Miss Vermont

Last updated
Miss Vermont
Formation1945
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Stowe
Location
Membership
Miss America
Official language
English
Key people
Darcie Fisher
Website Official website

The Miss Vermont competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Vermont in the Miss America pageant. While Vermont is the only state to have never had a contestant advance to the semi-finals of the Miss America pageant, their representatives have won numerous non-finalist awards.

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Meara Seery of Brattleboro was crowned Miss Vermont 2024 on April 14, 2024, at the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe, Vermont. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Vermont 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.

Placements

Awards

Preliminary awards

Non-finalist awards

  • Non-finalist Interview: Drell Latasha Hunter (2004)
  • Non-finalist Talent: Joan Hewitt (1958), Brenda Naatz (1960), Melissa Hetzel (1964), Elizabeth Sackler (1969), Sue Glover (1972), Joylynn McCraw (1974), Carole Spolar (1981), Erica Van Der Linde (1986), Michelle Dawson (1987), Jacqueline Quirk (1994), Sarah Watson (2007), Ashley Wheeler (2009), Alayna Westcom (2016)

Other awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Sandra Simpson (1957), Julia Crane (2019)
  • Rembrandt Award for Mentorship: Vanessa Branch (1995)
  • STEM Scholarship Award Winners: Lucy Edwards (2015), Alayna Westcom (2016)
  • STEM Scholarship Award Finalists: Julia Crane (2019), Danielle Morse (2022)
  • Women Who Brand Finalists: Alexina Federhen (2023)

Winners

YearNameHometownAgeLocal TitleMiss America TalentPlacement at Miss AmericaSpecial scholarships at Miss AmericaNotes
2024 Meara Seery Brattleboro 24Miss Southern VermontVocal
2023 Yamuna Turco Colchester 20Miss Green MountainsVocal, "Listen" from Dreamgirls
2022 Alexina Federhen [3] Bennington 24Miss Southern VermontVocalWomen Who Brand FinalistPreviously Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 2014 [4]
2021 Danielle Morse [5] New Haven 22Miss Addison CountySpeed Painting, Johnny Cash portraitSTEM Scholarship FinalistFirst firefighter to compete for Miss America
2019–20Jillian Fisher [6] Burlington 20
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Vocal, "Bennie and The Jets" by Elton JohnOlder sister of Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen 2017, Carly Fisher[ citation needed ]
2018 Julia Crane [7] Colchester 22Tap Dance, "Hey Momma/Hit the Road Jack" by Pentatonix Miss Congeniality

STEM Scholarship Award Finalist [8]
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2016 pageant
2017 Erin Connor [9] Bridport 22American Sign Language - Song Interpretation, "The Greatest Love of All"Previously Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 2010 [10]

Obtained pilot's license at age 16 and piloted plane to Atlantic City for Miss America 2018 pageant [11]
2016 Rylee Field Montpelier 24Spoken Word Poetry, Mockingbird by Rives
2015 Alayna Westcom [12] Bakersfield 23Scientific ExperimentNon-finalist Talent Award

STEM Scholarship Award
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant
2014 Lucy Edwards [13] Burlington 19Vocal, "You'll Never Walk Alone"STEM Scholarship Award [14]
2013 Jeanelle Achee Rochester 22Vocal, "Running"
2012 Chelsea Ingram Lyndonville 23Operatic Vocal, "Habanera"Meteorologist for WJZ CH 13 CBS Baltimore[ citation needed ]
2011 Katie Levasseur [15] Burlington 20Scottish Highland Dance, "Toss the Feathers"
2010 Caroline Bright [16] St. Albans 20Vocal, "Let Yourself Go"Previously Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 2007 [17]
2009 Laura Hall South Burlington 21Jazz Dance, "I Want To Go To Hollywood" from Grand Hotel
2008 Ashley Wheeler [18] Lyndonville [19] 21A Cappella Vocal, "God Bless America"Non-finalist Talent Award

