Forever Miss Idaho’s.
Through the years.
1950’s
Barbara Norton | Miss Idaho 1950 | Hometown: Burley | Talent: Vocal "A Heart That's Free"
Phyllis Ralstin | Miss Idaho 1951 | Hometown: Nezperce | Talent: Operatic Vocal "My Hero"
Zoe Warberg | Miss Idaho 1952 | Hometown: Twin Falls | Talent: Speech "The Sacred Duty of the American to Vote"
Jane Bostic | Miss Idaho 1953 | Hometown: New Plymouth | Talent: Vocal "All the Things You Are"
LaVonne Skalsky | Miss Idaho 1954 Hometown: Nampa | Talent: Drama "Children of God"
Judy Voiten | Miss Idaho 1955 | Hometown: Boise | Talent: Vocal/Guitar "Western Folk Song Medley"
Gail Rupp | Miss Idaho 1956 | Hometown: Pocatello | Talent: Vocal "One Kiss"
Carene Clark | Miss Idaho 1957 | Miss America Awards: Non-finalist Talent | Hometown: Pocatello | Talent: Classical Vocal from Die Fledermaus
Bonnie Baird | Miss Idaho 1958 | Miss America Awards: Non-finalist Talent | Hometown: Heyburn | Talent: Clarinet Solo
Tamara Ashby | Miss Idaho 1959 | Hometown: Burley | Talent: Original Interpretive Ballet
1960’s
Marlene Coleman | Miss Idaho 1960 | Miss America Awards: Top 10 | Hometown: Pocatello | Talent: Vocal "If I Were On the Stage"
LaVerda Garrison | Miss Idaho 1961 | Hometown: Nampa | Talent: Dramatic Reading "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Irene Ammons | Miss Idaho 1962 | Hometown: Nampa | Talent: Folk Singing "The Riddle Song"
Linda Moulton | Miss Idaho 1963 | Hometown: Boise | Talent: Semi Classical Vocal and Piano Solo
Judith Stuebbe | Miss Idaho 1964 | Miss America Awards: Non-finalist Talent | Hometown: Moscow | Talent: Piano Solo "Fantaisie-Impromptu"
Rhonda Hammond | Miss Idaho 1965 | Miss America Awards: Non-finalist Talent Hometown: Boise | Talent: Speech on Fashion Design w/ Modeling
Cheryl Couch | Miss Idaho 1966 | Hometown: Twin Falls | Talent: Vocal "I Could Have Danced All Night"
Kristine Phillips | Miss Idaho 1967 | Miss America Awards: Preliminary Swimsuit | Hometown: Rupert | Talent: Organ Medley "Tico Tico, "Dark Eyes", and "The Shadow of Your Smile
Karen Ryder | Miss Idaho 1968 | Miss America Awards: Non-finalist Talent | Hometown: Weiser | Talent: Magic Act "The Shadow of Your Smile" and "Born Free"
Diana Hopperstad | Miss Idaho 1969 | Hometown: Twin Falls | Talent: Folk Song with Tamborine and Drum Solo "Both Sides, Now"
1970’s
Noralyn Olsen | Miss Idaho 1970 | Hometown: Ovid | Talent: Classical Piano "Etude Op. 10, No. 5"
Karen Herd | Miss Idaho 1971 | Miss America Awards: 1st Runner Up | Hometown: Idaho Falls | Talent: Organ "Ebb Tide" & "Espana cani"
Vicki Hawkins | Miss Idaho 1972 | Hometown: Boise | Talent: Piano "Theme from Summer of '42"
Sharon Davis | Miss Idaho 1973 | Hometown: Jerome | Talent: Vocal "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" from Fiddler on the Roof
Rochelle Bacon | Miss Idaho 1974 | Hometown: Boise | Talent: Vocal "Cornet Man" from Funny Girl
Teri Harding | Miss Idaho 1975 | Hometown: Heyburn | Talent: Vocal "If Ever I Would Leave You"
RaNae Peterson | Miss Idaho 1976 | Miss America Awards: Non-finalist Talent | Hometown: Preston | Talent: Organ "I Got Rhythm" + "Id Like to Teach the World to Sing"
Charlene McArthur | Miss Idaho 1977 | Hometown: Pocatello | Talent: Piano Solo "Piano Throughout the Ages"
Kimberly Jensen | Miss Idaho 1978 | Miss America Awards: Non-Finalist Talent | Hometown: Caldwell | Talent: Popular Vocal "I Honestly Love You"
Gladys Steele | Miss Idaho 1979 | Hometown: Boise | Talent: Violin Solo "Polish Dance"
1980’s
Leslie Taylor | Miss Idaho 1980 | Hometown: Burley | Talent: Piano Solo "Rocktata"
Stephanie Kambitsch | Miss Idaho 1981 | Miss America Awards: Non-finalist Talent | Hometown: Genesee | Talent: Piano Solo "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11"
Lisa Eaton | Miss Idaho 1982 | Hometown: Shelley | Talent: Vocal "It's My Turn"
Elaine Pack | Miss Idaho 1983 | Miss America Awards: Non-finalist Talent | Hometown: Rexburg | Talent: Harp Solo "Spanish Fantasy"
Patty Hoag | Miss Idaho 1984 | Hometown: Burley | Talent: Popular Vocal "Wind Beneath My Wings"
Nanette South | Miss Idaho 1985 | Hometown: Rexburg | Talent: Alto Saxophone Solo
Jennifer Hovey | Miss Idaho 1986 | Hometown: Twin Falls | Talent: Violin Solo
Holly Hill | Miss Idaho 1987 | Hometown: Meridian | Talent: Vocal "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line
Susan Hart | Miss Idaho 1988 | Hometown: Rigby | Talent: Ballet
