Miss Vermont USA

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Miss Vermont USA
Formation1952
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Buckhannon
Location
Membership Miss USA
Official language
English
Website Official website

The Miss Vermont USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Vermont in the Miss USA pageant. It is formerly directed by Sanders & Associates, Inc., dba- Pageant Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia from 2004 to 2017 before GDB Theatre and Pageant Productions becoming the new directors of the stage pageant since 2018.

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Vermont produced a Miss USA, Carlene King Johnson in 1955. The most recent placement was by Kelsey Golonka in 2022 after 40 years, who reached the semifinals. Vermont holds the record for most Miss Congeniality awards, having earned a total of five.

Six Miss Vermont USAs have competed at Miss Teen USA, five as Miss Vermont Teen USA, and one as Miss New York Teen USA. Three have also competed at Miss America, including Miss USA 1955 Carlene King Johnson, the second out of six Miss USA winners who competed at both pageants.

Prior to 2022, no sisters had been held the Miss and Teen titles in a single state. Vermont became the first state to have biological sisters holding the statewide Miss USA and Miss Teen USA titles simultaneously, when Kelsey Golonka crowned Miss and her sister Kenzie crowned Teen. [1]

Samantha Vocatura of Stowe was crowned Miss Vermont USA 2024 on June 9, 2024. She will represent Vermont for the title of Miss USA 2024.

Results summary

Awards

Winners

Color key
YearNameHometownAge [a] Local titlePlacement at Miss USASpecial awards at Miss USANotes
2024 Samantha Vocatura Stowe 27Miss Stowe
2023 Jenna Howlett Bridport 21Miss Addison County
2022 Kelsey Golonka Montpelier 22Miss MontpelierTop 12
2021 Joanna Leigh Nagle Colchester 27Shortest reigning Miss Vermont USA at 9 months and 21 days
2020 Shannah Weller Middlebury 23Longest reigning Miss Vermont USA at 1 year, 6 months and 27 days
2019 Bethany Marie Garrow Rutland 20
2018 Maia-Jena Allo [3] Colchester 20
2017 Madison Trimbey Cota [4] Bellows Falls 20
2016 Neely Whitlock Fortune Burlington 24Cast member of Bravo program Camp Getaway
2015 Jacqueline "Jackie" Nicole Croft Winooski 23
2014 Gina Bernasconi Colchester 19
2013 Sarah Landi Westbrook Burlington 25
2012 Jamie Lynn Dragon Milton 25
2011 Lauren Carter Burlington 21
2010 Nydelis Ortiz Essex 20
2009 Brooke Werner Granville 22
2008 Kim Tantlinger Burlington 22
2007 Jessica May Comolli Montpelier 22
2006 Amanda Gilman Danville 20
2005 Amanda Lee Mitteer Brattleboro 26
2004 Michelle Fongemie [6] Williston26Miss Congeniality [7]
2003 Jennifer Lee RipleyBarre
2002 Brooke Elizabeth Angus Essex
2001 Katy Johnson [9] Burlington [9]
2000 Katie BoltonColchester
1999 Nicole LewisWindsor
1998 Catherine BlissBurlington
1997 Lisa CostantinoBurlington
1996 Nancy Anne RobertsMiddlebury
1995 Jennifer CazeaultWinooski
1994 Christy Beltrami [12] Williston
1993 Jodi SicelyBurlington
1992 Bonnie KittredgeBurlington
1991 Margaret CoreyBrattleboro
1990 Stephanie BesseyChester
1989 Stacey M. PalmerBurlington
1988 Stacy James SissonRutland
1987 Carole Woodworth North Bennington
1986 Tracey D. Morton Rutland
1985 Angie CumminghamRutland
1984 Sue O'Brien Waterbury Center
1983 Leslie LucchinaBarre
1982 Georgia Marie Davis Bennington 22Semi-finalist
1981 Jeannette Wulff Montpelier
1980 Judi Mason Randolph
1979 Katherine RechsteinerSugarbush Valley
1978 Nancy Jeanne WierzbickiRutlandMiss Congeniality
1977 Anne Kent Castleton
1976 Susan Parsons Poultney
1975 Constance CrabtreePoultneyMiss Congeniality
1974 Donna Sue ThortonPoultneyMiss Congeniality
1973 Bonnie HeightPoultney
1972 Stacey BeckerPoultney
1971 Sandra Bette TaftWest Dover24Semi-finalist
1970 Cynthia "Cindy" JurewiczWest Dover
1969 Mary VerdianiMontpelier191st runner-upMiss Congeniality
1968 Susan GlynnMt. Snow
1967 Elaine FarrellBurlington
1966 Peggy EckertWest Burke
1965 Andrea KenyonNorth Bennington
1964 Freda Elaine BettsBennington
1963 Ellen "Bunny" CenterbarNorth Bennington
1962 Barbara "Bobby" Ann KearneySpringfield
1961 Susan NielsonPoultney
1960 Carole Mary DemasBurlington
1959 Sandra LaquerreBarre
1958 Doreen Patricia McNameeBrattleboro
1957 Marjorie LinkEast Harwick
1956 Dolores WettackWestminster
1955 Carlene King Johnson Rutland22Miss USA 1955
1954 Georgia LauriseNew Haven, CT24
1953 Kathleen Marie Eugenia SurrelBrooklyn, NY22
1952 Elizabeth WhitcombEssex Junction
Note
  1. Age at the time of crowning

References

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