Miss Maryland
| Formation | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Type | Scholarship pageant |
Membership | Miss America |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Maryland competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland in the Miss America pageant.[1]
Caitlyn Stupi of Westminster was crowned Miss Maryland 2019 on 22 June 2019 at Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown, Maryland.[2] She represented Maryland at Miss America 2020.
Results summary
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Maryland titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
Placements
- 1st runners-up: Virginia Cha (1990)
- 3rd runners-up: Keri L. Schrader (2000), Marina Harrison (2004)
- 4th runners-up: Camille Lewis (2003)
- Top 7: Hannah Brewer (2017)
- Top 10: Georgia Reed (1952), Ingrid Christine Larson (1968), Kathleen Louise Neff (1973), Barbara Jean Jennings (1977), Tamara Alaine Walker (1988), Christina Denny (2014), Joanna Guy (2013)
- Top 12: Frances Stine (1935)
- Top 13: Virginia Lee Van Sant (1945)
- Top 20: Kelly Glorioso (2002)
Awards
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness: Shelly Meg Peiken (1980), Jade Kenny (2015), Hannah Brewer (2017)
- Preliminary Talent: Beverly Anne Smith (1963) (tie), Debra Renea Fries (1992), Camille Lewis (2003), Joanna Guy (2013)
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Linda Rita Peluzzo (1967), Veronica Marie Clarke (1976), Lisa Marie Daskal (1981), Debra Renea Fries (1992), Heather Noelle Davis (1999), Destiny Clark (2016)
Other awards
- Miss Congeniality: N/A
- Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship: Joanna Guy (2013), Hannah Brewer (2017)
- Dr. & Mrs. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Barbara Jean Jennings (1977)
- Equity & Justice Scholarship Award Finalists: Caitlyn Stupi (2020)
- Quality of Life Award Winners: Heather Noelle Davis (1999)
- Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Kelly Glorioso (2002), Joanna Guy (2013), Adrianna David (2019)
- Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Jade Kenny (2015), Hannah Brewer (2017)
- Quality of Life Award Finalists: Lindsay Staniszewski (2011), Destiny Clark (2016)
- Women in Business Scholarship Award Finalists: Hannah Brewer (2017), Kathleen Masek (2018)
Winners
- Declared as winner
- Ended as a runner-up
- Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2020 | TBD | National pageant postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3] | ||||||
| 2019 | Caitlyn Stupi[4] | Westminster | 21 | Miss Allegany County | Cello | Equity & Justice Scholarship Award Finalist[5] | ||
| 2018 | Adrianna David[6] | Rockville | 24 | Miss Charm of the Chesapeake | Vocal, "You've Got Possibilities" | Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up | Previously Miss Maryland USA 2017[7] | |
| 2017 | Kathleen Masek[8] | Westminster | 22 | Miss White Oak | Theatrical Dance | Women in Business Scholarship Finalist[9] | ||
| 2016 | Hannah Brewer[10] | Manchester | 19 | Miss Rocky Gap | Vocal, "God Bless America" | Top 7 | Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up[11] Women in Business Scholarship Finalist[11] |
Sister of Miss Pennsylvania 2005, Nicole Brewer Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 2013 Top 16 at Miss Teen USA 2013 pageant |
| 2015 | Destiny Clark[12] | Gaithersburg | 23 | Miss Anne Arundel County | Original vocal with Guitar accompaniment, "Everything Happens For a Reason" | Non-finalist Talent Award Quality of Life Award Finalist |
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| 2014 | Jade Kenny | Madison | 23 | Miss Allegany County | Contemporary Ballet en Pointe, "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up |
Semifinalist at Miss District of Columbia USA 2018[13] 3rd runner-up at Miss Virginia USA 2019[13] | |
| 2013 | Christina Denny[14] | Owings Mills | 22 | Miss Western Maryland | Vocal, "For Good" | Top 10 | Later Miss Maryland USA 2016 | |
| 2012 | Joanna Guy[15] | Swanton | 20 | Miss Queen State | Vocal, "I Dreamed a Dream" | Top 10[16] | Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship Preliminary Talent Award Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up |
Previously Miss Maryland's Outstanding Teen 2008[17] 3rd runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009 pageant[17] |
| 2011 | Carlie Colella[18][19] | Hagerstown | 20 | Miss Central Maryland | Contemporary Dance, "The Edge of Glory" | |||
