| Formation | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Albuquerque |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss America |
Official language | English |
| Website | Miss New Mexico official website |
The Miss New Mexico competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss America pageant.
Emille-Marie Enriquez was crowned Miss New Mexico 2024 on June 8, 2024, at the Flickinger Center in Alamogordo. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss New Mexico titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
| Year | Name [1] | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Emille-Marie Enriquez | Alamogordo | Miss Otero County | TBA | TBA | Previously Miss New Mexico Volunteer 2022 | ||
| 2023 | Lianna Hartshorn | Las Cruces | 19 | Miss Las Cruces | Vocal, "Never Enough" from The Greatest Showman | |||
| 2022 | Kaitlin Kerl | Albuquerque | 25 | Miss Albuquerque | Dance | Previously New Mexico Sweetheart 2019[ citation needed ] | ||
| 2021 | Sienna Rose Mascarenas | 20 | Miss Zia | Dance | Previously Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2017 [2] | |||
| 2019–20 [lower-alpha 1] | Misa L. Tran [4] | Alamogordo | 20 | Miss Otero County | Dance | Previously Distinguished Young Woman of New Mexico 2017 [5] | ||
| 2018 | Ashley Fresquez [6] | Rio Rancho | 23 | Miss Zia | Jazz Dance, "Man of La Mancha" | Previously Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2009 [7] | ||
| 2017 | Taylor Rey [8] | Las Cruces | 22 | Miss Las Cruces | Vocal, "Art Is Calling for Me" | Top 15 [9] | ||
| 2016 | Stephanie Chavez [10] | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal, "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2015 pageant | ||
| 2015 | Marissa Livingston [11] | 24 | Miss Duke City | Jazz Dance, "Let's Get Loud" | Non-finalist Interview Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant | ||
| 2014 | Jessica Burson [12] | Roswell | 20 | Miss Roswell | Jazz Dance, "Steam Heat" | STEM Scholarship Award | ||
| 2013 | Alexis Duprey | Alamogordo | 22 | Miss Otero County | Vocal, "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret | Duprey Non-finalist Interview Award | Alexis Victoria Duprey is a Triple Crown Winner
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| 2012 | Candice Bennatt [13] | Angel Fire | 23 | Miss Rudioso | Lyrical Dance, "Aqua Vitae" | Former Houston Texans cheerleader[ citation needed ] Later Miss Louisiana USA 2015 [14] Top 11 at Miss USA 2015 pageant | ||
| 2011 | Sarina Kay Turnbull [15] | Alamogordo | 24 | Miss Alamogordo | Ballet en Pointe, "The Prayer" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 pageant | ||
| 2010 | Madison Leigh Tabet [16] | Albuquerque | 18 | Miss Bernalillo County | Jazz Dance, "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" | Previously Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2007 [17] | ||
| 2009 | Nicole Andrea Miner | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Southern New Mexico | Vocal, "Somewhere" | Top 7 | Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 pageant |
| 2008 | Christina Olmi | Albuquerque | 24 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal | Christina Suzanne Olmi working on an entertainment career. | ||
| 2007 | Jennifer (Jenny) Lindsey Marlowe | 23 | Miss High Plains | Vocal, "Born For This" | ||||
| 2006 | Christina Marie Hall | 23 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal, "Summertime" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant | |||
| 2005 | Ane Cristal Romero | Las Vegas | 25 | Miss Las Vegas | Vocal, "A Broken Wing" | |||
| 2004 | Susan Linda Yara | Pecos | 23 | Miss San Miguel County | Vocal, "La Charreada" | Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
| 2003 | Rana Beth Jones | Tatum | 22 | Miss South Plains | Vocal, "Can't Help Falling in Love" | Previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1998 | ||
| 2002 | Jennifer Erin Griggs | Alamogordo | 22 | Miss Alamogordo/Otero County | Violin | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 pageant | ||
| 2001 | Marta Strzyzewski | Roswell | 23 | Miss Roswell | Classical Piano, "Revolutionary Etude" | |||
| 2000 | Martha Michelle Cobb | 21 | Miss Las Cruces | Tap Dance, "Steam Heat" | ||||
| 1999 | Katie Linda Amalia Kelly | Santa Fe | 19 | Miss Santa Fe | Vocal, "Hurt Me" | |||
| 1998 | Lindsay Dawn Chism | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Lea County | Jazz Dance, "You're the One That I Want" | |||
| 1997 | Jennifer Leigh Babin | Alamogordo | 22 | Miss Otero County | Piano | |||
| 1996 | Trisha Williams | Hobbs | 19 | Miss Lea County | Vocal, "He's Always There" | |||
| 1995 | Vivian Yun Herding | Albuquerque | 24 | Miss Zia | Classical Piano | |||
| 1994 | Felicia Anna Borrego | Tijeras | 23 | Miss Bernalillo County | Ballet Folklorico | |||
| 1993 | Sharron N. Melton | Portales | 24 | Miss Portales | Vocal, "Stuff Like That There" | A native of Texas and first black woman to be named Miss New Mexico. Currently a television journalist in Houston, Texas. | ||
| 1992 | Shireen Ilsa Cheney | Albuquerque | 23 | Acro-Funk Dance | ||||
| 1991 | Rebecca (Bekki) Renee Shipley | Tucumcari | 20 | Miss Tucumcari | Flute & Piccolo | |||
| 1990 | Jana Elaine McCoy | Portales | 22 | Miss Portales | Vocal, "The Gypsy in My Soul" | A native of Texas. | ||
| 1989 | Angela De Los Santos | Hobbs | 23 | Popular Vocal, "The Wind Beneath My Wings" | ||||
| 1988 | Teresa Rodriquez | Clovis | 21 | Popular Vocal, "Anything for You" | Previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1985 | |||
