Gallery of titleholders
Katee Stearns, Miss Maine USA 2006
Erin Good, Miss Maine USA 2007
Katie Whittier, Miss Maine USA 2010
Heather Elwell, Miss Maine USA 2015
Marina Gray, Miss Maine USA 2018
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Malden |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Laurie Clemente Anthony Clemente |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Maine USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by The Clemente Organization based in Malden, Massachusetts.
Maine has placed nine times at Miss USA. In 2006, Katee Stearns made the semi-finals, becoming the fifth woman from Maine and the first since 1977 to make the cut. In 2010, Katie Whittier became the first delegate from Maine to reach the top five, finishing 4th runner-up. [1]
Three Miss Maine USAs were former Miss Maine Teen USA titleholders, who competed at Miss Teen USA. One also competed at Miss America.
Juliana Morehouse Locklear of Portland was crowned Miss Maine USA 2023 on November 20, 2022 at Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks in Portland. Due to a change in the pageant rules, she became the first married woman to compete at Miss USA since the 1950s. [2]
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Anne Baldridge | Portland | 25 | TBA | TBA | |
| 2023 | Juliana Morehouse Locklear | Portland | 23 | Daughter of Lynn Jenkins Morehouse, Miss North Carolina USA 1994 [2] | ||
| 2022 | Elizabeth Kervin | Winterport | 20 | Shortest reigning Miss Maine USA (8 months or 245 days) | ||
| 2021 | VeronicaIris Bates | Portland | 21 | Active member of the United States Air Force | ||
| 2020 | Julia Van Steenberghe | Old Town | 21 | Longest reigning Miss Maine USA (1 year, 7 months and 10 days) | ||
| 2019 | Lexie Elston | Windham | 23 |
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| 2018 | Marina Gray | Trenton | 23 | Top 10 | ||
| 2017 | Brooke Harris | Lee | 25 | |||
| 2016 | Marisa Butler | Standish | 21 |
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| 2015 | Heather Elwell | West Bath | 26 | Placed first runner-up at Miss Maine-USA in 2012, 2013, and 2014 before winning the title in 2015. Competed at Miss Florida-USA in 2008 and 2009. | ||
| 2014 | Samantha Dahlborg | Gorham | 19 | |||
| 2013 | Ali Clair[ citation needed ] | South China | 23 | |||
| 2012 | Rani Williamson | Portland | 25 | Top 16 | ||
| 2011 | Ashley Marble | Topsfield | 27 | Top 8 [3] |
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| Emily Johnson | South Portland | 22 | did not compete | Resigned on April 17, 2011 so she could attend her sister's wedding on the date of the Miss USA pageant. | ||
| 2010 | Katie Whittier | New Gloucester | 26 | 4th runner-up [5] | ||
| 2009 | Ashley Underwood [6] | Benton | 24 | Contestant on Survivor: Redemption Island [7] | ||
| 2008 | Kaetlin Parent [8] | Van Buren | 20 | Previously Miss Maine Teen USA 2005 [8] | ||
| 2007 | Erin Good[ citation needed ] | Fairfield | 22 | Dr. Good received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in May 2012 | ||
| 2006 | Katee Stearns [9] | Orono | 19 | Top 15 [10] | Previously Maine's Junior Miss 2004 | |
| 2005 | Erica Commeau [11] | Brewer | 20 | |||
| 2004 | Mackenzie Davis | Hallowell | 24 | Past director of the Miss Maine USA and Miss Maine Teen USA pageants. | ||
| 2003 | Lacey Hutchinson | Biddeford | 23 | |||
| 2002 | Su-Ying Leung [12] | Oakland | ||||
| 2001 | Melissa Bard | Winslow | ||||
| 2000 | Jennifer Hunt | Rumford | Previously Miss Maine Teen USA 1994 | |||
| 1999 | Heather Coutts | Portland | Later Mrs. Maine America 2006 under her married name, Heather Clark. | |||
| 1998 | Kathy Morse | Standish | ||||
| 1997 | Stephanie Worcester [13] | Winthrop | 20 | |||
| 1996 | Julann Vadnais | Biddeford | 23 | |||
| 1995 | Kerri Malinowski [14] | Pittston | Previously Miss Maine Teen USA 1991 | |||
| 1994 | Colleen Brink | Gorham | ||||
| 1993 | Jodi Cutting | Waterville | ||||
| 1992 | Linda Kiene | Scarborough | Previously Miss Maine Teen USA 1986 | |||
| 1991 | Melissa Oliver | South Portland | ||||
| 1990 | Leigh Bubar | Sanford | ||||
| 1989 | Kirsten Blakemore | Brunswick | ||||
| 1988 | Suzanne Grenier | Scarborough | ||||
| 1987 | Ginger Kilgore | South Portland | ||||
| 1986 | Annie Lewis | Portland | ||||
| 1985 | Tracie Samara | Portland | ||||
| 1984 | Vickie Lynn Gay [15] | Oxford | 23 | |||
| 1983 | Rosemarie Hemond | Minot | ||||
| 1982 | Theresa Cloutier | South Portland | ||||
| 1981 | Judy Lynn Footer [16] | Bath | ||||
| 1980 | Victoria Elias [17] | Benton | ||||
| 1979 | Valerie Crooker | Brunswick | Later Miss Maine 1980 | |||
| 1978 | Catherine Ursula Ledue | Portland | ||||
| 1977 | Tina Brown [18] | Portland | 21 | Top 12 | ||
| 1976 | Dawn St. Clair | Waterville | ||||
| 1975 | Denise Hill | Orono | ||||
| 1974 | Rebecca Titcomb [19] | Houlton | 19 | |||
| 1973 | Carlene Quimby | Auburn | ||||
| 1972 | Cynthia Luce | Sugarloaf Mountain | ||||
| 1971 | Ruth McCleery | Farmington | ||||
| 1970 | Margaret McAleer | Waterville | 20 | Top 15 | Represented Maine in Miss World USA 1970 | |
| 1969 | Elaine Bolduce | Winslow | ||||
| 1968 | Cheryl Campbell | Skowhegan | ||||
| 1967 | Marlo Williams | Bangor | ||||
| 1966 | Susan Bartash | Rumford | ||||
| 1965 | Georgia Wilson | Portland | ||||
| 1964 | Corneille "Connie" Edwards | Mechanic Falls | ||||
| 1963 | Laurel Barker | Portland | ||||
| 1962 | Karen J. Henderson | South Portland | ||||
| 1961 | Barbara Dyer | Dexter | ||||
| 1960 | Terry Tripp | Lewiston | ||||
| 1959 | Carolyn Komant | Kittery | 18 | Top 15 | ||
| 1958 | Karen Hanson | Cumberland Center | ||||
| 1957 | Roberta Aymie | Jackman | ||||
| 1956 | Did not compete | |||||
| 1955 | Did not compete | |||||
| 1954 | Did not compete | |||||
| 1953 | Jackie Lee | Cape Neddick | 22 | Top 20 | ||
| 1952 | Jean Marie Lemire* | Old Town | ||||
1 Ages at the time of the crowning
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