Miss New Hampshire USA
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Manchester |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official Website |
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss New Hampshire.
The Miss New Hampshire USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Hampshire in the Miss USA pageant.
New Hampshire has had little success at Miss USA, and has only placed four times. Two of those placings have been in the past ten years, with Bridget Vezina placing 1st runner-up to Lynnette Cole at Miss USA 2000, and the semi-finals placement of Vanessa Bissanti at Miss USA 2004.
Only two Miss New Hampshire USA titleholders have previously competed at Miss Teen USA, but three have competed at Miss America.
Results summary
Placements
- 1st runners-up: Bridget Vezina (2000)
- Top 12: Eva Dyer (1980)
- Top 15: Sandralee Kay (1962), Vanessa Bissanti (2004)
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 | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Jessica Strohm | Manchester | 24 | TBA | ||
| 2015 | Samantha Sue Poirier | Dover | 23 | |||
| 2014 | Bridget Brunet | South Hampton | 26 | |||
| 2013 | Amber Faucher[1] | Manchester | 22 | Previously Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 2009 | ||
| 2012 | Ryanne Harms | Rochester | 23 | |||
| 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 | Previously Miss New Hampshire 2003, top 10 at Miss America 2004 | ||
| 2004 | Vanessa Bissanti | Manchester | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2003 | Rachael Kay Ribeck | Manchester | 24 | |||
| 2002 | Audra Paquette | Merrimack | 21 | Later Miss New Hampshire 2005 | ||
| 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 | Previously Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 1993 | ||
| 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.[2] | ||
| 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 | Resigned four days after she was arrested for receiving stolen clothes.[3] | |||
| 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 | Later Miss New Hampshire 1978; Mother of Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 2004- Brittany Freeman | |||
| 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 |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ↑ "Amber Faucher Crowned Miss New Hampshire USA 2013". Beauty Pageant News. November 26, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Doug Clark (1993-02-25). "Daily Bump and Grind Does Not Wear on Beauty Pageant Queen". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ UPI (1985-03-04). "Miss New Hampshire-U.S.A. gives up title four days after being arrested". The Baton Rouge State Times. p. 9-A.
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