After Jacquelyn Mayer, Miss Ohio 1962, was crowned Miss America 1963, the Miss Ohio pageant was relocated to the Ballroom Pavilion at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky. Mansfield originally hosted the Miss Ohio Pageant at the old Ohio Theatre from 1959 through 1962. The Miss Ohio pageant played a significant role in the saving of the Ohio Theatre and its renovation into the Renaissance Theatre. * When city representatives were common at the national pageant, Mary Katherine Campbell competed in Miss America Pageants as 'Miss Columbus, Ohio'. 1923 Mary Katherine Campbell, Columbus*.1922 Mary Katherine Campbell, Columbus*.Ohio is the only state to have a contestant who won the Miss America title twice: New York has the most winners with seven. Ohio representatives have won the Miss America pageant six times, joining California, and Oklahoma as the only states with six crowns. The pageant is held annually, during the 'Miss Ohio Festival' week, at the historic 1,600 seat Renaissance Theatre (originally named the Ohio Theatre) in Mansfield. state of Ohio to compete for the title of Miss America. The Miss Ohio Scholarship Program selects the representative for the U.S.
