Miss Vermont

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Vermont USA.
Miss Vermont
Formation1945
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersStowe
Location
MembershipMiss America
Official language
English
Key people
Darcie Fisher
WebsiteOfficial 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.

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

  • Miss Americas: N/A
  • 1st runners-up: N/A
  • 2nd runners-up: N/A
  • 3rd runners-up: N/A
  • 4th runners-up: N/A
  • Semi-finalists: N/A

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

Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes
2024 Meara Seery Brattleboro 24 Miss Southern Vermont Vocal TBA TBA
2023 Yamuna Turco Colchester 20 Miss Green Mountains Vocal, "Listen" from Dreamgirls
2022 Alexina Federhen[3] Bennington 24 Miss Southern Vermont Vocal Women Who Brand Finalist Previously Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 2014[4]
2021 Danielle Morse[5] New Haven 22 Miss Addison County Speed Painting, Johnny Cash portrait STEM Scholarship Finalist First firefighter to compete for Miss America
2019–20 Jillian Fisher[6] Burlington 20
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 Vocal, "Bennie and The Jets" by Elton John Older sister of Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen 2017, Carly Fisher[citation needed]
2018 Julia Crane[7] Colchester 22 Tap 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 22 American 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 24 Spoken Word Poetry, Mockingbird by Rives
2015 Alayna Westcom[12] Bakersfield 23 Scientific Experiment Non-finalist Talent Award

