Gallery of titleholders
Mai Shanley, Miss New Mexico & Miss USA 1984
Onawa Lacy, Miss New Mexico USA 2006
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | El Paso |
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Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss New Mexico USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by Laura's Productions based in El Paso, Texas. [1]
New Mexico achieved many placements in the 1960s to the '80s and produced one Miss USA, Mai Shanley in 1984. The most recent placement was Bianca Wright in 2023, placing in the Top 20.
Mackenzie Sydow of Albuquerque, New Mexico was crowned as Miss New Mexico USA 2024 on June 30, 2024 at the NMSU Center for the Arts in Las Cruces. She will represent New Mexico at Miss USA 2024.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age [a] | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2024 | Mackenzie Sydow | Albuquerque | 22 | Miss Uptown | |||
| 2023 | Bianca Wright | Anthony | 28 | Miss Anthony | Top 20 | ||
| 2022 | Suzanne Perez | Portales | 25 | Miss Portales | Top 12 | First Filipino American Miss New Mexico USA | |
| 2021 | Christa Schafer | Las Cruces | 26 | Miss Las Cruces | |||
| 2020 | Cecilia Rodriguez | South Valley | 27 | Miss South Valley | Longest reigning Miss New Mexico USA at 1 year, 6 months and 20 days | ||
| 2019 | Alejandra Gonzalez[ citation needed ] | Las Cruces | 26 | Miss Las Cruces | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2018 | Kristen Leyva [2] | Las Cruces | 23 | Miss Billy The Kid |
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| 2017 | Ashley Mora | Albuquerque | 25 | Miss Land of Enchantment |
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| 2016 | Naomie Germain | Bernalillo | 22 | Miss Paradise Hills | |||
| 2015 | Alexis Duprey | Alamogordo | 24 | Miss Mesilla Valley | Triple crown winner
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| 2014 | Kamryn Blackwood | Farmington | 22 | Miss Farmington | |||
| 2013 | Kathleen Elizabeth Danzer[ citation needed ] | Rio Rancho | 24 | Miss Rio Ancho | |||
| 2012 | Jessica Martin | Las Cruces | 21 | Miss Las Cruces | |||
| 2011 | Brittany Toll | Las Cruces | 22 | Miss Duke City | Top 16 |
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| 2010 | Rosanne Dene Aguilar | Sunland Park | 23 | Miss Sunland Park | Sister of Raelene Aguilar, Miss New Mexico USA 2008 & Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2000. | ||
| 2009 | Bianca Matamoros-Koonce | Albuquerque | 22 | Miss Zia | |||
| 2008 | Raelene Aguilar | Sunland Park | 26 | Miss Sunland Park |
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| 2007 | Casey Messer | Alamogordo | 23 | Miss Land of Enchantment | |||
| 2006 | Onawa Lacy | Gallup | 23 | Miss Highland | |||
| 2005 | Jacqueline Deaner | Las Cruces | 25 | ||||
| 2004 | Jenna Hardin | Lovington | 21 | Semi-finalist, Finishing in 13th Place | |||
| 2003 | Alina Ogle | Albuquerque | 21 | Semi-finalist, Finishing in 6th Place |
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| 2002 | Ellen Colyer | Farmington | |||||
| 2001 | Jennifer Adams | Las Cruces | |||||
| 2000 | Christina Ortega | Las Cruces | |||||
| 1999 | Michelle Rios | Santa Teresa | 23 | Top 5, Finishing in 5th Place | |||
| 1998 | Maya Strunk | Farmington | |||||
| 1997 | Tanya Harris | Tatum | |||||
| 1996 | Layla Linn | ||||||
| 1995 | Jacqueline Grice | Albuquerque | |||||
| 1994 | Jill Vasquez | Albuquerque | 24 |
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| 1993 | Daniela Johnson | Albuquerque | Mother of Annika Bennion, Miss Montana's Outstanding Teen 2020–21, and Bronté Bennion, Miss Montana's Outstanding Teen 2022 | ||||
| 1992 | Charlotte Holland | ||||||
| 1991 | Tiffany Danton | ||||||
| 1990 | Larissa Canaday | ||||||
| 1989 | Traci Brubaker | Alamogordo | 1st runner up in Miss Oktoberfest 1988 | ||||
| 1988 | Stephanie Storrie | Clovis | 2nd runner up in Miss Oktoberfest 1987 | ||||
| 1987 | Kriston "Kiki" Killgore | Albuquerque | 19 | Semi-finalist, Finishing in 7th Place | Winner/1st Place - Best State Costume | ||
| 1986 | Heather Howell | Farmington | |||||
| 1985 | Brenda Denton | Hobbs | 21 | 1st runner-up |
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| 1984 | Mai Therese Shanley | Alamogordo | 21 | Miss Alamogordo | Miss USA 1984 |
First Asian American Miss New Mexico USA | |
| 1983 | Kristin Larsen | Santa Fe | Miss Santa Fe | ||||
| 1982 | Lisa Allen | Las Cruces | |||||
| 1981 | Lise Gabrielle Dominique Thevenet | Las Cruces | 23 | Graduated from New Mexico State University in 1979 and died at age 55 on August 2, 2013, in Greenwood Village, Colorado | |||
| 1980 | Kathy Patrick | Anthony | Semi-finalist, Finishing in 6th Place |
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| 1979 | Michele Sandoval | Albuquerque | Miss Photogenic | ||||
| 1978 | Marlena Garland | Las Cruces | 4th runner-up | ||||
| 1977 | Denise Funderburk | Albuquerque | Semi-finalist, Finishing in 12th Place | ||||
| 1976 | Jonelle Bergquist | Albuquerque | Semi-finalist, Finishing in 10th Place | ||||
| 1975 | Maxine Whisler | Albuquerque | |||||
| 1974 | Jan Nilsson | Los Alamos | |||||
| 1973 | Carolyn Cline | Albuquerque | 20 |
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| 1972 | Donna Reel | Albuquerque | Semi-finalist (Top 12), Finishing in 10th Place |
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| 1971 | Debbie Clary | ||||||
| 1970 | Theresa Phillips | Las Cruces | |||||
| 1969 | Mary Gard | Semi-finalist, Finishing in 9th Place | |||||
| 1968 | Bonnie Tafoya | Las Cruces | 4th runner-up | ||||
| 1967 | Clydia Newell | ||||||
| 1966 | Susan Franz | Roswell | 19 | ||||
| 1965 | Judith Baldwin | 2nd runner-up | |||||
| 1964 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1963 | Sandra Fullingim | Semi-finalist, Finishing in 11th Place | |||||
| 1962 | Herma Loy Elliott | Portales | |||||
| 1961 | Georgi Edwards | ||||||
| 1960 | Kaye Smith | ||||||
| 1959 | Carol Jones | ||||||
| Sue Ingersoll | Withdrew admidst controversy over the Catholic church's regulations around swimsuit competitions. [3] | ||||||
| 1958 | Sandi Bullis | ||||||
| 1957 | Patricia Stafford | ||||||
| 1956 | Jackie Brown | Albuquerque | |||||
| 1955 | Joan Schwartz | Semi-finalist | |||||
| 1953-1954 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1952 | Kay Nail |
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