"Forever" Miss Rodeo Idahos
A message from the Miss Rodeo Idaho, Inc. Board:
Miss Rodeo Idaho, Inc believes that every woman who has held the title will "forever" be a Miss Rodeo Idaho and will "forever" be a part of the incredible sisterhood of past Miss Rodeo Idaho titleholders. The women listed below aren't just "formers," they are "forevers." Without their incredible dedication to this program, we would not have the long-standing organization that we do today! Thank you to all 698 women who have graciously and elegantly served under this title, we appreciate you more than you know!
A Brief Summary of Miss Rodeo Idaho's Performance at Miss Rodeo America:
The Miss Rodeo Idaho program is one of the most decorated and longest standing states in the history of the Miss Rodeo America pageant, with 6 Miss Rodeo Americas, 10 1st Runner Ups, 17 top five placements, and 14 top ten placements!
The Very First
Miss Rodeo Idaho!
Karna Thorson
Kay (Weick) Dennis
Caldwell
Susan (Cox) Stauffer
Lewiston
Miss Rodeo America 1959
Carolyn (Wyllie) Cutler
Twin Falls
Donna (Fletcher) Crow
Nampa
Personality Award Winner at Miss Rodeo America
Karen (Lavens) James
Jerome
Miss Rodeo America 1962
Appearance Award Winner
Personality Award Winner
Nancy (Sheldon) Brockus
Payette
Miss College Rodeo America 1963
Patti Anne (Nally) Lodge
Bonnie Bruning
Twin Falls
Harriet (Sharp) Gleason
Emmett
1st Runner Up at MRA
Rosemary (Vassar) Weaver
Caldwell
Yo (Willhite) Marts
Boise
Jackie (Bodenhofer) Brown
Gooding
Carolyn (Harvey) Doherty
Twin Falls
Lana (Brackenbury) Parker
Jerome
Miss Rodeo America 1971
Appearance Award Winner
Personality Award Winner
Ruth (Campbell) Schneider
Caldwell
Lola (Anglin) Else
Tendovl
Jody (Walchel) Cada
Parma
Christine (Doherty) Holmes
Boise
2nd Runner Up at MRA
Betty (Schnell) Freeman
Rogerson
Miss Rodeo America 1976
Personality Award Winner
Appearance Award Winner
Claudia (Pence) Dains
Mackay
Top Ten at MRA
Candy (Robertson) Grossaint
Susan (Carter) Rood
Boise
1st Runner Up at MRA
Diana (Rackham) Nielson
Salmon
Top Ten at MRA
Anna (Wagner) Casperson
Twin Falls
Top Ten at MRA
Sharon (Cook) Chivers
Idaho Falls
Top Ten at MRA
Vickie (Rutledge) Shields
Nampa
Myla (Meiers) Naillon
Boise
Neenie (Blake) Corr
Boise
1st Runner Up at MRANational High School Rodeo Queen 1979-1980
Michelle (Kelley) Warner
Albion
1st Runner Up at MRA
Lisa (Lemrick) Boggs
Caldwell
Nicole Hymas
Jerome
Top Ten at MRA
Suzanne Tomtan Stancil
Boise
1st Runner Up at MRA
Appearance Award Winner
Speech Award Winner
Joni (James) Smith
Jerome
Miss Rodeo America 1990
Horsemanship Award Winner
Personality Award Winner
Appearance Award Winner
Speech Award Winner
Rhonda (Vedvig) Bright
Buhl
Top Ten at MRA
Congeniality Award Winner
Andrea Schlapia
Nampa
1st Runner Up at MRA
Personality Award Winner
Julia (Christensen) Shoemaker
Meridian
1st Runner Up at MRA
Personality Award Winner
Speech Award Winner
Crista (Madsen) Smith
May
Top Ten at MRA
Carrie (Johnson) Wilson
Star
Top Ten at MRA
Laura Hadley
Star
2nd Runner Up at MRA
Appearance Award Winner
Speech Award Winner
Kimberly (Williams) BrackettTwin Falls
3rd Runner up at MRA
Miss Rodeo USA 1997
Margaux (Edwards) Crockett
Donnelly
4th Runner Up at MRA
Shelly (Williams) Wilcox
Kuna
Miss Rodeo America 1999Horsemanship Award
Appearance Award
Personality Award
Speech Award
Selbi (Board) Duppong
Hailey
Kindi (Hess) Crystal
American Falls
Britny (Christensen) Field
Preston
Gabrielle (James) Rhoades
Nampa
Top Ten at MRA
Amanda Kent
Pocatello
Allyson (Swan) Shiozawa
Twin Falls
1st Runner Up at MRA
Horsemanship Award Winner
Photogenic Award Winner
Stefani Glore
Horseshoe Bend
Scharlee (Roberts) Pennington
Huston
Top Ten at MRA
Morgan Anselmi
Idaho Falls
Natalie (Bish) Quiroz
Nampa
Freya (Ford) Jensen
Sandpoint
1st Runner Up at MRA
Measha (Gittins) Foy
Dayton
Tricia (Crump) Knapp
Pocatello
Top 10 at MRA
Caitlin Thornton
Twin Falls
Erica (Greenwood) Weissenbuehler
Nampa
Top 10 at MRA
Hali (Stutzman) Wallentine
Twin Falls
Dusti (Olson) Hyder
Kuna
2nd Runner Up at MRA
Appearance Award Winner
Photogenic Award Winner
Heather (Skovgard) Owen
Kuna
Hunter Rae (Rackham) Hill
Idaho Falls
2nd Runner Up at MRANational High School Rodeo Queen 2013-2014
Sydney Butler
Boise
3rd Runner Up at MRA
Sara (Weekes) Goodpasture
Meridian
Nicole Jordan
Boise
1st Runner Up at MRA
Written Test Award Winner
Taylor Grace Hymas
Liberty
Lydia Rose Miller
Buhl
Ashley Kerby
Kuna
Top Ten at MRA
Maycn McCullough
Caldwell
Top Ten at MRA
Six Miss Rodeo Idahos have captured the title of Miss Rodeo America!
Miss Rodeo America 1959
Susan (Cox) Stauffer
Miss Rodeo America 1962
Karen (Lavens) James
Miss Rodeo America 1971
Lana (Brackenbury) Parker
Miss Rodeo America 1976Betty (Schnell) Freeman
Miss Rodeo America 1990
Joni (James) Smith
Miss Rodeo America 1999
Shelly (Williams) Wilcox
Fun Fact:In 1989, Joni (James) Smith won the title of Miss Rodeo Idaho and then went on to become the 5th Idahoan to win the coveted tile of Miss Rodeo America, following in the footsteps of her mother, Karen (Lavens) James, who 28 years earlier completed the same incredible feat! So far, they are the only mother-daughter duo in the history of the Miss Rodeo Idaho Pageant
and the Miss Rodeo America Pageant.
Nancy (Brockus) Sheldon, Miss Rodeo Idaho 1962 also went on to win the coveted title of Miss College Rodeo America 1963