Gallery of titleholders
Ashley Bickford, Miss Connecticut USA 2010
Erin Brady, Miss Connecticut USA 2013 and Miss USA 2013
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Coral Springs |
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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 2022, when Karla Aponte Roque placed in the Top 20.
The current titleholder is Shavana Clarke of Bridgeport and was crowned on April 14, 2024 at The Marriott Hartford in Windsor, Connecticut. Clarke will represent Connecticut at Miss USA 2024.
Connecticut holds a record of 13 placements at Miss USA.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age [a] | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2024 | Shavana Clarke | Bridgeport | 29 | Miss Greater Bridgeport | |||
| 2023 | Karla Aponte Roque | Branford | 27 | Miss Greater New Haven | Top 20 |
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| 2022 | Cynthia Dias | Wolcott | 22 | Miss Wolcott | Top 12 |
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| 2021 | Amanda Torchia | Middlebury | 25 | Miss Middlebury | |||
| 2020 | Chelsea Demby | Farmington | 23 | ||||
| 2019 | Acacia Courtney | Hamden | 26 |
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| 2018 | Jamie Hughes | Stamford | 27 | ||||
| 2017 | Olga Litvinenko | Greenwich | 27 |
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| 2016 | Tiffany Teixeira | Bridgeport | 24 | Top 10 |
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| 2015 | Ashley Golebiewski | Berlin | 21 | ||||
| 2014 | Desirée Pérez [4] | Greenwich | 26 | ||||
| 2013 | Erin Brady | East Hampton | 26 | Miss USA 2013 |
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| 2012 | Marie-Lynn Piscitelli | North Haven | 26 |
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| 2011 | Regina Turner [5] | Old Saybrook | 21 | ||||
| 2010 | Ashley Bickford | Torrington | 24 |
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| 2009 | Monica Pietrzak | Manchester | 25 | Top 15 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1992 | Catherine Sanchez | Hartford | |||||
| 1991 | Valorie Abate | Hartford |
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| 1990 | Allison Barbeau-Diorio | Hartford |
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| 1989 | Lisa Vendetti | South Windsor | |||||
| 1988 | Cathy Galasso | Hamden | |||||
| 1987 | Jolene Foy | Clinton | |||||
| 1986 | Jennifer Benusis | Ridgefield | |||||
| 1985 | Adrianne Hazelwood | Hamden | 18 |
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| 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 |
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