Miss Illinois America 2012
Miss Illinois America Past Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title |
| 2011 | Hannah Smith | Huntley | 20 | Miss Wind City |
| 2010 | Whitney Thorpe-Klinsky | New Baden | 22 | Miss River to River |
| 2009 | Erin O'Connor | Evergreen Park | 20 | Miss Macomb |
| 2008 | Katie Lorenz | Chicago | 24 | Miss Chicago |
| 2007 | Ashley Hatfield | Anna | 24 | Miss Heartland |
| 2006 | Heidi Ekstrom | Mundelein | 24 | Miss Kane County |
| 2005 | Lauren Allen | Batavia | 21 | Miss Western Suburbs |
| 2004 | Michelle LaGroue | Naperville | 24 | Miss Chicago |
| 2003 | Andrea Fritz | Schaumburg | 21 | Miss Chicago |
| Michelle LaGroue* | Naperville | Miss Tinley Park | ||
| 2002 | Erika Harold | Urbana | 22 | Miss Land of Lincoln |
| 2001 | Kristin Castillo | Macomb | 18 | Miss Macomb |
| 2000 | Jenny Powers | Andover, Massachusetts | 21 | Miss Northern Illinois |
| 1999 | Jade Smalls | Evanston | 21 | Miss Chicago |
| 1998 | Amanda Jo Meadows | Sycamore | Miss Macomb | |
| 1997 | Ashley Eisenhauer* | Herrin | ||
| Katherine Shindle | Evanston | 20 | Miss Lake-Cook | |
| 1996 | Tania Gibson | Lake Barrington | 19 | Miss Fox River Valley |
| 1995 | Tracy Hayes | Wheaton | 22 | Miss Greater DuPage County |
| 1994 | Chuti Tiu | Chicago | 24 | Miss Kankakee |
| 1993 | Sara Martin | Schaumburg | 20 | Miss Schaumburg |
| 1992 | Kathleen Farrell | Chicago | 23 | Miss Kankakee |
| 1991 | Cheryl Majercik | Niles | 26 | Miss Chicago |
| 1990 | Jaclyn Greer* | |||
| Marjorie Vincent | Oak Park | 25 | Miss Kankakee | |
| 1989 | Jeri Zimmermann | Evanston | Miss Northwestern University | |
| 1988 | Dawn Spicuzza | Collinsville | 22 | Miss Bethalto |
| 1987 | Cindi Hodgkins | Schaumburg | 22 | Miss Chicago |
| 1986 | Lisa Heussner | Pekin | 21 | Miss Pekin |
| 1985 | Karen Moncrieff | Chicago | 21 | Miss Northwestern University |
| 1984 | Ruth Booker | Chicago | 21 | Miss Chicago |
| 1983 | Becky Bush | Chicago | 24 | Miss Chicago |
| 1982 | Jaleigh Jeffers | Mt. Carmel | 21 | Miss Southern Illinois |
| 1981 | Sandra Truitt | Evanston | 25 | Miss North Shore |
| 1980 | Blythe Sawyer | Naperville | 22 | Miss Chicago |
| 1979 | Elizabeth Russell | Pekin | 20 | Miss Heart of Illinois |
| 1978 | Debra Carlson | Ottawa | 19 | Miss Ottawa |
| 1977 | Nancy Beatty | Avon | 22 | Miss Macomb |
| 1976 | Betsy Jamison | Mundelein | 24 | Miss Mundelein |
| 1975 | Jean Waters | Tuscola | 22 | Miss Crossroads Country |
| 1974 | Jean Ahern | Hinsdale | 21 | Miss Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills |
| 1973 | Colleen Metternich | Carthage | 23 | Miss Heart of Illinois |
| 1972 | Carolyn Paulus | Elmhurst | 20 | Miss Macomb |
| 1971 | Anita Pankratz | Chicago | 21 | Miss Chicago |
| 1970 | Lynn Alexander | Loami | 18 | Miss Springfield |
| 1969 | Dulcie Scripture | Elgin | 20 | Miss Elgin |
| 1968 | Sharon Mitchell* | |||
| Judith Ford | Belvidere | 18 | Miss Boone County | |
| 1967 | Kathryn Myers | Aurora | 20 | Miss Fox Valley |
| 1966 | Mary Lee Inzerello | Elk Grove | 19 | Miss Quincy |
| 1965 | Kathleen Oros | Granite City | 20 | Miss Granite City |
| 1964 | Patricia Quillen | North Aurora | 21 | Miss Geneva |
| 1963 | Judith Schlieper | Decatur | Miss Decatur | |
| 1962 | Pamela Gilbert | Carbondale | 21 | Miss Carbondale |
| 1961 | Jacqueline Bingert | Winthrop Harbor | 21 | Miss Waukegan |
| 1960 | Vicky Nutter | Vandalia | 18 | Miss Vandalia |
| 1959 | Suzanne Johnson | Chicago | 21 | |
| 1958 | Anita Olson | River Forest | ||
| 1957 | Jeannie Beacham | Downers Grove | ||
| 1956 | Tillie Micheletto | Collinsville | ||
| 1955 | Marian Cox | Oak Park | ||
| 1954 | Patsy Bruce | Fairfield | ||
| 1953 | Jacquie Dumbauld | Alton | ||
| 1952 | Glenna Pohly | Rock Falls | ||
| 1951 | Doris King | Harvey | ||
| 1950 | Catherine Kleinschmidt | Granite City | ||
| 1949 | Trudi Germi | Chicago | ||
| 1948 | Viola Hutmacher | Quincy | ||
| 1947 | Maree Evans | Joliet | ||
| 1946 | Patricia Frye | Pekin | ||
| 1945 | Beverly Long | Joliet | ||
| 1944 | Betty King | Bloomington | ||
| 1943 | Dorothy Kohrt | Ottawa | ||
| 1942 | Patricia Hayes | Rochelle | ||
| 1936 | Virginia Moeller | Springfield | ||
| 1933 | Lillian Kroner | |||
| 1927 | Lois Delander | Joliet | 16 |
