Miss Illinois Scholarship Organization

Miss Illinois is an official preliminary to the Miss America Scholarship Competition.

The winner of Miss Illinois competes at the Miss America Scholarship Competition, representing Illinois, for a chance to win the title of Miss America and a $50,000 scholarship. Miss Illinois has four phases of competition that include: private interview, on-stage interview, evening gown and talent.

In order to compete for Miss Illinois you must be at least 17 years old and cannot be over 25 years old before December 31st in the year you hope to compete at the Miss America Scholarship Competition. In addition, you must reside, work or attend school in Illinois, have never been married nor have any children. You also need to have won a preliminary title.

Check out the winners of the Miss Illinois Scholarship Organization in the past:

Miss Illinois 2019 – Ariel Beverly
Miss Illinois 2018 – Grace Khachaturian
Miss Illinois 2017 – Abby Foster
Miss Illinois 2016 – Jaryn Franklin
Miss Illinois 2015 – Crystal Davis
Miss Illinois 2014 – Marisa Buchheit
Miss Illinois 2013 – Brittany Smith
Miss Illinois 2012 – Megan Jo Ervin
Miss Illinois 2011 – Hannah Smith
Miss Illinois 2010 – Whitney Thorpe-Klinsky
Miss Illinois 2009 – Erin O’Connor
Miss Illinois 2008 – Katie Lorenz
Miss Illinois 2007 – Ashley Hatfield
Miss Illinois 2006 – Heidi Ekstrom
Miss Illinois 2005 – Lauren Allen
Miss Illinois 2004 – Michelle LaGroue
Miss Illinois 2003 – Andrea Fritz
Miss Illinois 2002 – Michelle LaGroue (Assumed title)
Miss Illinois 2002 – Erika Harold (Miss America 2003)
Miss Illinois 2001 – Kristin Castillo
Miss Illinois 2000 – Jenny Powers
Miss Illinois 1999 – Jade Smalls
Miss Illinois 1998 – Amanda Jo Meadows
Miss Illinois 1997 – Ashley Eisenhauer (Assumed title)
Miss Illinois 1997 – Katherine Shindle (Resigned)
Miss Illinois 1996 – Tania Gibson
Miss Illinois 1995 – Tracy Hayes
Miss Illinois 1994 – Chuti Tiu
Miss Illinois 1993 – Sara Martin
Miss Illinois 1992 – Kathleen Farrell
Miss Illinois 1991 – Cheryl Majercik
Miss Illinois 1990 – Jaclyn Greer (Assumed title)
Miss Illinois 1990 – Marjorie Vincent (Miss America 1991)
Miss Illinois 1989 – Jeri Lynn Zimmermann
Miss Illinois 1988 – Dawn Spicuzza
Miss Illinois 1987 – Cindi Hodgkins
Miss Illinois 1986 – Lisa Heussner
Miss Illinois 1985 – Karen Moncrieff
Miss Illinois 1984 – Ruth Booker
Miss Illinois 1983 – Rebecca Bush
Miss Illinois 1982 – Jaleigh Jeffers
Miss Illinois 1981 – Sandra Truitt
Miss Illinois 1980 – Blythe Sawyer
Miss Illinois 1979 – Elizabeth Russell
Miss Illinois 1978 – Debra Carlson
Miss Illinois 1977 – Nancy Beatty
Miss Illinois 1976 – Betsy Jamison
Miss Illinois 1975 – Jean Waters
Miss Illinois 1974 – Jean Ahern
Miss Illinois 1973 – Colleen Metternich
Miss Illinois 1972 – Carolyn Paulus
Miss Illinois 1971 – Anita Pankratz
Miss Illinois 1970 – Lynn Alexander
Miss Illinois 1969 – Dulcie Scripture
Miss Illinois 1968 – Sharon Mitchell (Assumed title)
Miss Illinois 1968 – Judith Ford (Miss America 1969)
Miss Illinois 1967 – Kathryn Myers
Miss Illinois 1966 – Mary Lee Inzerello
Miss Illinois 1965 – Kathleen Oros
Miss Illinois 1964 – Patricia Quillen
Miss Illinois 1963 – Judith Schlieper
Miss Illinois 1962 – Pamela Gilbert
Miss Illinois 1961 – Jacqueline Bingert
Miss Illinois 1960 – Vicky Joyce Nutter
Miss Illinois 1959 – Suzanne Ingeborg Johnson
Miss Illinois 1958 – Anita Ruth Olson
Miss Illinois 1957 – Jeannie Beacham
Miss Illinois 1956 – Tillie Micheletto
Miss Illinois 1955 – Marian Elizabeth Cox
Miss Illinois 1954 – Patsy Bruce
Miss Illinois 1953 – Jacquie Dumbauld
Miss Illinois 1952 – Glenna Marie Pohly
Miss Illinois 1951 – Doris King
Miss Illinois 1950 – Catherine Kleinschmidt
Miss Illinois 1949 – Trudi Germi
Miss Illinois 1948 – Viola Ruth Hutmacher
Miss Illinois 1947 – Beverly Ann Long
Miss Illinois 1946 – Patricia Frey
Miss Illinois 1945 – Beverly Ann Long
Miss Illinois 1944 – Betty June King
Miss Illinois 1943 – Dorothy Belle Kohrt
Miss Illinois 1942 – Patricia Hayes
Miss Illinois 1941 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Illinois 1940 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Illinois 1939 – Representative competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Illinois 1938 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Illinois 1937 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Illinois 1936 – Virginia Louis Moeller
Miss Illinois 1935 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Illinois 1934 – No national pageant was held
Miss Illinois 1933 – Lillian Kroner
Miss Illinois 1932 – No national pageant was held
Miss Illinois 1931 – No national pageant was held
Miss Illinois 1930 – No national pageant was held
Miss Illinois 1929 – No national pageant was held
Miss Illinois 1928 – No national pageant was held
Miss Illinois 1927 – Lois Eleanor Delander (Miss America 1927)
Miss Illinois 1926 – Representatives competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Illinois 1925 – Representatives competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Illinois 1924 – Representatives competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Illinois 1923 – Representatives competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Illinois 1922 – Representatives competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Illinois 1921 – No representative at Miss America