STEM Scholarship Award 		Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant
2014 Lucy Edwards[13] Burlington 19 Vocal, "You'll Never Walk Alone" STEM Scholarship Award[14]
2013 Jeanelle Achee Rochester 22 Vocal, "Running"
2012 Chelsea Ingram Lyndonville 23 Operatic Vocal, "Habanera" Meteorologist for WJZ CH 13 CBS Baltimore[citation needed]
2011 Katie Levasseur[15] Burlington 20 Scottish Highland Dance, "Toss the Feathers"
2010 Caroline Bright[16] St. Albans 20 Vocal, "Let Yourself Go" Previously Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 2007[17]
2009 Laura Hall South Burlington 21 Jazz Dance, "I Want To Go To Hollywood" from Grand Hotel
2008 Ashley Wheeler[18] Lyndonville[19] 21 A 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 22 Monologue, "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 21 Classical Piano, "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" Non-finalist Talent Award
2005 Megan Plebani Weybridge 24 Gymnastics Jazz Dance, Music from Pirates of the Caribbean
2004 Megan Yardley Burlington 24 Vocal, "Who Can I Turn To?"
2003 Drell Latasha Hunter Sharon 24 Lyrical Dance Non-finalist Interview Award
2002 Sarah Jo Willey Bakersfield 24 Vocal, "You Do Something to Me" Contestant at National Sweetheart 2001 pageant
2001 Amy Marie Johnson Essex Junction 22 Classical Piano, "Impromptu"
2000 Hannah Jane Nelson Ryegate Corner 24 Vocal, "I Will Survive" Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999 pageant
1999 Katy Johnson Burlington 21 Vocal, "Two Little Words" from Steel Pier Later Miss Vermont USA 2001
1998 Aimee Rzewuski Lyndonville 21 Tap Dance, "Greased Lightnin'" from Grease
1997 Jill Renee Cummings Montgomery Center 20 Vocal, "Someone to Watch Over Me"
1996 Nicole Juvan Essex Junction 22 Vocal, "Some Day My Prince Will Come"
1995 Jennifer Faucette Burlington 24 Piano & Violin, "Hungarian Dance No. 5"
1994 Vanessa Branch London, England 21 Dramatic Monologue Rembrandt Award for Mentorship Eligible as a student at Middlebury College; also with dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and United States[citation needed]
1993 Jacqueline Quirk Burlington 24 Classical Vocal, "Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta" from La rondine Non-finalist Talent Award
1992 Nicole Gentry Middlebury 23 Miss University of Vermont Jazz Vocal, "Hit Me With a Hot Note And Watch Me Bounce" from Sophisticated Ladies
1991 Tina Ostrowski Bellows Falls 21 Miss Bellows Falls Vocal, "I've Got a Crush on You"
1990 Debra Lewin South Burlington 24 Miss Burlington Dance
1989 Catherine Stillinger Burlington 24 Miss Greater Burlington Vocal Medley
1988 Julie Tidd Barre 25 Jazz Dance
1987 Susan Bora Colchester 26 Percussion, "Opus D Opus - The Tonight Show Theme"
1986 Michelle Dawson Charlotte 18 Vocal, "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady Non-finalist Talent Award
1985 Erica Van Der Linde Old Bennington 21 Miss Southern Vermont Classical Piano, "Waldesrauschen" Non-finalist Talent Award
1984 Lorrie Glosick Winooski 21 Miss Middlebury Vocal, "The Trolley Song"
1983 Juliet Lambert Middlebury 19 Vocal, "Don't Rain on My Parade"
1982 Jill Wyckoff South Burlington 20 Gymnastics Dance, Theme from CHiPs
1981 Kimberly Nestle Shelburne 19 Miss Burlington Acrobatic Jazz Dance, "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line
1980 Carole Spolar St. Albans 24 Dramatic Monologue from The Miracle Worker Non-finalist Talent Award
1979 Shari Bach Middlebury 22 Miss Central Vermont Classical Piano, Holberg Suite
1978 Lisa Volkert 20 Miss Middlebury Comedy Monologue, "Collage of TV Commercials: My TV Nightmare"
1977 Andrea Petty Poultney 18 Miss Green Mountain College Classical Vocal, "Glitter And Be Gay" from Candide
1976 Suzanne Wind Saxtons River 18 Miss Brattleboro Winter Carnival Acrobatic Jazz Dance, "Wisdom"
1975 Katherine Rechsteiner Warren 23 Miss Warren Electric Organ, "Galloping Comedian" Later Miss Vermont USA 1979
1974 Donna Shea Windsor 21 Miss Windsor Oratory, "Eulogy of John F. Kennedy"
1973 Joylynn McCraw Barre 22 Miss University of Vermont Popular Vocal & Sign Language, "I Am Woman" Non-finalist Talent Award
1972 Kathy Hebert Burlington 21 Miss Burlington Vocal & Guitar with Display of Fashion Design, "I Don't Know How to Love Him"
1971 Sue Glover Brattleboro 18 Miss Brattleboro Winter Carnival Gymnastics Routine on the Uneven Parallel Bars Non-finalist Talent Award
1970 Pati Papineau Rutland 19 Miss Green Mountain College Classical Ballet, "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
1969 Barbara Schmitt South Hero 21 Miss University of Vermont Comedic Reading, "Archy and Mehitabel"
1968 Elizabeth Sackler Putney 20 Miss Brattleboro Winter Carnival Modern Dance Interpretation to Self-Recorded Reading of "The Last Flower" Non-finalist Talent Award
1967 Kathleen Rowley Williston 19 Vocal Presentation of an Original Song, "The Bigness of Being Small"
1966 Karen Tuttle Brattleboro 18 Miss Brattleboro Winter Carnival Popular Vocal & Jazz Dance
1965 Lois Dodge Grand Isle 20 Vocal, "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
1964 Jean Conner Rutland 21 Popular Vocal
1963 Melissa Hetzel Burlington Popular Vocal, "Fly Me to the Moon" Non-finalist Talent Award
1962 Elaine Wright 22 Display of Fashion Designs
1961 Janice Cole Binghamton, NY 18 Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet Eligible as a student at University of Vermont
1960 Anne Masino Randolph 18 Accordion, "China Boy"
1959 Brenda Naatz St. Johnsbury 19 Piano & 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 Music Non-finalist Talent Award
1956 Sandra Simpson Barre Dress Design Miss Congeniality
1955 Phyllis Reich Bennington Vocal & Dance
1954 Annabelle Pinkham Brattleboro Drama
1953 Carlene King Johnson Rutland Dance Later 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 Campbell Vocal, "Blue Skies"
1946 Lola Sundberg Burlington
1945 Mary Staikos
1935–1944
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
1924–1927
No Vermont representative at Miss America pageant
1923 Hazel Gove[29] Burlington Miss Burlington N/A[30] Competed under local title at national pageant
1922
No Vermont representative at Miss America pageant[31][32]
1921

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