Preliminary Talent Award
Born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to Michael & Donna Ellsworth Wheeler; [20] platform was Political Awareness Among Young Voters; [18] [21] wore an eco-friendly gown that she had crafted by local Vermont designer Tara Lynn; [22] Vermont Secretary of State Deb Markowitz presented Wheeler with one of seven Enduring Democracy Awards for her commitment to advancing the democratic process in the state. [23]
2007 Rachel Ann Cole Middlebury 22Monologue, "Queen Hermione" from A Winter's Tale As of 2020, a senior producer for The Try Guys and their company, 2nd Try LLC. [24]
2006 Sarah Watson Enosburg Falls 21Classical Piano, "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum"Non-finalist Talent Award
2005 Megan Plebani Weybridge 24Gymnastics Jazz Dance, Music from Pirates of the Caribbean
2004 Megan Yardley Burlington 24Vocal, "Who Can I Turn To?"
2003 Drell Latasha Hunter Sharon 24Lyrical DanceNon-finalist Interview Award
2002 Sarah Jo Willey Bakersfield 24Vocal, "You Do Something to Me"Contestant at National Sweetheart 2001 pageant
2001 Amy Marie Johnson Essex Junction 22Classical Piano, "Impromptu"
2000 Hannah Jane Nelson Ryegate Corner 24Vocal, "I Will Survive"Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999 pageant
1999 Katy Johnson Burlington 21Vocal, "Two Little Words" from Steel Pier Later Miss Vermont USA 2001
1998 Aimee Rzewuski Lyndonville 21Tap Dance, "Greased Lightnin'" from Grease
1997 Jill Renee Cummings Montgomery Center 20Vocal, "Someone to Watch Over Me"
1996 Nicole Juvan Essex Junction 22Vocal, "Some Day My Prince Will Come"
1995 Jennifer Faucette Burlington 24Piano & Violin, "Hungarian Dance No. 5"
1994 Vanessa Branch London, England 21Dramatic MonologueRembrandt Award for MentorshipEligible as a student at Middlebury College; also with dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and United States[ citation needed ]
1993 Jacqueline Quirk Burlington 24Classical Vocal, "Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta" from La rondine Non-finalist Talent Award
1992 Nicole Gentry Middlebury 23Miss University of VermontJazz Vocal, "Hit Me With a Hot Note And Watch Me Bounce" from Sophisticated Ladies
1991 Tina Ostrowski Bellows Falls 21Miss Bellows FallsVocal, "I've Got a Crush on You"
1990 Debra Lewin South Burlington 24Miss BurlingtonDance
1989 Catherine Stillinger Burlington 24Miss Greater BurlingtonVocal Medley
1988 Julie Tidd Barre 25Jazz Dance
1987 Susan Bora Colchester 26Percussion, "Opus D Opus - The Tonight Show Theme"
1986 Michelle Dawson Charlotte 18Vocal, "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady Non-finalist Talent Award
1985 Erica Van Der Linde Old Bennington 21Miss Southern VermontClassical Piano, "Waldesrauschen"Non-finalist Talent Award
1984 Lorrie Glosick Winooski 21Miss MiddleburyVocal, "The Trolley Song"
1983 Juliet Lambert Middlebury 19Vocal, "Don't Rain on My Parade"
1982 Jill Wyckoff South Burlington 20Gymnastics Dance, Theme from CHiPs
1981 Kimberly Nestle Shelburne 19Miss BurlingtonAcrobatic Jazz Dance, "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line
1980 Carole Spolar St. Albans 24Dramatic Monologue from The Miracle Worker Non-finalist Talent Award
1979 Shari Bach Middlebury 22Miss Central VermontClassical Piano, Holberg Suite
1978 Lisa Volkert20Miss MiddleburyComedy Monologue, "Collage of TV Commercials: My TV Nightmare"
