Miss Ohio USA Miss Ohio USA The Miss Ohio USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. It has previously been known as Miss Ohio Universe. Two Ohio representatives, Sue Downey in 1965 and Kim Seelbrede in 1981, have won the Miss USA title and competed in the Miss Universe pageant. The pageant is currently held in Springfield and has previously been hosted by Mentor, Steubenville and Portsmouth. The most notable Miss Ohio USA is actress and Oscar winner Halle Berry, who
Mary Therese Friel Mary Therese Friel Mary Therese Friel (born February 10, 1959) is a beauty queen and business woman from New York who has held the title Miss USA 1979. Friel, who grew up in Pittsford, New York won the titles Miss New York USA and Miss USA. She was later a model, and opened her own modelling agency in 1987. She currently trains and represents a large number of models, as well as training beauty pageant participants. Friel, a student at St. John Fisher, first won the Miss New York USA title in 1978 and went on to represent her state