Miss Vermont USA

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Vermont.

Miss Vermont USA
Formation1952
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersBuckhannon
Location
MembershipMiss USA
Official language
English
WebsiteOfficial 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.

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.

  • Michelle Fongemie, Miss Vermont USA 2004
    Michelle Fongemie, Miss Vermont USA 2004
  • Sarah Westbrook, Miss Vermont USA 2013
    Sarah Westbrook, Miss Vermont USA 2013
  • Miss Vermont Teen USA 2015, Alexandra Marek, and Miss Vermont USA 2015, Jackie Croft
    Miss Vermont Teen USA 2015, Alexandra Marek, and Miss Vermont USA 2015, Jackie Croft

Results summary

  • Miss USA: Carlene King Johnson (1955)
  • 1st runners-up: Mary Verdiani (1969)
  • Top 11/12: Sandra Bette Taft (1971), Georgia Davis (1982), Kelsey Golonka (2022)
  • Vermont holds a record of 5 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Mary Verdiani (1969), Donna Sue Thorton (1974), Constance Crabtree (1975), Nancy Jeanne Wierzbicki (1978), Michelle Fongemie (2004)

Winners

Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Year Name Hometown Age[a] Local title Placement at Miss USA Special awards at Miss USA Notes
2024 Samantha Vocatura Stowe 27 Miss Stowe
2023 Jenna Howlett Bridport 21 Miss Addison County
2022 Kelsey Golonka Montpelier 22 Miss Montpelier Top 12
2021 Joanna Leigh Nagle Colchester 27 Shortest reigning Miss Vermont USA at 9 months and 21 days
2020 Shannah Weller Middlebury 23 Longest 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 24 Cast 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] Williston 26 Miss Congeniality[7]
2003 Jennifer Lee Ripley Barre
2002 Brooke Elizabeth Angus Essex
2001 Katy Johnson[9] Burlington[9]
2000 Katie Bolton Colchester
1999 Nicole Lewis Windsor
1998 Catherine Bliss Burlington
1997 Lisa Costantino Burlington
1996 Nancy Anne Roberts Middlebury
1995 Jennifer Cazeault Winooski
1994 Christy Beltrami[12] Williston
1993 Jodi Sicely Burlington
1992 Bonnie Kittredge Burlington
1991 Margaret Corey Brattleboro
1990 Stephanie Bessey Chester
1989 Stacey M. Palmer Burlington
1988 Stacy James Sisson Rutland
1987 Carole Woodworth North Bennington
1986 Tracey D. Morton Rutland
1985 Angie Cummingham Rutland
1984 Sue O'Brien Waterbury Center
1983 Leslie Lucchina Barre
1982 Georgia Marie Davis Bennington 22 Semi-finalist
1981 Jeannette Wulff Montpelier
1980 Judi Mason Randolph
1979 Katherine Rechsteiner Sugarbush Valley
1978 Nancy Jeanne Wierzbicki Rutland Miss Congeniality
1977 Anne Kent Castleton
1976 Susan Parsons Poultney
1975 Constance Crabtree Poultney Miss Congeniality
1974 Donna Sue Thorton Poultney Miss Congeniality
1973 Bonnie Height Poultney
1972 Stacey Becker Poultney
1971 Sandra Bette Taft West Dover 24 Semi-finalist
1970 Cynthia "Cindy" Jurewicz West Dover
1969 Mary Verdiani Montpelier 19 1st runner-up Miss Congeniality
1968 Susan Glynn Mt. Snow
1967 Elaine Farrell Burlington
1966 Peggy Eckert West Burke
1965 Andrea Kenyon North Bennington
1964 Freda Elaine Betts Bennington
1963 Ellen "Bunny" Centerbar North Bennington
1962 Barbara "Bobby" Ann Kearney Springfield
1961 Susan Nielson Poultney
1960 Carole Mary Demas Burlington
1959 Sandra Laquerre Barre
1958 Doreen Patricia McNamee Brattleboro
1957 Marjorie Link East Harwick
1956 Dolores Wettack Westminster
1955 Carlene King Johnson Rutland 22 Miss USA 1955
1954 Georgia Laurise New Haven, CT 24
1953 Kathleen Marie Eugenia Surrel Brooklyn, NY 22
1952 Elizabeth Whitcomb Essex Junction
Note
  1. ^ Age at the time of crowning

References

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  4. ^ Cross, Caleigh (2017-10-12). "Miss VT queen, teen to be crowned at Spruce Peak". Stowe Today. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  5. ^ "Lawrence's Gabriela Taveras is Crowned Miss Massachusetts 2018". The Valley Patriot. 3 July 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
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