| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title |
| 2019 | Caroline Grace Williams | Cincinnati | Miss Montgomery County |
| 2018 | Matti-Lynn Chrisman | Cambridge | Miss Maple City |
| 2017 | Sarah Clapper | Louisville | Miss Clayland |
| 2016 | Alice Magoto | Cincinnati | Miss Portsmouth |
| 2015 | Sarah Hider | Wooster | Miss Maple City |
| 2014 | Mackenzie Bart (sf) | Columbus | Miss Montgomery County |
| 2013 | Heather Wells | Warren | Miss Montgomery County |
| 2012 | Elissa McCracken | Ada | Miss West Central Ohio |
| 2011 | Ellen Bryan (q) | Celina | Miss Clayland |
| 2010 | Becky Minger | Sylvania | Miss All-American City |
| 2009 | Erica Gelhaus | St. Henry | Miss Clayland |
| 2008 | Karissa Martin | Woodsfield | Miss Clayland |
| 2007 | Roberta Camp | Grove City | Miss Maple City |
| 2006 | Melanie Murphy | Brook Park | Miss Miami Valley |
| 2005 | Marlia Fontaine | Massillon | Miss Lake Erie |
| 2004 | Amanda Beagle (t) | Warren | Miss Lake Erie |
| 2003 | Janelle Couts | Akron | Miss Medina |
| 2002 | Tiffany Haas (q) | Cincinnati | Miss Heart of it All |
| 2001 | Natalie Witwer | Dublin | Miss Ashland |
| 2000 | Stephanie Meisberger | Hopewell | Miss North Coast |
| 1999 | Tiffany Baumann | Cleveland | Miss Greater Cleveland |
| 1998 | Cheya Watkins | Cincinnati | Miss Southeastern Ohio |
| 1997 | Kelly Creager | Hamler | Miss Conneaut |
| 1996 | Robyn Hancock | Grand Rapids | Miss Crestline |
| 1995 | Ellen Pasturzak | Portsmouth | Miss Portsmouth |
| 1994 | Lea Mack (sf) | Pickerington | Miss Pickerington-America |
| 1993 | Titilayo Adedokun (2) | Cincinnati | Miss Americana |
| 1992 | Robin Meade (sf) | Wakeman | Miss Mansfield |
| 1991 | Renee Autherson | Newark | Miss Central Ohio |
| 1990 | Kristi Cooke | Marion | Miss Willard |
| 1989 | Kristin Huffman (4) | Canal Winchester | Miss Pickerington-America |
| 1988 | Sarah Ann Evans | Van Wert | Miss Pickerington-America |
| 1987 | Susan Kay Johnson | Columbus | Miss Canton |
| 1986 | Mary Zilba | Toledo | Miss Greater Toledo |
| 1985 | Suellen Cochran (sf) | Heath | Miss Southeastern |
| 1984 | Melissa Bradley (1) | Mansfield | Miss Clayland |
| 1983 | Pamela Rigas (4) | Canfield | Miss Cuyahoga Co. Fair |
| 1982 | Debra Gombert | Bexley | Miss North Central |
| 1981 | Juliana Zilba | Mansfield | Miss North Central |
| 1980 | Kathy Vernon (sf) | Youngstown | Miss North Central |
| 1979 | Tana Carli (1) | Lakewood | Miss Willard |
| 1978 | Sher Patrick (sf) | Centerville | Miss South Central |
| 1977 | Joan Gilger | Mansfield | Miss Bowling Green |
| Susan Perkins (MA) | Middletown | Miss Clayland | |
| 1976 | Janice Cooley | Portsmouth | Miss Ohio Valley |
| 1975 | Susan Banks (3) | Ravenna | Miss Warren |
| 1974 | Lorrie Kapsta | Columbus | Miss Franklin County |
