Miss Connecticut USA

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Connecticut.

Miss Connecticut USA

Formation	1952
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Coral Springs
Location	Florida
Membership	Miss USA
Official language	English
Key people	Barbara Ewald
Website	Official website

Miss Connecticut USA is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. The pageant is directed by Ewald Productions.

Connecticut's most successful placement was in 2013, when Erin Brady was crowned Miss USA. Connecticut's most recent placement was in 2023, when Karla Aponte Roque placed in the Top 20.

The current titleholder is Jenna Hofmann of Fairfield and was crowned on January 26, 2025 at The Marriott Hartford in Windsor, Connecticut. Hofmann will represent Connecticut at Miss USA 2025.

Gallery of titleholders

• 
  Ashley Bickford, Miss Connecticut USA 2010
• 
  Erin Brady, Miss Connecticut USA 2013 and Miss USA 2013

Results summary

• Miss USA: Erin Brady (2013)
• 1st Runners-Up: Diane Zabicki (1962), Pat Denne (1966)
• 4th Runner-Up: Alita Dawson (2002)
• Top 10/12: Tiffany Teixeira (2016), Cynthia Dias (2022)
• Top 15/20: Andrea Todd (1954), Joyce Trautwig (1960), Florence Mayette (1961), Janice Shilinsky (1968), Elizabeth Wanderman (1969), Monica Pietrzak (2009), Karla Aponte Roque (2023

Connecticut holds a record of 13 placements at Miss USA.

Winners

Color key

•   Winner
•   Runner-Up
•   Semifinalist

Year	Name	Hometown	Age [a]	Local title	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2025	Jenna Hofmann	Fairfield	23	Miss Fairfield	TBA
2024	Shavana Clarke	Bridgeport	29	Miss Greater Bridgeport
2023	Karla Aponte Roque	Branford	27	Miss Greater New Haven	Top 20		Previously Miss World Connecticut 2019
2022	Cynthia Dias	Wolcott	22	Miss Wolcott	Top 12		Previously Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen 2014
2021	Amanda Torchia	Middlebury	25	Miss Middlebury
2020	Chelsea Demby	Farmington	23
2019	Acacia Courtney	Hamden	26				Previously Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen 2009 [1] Previously Miss Connecticut 2014 [2] [3]
2018	Jamie Hughes	Stamford	27
2017	Olga Litvinenko	Greenwich	27				Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2007
2016	Tiffany Teixeira	Bridgeport	24		Top 10		Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2009
2015	Ashley Golebiewski	Berlin	21
2014	Desirée Pérez [4]	Greenwich	26
2013	Erin Brady	East Hampton	26		Miss USA 2013		Top 10 at Miss Universe 2013
2012	Marie-Lynn Piscitelli	North Haven	26				Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2001
2011	Regina Turner [5]	Old Saybrook	21
2010	Ashley Bickford	Torrington	24				Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2002 Previously Miss Rhode Island 2007
2009	Monica Pietrzak	Manchester	25		Top 15		Sister of Natalie Victoria Pietrzak, Miss Massachusetts USA 2012
2008	Jacqueline Honulik	Fairfield	21
2007	Melanie Mudry	New Hartford	26
2006	Jeannine Phillips	Lisbon	22
2005	Melissa Mandak	Hamden	26
2004	Sheila Wiatr	Rocky Hill	24
2003	Michelle LaFrance	Orange	24
2002	Alita Dawson	Hamden	22		4th Runner-Up		Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1997
2001	Amy Vanderoef	Bristol	26
2000	Sallie Toussaint	Hartford	25
1999	Christina Damico	Hartford
1998	Kristina Hughes	Pawcatuck
1997	Christine Pavone	Shelton	23
1996	Wanda Gonzalez	Hartford	24
1995	Traci Bryant	New Haven
1994	Mistrella Egan	Danbury
1993	Alison Benusis	Ridgefield					Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1991
1992	Catherine Sanchez	Hartford
1991	Valorie Abate	Hartford					Later Miss Connecticut 1992
1990	Allison Barbeau-Diorio	Hartford					Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1987
1989	Lisa Vendetti	South Windsor
1988	Cathy Galasso	Hamden
1987	Jolene Foy	Clinton
1986	Jennifer Benusis	Ridgefield
1985	Adrianne Hazelwood	Hamden	18				Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1984
1984	Lynne Scalo	Bridgeport
1983	Mary Seleman	Swansea
1982	Maureen Szekeres	Shelton
1981	Kelly Thompson	Monroe
1980	Kristine Wilson	Farmington
1979	Mary Beth Lombardi	Vernon
1978	Martha Szabo	Hartford
1977	Sue Crone	Meriden
1976	Roslyn Ralph [6]	Waterbury	23
1975	Michele Menegay	Hartford
1974	Valerie Cappello	Hartford
1973	Wendy Vecchiarino	Hartford
1972	Diane Stevens	Hartford
1971	Diane Turetzky [7]	Waterford	18
1970	Patricia Matthews	Farmington
1969	Elizabeth Wanderman	Hartford			Top 15
1968	Janice Shilinsky	Hartford			Top 15
1967	Linda Drew
1966	Pat Denne	West Hartford			1st Runner-Up
1965	Elizabeth Matusko	Hartford
1964	Patricia Powell	Hartford
1963	Gail Dinan	Hartford
1962	Diane Zabicki	Middletown			1st Runner-Up
1961	Florence Mayette	Hartford			Top 15
1960	Joyce Trautwig	Hartford			Top 15
1959	Jayne Burghardt	Hartford
1958	Dorothy Dillen	Hartford
1957	Rosemary Galliotti	Hartford
1956	Dorothy Bailey	Hartford
1955	Jane Bartolotta	Hartford
1954	Andrea Todd	Hartford			Top 21
1953	Beverlee Burlant	Hartford
1952	Jo Kuhlmann	Hartford

Notes

1. Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

1. Wickett, Shana (July 12, 2009). "Pageant winner believes classroom more important than stag". New Haven Register.
2. Smith, Steve (July 10, 2014). "Miss Connecticut 2014 crowned". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
3. "Miss Hamden crowned Miss Connecticut at Garde Arts Center in New London". www.theday.com. July 1, 2014.
4. Eve Sullivan (November 17, 2013). "Greenwich woman wins Miss Connecticut title". greenwichtime.com. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
5. Corica, Susan (2010-12-06). "Dreams, poise and passion carry pageant contestants: winners named". New Britain Herald.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. "The Winner". The Day. 1975-12-29.
7. Soderberg, Norm (1971-04-30). "Miss Connecticut is Waterford Girl". The Day.

External links

• Official website