Miss Idaho 2015 Scholarships and Awards

This year the Miss Idaho Organization was able to award over $40,000 in scholarship to the women that competed thanks to donations from our sponsors, local businesses, and advertisements sold by the ladies competing.

In addition to the awards listed below there was a Miss Idaho Marketing Incentive given to all the ladies as they sold ad pages. This year we are proud to announce over $13,500 in scholarship will be awarded to contestants who choose to participate. Each contestant who brought in advertising funds will receive 30% back in what they raised. 

Kalie Wright: Miss Magic Valley - Miss Idaho 2015

Miss Idaho 2015

$10,000

Marketing Award

$500

Lifestyle and Fitness Preliminary Winner

$400

Talent Preliminary Winner

$400

Kylee Solberg: Miss Meridian

1st Runner Up

$5,000

Business Women of Tomorrow Award

$500

Miss Influential - Little Sister Program Award

$1,500

Miso Jang: Miss Pocatello

2nd Runner Up

$2,000

Laura Hampikian: Miss Capital City

3rd Runner Up

$1,500

State Community Service Award

$1,000

Talent Preliminary Winner

$400

Best Musician Award

$250

Taylor Lance: Miss Tri Counties

4th Runner Up

$1,000

Lifestyle and Fitness Preliminary Winner

$400

Interview Winner

$400

Kaitlyn Anderson: Miss Southeastern Idaho

Top Eleven Semi-Finalist

$500

Fourpoints Award

$500

Christina Christensen: Miss Treasure Valley

Top Eleven Semi-Finalist

$500

Talent Preliminary Winner

$400

Social Media Award

$500

Katelyn Strobel: Miss Idaho Falls

Top Eleven Semi-Finalist

$500

Miracle Maker Award

$500

Audrey Powell: Miss Nampa

Top Eleven Semi-Finalist

$500

Darbi Bragg: Miss Rexburg

Top Eleven Semi-Finalist

$500

Alex Rowley: Miss Western Idaho

Top Eleven Semi-Finalist

$500

Sarah Jensen: Miss Ada County

State Academic Award

$1000

Julie Malone: Miss Twin Falls

Rookie Interview Award

$500

Liz Baker: Miss Southern Idaho

Rookie Talent Award

$500

Morgan Hill: Miss Bonneville County

Idaho Outdoor Heritage Award

$500

Dani Beckstrom: Miss Boise

Bert Parks Award

$350

2015 State Judges


The time has come! If you have been waiting to find out who the Miss Idaho 2015 judges are, the anticipation is over. We are excited to announce and introduce to you our 2015 judges for the Miss Idaho Pageant. 



Lori Jean Otter became the First Lady of Idaho in 2007. Born in Pensacola, Florida, she moved to Idaho in the 70’s when her father retired from the Navy. Miss Lori quickly adapted to Idaho and developed an affinity for the outdoors, animals and athletics.

The First lady graduated from Kimberly High School, earned an A.A. from the College of Southern Idaho, and completed her Bachelor of Science degree at Boise State University. With a degree in Education and Physical Education, Lori spent 12 years teaching and coaching at the middle school level. After earning a Master’s degree in 2004 from Northwest Nazarene University in Curriculum and Instruction, with an emphasis in Educational Leadership, Lori spent two years as a school administrator.

Combining her love of Idaho and passion for education and literacy, the First Lady has written a series of 5 children’s books. The Ida Jones series features a young barnstorming pilot who seeks adventure and teaches Idaho history to readers as she flies her airplane through the State.

In her free time, you will find the First Lady spoiling her six beautiful grandchildren, riding her horse, playing tennis or using a paintbrush to create watercolor art on canvas.



Tucker Robb has been a Boise native since 2002 and loves the area. He graduated from Boise State with a Construction Management degree & minor in business. Tucker spends his free time fishing, hunting, mountain biking, rafting, trail running, and playing city league sports; basically anything active and in the great outdoors.

