| Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Miss America Talent |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
| 2011 |
Morgan Amarone[1] |
Hamden |
23 |
Miss Southington |
Dance "My Strongest Suit" from Aida |
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Previously 1st runner up at Connecticut's Outstanding Teen 2005 |
| 2010 |
Brittany Decker |
Bristol |
21 |
Miss Hartford County |
Vocal "Journey to the Past" |
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| 2009 |
Sharalynn Kuziak |
Southington |
22 |
Miss Constitution |
Theatrical Tap Dance |
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| 2008 |
Ashley Glenn |
Hamden |
23 |
Miss Shoreline |
Lyrical Dance |
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Former Massachusetts' Junior Miss 2003 |
| 2007 |
Dana Daunis |
Watertown |
22 |
Miss Fairfield County |
Vocal "Let Him Fly" |
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Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award |
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2006 |
| Lauren Betancourt |
Suffield |
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Miss North Haven |
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Crowned Miss CT on June 23, 2007 and resigned on August 6, 2007 |
| 2006 |
Heidi Alice Voight |
Milford |
24 |
Miss Capital Region |
Vocal "Why Haven't I Heard from You" |
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| 2005 |
Dianna Baitinger |
Norwich |
23 |
Miss North Haven |
Vocal "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" |
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| 2004 |
Nikki Palmieri |
North Haven |
22 |
Miss Montowese |
Jazz Dance "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man" |
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| 2003 |
Marla Prete |
North Haven |
22 |
Miss Fairfield County |
Tap Dance "I Got Rhythm" & "Fascinating Rhythm" |
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| 2002 |
Tanisha Brito |
New London |
22 |
Miss New London County |
Tap Dance "Let's Face the Music and Dance" |
Top 10 Finalist |
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Later Miss Georgia USA 2005 |
| 2001 |
Marissa Perez |
Meriden |
23 |
Miss Fairfield County |
Vocal "This Time Around" |
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Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1996 |
| 2000 |
Renelle Richardson |
Branford |
18 |
Miss Elm City |
Classical Ballet en Pointe "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote |
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| 1999 |
Sylvia Gomes |
Bridgeport |
20 |
Miss Hamden |
Piano "Theme from The Piano" |
Top 10 Finalist |
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| 1998 |
Lauren Bergamo |
Prospect |
19 |
Miss Hamden |
Vocal "It's Time" |
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| 1997 |
Merissa Starnes |
Bloomfield |
21 |
Miss Nutmeg |
Contemporary Ballet en Pointe |
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Non-finalist talent |
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| 1996 |
Stacy Perrone |
Wolcott |
22 |
Miss Wolcott |
Vocal "And This Is My Beloved" |
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| 1995 |
Amy Zappone |
Wolcott |
18 |
Miss Wolcott |
Dance "Dancin' Fool" from Copacabana |
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| 1994 |
MaryGrace Santagata |
New Haven |
24 |
Miss Charter Oak |
Vocal |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 1993 |
Kimberly Burgess |
Manchester |
22 |
Miss Waterbury |
Lyrical Dance "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" |
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| 1992 |
Valorie Abate |
North Haven |
22 |
Miss New Haven County |
Classical Vocal "Carnival of Venice" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
Former Miss Connecticut USA 1991, 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1991 |
| 1991 |
Stephanie Stiefel |
West Haven |
26 |
Miss New Haven County |
Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" |
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| 1990 |
Bianca Salahashourian |
Fairfield |
25 |
Miss Greater Waterbury |
Vocal "Part of Your World" |
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| 1989 |
Marlena Marshall |
Glastonbury |
25 |
Miss Vernon |
Ballet en Pointe |
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| 1988 |
Maria Caporale |
Oakdale |
24 |
Miss New London County |
Vocal "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
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| 1987 |
Michele Eaton |
Shelton |
21 |
Miss Fairfield County |
Baton Twirling "They're Playing Our Song" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
Toured with Miss America Gillette Troupe |
| 1986 |
Lorraine Hudson |
North Haven |
24 |
Miss Briarwood College |
Vocal "Something's Coming" from West Side Story |
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| 1985 |
Lorine Guagenti |
Derby |
21 |
Miss New Haven County |
Jazz Dance |
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| 1984 |
Joanne Caruso |
Trumbull |
