Miss Connecticut USA explained

Miss Connecticut USA
Formation:1952
Type:Beauty pageant
Headquarters:Coral Springs
Location:Florida
Membership:Miss USA
Language:English
Key People:Barbara Ewald

Miss Connecticut USA is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. The pageant is directed by Ewald Productions.

Connecticut's most successful placement was in 2013, when Erin Brady was crowned Miss USA. Connecticut's most recent placement was in 2022, when Karla Aponte Roque placed in the Top 20.

The current titleholder is Shavana Clarke of Bridgeport and was crowned on April 14, 2024 at The Marriott Hartford in Windsor, Connecticut. Clarke will represent Connecticut at Miss USA 2024.

Results summary

Connecticut holds a record of 13 placements at Miss USA.

Winners

Color key
  • Winner
  • Runner-Up
  • Semifinalist
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2024Shavana ClarkeBridgeport29Miss Greater Bridgeport
2023Karla Aponte RoqueBranford27Miss Greater New Haven Top 20
2022Cynthia DiasWolcott22Miss Wolcott Top 12
2021Amanda TorchiaMiddlebury25Miss Middlebury
2020Chelsea DembyFarmington23
2019Acacia Courtney Hamden26
2018Jamie Hughes27
2017Olga LitvinenkoGreenwich27
2016Tiffany TeixeiraBridgeport24Top 10
2015Ashley GolebiewskiBerlin21
2014Desirée Pérez[4] Greenwich26
2013Erin Brady East Hampton26Miss USA 2013
2012Marie-Lynn PiscitelliNorth Haven26
2011Regina Turner[5] Old Saybrook21
2010Ashley BickfordTorrington24
2009Monica PietrzakManchester25Top 15
2008Jacqueline HonulikFairfield21
2007Melanie MudryNew Hartford26
2006Jeannine PhillipsLisbon22
2005Melissa MandakHamden26
2004Sheila WiatrRocky Hill24
2003Michelle LaFranceOrange24
2002Alita DawsonHamden224th Runner-Up
2001Amy VanderoefBristol26
2000Sallie ToussaintHartford25
1999Christina DamicoHartford
1998Kristina HughesPawcatuck
1997Christine PavoneShelton23
1996Wanda GonzalezHartford24
1995Traci BryantNew Haven
1994Mistrella EganDanbury
1993Alison BenusisRidgefield
1992Catherine SanchezHartford
1991Valorie AbateHartford
1990Allison Barbeau-DiorioHartford
1989Lisa VendettiSouth Windsor
1988Cathy GalassoHamden
1987Jolene FoyClinton
1986Jennifer BenusisRidgefield
1985Adrianne HazelwoodHamden18
1984Lynne ScaloBridgeport
1983Mary SelemanSwansea
1982Maureen SzekeresShelton
1981Kelly ThompsonMonroe
1980Kristine WilsonFarmington
1979Mary Beth LombardiVernon
1978Martha SzaboHartford
1977Sue CroneMeriden
1976Roslyn Ralph[6] Waterbury23
1975Michele MenegayHartford
1974Valerie CappelloHartford
1973Wendy VecchiarinoHartford
1972Diane StevensHartford
1971Diane Turetzky[7] Waterford18
1970Patricia MatthewsFarmington
1969Elizabeth WandermanHartfordTop 15
1968Janice ShilinskyHartfordTop 15
1967Linda Drew
1966Pat DenneWest Hartford1st Runner-Up
1965Elizabeth MatuskoHartford
1964Patricia PowellHartford
1963Gail DinanHartford
1962Diane ZabickiMiddletown1st Runner-Up
1961Florence MayetteHartfordTop 15
1960Joyce TrautwigHartfordTop 15
1959Jayne BurghardtHartford
1958Dorothy DillenHartford
1957Rosemary GalliottiHartford
1956Dorothy BaileyHartford
1955Jane BartolottaHartford
1954Andrea ToddHartfordTop 21
1953Beverlee BurlantHartford
1952Jo KuhlmannHartford

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Notes and References

  1. News: Shana . Wickett . Pageant winner believes classroom more important than stag . New Haven Register . July 12, 2009.
  2. News: Steve . Smith . Miss Connecticut 2014 crowned . Hartford Courant . July 10, 2014 . 2019-01-09 . 2018-08-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180829035553/http://articles.courant.com/2014-07-10/reminder-news/rnw-all-miss-connecticut-2014-20140710_1_miss-connecticut-miss-america-outstanding-teen . dead .
  3. Web site: Miss Hamden crowned Miss Connecticut at Garde Arts Center in New London . www.theday.com . July 1, 2014.
  4. Web site: Greenwich woman wins Miss Connecticut title . Eve Sullivan . November 17, 2013 . greenwichtime.com . November 18, 2013.
  5. News: Dreams, poise and passion carry pageant contestants: winners named. New Britain Herald. 2010-12-06. Susan. Corica.
  6. News: The Winner. The Day. 1975-12-29.
  7. News: Miss Connecticut is Waterford Girl. The Day. Norm. Soderberg. 1971-04-30.

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