Miss Connecticut
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Connecticut USA
The Miss Connecticut competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss America pageant. Connecticut has once won the Miss America crown.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Heidi Alice Voight | Milford | Miss Capital Region | |||
| 2005 | Dianna Baitinger | Norwich | Miss North Haven | |||
| 2004 | Nikki Palmieri | North Haven | Miss Montowese | |||
| 2003 | Marla Prete | North Haven | Miss Fairfield County | |||
| 2002 | Tanisha Brito | New London | Miss New London County | Top 10 Finalist | Later Miss Georgia USA 2005 | |
| 2001 | Marissa Perez | Meriden | Miss Fairfield County | Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1996 | ||
| 2000 | Renelle Richardson | Branford | Miss Elm City | |||
| 1999 | Sylvia Gomes | Bridgeport | Miss Hamden | Top 10 Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Lauren Bergamo | Prospect | Miss Hamden | |||
| 1997 | Merissa Starnes | Bloomfield | Miss Nutmeg | Non-finalist talent | ||
| 1996 | Stacy Perrone | Wolcott | Miss Wolcott | |||
| 1995 | Amy Zappone | Wolcott | Miss Wolcott | |||
| 1994 | MaryGrace Santagata | New Haven | Miss Charter Oak | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1993 | Kimberly Burgess | Manchester | Miss Waterbury | |||
| 1992 | Valorie Abate | North Haven | Miss New Haven County | Non-Finalist Talent Award | Former Miss Connecticut USA 1991 | |
| 1991 | Stephanie Stiefel | West Haven | Miss New Haven County | |||
| 1990 | Bianca Salahashourian | Fairfield | Miss Greater Waterbury | |||
| 1989 | Marlena Marshall | Glastonbury | Miss Vernon | |||
| 1988 | Maria Caporale | Oakdale | Miss New London County | |||
| 1987 | Michele Eaton | Shelton | Miss Fairfield County | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1986 | Lorraine Hudson | North Haven | Miss Briarwood College | |||
| 1985 | Lorine Guagenti | Derby | Miss New Haven County | |||
| 1984 | Joanne Caruso | Trumbull | Miss Trumbull | sister of Miss Connecticut 1980 | ||
| 1983 | Dakeita Vanderburg | Westport | Miss Westport | |||
| 1982 | Kelly Slater | Woodbury | Miss Woodbury | |||
| 1981 | Virginia Reichardt | Danbury | Miss Danbury | |||
| 1980 | Jeanne Caruso | Trumbull | Miss Trumbull | Top 10 Finalist | sister of Miss Connecticut 1984, former wife of Joe Theisman | |
| 1979 | Laura Kaufmann | Enfield | Miss Greater Enfield | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1978 | Maryalice Flineroy | Meriden | Miss Meriden | Non-Finalist Talent | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1977 | Karen Kopins | Ridgefield | Miss Ridgefield | |||
| 1976 | Debra LaRoche | Cheshire | Miss Cheshire | |||
| 1975 | Mary Cadorette | East Hartford | Miss Manchester | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1974 | Elisa Heinemann | Wethersfield | Miss Wethersfield | |||
| 1973 | Deborah Blanchard | North Haven | Miss New Haven | |||
| 1972 | Linda Kapral | East Lyme | Miss East Lyme | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1971 | Priscilla Doyle | Rockville | Miss Manchester | |||
| 1970 | Cynthia Fowler | Cheshire | Miss Cheshire | |||
| 1969 | Carol Jean Norval | Stafford Springs | Miss Stafford | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1968 | Gunnell Ragone | West Hartford | Miss University of Hartford | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1967 | Diane Bylo | Norwalk | Miss Stamford | |||
| 1966 | Carole Gelish | Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |||
| 1965 | Donna Scott | Stratford | Miss Danbury | |||
| 1964 | Honora Bukowski | Wallingford | Miss Wallingford | |||
| 1963 | Valerie Stetson | Milldale | Miss Southington | |||
| 1962 | Diane DeMaio | Hartford | Miss Hartford | |||
| 1961 | Karen Scalise | Glastonbury | Miss East Hartford | |||
| 1960 | Wendy Mitchell | New Haven | Miss West Haven | |||
| 1959 | Diana Klug | Torrington | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1958 | Billie Turner | New Canaan | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1957 | Susan Lightbown | Fairfield | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1956 | Joy Corrado | Torrington | ||||
| 1955 | Audrey Figlar | Hartford | ||||
| 1954 | Dorothy Hopkins | Storrs | ||||
| 1953 | Sarah Middleton | Hartford | ||||
| 1952 | Joyce Yeske | West Hartford | ||||
| 1951 | Beverly Buriant | Bridgeport | Future Miss Connecticut USA 1953 | |||
| 1950 | Renee Roy | Hartford | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Future Miss New York City USA 1954, 2nd runner-up Miss USA | |
| 1949 | Barbara Smetana | Bridgeport | ||||
| 1948 | Fairfax Mason | Bridgeport | ||||
| 1947 | Louise Bienvenu | Waterbury | ||||
| 1946 | Joan Turner | West Haven | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1945 | Sylvia Shaw | Hartford | ||||
| 1944 | Barbara Fisher | East Hartford | ||||
| 1943 | Mary Rice | Hartford | ||||
| 1942 | Alice Clifford | Burlington | ||||
| 1941 | Daphne Gladding | Plymouth | ||||
| 1940 | Dorothy Pickard | New Haven | ||||
| 1939 | Frieda Lampar | Bridgeport | ||||
| 1938 | Blanche Hawley | Stratford | ||||
| 1937 | Frances Greene | Milford | ||||
| 1936 | Tilie Grey | Waterbury | 2nd Runner-up | |||
| 1935 | Margaretta Kling | New Haven | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1933-1934 | Marian Bergeron | West Haven | Winner | Held the State & National Title for Two Years | ||
| 1927-1932 | No Pageants Held | |||||
| 1926 | Molla Barnett | |||||
| 1925 | Helen Kanehi | |||||
| 1924 | Helen Haddock | |||||
| 1923 | None | |||||
| 1922 | Paula Spottle |
[edit] External links
| Connecticut Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Connecticut |
Miss USA Miss Connecticut USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Connecticut Teen USA |
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