terre Haute | 22 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 2002 | Kelleah Ann "Kelly" Lloyd | Indianapolis | 25 | 2nd runner-up | "Triple Crown" winner | ||
| 2001 | Sarah McClary | Evansville | 22 | ||||
| 2000 | Kristal Michelle Wile | Anderson | 23 | ||||
| 1999 | Pratima Yarlagadda | Shipshewana | 22 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1998 | Nicole Llewellyn | Munster | 23 | ||||
| 1997 | Tricia Carolyn Nosko | Evansville | 25 | ||||
| 1996 | Holly Noelle Roehl | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1995 | Heather Michelle Hart | Newburgh | |||||
| 1994 | Kim Scull | Clarksville | |||||
| 1993 | Lisa Renee Higgins | South Bend | |||||
| 1992 | Heather Christine Gray | Best State Costume | |||||
| 1991 | Cathi Bennett | New Albany | 24 | ||||
| 1990 | Meri Lyn Buker | Kokomo | 24 | ||||
| 1989 | Gwen Rachelle Volpe | Griffith | 22 | ||||
| 1988 | Loetta Lynn Earnest | East Chicago | 22 | ||||
| 1987 | Alecia Rae Masalkoski | Bremen | |||||
| 1986 | Diane Andrysiak | South Bend | |||||
| 1985 | Theresa Hobbs | Wilmington | |||||
| 1984 | Susan Willardo | Highland | |||||
| 1983 | Antoniette "Toni" Marie Yudt | Portage | |||||
| 1982 | Sara Anne Binkley | Greencastle | |||||
| 1981 | Holli Rene Dennis | Fort Wayne | 1st runner-up | ||||
| 1980 | Susan "Susie" Osby | Hebron | Former State director from 1990 to 1998 | ||||
| 1979 | Deborah Ann Hayes | Kokomo | |||||
| 1978 | Jayme Buecher | New Albany | 3rd runner-up | ||||
| 1977 | Lynn Flaherty | Nappanee | |||||
| 1976 | Annette Anderson | Gary | |||||
| 1975 | Jo Ellen Berryman | Kokomo | 24 | Semi-finalist | Non-finalist at Miss World USA 1974 | ||
| 1974 | Lisa Gay Childress | Spencer | 20 | ||||
| 1973 | Debbie Ausenbaugh | Merrillville | |||||
| 1972 | Julie Jo Clifford | Edwardsport | |||||
| 1971 | Debra Dee Downhour | Cassville | 21 | ||||
| 1970 | Mary Ann McBride | Michigan City | |||||
| 1969 | Linda Smith | ||||||
| 1968 | Nikki Peck | Hammond | |||||
| 1967 | Pamela Jo Talmadge | Hammond | 19 | During her reign, Talmadge, who was adopted, was reunited with her older siblings after nearly 19 years being apart. | |||
| 1966 | Elaine L. Richards | Merrillville | 2nd runner-up | Died age 41 on June 26, 1984, in Florida after a long illness | |||
| 1965 | Did not compete | ||||||
| 1964 | Charlene Kratochvil | Kokomo | 19 | ||||
| 1963 | Vickie Little | ||||||
| 1962 | Sue Ekamp | Mishawaka | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1961 | Janice Kay Oliver | Indianapolis | 18 | ||||
| 1960 | June Cochran | Indianapolis | 18 | ||||
| 1959 | Anita Watkins | ||||||
| 1958 | Shirley Ann Ball | ||||||
| 1957 | Patricia "Pat" Dorsett | Indianapolis | |||||
| 1956 | Beverly Mattox | ||||||
| 1955 | Mary Ann Wasick | ||||||
| 1954 | Cecilia Ann Dennis | Milan | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1953 | Edith Mae Krumme | Seymour | |||||
| 1952 | Virginia Ann Johnson | Semi-finalist |