1977 Andrea Petty Poultney 18Miss Green Mountain CollegeClassical Vocal, "Glitter And Be Gay" from Candide
1976 Suzanne Wind Saxtons River 18Miss Brattleboro Winter CarnivalAcrobatic Jazz Dance, "Wisdom"
1975 Katherine Rechsteiner Warren 23Miss WarrenElectric Organ, "Galloping Comedian"Later Miss Vermont USA 1979
1974 Donna Shea Windsor 21Miss WindsorOratory, "Eulogy of John F. Kennedy"
1973 Joylynn McCraw Barre 22Miss University of VermontPopular Vocal & Sign Language, "I Am Woman"Non-finalist Talent Award
1972 Kathy Hebert Burlington 21Miss BurlingtonVocal & Guitar with Display of Fashion Design, "I Don't Know How to Love Him"
1971 Sue Glover Brattleboro 18Miss Brattleboro Winter CarnivalGymnastics Routine on the Uneven Parallel BarsNon-finalist Talent Award
1970 Pati Papineau Rutland 19Miss Green Mountain CollegeClassical Ballet, "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
1969 Barbara Schmitt South Hero 21Miss University of VermontComedic Reading, "Archy and Mehitabel"
1968 Elizabeth Sackler Putney 20Miss Brattleboro Winter CarnivalModern Dance Interpretation to Self-Recorded Reading of "The Last Flower"Non-finalist Talent Award
1967 Kathleen Rowley Williston 19Vocal Presentation of an Original Song, "The Bigness of Being Small"
1966 Karen Tuttle Brattleboro 18Miss Brattleboro Winter CarnivalPopular Vocal & Jazz Dance
1965 Lois Dodge Grand Isle 20Vocal, "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
1964 Jean Conner Rutland 21Popular Vocal
1963 Melissa Hetzel Burlington Popular Vocal, "Fly Me to the Moon"Non-finalist Talent Award
1962 Elaine Wright22Display of Fashion Designs
1961 Janice Cole Binghamton, NY 18Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet Eligible as a student at University of Vermont
1960 Anne Masino Randolph 18Accordion, "China Boy"
1959 Brenda Naatz St. Johnsbury 19Piano & Impersonation of Victor Borge Non-finalist Talent Award
1958 Sandra Sinclair South Burlington Vocal & Dance, "Getting to Know You"
1957 Joan Hewitt Brattleboro Art Presentation & Original Skit with Original MusicNon-finalist Talent Award
1956 Sandra Simpson Barre Dress DesignMiss Congeniality
1955 Phyllis Reich Bennington Vocal & Dance
1954 Annabelle Pinkham Brattleboro Drama
1953 Carlene King Johnson Rutland DanceLater Miss Vermont USA 1955
Crowned Miss USA 1955
Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1955 pageant
1952 Barbara Moore St. Johnsbury Baton Twirling / Dance
1951 Peggy Gilbert Rutland Dance
1950 Eleanor Kangas Springfield
1949 Annalou Johnston Enosburg Falls
1948 Jean M. Peatman Montpelier Jean M. Peatman Constantine Theobald, 94, died at home in Orange, Vermont on March 19, 2024.
1947 Barbara CampbellVocal, "Blue Skies"
1946 Lola Sundberg Burlington
1945 Mary Staikos
19351944
No Vermont representative at Miss America pageant [25]
1934
No national pageant was held [26]
1933
No Vermont representative at Miss America pageant [27]
Actually Nettina Anne Rich of Norton, MA was Miss Vermont in the Miss America 1933 Pageant [28]
Nettina Anne Rich died at age 90 on June 15, 2005 in Middleborough, Massachusetts.
1932
No national pageants were held [26]
1931
1930
1929
1928
19241927
No Vermont representative at Miss America pageant
1923 Hazel Gove [29] Burlington Miss BurlingtonN/A [30] Competed under local title at national pageant
1922
No Vermont representative at Miss America pageant [31] [32]
1921

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