Miss Maryland World Explained

Miss Maryland World
Formation:1951
Type:Beauty pageant
Headquarters:Essex
Location:Maryland
Language:English
Leader Title:State Director
Leader Name:Faith Hassou
Website:Official Website

The Miss Maryland World competition is a beauty pageant that selects the representative for Maryland in the Miss World America pageant.[1] [2]

The current Miss Maryland World is Carissa Wu.

Winners

Color key
  • Declared as Winner/Ended as Miss World America
  • Ended as runner-up
  • Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
  • Ended as special awards winner
  • Ended as Miss USA
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2021TBATBATBATBATBA
2020Carissa Wu[4] 20
2019Kenyatta Beazer[5] Baltimore22Top 25
2018did not compete
2017Mariela PepinSevern21Top 10Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 2014 and unplaced at Miss Teen USA 2014. Later Miss Maryland USA 2019 and Top 10 finalist at Miss USA 2019.
Later Miss Luquillo World 2022 and competed for Miss World Puerto Rico 2022
Chelsea BooneGlenn Dale26
2016Christina DennyBaltimore25Top 12Previously Miss Maryland 2013 and Miss Maryland USA 2016. Top 10 semi-finalist at Miss America 2014 and unplaced at Miss USA 2016.
Sujita BasnetBaltimore23Top 12
Tarese TaylorBaltimore25Top 12People's Choice
Ruby JohnsonAnnapolis19Previously Miss Earth Maryland 2015 and a finalist at Miss Earth United States 2015.
2015Syanne Centeno[6] Hughesville23Top 12
Miss Maryland United States 2014
2014Amanda Ross[7] Baltimore23
Miss Maryland World
2013No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013.
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005No known representatives from Maryland from 2003 to 2005.
2004
2003
2002No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002.
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994Jennifer Kelly
1993Michelle Robert
1992Jeanne Hangliter
Miss Maryland USA 1981-1991
1991Lisa Marie LawsonCrofton
1990Julie StanfordEdgewaterPreviously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1986
1989Jackie CarrollGaithersburg
1988Rowanne BrewerSilver Spring23Top 10Miss PhotogenicMarried rock musician Jani Lane
1987Michelle SnowGermantown
1986Kelly KoehlerChurchton
1985Christine MarieBaldwin
1984Betsy Cook*Bethesda
1983Shawn KellerAshton
1982Angie BoyerDunkirk18Top 12
1981Linda Susan LambertBaltimore22Top 12
Miss Maryland World
1980Lori EstepWashington, D.C.Later Miss District of Columbia USA 1982 and contestant at Miss USA 1982.
1979Sheri Clineman
1978Celeste Woschke
1977Lydia Vuynovich
1976Amy Whiting
1975Elizabeth Erinn Pittengee
1974Deborah Lynn Goode
1973Bonnie Joy BidlackTop 16
1972Pia Nancy CanzaniBaltimore23Later Miss American Beauty 1973 (Miss U.S. International 1973). Competed at Miss International 1973 as Miss American Beauty (USA).
1971Gail SomervilleTop 18
Carlotta V. Moore
1969Paulette ReckPerry Hall212nd Runner-UpPreviously Miss Maryland USA 1968 and 1st Runner-Up at Miss USA 1968.
1968Evelyn Everhart
1967Paula Jean MartinTop 15
1966Unknown
1965Sharon Jane Dennis
1964Laurie MillsCompeted as Maryland
Gloria MathisAnnapolisCompeted as Annapolis, Maryland
1963Kathy AlexanderBaltimoreCompeted as Baltimore, Maryland
  • No official Miss Maryland World titleholder
  • Kathy Alexander was Miss Baltimore, MD World
Betsy Reeves
1961Diane Dolores WhiteBaltimore263rd Runner-UpPreviously Miss Maryland USA 1959 and Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss USA 1959.
Carolyn Clark
1959No known representatives from Maryland in 1958 & 1959.
1958
Miss Maryland USA 1953-1957
1957Mary Leona GageGlen Burnie18Miss USA 1957
  • Dethroned after it was discovered she was married and had two children[8]
1956Charlene HoltAnnapolis28Top 15
1955Gloria Ruth KingBaltimore
1954Barbara EschenburgBerlinTop 21Later Disqualified (under age)
1953Diane Gale DurhamSilver Spring
Miss Maryland World
1952No known representatives from Maryland in 1951 & 1952.
1951
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miss World USA Pageant . 2014-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021230458/http://www.pageantopolis.com/nat_past/World-USA.htm . 2014-10-21 . usurped .
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20130413173404/http://www.pageantopolis.com/nat_past/world-america.htm The American representatives to Miss World 1978-1994
  3. Age at the time of the Miss World America pageant
  4. Web site: Miss World America Maryland 2020 – Miss World America. 2020-09-03. en-US.
  5. Web site: Miss World America - Maryland.
  6. Web site: Miss Maryland World 2015 Syanne Centeno - YouTube. 2020-08-31. www.youtube.com.
  7. Web site: Former MSU Cheerleader Crowned Miss Maryland. 2020-08-31. Morgan State University Athletics. en.
  8. News: The long, unhappy pageant of Mary Leona Gage. The Baltimore Sun. 10 April 2005. John. Woestendiek.