23 |
Miss Trumbull |
Clarinet "Jazz Medley" |
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sister of Miss Connecticut 1980 |
| 1983 |
Dakeita Vanderburg |
Westport |
26 |
Miss Westport |
Popular Vocal "I Can See It" |
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| 1982 |
Kelly Slater |
Woodbury |
21 |
Miss Woodbury |
Popular Vocal "Blue Champagne" |
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| 1981 |
Virginia Reichardt |
Danbury |
21 |
Miss Danbury |
Country Western Vocal "Love is a Rose" & "Queen of Hearts" |
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| 1980 |
Jeanne Caruso |
Trumbull |
21 |
Miss Trumbull |
Piano & Original Vocal "Song For Tomorrow" |
Top 10 Finalist |
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sister of Miss Connecticut 1984, former wife of Joe Theisman |
| 1979 |
Laura Kaufmann |
Enfield |
18 |
Miss Greater Enfield |
Interpretive Modern Jazz Dance |
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Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1978 |
Maryalice Flintroy |
Meriden |
18 |
Miss Meriden |
Popular Vocal "Inseparable" |
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Non-Finalist Talent |
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1977 |
Karen Kopins |
Ridgefield |
18 |
Miss Ridgefield |
Modern Jazz Dance "Zero to Sixty in Five" |
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actress who has appeared in Dallas, Designing Women, Perry Mason, and films Troop Beverly Hills and Once Bitten. |
| 1976 |
Debra LaRoche |
Cheshire |
20 |
Miss Cheshire |
Popular Vocal "I Feel a Song Coming On" |
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| 1975 |
Mary Cadorette |
East Hartford |
18 |
Miss Manchester |
Modern Jazz Dance |
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Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1974 |
Elisa Heinemann |
Wethersfield |
18 |
Miss Wethersfield |
Dramatic Interpretations "Prunella" "Yenta" & "Wicked Witch" |
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| 1973 |
Deborah Blanchard |
North Haven |
21 |
Miss New Haven |
Modern Jazz Dance "West Side Story" |
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| 1972 |
Linda Kapral |
East Lyme |
19 |
Miss East Lyme |
Modern Jazz, African Dance & Gymnastics |
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Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1971 |
Priscilla Doyle |
Rockville |
23 |
Miss Manchester |
Flamenco Dance |
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| 1970 |
Cynthia Fowler |
Cheshire |
21 |
Miss Cheshire |
Classical Vocal "The Jewel Song" from Faust |
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| 1969 |
Carol Jean Norval |
Stafford Springs |
21 |
Miss Stafford |
Organ "St. Louis Blues" |
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Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 1968 |
Gunnell Ragone |
West Hartford |
21 |
Miss University of Hartford |
Popular Vocal & Monologue "Guantanamera" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1967 |
Diane Bylo |
Norwalk |
21 |
Miss Stamford |
Vocal "Heaven Hop" |
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| 1966 |
Carole Gelish |
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Accordion Solo |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe; Carol Gelish assumed the title after charging that the winner, Karen Maguire,[citation needed] was not qualified. Behind closed doors with pageant officials present there was some sort of secret run-off with the original winner. At that meeting, Miss Gelish was declared the winner. |
| 1965 |
Donna Scott |
Stratford |
18 |
Miss Danbury |
Vocal "Someone to Watch Over Me" |
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| 1964 |
Honora Bukowski |
Wallingford |
18 |
Miss Wallingford |
Jazz Dance |
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| 1963 |
Valerie Stetson |
Milldale |
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Miss Southington |
Modern Ballet |
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| 1962 |
Diane DeMaio |
Hartford |
18 |
Miss Hartford |
Dramatic Skit |
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| 1961 |
Karen Scalise |
Glastonbury |
18 |
Miss East Hartford |
Sermon based on Sermon on the Mount |
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| 1960 |
Wendy Mitchell |
New Haven |
18 |
Miss West Haven |
Vocal "Just In Time" |
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| 1959 |
Diana Klug |
Torrington |
21 |
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Speech on Fashion Designing, Presentation of Original Designs & Tractor Driving |
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Preliminary Talent Award |
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| 1958 |
Billie Turner |
New Canaan |
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Ballet en Pointe from Les Sylphides |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award |
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| 1957 |
Susan Lightbown |
Fairfield |
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Vocal |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1956 |
