Miss Connecticut USA
Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Hartford, Connecticut |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Barbara Ewald |
Website | Official website |
Miss Connecticut USA is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. The pageant is directed by Ewald Productions.
Connecticut's most successful placement was in 2013, when Erin Brady was crowned Miss USA. Connecticut's most recent placement was in 2016, when Tiffany Teixeira placed in the Top 10.
The current Miss Connecticut USA is Amanda Torchia of Middlebury, Connecticut. Torchia represented Connecticut at Miss USA 2021.
Gallery of titleholders
Ashley Bickford, Miss Connecticut USA 2010
Erin Brady, Miss Connecticut USA 2013 and Miss USA 2013
Results summary
- Miss USA: Erin Brady (2013)
- 1st Runners-Up: Diane Zabicki (1962), Pat Denne (1966)
- 4th Runner-Up: Alita Dawson (2002)
- Top 10: Tiffany Teixeira (2016)
- Top 15: Andrea Todd (1954), Joyce Trautwig (1960), Florence Mayette (1961), Janice Shilinsky (1968), Elizabeth Wanderman (1969), Monica Pietrzak (2009)
Connecticut holds a record of 11 placements at Miss USA.
Winners
- Color key
- Winner
- Runner-Up
- Semifinalist
Year | Name | Hometown | Age[a] | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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2022 | To be announced April 10, 2022 | |||||
2021 | Amanda Torchia | Middlebury | 25 | |||
2020 | Chelsea Demby | Farmington | 23 | |||
2019 | Acacia Courtney | Hamden | 26 |
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2018 | Jamie Hughes | Stamford | 27 | |||
2017 | Olga Litvinenko | Greenwich | 27 |
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2016 | Tiffany Teixeira | Bridgeport | 24 | Top 10 |
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2015 | Ashley Golebiewski | Berlin | 21 | |||
2014 | Desirée Pérez[4] | Greenwich | 26 | |||
2013 | Erin Brady | East Hampton | 26 | Miss USA 2013 | ||
2012 | Marie-Lynn Piscitelli | North Haven | 26 |
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2011 | Regina Turner[5] | Old Saybrook | 21 | |||
2010 | Ashley Bickford | Torrington | 24 |
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2009 | Monica Pietrzak | Manchester | 25 | Top 15 |
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2008 | Jacqueline Honulik | Fairfield | 21 | |||
2007 | Melanie Mudry | New Hartford | 26 | |||
2006 | Jeannine Phillips | Lisbon | 22 | |||
2005 | Melissa Mandak | Hamden | 26 | |||
2004 | Sheila Wiatr | Rocky Hill | 24 | |||
2003 | Michelle LaFrance | Orange | 24 | |||
2002 | Alita Dawson | Hamden | 22 | 4th Runner-Up |
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2001 | Amy Vanderoef | Bristol | 26 | |||
2000 | Sallie Toussaint | Hartford | 25 | |||
1999 | Christina Damico | Hartford | ||||
1998 | Kristina Hughes | Pawcatuck | ||||
1997 | Christine Pavone | Shelton | 23 | |||
1996 | Wanda Gonzalez | Hartford | 24 | |||
1995 | Traci Bryant | New Haven | ||||
1994 | Mistrella Egan | Danbury | ||||
1993 | Alison Benusis | Ridgefield |
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1992 | Catherine Sanchez | Hartford | ||||
1991 | Valorie Abate | Hartford |
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1990 | Allison Barbeau-Diorio | Hartford |
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1989 | Lisa Vendetti | South Windsor | ||||
1988 | Cathy Galasso | Hamden | ||||
1987 | Jolene Foy | Clinton | ||||
1986 | Jennifer Benusis | Ridgefield | ||||
1985 | Adrianne Hazelwood | Hamden | 18 |
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1984 | Lynne Scalo | Bridgeport | ||||
1983 | Mary Seleman | Swansea | ||||
1982 | Maureen Szekeres | Shelton | ||||
1981 | Kelly Thompson | Monroe | ||||
1980 | Kristine Wilson | Farmington | ||||
1979 | Mary Beth Lombardi | Vernon | ||||
1978 | Martha Szabo | Hartford | ||||
1977 | Sue Crone | Meriden | ||||
1976 | Roslyn Ralph[6] | Waterbury | 23 | |||
1975 | Michele Menegay | Hartford | ||||
1974 | Valerie Cappello | Hartford | ||||
1973 | Wendy Vecchiarino | Hartford | ||||
1972 | Diane Stevens | Hartford | ||||
1971 | Diane Turetzky[7] | Waterford | 18 | |||
1970 | Patricia Matthews | Farmington | ||||
1969 | Elizabeth Wanderman | Hartford | Top 15 | |||
1968 | Janice Shilinsky | Hartford | Top 15 | |||
1967 | Linda Drew | |||||
1966 | Pat Denne | West Hartford | 1st Runner-Up | |||
1965 | Elizabeth Matusko | Hartford | ||||
1964 | Patricia Powell | Hartford | ||||
1963 | Gail Dinan | Hartford | ||||
1962 | Diane Zabicki | Middletown | 1st Runner-Up | |||
1961 | Florence Mayette | Hartford | Top 15 | |||
1960 | Joyce Trautwig | Hartford | Top 15 | |||
1959 | Jayne Burghardt | Hartford | ||||
1958 | Dorothy Dillen | Hartford | ||||
1957 | Rosemary Galliotti | Hartford | ||||
1956 | Dorothy Bailey | Hartford | ||||
1955 | Jane Bartolotta | Hartford | ||||
1954 | Andrea Todd | Hartford | Top 21 | |||
1953 | Beverlee Burlant | Hartford | ||||
1952 | Jo Kuhlmann | Hartford |
Notes
- ^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ Wickett, Shana (July 12, 2009). "Pageant winner believes classroom more important than stag". New Haven Register.
- ^ Smith, Steve (July 10, 2014). "Miss Connecticut 2014 crowned". Hartford Courant.
- ^ "Miss Hamden crowned Miss Connecticut at Garde Arts Center in New London". www.theday.com. July 1, 2014.
- ^ Eve Sullivan (November 17, 2013). "Greenwich woman wins Miss Connecticut title". greenwichtime.com. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ Corica, Susan (2010-12-06). "Dreams, poise and passion carry pageant contestants: winners named". New Britain Herald.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The Winner". The Day. 1975-12-29.
- ^ Soderberg, Norm (1971-04-30). "Miss Connecticut is Waterford Girl". The Day.
External links
Categories:
- Miss USA state pageants
- Connecticut culture
- Women in Connecticut