Rebecca Trueblood | Miss Idaho 1989 | Miss America Awards: Non-finalist Interview | Hometown: Caldwell | Talent: Vocal "God Bless the USA"
1990’s
Kendra Ruwe | Miss Idaho 1990 | Miss America Awards: Non-finalist Talent | Hometown: Meridian | Talent: Fiddle "Miss Sally Goodin"
Sarah Louise Benson | Miss Idaho 1991 Hometown: Nampa | Talent: Classical Piano
Stephanie Smith | Miss Idaho 1992 Hometown: Boise | Talent: Harp "The Impossible Dream" & "Man of La Mancha"
RoseAnna Boyle | Miss Idaho 1993 Hometown: Twin Falls | Talent: Vocal "Come Rain or Come Shine"
Tracy Yarbrough | Miss Idaho 1994 Hometown: Boise | Talent: Vocal "Over the Rainbow"
Brooke Gambrell | Miss Idaho 1995 | Miss America Awards: Quality of Life 1st Runner Up | Hometown: Boise | Talent: Violin/Fiddle Medley "Blackberry Blossom"
Misty Esplin | Miss Idaho 1996 | Hometown: Preston | Talent: Classical Clarinet Solo "Concertino" by Carl Maria Von Weber
Sherrie Belnap | Miss Idaho 1997 | Hometown: Roberts | Talent: Classical Piano "Polonaise in A flat Major"
Tammy Toney | Miss Idaho 1998 | Hometown: Boise | Talent: Classical Vocal "Che Fiero Costume" from Eteocle e Polinixe
Mellisa Paul | Miss Idaho 1999 | Hometown: Boise | Talent: Dramatic Monologue from Steel Magnolias
2000’s
Christina Tiel | Miss Idaho 2000 | Hometown: Nampa | Talent: Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville
Christi Weible | Miss Idaho 2001 | Hometown: Eagle | Talent: Dramatic Monologue
Misty Taylor | Miss Idaho 2002 | Hometown: Boise | Talent: Classical Vocal "Chacun le Sait" from The Daughter of the Regiment
Tiffany Jewell | Miss Idaho 2003 | Hometown: Boise | Talent: Vocal "Ten Minutes Ago" from Cinderella
Elizabeth Barchus | Miss Idaho 2004 | Miss America Awards: Non-finalist Interview, Quality of Life 1st Runner Up | Hometown: Boise | Talent: Classical Piano "Prelude in C Sharp Minor"
Tracey Brown | Miss Idaho 2005 | Miss America Awards: Quality of Life Winner Hometown: Post Falls | Talent: Ballet en Pointe - "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
Katherine Crouch | Miss Idaho 2006 | Hometown: Rexburg | Talent: Piano "Un Sospiro"
Sadie Quigley | Miss Idaho 2007 | Hometown: Idaho Falls | Talent: Piano "Devilish Inspiration, Op. 4, No. 4"
Elise Davis | Miss Idaho 2008 | Hometown: Idaho Falls | Talent: Classical Vocal
Kara Jackson | Miss Idaho 2009 | Hometown: Nampa | Talent: Viola "Csardas"
2010’s
Kylie Kofoed | Miss Idaho 2010 Hometown: Eagle | Talent: Classical Vocal "Time to Say Goodbye"
Genevieve Nutting | Miss Idaho 2011 | Miss America Awards: Four Points Hometown: Boise | Talent: Piano Rhapsody in Blue
Whitney Wood | Miss Idaho 2012 | Miss America Awards: Four Points, Instrumentalist, QOL Semifinalist, N.F Talent | Hometown: Idaho Falls | Talent: Piano "Etude de Concert Opus 26"
Sarah Downs | Miss Idaho 2013 | Miss America Awards: Four Points | Hometown: Emmett | Talent: Violin "Orange Blossom Special"
Sierra Sandison | Miss Idaho 2014 | Miss America Awards: Top 16 America's Choice | Hometown: Twin Falls | Talent: Vocal "Forget About the Boy" from Thoroughly Modern Millie
Kalie Wright | Miss Idaho 2015 | Miss America Awards: Non-finalist talent | Hometown: Kimberly | Talent: Vocal and Guitar "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
Kylee Solberg | Miss Idaho 2016 | Miss America Awards: Top 15 | Hometown: Coeur d'Alene | Talent: Ballet en Pointe from Don Quixote
Taylor Lance | Miss Idaho 2017 | Hometown: Boise | Talent: Singing
Nina Forest | Miss Idaho 2018 | Miss America Awards: Top 10 | Hometown: Pocatello | Talent: Piano “Rhapsody Brillante”
Grace Zimmerman | Miss Idaho 2019 | Miss America Awards: Miss Congeniality | Hometown: Weiser | Talent: Pottery
2020’s
Grace Zimmerman | Miss Idaho 2020 | Miss America Awards: Miss Congeniality | Hometown: Weiser | Talent: Wheel Throwing Demonstration
Ayriss Torres | Miss Idaho 2021 | Hometown: Pocatello | Talent: Ballet en Pointe
Sarah Jensen | Miss Idaho 2022 | Hometown: Weiser | Talent: Piano
Reagan Yamauchi | Miss Idaho 2023 | Hometown: Soda Springs | Talent: Piano “Fantasie Impromptu” + Basketball demonstration
Madison Andreason | Miss Idaho 2024 | Hometown: Pocatello | Talent: Vocal
Ellie Daniels | Miss Idaho 2025 | Hometown: Idaho Falls | Talent: Lyrical Dance
The time is now.
Whether you dream of competing, are looking for scholarship opportunities, or believe in empowering the next generation, there's a place for you in our community.