Miss New Hampshire USA
The Miss New Hampshire USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Hampshire in the Miss USA pageant. It was directed by The Clemente Organization based in Malden, Massachusetts from 2013 to 2019. GDB Theatre and Pageant Productions became the new directors for the event starting from 2020 competition.
New Hampshire has had little success at Miss USA that was not yet placed until 1962, the fifth-to-last state has made its ever placement, and has only placed five times. New Hampshire most recent placement was Camila Sacco at Miss USA 2022 after 18 years of consecutive non-placements.
Three Miss New Hampshire USA titleholders have previously competed at Miss Teen USA, and three have competed at Miss America.
Ariel Sullivan of Portsmouth was crowned Miss New Hampshire USA 2024 on June 9, 2024, and will represent New Hampshire at Miss USA 2024.
Results summary
Placements
- 1st runners-up: Bridget Vezina (2000)
- Top 12: Eva Dyer (1980), Camila Sacco (2022)
- Top 15: Sandralee Kay (1962), Vanessa Bissanti (2004)
New Hampshire holds a record of 5 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Diane Gadoury (1984)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2024 | Ariel Sullivan | Portsmouth | 28 | Miss SeaCoast | |||
| 2023 | Britney Lane | Hooksett | 26 | Miss Hooksett | |||
| 2022 | Camila Sacco | Portsmouth | 27 | Miss Portsmouth | Top 12 | Born in Paraguay | |
| 2021 | Taylor Fogg | Newbury | 26 | ||||
| 2020 | Alyssa Fernandes | Merrimack | 25 |
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| 2019 | Alexis Chinn | Pembroke | 21 | Contestant of Miss Earth United States 2016 | |||
| 2018 | Michelle McEwan | Harrisville | 25 | Born in Thailand | |||
| 2017 | Sarah Mousseau | Stratham | 26 | ||||
| 2016 | Jessica Strohm | Manchester | 24 | New England Patriots Cheerleader | |||
| 2015 | Samantha Sue Poirier | Dover | 23 | ||||
| 2014 | Bridget Brunet | South Hampton | 26 | ||||
| 2013 | Amber Faucher | Manchester | 22 | Miss Manchester |
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| 2012 | Ryanne Harms | Rochester | 23 | Miss Lilac City | |||
| 2011 | LacyJane Folger | Farmington | 22 | ||||
| 2010 | Nicole Houde | Manchester | 23 | ||||
| 2009 | Christy Dunn | Laconia | 25 | ||||
| 2008 | Breanne Silvi | Nashua | 23 | ||||
| 2007 | Laura Silva | Londonderry | 19 | ||||
| 2006 | Krystal Barry | Belmont | 20 | ||||
| 2005 | Candace Glickman | Manchester | 23 |
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| 2004 | Vanessa Bissanti | Manchester | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 2003 | Rachael Kay Ribeck | Manchester | 24 | ||||
| 2002 | Audra Paquette | Merrimack | 21 |
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| 2001 | Melissa Anne Robbins | Manchester | 24 | ||||
| 2000 | Bridget Jane Vezina | Manchester | 19 | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1999 | Melissa MacLaughlin | Manchester | 18 | ||||
| 1998 | Nadia Semerdjiev | Manchester | 23 | ||||
| 1997 | Gretchen Durgin | Lancaster | 21 |
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| 1996 | Julie Minta Gleneck | Manchester | 21 | ||||
| 1995 | Valerie Gosselin | Manchester | 22 | ||||
| 1994 | Kelly Zarse | Manchester | 19 | ||||
| 1993 | Heidi Cambra | Hampstead | 25 | ||||
| 1992 | Rebecca Lee Lake | Manchester | 26 | ||||
| 1991 | Adriana Molinari | Manchester | 20 | Stripped her crown when a tabloid revealed that she had been a stripper. | |||
| 1990 | Lisa Parnpichate | Manchester | 23 | ||||
| 1989 | Fayleen Anne Chwalek | Manchester | 24 | ||||
| 1988 | Diane Lynn Wright | Manchester | 22 | ||||
| 1987 | Laurie Durkee | Hampton Beach | 21 | ||||
| 1986 | Lynda Mary Poulin | Durham | 24 | ||||
| 1985 | Janice LaCroix | Manchester | 25 | ||||
| Rhonda Niles | Manchester | 20 | did not compete | Resigned four days after she was arrested for receiving stolen clothes. | |||
| 1984 | Diane Gadoury | Hampstead | 26 | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1983 | Lynn Stockwell | Hampton | 23 | ||||
| 1982 | Kathy Rogers | Seabrook | |||||
| 1981 | Cynthia Leigh Graves | North Conway | |||||
| 1980 | Eva Dyer | Amherst | Semi-finalist, finishing in 9th Place | ||||
| 1979 | Patricia Brous | Peterborough | |||||
| 1978 | Barbara Miller | ||||||
| 1977 | Belinda Bridgeman | Merrimack |
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| 1976 | Sinceree Rowlette | ||||||
| 1975 | Bonnie Gates | Salem | |||||
| 1974 | June Tedeschi | ||||||
| 1973 | Grace Knox | ||||||
| 1972 | Cathy Davis | ||||||
| 1971 | Jane Laroche | ||||||
| 1970 | Gale Eriksson | Concord | |||||
| 1969 | Dorothy Conners | ||||||
| 1968 | Deborah Steers | ||||||
| 1967 | Jennifer Brown | ||||||
| 1966 | Elaine Brandt | ||||||
| 1965 | Kathryn Pines | Hollis | 22 | ||||
| 1964 | Beverly Ann Hebert | ||||||
| 1963 | Janny McCloud | ||||||
| 1962 | Sandralee Kay | Semi-finalist | |||||
| 1961 | Ellen Lipson | ||||||
| 1960 | Joan Joyce Chesleing | ||||||
| 1959 | Nancy Jeanne Gray | ||||||
| 1958 | Patricia Gail Larrabee | ||||||
| 1957 | Lyla Moran | ||||||
| 1956 | Rita Leclerc | Berlin | 21 | ||||
| 1955 | Patricia Ann Mowry | ||||||
| 1954 | Myrna Louise Smith | ||||||
| 1953 | Muriel Roy | ||||||
| 1952 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
- ^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ Doug Clark (1993-02-25). "Daily Bump and Grind Does Not Wear on Beauty Pageant Queen". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ "Miss USA-NH says she's victim of blackmail plot". Concord, NH: The Telegraph. Associated Press. 1991-03-10. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
- ^ "Hampton stripper loses beauty title". Hampton, NH: The Telegraph. Associated Press. 1991-04-27. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
- ^ "Miss New Hampshire-U.S.A. gives up title four days after being arrested". UPI. The Baton Rouge State Times. 1985-03-04. p. 9-A.
External links
- Official Website Archived 2019-07-10 at the Wayback Machine