| 1973 | Cheryl Yourkvitch | Lorain | Miss Lorain |
| 1972 | Karen Sparka | Bowling Green | Miss Bowling Green |
| 1971 | Judy Jones | Miss Miami University | |
| Laurie Lea Schaefer (MA) | Bexley | Miss Bexley | |
| 1970 | Grace Bird | Alliance | Miss Alliance |
| 1969 | Katherine Baumann (1) | Bowling Green | Miss Bowling Green |
| 1968 | Leslyn Hiple | Louisville | Miss Canton |
| 1967 | Pamela Robinson | Dayton | Miss Dayton |
| 1966 | Sharon Phillian (3) | Delaware | Miss Delaware |
| 1965 | Valerie Lavin | Canton | Miss Canton |
| 1964 | Diane Courtwright | Columbus | Miss Columbus |
| 1963 | Peggy Emerson | Akron | Miss Akron |
| 1962 | Bonne Gawronski | Miss Toledo | |
| Jacquelyn Mayer (MA) | Sandusky | Miss Vacationland | |
| 1961 | Darlene Depasquale | Dayton | Miss Dayton |
| 1960 | Alice McClain | Marion | Miss Marion |
| 1959 | Carole Weiler | Circleville | Miss Circleville |
| 1958 | Margaret Putman | Ada | Miss Ada |
| 1957 | Linda Hattman | Mansfield | Miss Mansfield |
| 1956 | Roberta Palmer | Cleveland | Miss Cleveland |
| 1955 | Marguerite Garr | Cincinnati | Miss Cincinnati |
| 1954 | Barbara Quinlin (sf) | Alliance | Miss Alliance |
| 1953 | Martha Zimmerman | Salem | Miss Salem |
| 1952 | Carol Koontz | Bolivar | Miss Bolivar |
| 1951 | Ruth Howell | Apple Creek | Miss Apple Creek |
| 1950 | Irene Farren | Grand River | Miss Grand River |
| 1949 | Florence Bondi | Cleveland | Miss Cleveland |
| 1948 | Maxine Waack | Fairview | Miss Fairview |
| 1947 | Nancy Nesbitt | Cleveland | Miss Cleveland |
| 1946 | LaVonne Bond (sf) | Cincinnati | |
| Mary Eileen Kelly | Cleveland | ||
| 1945 | Julia Donahue | Oxford | |
| Virginia Lee Pleasant | Cincinnati | ||
| 1944 | Madeline Bohanon | Cincinnati | |
| 1943 | Joan Hyldoft | Cincinnati | |
| 1942 | Barbara Patterson | Cincinnati | |
| 1941 | Janice Sulzman (sf) | Willoughby | |
| Lois Jean Beck | Cleveland | ||
| 1940 | Violet Berze | Steubenville | |
| Bette Jane Hart | |||
| 1939 | Jeanne Saboda | Cleveland | |
| Maxine Drumm | |||
| 1938 | Marilyn Meseke (MA) | Marion | Miss Marion |
| Evelyn Bertelsbeck (sf) | Cleveland | ||
| 1937 | Jean Fadden (sf) | Cleveland | |
| Evelyn Townley (sf) | |||
| Sally Lillian Frank | Cincinnati | ||
| 1936 | Evelyn Townley (sf) | ||
| Dorothy A. Duncan | Cincinnati | ||
| 1935 | Beatrice Pfeiffer | Cincinnati | |
| Eleanore Papin | Cleveland | ||
| 1933 | Corinne Porter (sf) | ||
| 1927 | Evelyn Wilgus | Russells Point | |
| 1925 | Elarka Towne | Conneaut | |
| 1924 | No Miss Ohio | ||
| 1923 | Mary Katherine Campbell (MA) | Columbus | |
| 1922 | Mary Katherine Campbell (MA) | Columbus |
(MA) Miss America
(1) 1st Runner Up
(2) 2nd Runner Up
(3) 3rd Runner Up
(4) 4th Runner Up
(sf) Semifinalist
(q) Miss America Quality of Life Finalist
(t) Miss America Non Finalist Talent
