Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Richelle Orr | Hampton | 20 | Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 2011 | |||
| 2012 | Rebecca Hodge | Iowa City | 22 | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 2011 | Rebecca Goldsmith | Chariton | 26 | ||||
| 2010 | Katherine Connors | Bettendorf | 20 | ||||
| 2009 | Chelsea Gauger | Ankeny | 19 | ||||
| 2008 | Abbey Curran | Kewanee, IL | 20 | First person born with a disability (cerebral palsy) to compete in Miss USA | |||
| 2007 | Dani Reeves | Hamburg | 21 | ||||
| 2006 | Sarah Corpstein | Anamosa | 23 | ||||
| 2005 | Joy Robinson | Altoona | 25 | ||||
| 2004 | Brooke Hansen | Fort Dodge | 22 | ||||
| 2003 | Linsey Grams | Urbandale | 20 | ||||
| 2002 | Lauren Wilson | Bettendorf | 22 | ||||
| 2001 | Clarissa Kroese | Pella | 22 | ||||
| 2000 | Jensie Grigsby | West Des Moines | 26 | Top 10, Finishing in 10th Place | |||
| 1999 | Jaclyn Solinger | Altoona | |||||
| 1998 | Jamie Solinger | Altoona | Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 1992 and Miss Teen USA 1992. Later Mrs. Iowa America 2004 and 3rd runner-up to Mrs. America 2004 under her married name, Jamie Patterson. | ||||
| 1997 | Shawn Marie Brogan | New Hampton | |||||
| 1996 | Jill Simon | Burlington | |||||
| 1995 | Angela Hearne | Mount Vernon | |||||
| 1994 | Dr. Callie Pandit | Des Moines | |||||
| 1993 | Jan Hoyer | Fort Madison | Top 12 Semi-finalist, Finishing in 8th Place | Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 1987 | |||
| 1992 | Pam Patrick | Ottumwa | |||||
| 1991 | Heather Bowers | Toddville | |||||
| 1990 | Elizabeth Muelhaupt | West Des Moines, Iowa | |||||
| 1989 | Marcy Requist | Red Oak | |||||
| 1988 | Julie Kemmerling | Hinsdale, IL | |||||
| 1987 | Katy Magee | Jefferson | |||||
| 1986 | Holly Wilkins | Clear Lake | |||||
| 1985 | Karen North | Ames | |||||
| 1985 | Devin Steinberg | Manson | Original winner, dethroned after she married during her reign. | ||||
| 1984 | Michele Boisvert | Decorah | |||||
| 1983 | Dana Ruth Mintzer | Des Moines | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1982 | Jeanne Hoyer | Fort Madison | |||||
| 1981 | Jennifer Lynn Wimpey | Iowa City | |||||
| 1980 | Lori Kromminga | Keystone | |||||
| 1979 | Teri Lee Rees | Sioux City | |||||
| 1978 | Michelle Daley | West Des Moines | |||||
| 1977 | Cindy Woodard | Urbandale | |||||
| 1976 | Shery Lynn Davenport | Storm Lake | |||||
| 1975 | Kathleen Duggan | Council Bluffs | |||||
| 1974 | Susan Jane Thompson | Cedar Rapids | |||||
| 1973 | Dyanna Roberts | Oskaloosa | |||||
| 1972 | Jennifer Jo Owen | Maxwell | |||||
| 1971 | Cindy Helmers | Sibley | |||||
| 1970 | Jacqueline Jochims | Carroll | 3rd runner up at Miss International 1971, represented Iowa in Miss World USA 1970, did not place | ||||
| 1969 | Becky Stoner | Laurens | |||||
| 1968 | Markie Anderson | Sioux City | |||||
| 1967 | Kathleen Solt | Jefferson | |||||
| 1966 | Janis Mieras | Alta | |||||
| 1965 | Mari Hardy | Sioux City | |||||
| 1964 | Barbara Rodgers | Perry | |||||
| 1963 | Ramona Meylor | Le Mars | |||||
| 1962 | Regina Prusha | Cedar Rapids | |||||
| 1961 | Deanne Ostermann | Ocheyedan | |||||
| 1960 | Trudy Shulkin | Sioux City | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1959 | Kay Nielson | Council Bluffs | Semi-finalist | Former Miss Nebraska 1957 | |||
| 1958 | Sandra Olsen | Sioux City | |||||
| 1957 | Judy Hall | Council Bluffs | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1956 | Carol Morris | Ottumwa | 19 | Winner | Winner Miss Universe 1956, Miss Iowa 1954 | ||
| 1955 | Jerri Jean Cole | Holstein | |||||
| 1954 | Ione Lucken | Le Mars | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1953 | Marilyn Shonka | Sioux City | Semi-finalist |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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