He is also a huge NFL fan, GO 49ERS! He is involved with and enjoys participating in many community organizations; Special Olympics coach for 5 years, Boy Scouts of America, Habitat for Humanity, Idaho Associated General Contractors (AGC), and the Boise State Alumni Association. Tucker currently serves as the Chair of the AGC Construction Leadership Council Committee and the Vice Chair of the Boise State Construction Mgmt. Alumni Association. Tucker has been married to his best friend for 2 years. They have no kids (yet) but they do have a 100lb German Shepherd that takes all the attention!

Tucker works for a commercial construction contractor here in Boise, HC Company, and loves working on technically challenging projects and watching the work progress. He looks forward to serving as a judge for the 2015 Miss Idaho competition. 



Melissa Rogers is best known for being the marketing director for the online retailer, PinkBlush. Standing up for real beauty, Melissa led the way for PinkBlush to be one of the first clothing lines to refuse photoshopping model images, in hopes that women shoppers could see true reflections of how clothing fits. 

Working to style countless celebrities and notable personalities, Melissa is the go-to celebrity stylist for modest apparel, having dressed the cast of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and being a contributing fashion consultant for features in Vogue UK, InStyle, and countless television news programs.



Bo Miller is a native of Amory, Mississippi, Bo is a graduate of Mississippi State University. He is currently the Director of the Amory Regional Museum and also involved in his family’s restaurant business. Bo has been involved with the Miss America Program over 30 years and is currently the director of the Miss Amory & Miss Tombigbee Pageants, preliminaries to Miss Mississippi. Bo has judged Miss America preliminaries in Nebraska, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. 

He is the Past President of the Miss Mississippi Local Pageant Directors Association, Past President of the Mississippi Museums Association, is on the board of directors of Mississippi Tourism Association and was recently appointed as Chairman of the North Monroe County Community Foundation Board. He was honored as Amory’s Outstanding Citizen for 2014. Making his first run for public office, Bo is the Democratic nominee for Mississippi House of Representatives District 20 in the general election to be held in November.



Julie Ross Jerome currently resides in Boise, ID, where she is an Account Delivery Manager for Hewlett Packard. Julie was Miss Oregon 1981 and was a top-ten semi-finalist in the Miss America Pageant. In addition, she held the title of Miss Oregon United Teenager, and went on to MC, direct and judge numerous teen pageants. She has also judged several state pageants in the Miss America system. Julie has a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from New England Conservatory. She is married to David Jerome and has three children: Marissa, Mark and Nicole, who is the current Miss Idaho High School.

Dancing Queens Program


All of the contestants in the Miss Idaho Organization select a platform to promote during their year of service. It is there way to get involved in the community by sharing something they are passionate about. Megan Wilson, Miss Southwestern Idaho, has a platform of At-Risk Prevention: Helping Girls Reach Their Full Potential. Every year she hosts a program for young girls in the area called Dancing Queens.  It is a self-awareness program for preteen girls where topics like self-esteem, peer pressure, personal wellness, and goal setting are discussed while learning the art of Polynesian dance. Dancing Queens goes throughout the month of April and for their big final event the Dancing Queen girls get to perform and display a booth at Kids Fun Fest May 2. Megan says, "My best memory is from my first season of DQ when my quietest girl wrote me a letter saying I helped her get out of her shell. I get to play big sister to girls from various backgrounds and situations." You can register with Megan by calling 369-3854 or emailing meganwilson1@u.boisestate.edu.

Discover STEM Day at Boise State


A few weeks ago Laura Hampikian, Miss Capital City, was able to volunteer at the Discover STEM Day at Boise State. "I volunteered with the Psychology Department, where I’m currently a graduate student in their Family Studies Certificate program. We taught kids and adults about conservation tasks. According to Wikipedia: “Conservation refers to a logical thinking ability which, according to the psychologist Jean Piaget, is present in children during the preoperational stage of their development at ages 4–5, but develops in the concrete operational stage at ages 7–11. Conservation refers to the ability to determine that a certain quantity will remain the same despite adjustment of the container, shape, or apparent size." She loved the interested so many young kids had in STEM and meeting the kids who outsmarted some of the tasks. Among all the kids that were there that day she made "a billion" friends. She said, "I think it’s an important feature of gender equality to encourage women and girls to go into STEM careers. I was thrilled to see so many of both young women and men interested in science, technology, engineering, and math!"