Miss Connecticut USA
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Hartford |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Connecticut.
Erin Brady, Miss Connecticut USA 2013 & Miss USA 2013
Ashley Bickford, Miss Connecticut USA 2010
The Miss Connecticut USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss USA pageant. This pageant is currently licensed to, and produced by, Sanders & Associates, Inc..
Despite a number of semi-finals placements in the 1960s, Connecticut is overall one of the least successful states at Miss USA. From 1969 until 2002, not one Miss Connecticut USA had placed at the national competition. In 2002, this spell was broken by Alita Dawson, who placed 4th runner-up. Dawson was one of three former Miss Connecticut Teen USAs to win the Miss crown (although a former Miss Wisconsin Teen USA also won this competition).
Erin Brady of East Hampton became the first Miss USA ever from the state of Connecticut when she was crowned Miss USA 2013. The current titleholder is Olga Litvinenko.
Results summary
- Winners: Erin Brady (2013)
- First runners-up: Diane Zabicki (1962), Pat Denne (1966)
- Fourth 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)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Olga Litvinenko | Greenwich | 26 | TBA | Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2007 | |
| 2016 | Tiffany Teixeira | Bridgeport | 24 | Top 10 | Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2009 | |
| 2015 | Ashley Golebiewski | Hartford | 21 | |||
| 2014 | Desirée Pérez[1] | Greenwich | 26 | Born in Venezuela Previously Miss Connecticut U.S. International 2013 | ||
| 2013 | Erin Brady | East Hampton | 26 | Miss USA 2013 | Top 10 at Miss Universe 2013 | |
| 2012 | Marie-Lynn Piscitelli | North Haven | 26 | Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2001 | ||
| 2011 | Regina Turner[2] | Old Saybrook | 21 | |||
| 2010 | Ashley Bickford | Torrington | 24 | Triple Crown winner: Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2002 and Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2002.
Previously Miss Rhode Island 2007 and Preliminary Swimsuit Winner and Miss Photogenic at Miss America 2008. | ||
| 2009 | Monica Pietrzak | Manchester | 25 | Top 15 | Sister of Miss Massachusetts USA 2012, Natalie Victoria Pietrzak | |
| 2008 | Jacqueline Honulik | Fairfield | 21 | |||
| 2007 | Melanie Mudry | New Hartford | 26 | Later Mrs. Connecticut America 2009 under her married name, Melanie Varian.[3] | ||
| 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 | Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1997, Miss Teen All American 1998 | |
| 2001 | Amy Vanderoef | Bristol | 26 | |||
| 2000 | Sallie Toussaint | Hartford | 25 | Miss World USA 1997, semifinalist at Miss World 1997 | ||
| 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 | Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1991 | |||
| 1992 | Catherine Sanchez | Hartford | ||||
| 1991 | Valorie Abate | Hartford | Miss Connecticut 1992. 1st Runner-Up at Miss Oktoberfest 1991 | |||
| 1990 | Allison Barbeau-Diorio | Hartford | Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1987 | |||
| 1989 | Lisa Vendetti | South Windsor | ||||
| 1988 | Cathy Galasso | Hamden | ||||
| 1987 | Jolene Foy | Clinton | ||||
| 1986 | Jennifer Benusis | Ridgefield | ||||
| 1985 | Adrianne Hazelwood | Hamden | 18 | Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1984, top 10 in Miss Teen USA 1984, and first Miss Teen USA state titleholder to win a Miss USA state title. | ||
| 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[4] | Waterbury | 23 | |||
| 1975 | Michele Menegay | Hartford | ||||
| 1974 | Valerie Cappello | Hartford | ||||
| 1973 | Wendy Vecchiarino | Hartford | ||||
| 1972 | Diane Stevens | Hartford | ||||
| 1971 | Diane Turetzky[5] | Waterford | 18 | |||
| 1970 | Patricia Matthews | Farmington | ||||
| 1969 | Elizabeth Wanderman | Hartford | Semifinalist | semifinalist in Miss World USA 1971 as Miss New Jersey | ||
| 1968 | Janice Shilinsky | Hartford | Semifinalist | |||
| 1967 | Linda Drews | |||||
| 1966 | Pat Denne | West Hartford | 1st Runner-Up | |||
| 1965 | Elizabeth Matusko | Hartford | ||||
| 1964 | Patricia Powell | Hartford | ||||
| 1963 | Gail Dinan | Hartford | semifinalist in Miss American Beauty 1965, title of usa rep to Miss International pageant | |||
| 1962 | Diane Zabicki | Middletown | 1st Runner-Up | |||
| 1961 | Florence Mayette | Hartford | Semifinalist | represented Vermont in Miss World USA 1961, did not place | ||
| 1960 | Joyce Trautwig | Hartford | Semifinalist | |||
| 1959 | Jayne Burghardt | Hartford | ||||
| 1958 | Dorothy Dillen | Hartford | ||||
| 1957 | Rosemary Galliotti | Hartford | ||||
| 1956 | Dorothy Bailey | Hartford | ||||
| 1955 | Jane Bartolotta | Hartford | ||||
| 1954 | Andrea Todd | Hartford | Semifinalist | |||
| 1953 | Beverlee Burlant | Hartford | ||||
| 1952 | Jo Kuhlmann | Hartford |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "2009 Mrs America". Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "The Winner". The Day. 1975-12-29.
- ↑ Soderberg, Norm (1971-04-31). "Miss Connecticut is Waterford Girl". The Day. Check date values in:
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