(6-28-26) Thursday night Miss Ohio preliminary winners.

Preliminary Health and Fitness award, $500 scholarship sponsored by Lexington Elks: Miss Lake Festival Mackenzie Harmer

Preliminary Talent award, $500 Scholarship sponsored by The Ontario Center: Miss South Central, Lexie Miller

Additional awards are as follows:

The Mina O’Guinn Memorial Award which is a $500 Scholarship, sponsored by The Mina O’Guinn Family is awarded to: Miss Columbia Homecoming, Madalynn Anderson

The Women is Business Award is given to two contestants and is a $500 Scholarship, sponsored by Huntington Bank. This is awarded to: Miss North Coast, Marina DeNunzio and Miss Ohio River, Kendall Windsor

The STEM Award is given to two contestants and is a $500 Scholarship, sponsored by ArcelorMittal. This is awarded to: Miss Clayland, Lucabella LaEace and Miss Cuyahoga Valley, Skyler Kopit.

That completes the preliminary competition. Saturday night Miss Ohio 2026 will be crowned. Tomorrow night Miss Ohio’s Teen 2026 will be crowned.