Miss Maine USA
The Miss Maine USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant has been directed by Mackenzie Davis, Miss Maine USA 2004, since 2007.
Maine is one of the less successful Miss USA states, with only seven placements as of 2011. In 2006 Katee Stearns made the semi-finals, becoming only the fifth woman from Maine and the first since 1977 to make the cut. In 2010, Katie Whittier became the first delegate from Maine to reach the top five, finishing 4th runner up. In 2011, Ashley Marble became Maine's first consecutive placement.
Three Miss Maine USAs were former Miss Maine Teen USA titleholders, who competed at Miss Teen USA. One also competed at Miss America.
Results summary
Placements
- 4th Runner up: Katie Whittier (2010)
- Top 8: Ashley Lynn Marble (2011)
- Top 12: Tina Ann Brown (1977)
- Top 15: Jackie Lee (1953), Carolyn Komant (1959), Margaret McAleer (1970), Katee Stearns (2006)
- Top 16: Rani Williamson (2012)
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Samantha Dahlborg | Gorham | 20 | |||
| 2013 | Ali Clair [1] | South China | 23 | |||
| 2012 | Rani Williamson | Portland | 25 | Top 16 | ||
| 2011 | Ashley Lynn Marble | Topsfield | 27 | Top 8[2] | Previously Miss Maine Teen USA 2000, Marble is the longest tenured return to nationals, as Ashley won her teen title 11 years ago. [3] | |
| Emily Johnson | South Portland | 22 | Relinquished crown on January 25, 2011 so she could attend her sister's wedding on the date of the Miss USA pageant.[4] | |||
| 2010 | Katie Ashley Whittier | New Gloucester | 26 | 4th runner-up[5] | It is the best finish ever for a Maine contestant | |
| 2009 | Ashley Underwood[6] | Benton | 24 | Contestant on Survivor: Redemption Island[7] | ||
| 2008 | Kaetlin Parent[8] | Van Buren | 20 | Previously Miss Maine Teen USA 2005[8] | ||
| 2007 | Erin Good | Fairfield | 22 | |||
| 2006 | Katee Stearns[9] | Orono | 19 | Top 15[10] | Previously Maine's Junior Miss 2004 | |
| 2005 | Erica Marie Commeau[11] | Brewer | 20 | |||
| 2004 | Mackenzie Davis | Hallowell | 24 | Current director of the Miss Maine USA and Miss Maine Teen USA pageants. | ||
| 2003 | Lacey Lee Hutchinson | Biddeford | 23 | |||
| 2002 | Su-Ying Leung[12] | Oakland | ||||
| 2001 | Melissa Bard | Winslow | ||||
| 2000 | Jennifer Lyn Hunt | Rumford | Previously Miss Maine Teen USA 1994 | |||
| 1999 | Heather Coutts | Portland | Later Mrs. Maine America 2006 under her married name, Heather Clark. | |||
| 1998 | Kathy Morse | Standish | ||||
| 1997 | Stephanie Worcester[13] | Winthrop | 20 | |||
| 1996 | Julann Vadnais | Biddeford | 23 | |||
| 1995 | Kerri Malinowski[14] | Pittston | Previously Miss Maine Teen USA 1991 | |||
| 1994 | Colleen Brink | Gorham | ||||
| 1993 | Jodi Cutting | Waterville | ||||
| 1992 | Linda Marie Kiene | Scarborough | Previously Miss Maine Teen USA 1986 | |||
| 1991 | Melissa Oliver | South Portland | ||||
| 1990 | Leigh Bubar | Sanford | ||||
| 1989 | Kirsten Blakemore | Brunswick | ||||
| 1988 | Suzanne Grenier | Scarborough | ||||
| 1987 | Ginger Kilgore | South Portland | ||||
| 1986 | Annie Lewis | Portland | ||||
| 1985 | Tracie Samara | Portland | ||||
| 1984 | Vickie Lynn Gay[15] | Oxford | ||||
| 1983 | Rosemarie Hemond | Minot | ||||
| 1982 | Theresa Ann Cloutier | South Portland | ||||
| 1981 | Judy Lynn Footer[16] | Bath | ||||
| 1980 | Victoria Elias[17] | Benton | ||||
| 1979 | Valerie Crooker | Brunswick | Later Miss Maine 1980 | |||
| 1978 | Catherine Ursula Ledue | Portland | ||||
| 1977 | Tina Ann Brown[18] | Portland | 21 | Top 12 | ||
| 1976 | Dawn St.Clair | Waterville | ||||
| 1975 | Denise Sue Hill | Orono | ||||
| 1974 | Rebecca Ruth Titcomb[19] | Houlton | 19 | |||
| 1973 | Brenda Davis | Southwest Harbor | ||||
| 1972 | Cynthia Luce | Sugarloaf Mountain | ||||
| 1971 | Ruth McCleery | Farmington | ||||
| 1970 | Margaret Aletha McAleer | Waterville | 20 | Top 15 | Represented Maine in Miss World USA 1970 | |
| 1969 | Elaine Bolduc | Winslow | ||||
| 1968 | Cheryl Campbell | Skowhegan | ||||
| 1967 | Marlo Williams | Bangor | ||||
| 1966 | Susan Bartash | Rumford | ||||
| 1965 | Georgia Wilson | Portland | ||||
| 1964 | Corneille "Connie" Edwards | Mechanic Falls | ||||
| 1963 | Laurel Ann Barker | Portland | ||||
| 1962 | Karen J. Henderson | South Portland | ||||
| 1961 | Barbara Ann Dyer | Dexter | ||||
| 1960 | Terry Suzanne Tripp | Lewiston | ||||
| 1959 | Carolyn Ann Komant | Kittery | 18 | Top 15 | ||
| 1958 | Karen Louise Hanson | Cumberland Center | ||||
| 1957 | Roberta Aymie | Jackman | ||||
| 1956 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1955 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1954 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1953 | Jackie Lee | Cape Neddick | 22 | Top 16 | ||
| 1952 | Jean Marie Lemire* | Old Town |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
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- ^ "Pageant Crowns First Minority Champion". Portland Press Herald. 2001-09-29. p. 2B.
- ^ "Miss Maine USA will compete on national show". Sun Journal. 28 January 1997.
- ^ "UM student named Miss Maine USA". Bangor Daily News. 22 March 1994.
- ^ Trundy, Crystal (24 February 1984). "Oxford Girl wins Miss Maine-USA Title". The Lewiston Daily Sun.
- ^ "Miss Maine USA Crowned". The Lewiston Daily Sun. 2 February 1981.
- ^ "Benton Girl Miss Maine; Minot Girl Places 4th". The Lewiston Daily Sun. 15 April 1980.
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- ^ "Heading for Miss USA". Bangor Daily News. 1974-05-06.