Joy Corrado |
Torrington |
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Organ |
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| 1955 |
Audrey Figlar |
Hartford |
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Charleston Dance |
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| 1954 |
Dorothy Hopkins |
Storrs |
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Piano |
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| 1953 |
Sarah Middleton |
Hartford |
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Dance |
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| 1952 |
Joyce Yeske |
West Hartford |
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Ballroom Dance |
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| 1951 |
Beverly Buriant |
Bridgeport |
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Drama |
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Future Miss Connecticut USA 1953 |
| 1950 |
Renee Roy |
Hartford |
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Comedy Sketch of a Cosmetic Demonstration and Vocal/Dance "Charley, My Boy" |
Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Future Miss New York City USA 1954, 2nd runner-up Miss USA |
| 1949 |
Barbara Smetana |
Bridgeport |
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| 1948 |
Fairfax Mason |
Bridgeport |
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| 1947 |
Louise Bienvenu |
Waterbury |
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Vocal "On the Sunny Side of the Street" |
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| 1946 |
Joan Turner |
West Haven |
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Vocal "Coax Me a Little Bit" |
Semi-finalist |
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| 1945 |
Sylvia Shaw |
Hartford |
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Vocal "I'm in the Mood for Love" |
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| 1944 |
Barbara Fisher |
East Hartford |
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| 1943 |
Mary Rice |
Hartford |
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| 1942 |
Alice Clifford |
Burlington |
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| 1941 |
Daphne Gladding |
Plymouth |
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| 1940 |
Dorothy Pickard |
New Haven |
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| 1939 |
Frieda Lampar |
Bridgeport |
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| Catherine Harrison |
Derby |
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competed as Miss Central Connecticut |
| 1938 |
Blanche Hawley |
Stratford |
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| 1937 |
Frances Greene |
Milford |
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| 1936 |
Tilie Grey |
Waterbury |
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2nd Runner-up |
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| Evelyn Lenhart |
Greenwich |
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competed as Miss Roton Point |
| 1935 |
Margaretta Kling |
New Haven |
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Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| Margaret Holmes |
Hartford |
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competed as Miss Hartford |
| Ruth S. Rubin |
New Haven |
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competed as Miss New Haven |
| Veronica Turosky |
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competed as Miss Greater Hartford |
| Sonia Banka |
Bridgeport |
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competed as Miss Bridgeport |
| 1933–1934 |
Marian Bergeron |
West Haven |
15 |
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N/A |
Winner |
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Held the State & National Title for Two Years |
| 1927 |
No Miss Connecticut |
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Representing Connecticut were: Antoinette Violet, Miss Bridgeport; Leona Faith Monoson, Miss Hartford; Peggy Louise Proctor, Miss Lockport & Dorothy Barton, Miss New Haven |
| 1926 |
No Miss Connecticut |
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Florence Harriet Green, Miss Bridgeport, placed as a Finalist. Also representing Connecticut were Doris Laretta Beaupre, Miss Hartford & Molla Barnett, Miss New Haven. |
| 1925 |
No Miss Connecticut |
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Representing Connecticut were: Alta Sommerville, Miss Bridgeport; Mary Brandaburg, Miss Hartford & Helen Kanehl, Miss Manchester |
| 1924 |
No Miss Connecticut |
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Helen Haddock competed as Miss Stamford |
| 1923 |
No Miss Connecticut |
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Hazel Haddock competed as Miss New Haven |
| 1922 |
No Miss Connecticut |
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Representing Connecticut were: Paula Spottle, Miss Bridgeport; Lillian O. Peterson, Miss New Haven & Hazel Germershausen, Miss Waterbury |