| 1987 | Becky Birdwell | Hobbs | 25 | Miss Tucumcari | Ballet | A native of Texas. | ||
| 1986 | Emily Kay Franklin | Albuquerque | 19 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal Medley | |||
| 1985 | Valerie Joy Faber | Hobbs | 26 | Miss Albuquerque | Classical Piano, "Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53" | Top 10 | A native of Virginia. | |
| 1984 | Trina Lynn Collins | Hobbs | 22 | Miss Albuquerque | Acrobatic Dance | Mother of Miss Indiana 2015, Morgan Jackson | ||
| 1983 | Mai Shanley | Alamogordo | 20 | Miss Otero County | Vocal, "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story | Later Miss New Mexico USA & Miss USA 1984 Top 10 at Miss Universe 1984 pageant | ||
| 1982 | Cindy Ann Friesen | Carlsbad | 19 | Miss Carlsbad | Vocal, "Carnival" | |||
| 1981 | Lynn Lawson | Portales | 21 | Miss Portales | Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 2, Third Movement" by Rachmaninoff | |||
| 1980 | Teresa Elizabeth Anderson | Hobbs | 22 | Miss Hobbs | Vocal, "As Long As He Needs Me" | |||
| 1979 | Susan Spartz | Alamogordo | 18 | Miss Otero County | Vocal, "My Man" | |||
| 1978 | Jennifer Leigh Schubert | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Hobbs | Classical Ballet, "Beethoven's 7th Symphony" | |||
| 1977 | Evelyn Ann Foster | Lovington | 20 | Miss Lovington | Vocal, "Feeling Good" | |||
| 1976 | Melody Griffin | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Hobbs | Vocal, "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line | |||
| 1975 | Sarah Jan Schooley | Jal | 21 | Miss Eastern New Mexico University | Piano, "Deep Purple" | |||
| 1974 | Donna Frances Reel | Albuquerque | 21 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal, "For Once in My Life" | Top 10 | Previously Miss New Mexico USA 1972 Top 10 at Miss USA 1972 pageant Previously Miss New Mexico World 1973 Top 16 at Miss World USA 1973 pageant | |
| 1973 | Patti Elaine Nelms | Roswell | 21 | Miss Roswell | Vocal / Dance, "Basin Street Blues" & "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" | |||
| 1972 | Wren Prather | Carlsbad | 19 | Miss Carlsbad | Upside Down Tap Dance, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" | |||
| 1971 | Michele Cornali | Silver City | 22 | Miss Grant County | Semi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It" | |||
| 1970 | Janis Lynn Jones | Raton | 21 | Miss Colfax County | Soft-shoe Dance, "Golden Slippers" | |||
| 1969 | Patricia (Pat) Jo Brummett | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Hobbs | Classical Vocal, "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1968 | Karen Jan Maciolek | Albuquerque | 19 | Miss Portales | Waltz Ballet, "Wunderbar" | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1967 | Rosemary Elizabeth Brown | Carlsbad | 20 | Vocal, "This Is My Song" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1966 | Sharon Kaye Birkenbuel | Albuquerque | 20 | Miss Albuquerque | Dramatic Skit | Top 10 | ||
| 1965 | Ellen Growden | University Park | 21 | Miss La Mesilla | Dramatic Sketch, "Relationship of a Mother and Daughter" | |||
| 1964 | Jane Nelson | Tularosa | 19 | Miss Tularosa | Original Vocal with Guitar & Tympani, "Theme from Exodus" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Later Miss Arizona USA 1965 1st runner-up at Miss USA 1965 pageant Later Miss New Mexico World 1966 Top 7 at Miss USA World 1966 pageant |
| 1963 | Sandi Joyce Moore | Loving | 19 | Miss Carlsbad | Combination acrobatic routine & drawing | |||
| 1962 | Herma Loy Elliot | Portales | 20 | Miss Portales | Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | |||
| 1961 | Myrtice Lee Conn | Clovis | 21 | Miss Clovis | Comedic Monologue, "Phonetic Punctuation" by Victor Borge | Top 10 | ||
| 1960 | Carolyn Adams Moore | Carlsbad | 18 | Miss Carlsbad | Caricature Drawing | |||
| 1959 | Linda Frances Moore | Ruidoso | 19 | Miss Albuquerque | Piano | |||
| 1958 | Lois Fay Wilson | Hobbs | 18 | Miss Hobbs | Vocal | |||
| 1957 | Glynnelle Hubbard | Farmington | 19 | Miss Farmington | Dance | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1956 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] | |||||||
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| 1950 | Martha Rose Wilson | Santa Fe | 22 | |||||
| 1949 | Shirley Hughes | Carlsbad | 18 | Miss Carlsbad | Charcoal & Chalk Drawing, "Cruising Down the River" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1948 | Sarah Betha Young [24] | Cuba | 22 | Art Sculpture | ||||
| 1947 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant [25] | |||||||
| 1946 | Martha Bernice Cooper | Albuquerque | Speech, "Career As a Newspaper Reporter" | |||||
| 1945 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant [26] [27] [28] | |||||||
| 1944 | ||||||||
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| 1942 | Marjorie Rose Adams | Roswell | ||||||
| 1941 | Beverly Nell Brookshier | |||||||
| 1940 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] | |||||||
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| 1934 | No national pageant was held [35] | |||||||
| 1933 | Julia Valdez | 18 | Miss Albuquerque | No Miss New Mexico Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| 1932 | No national pageants were held [35] | |||||||
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| 1927 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant [36] [37] | |||||||
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| 1925 | Celina Chauvin | Miss Albuquerque | No Miss New Mexico Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
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