| 2010 | Lindsay Staniszewski[20] | Baltimore | 22 | Miss Montgomery County | Vocal, "A Change In Me" from Beauty and the Beast | Quality of Life Award Finalist | Sister of Miss Maryland's Outstanding Teen 2007, Miss Maryland Teen USA 2009, and Miss Maryland USA 2013, Kasey Staniszewski | |
| 2009 | Brooke Poklemba[21] | Westminster | 20 | Miss University City | Vocal, "A Broken Wing" | |||
| 2008 | Louise Schlegel | Silver Spring | 20 | Miss Allegany County | Vocal, "If I Had My Way" | |||
| 2007 | Shana Powell[22] | Bowie | 22 | Classical Vocal, "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide | Sister of Miss Maryland Teen USA 2000, Niambi Powell[23] | |||
| 2006 | Brittany Lietz | Edgewater | 21 | Miss Tidewater | Lyrical Dance, "The Gold" | |||
| 2005 | Rachel Ellsworth | Fort Ashby, WV | 21 | Miss Western Maryland | Tap Dance, "Do Your Thing" | Eligible as a student at Allegany College | ||
| 2004 | Tiffany L. Jenkins | Silver Spring | 24 | Miss Gaithersburg | Vocal, "Take My Breath Away" | |||
| 2003 | Marina Harrison | Severn | 22 | Miss Burtonsville | Vocal, "Fallin'" | 3rd runner-up | Casual Wear Award | Later Miss Maryland USA 2005 Top 10 at Miss USA 2005 pageant |
| 2002 | Camille Lewis | Silver Spring | 23 | Miss College Park | Violin, "Victory" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award Preliminary Evening Wear Award Overall Talent Award |
Top 10 at National Sweetheart 1999 & 2001 pageants |
| 2001 | Kelly Glorioso | Fallston | 21 | Miss Free State | Vocal, "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love" | Top 20 | Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up | |
| 2000 | Sonia Maria Amir | Beltsville | 24 | Miss Bethesda | Classical Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" | |||
| 1999 | Keri L. Schrader | Rockville | 24 | Miss College Park | Ballet en Pointe, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" | 3rd runner-up | Previously National Sweetheart 1998 as Miss Florida[citation needed] | |
| 1998 | Heather Noelle Davis | Severna Park | 23 | Miss Southern Maryland | Classical Piano Medley, "Flight of the Bumblebee" & "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" | Quality of Life Award Non-finalist Talent Award Steinway Piano Performance Award |
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| 1997 | Jaime Fox | Frederick | 21 | Miss Prince George's County | Vocal, "With One Look" from Sunset Boulevard | |||
| 1996 | Susan Elizabeth Alexander | Silver Spring | 24 | Miss Lanham | Vocal, "Sing Me" | |||
| 1995 | Marcia Griffith | Fort Washington | 23 | Miss Federal City | Lyrical Ballet, "Somewhere" | |||
| 1994 | Karissa Brooke Jones | Hagerstown | 23 | Miss Western Maryland | Ballet en Pointe, "The Can-Can" | |||
| 1993 | Renee Cole | Bowie | 22 | Miss Northwest Maryland | Vocal, "The Star-Spangled Banner" | |||
| 1992 | Tammy Wyatt | Clinton | 26 | Miss Towson | Vocal, "Stuff Like That There" | |||
| 1991 | Debra Renea Fries | Waldorf | 26 | Miss Tidewater | Baton Twirling, "Hooked on America" | Preliminary Talent Award Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1990 | Kimberly Ann Grimm | Mountain Lake Park | 20 | Miss Allegany County | Vocal, "One, Two, Three Say You Love Me" | |||
| 1989 | Virginia Cha | Frederick | 25 | Miss Frederick | Classical Piano, "Étude Op. 25, No. 1" by Chopin | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1988 | Lori Ann Windsor | Mount Airy | 20 | Miss Bel Air | Dance / Baton Twirling | |||
| 1987 | Tamara Walker | Kingsville | 21 | Miss Montgomery County | Vocal, "Don't Rain on My Parade" | Top 10 | ||
| 1986 | Katrina Owens | Pikesville | 24 | Miss Prince George's County | Jazz Dance | |||
| 1985 | Jennifer Louise Charlton | Bethesda | 22 | Miss Montgomery County | Vocal / Dance, "Last Blues Song" | |||
| 1984 | Mary Elizabeth Haroth | Towson | 25 | Miss Towson | Vocal, "Memory" from Cats | |||
| 1983 | Amy Elizabeth Keys | Lanham | 26 | Miss Howard County | Popular Vocal, "I'll Never Love This Way Again" | |||
| 1982 | Lynne Carol Graham | Bethesda | 23 | Miss Lanham | Popular Vocal, "Alfie" | Mother of Miss Kentucky 2007, Kaitlynne Postel | ||
| 1981 | Robin Harmon[24] | Hagerstown | 24 | Miss Washington County | Greek Dramatic Monologue from Antigone | |||
| 1980 | Lisa Marie Daskal[25] | Cumberland | 18 | Miss Allegany County | Vocal & Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1979 | Shelly Meg Peiken | Greenbelt | 22 | Miss Anne Arundel | Self-Composed Vocal, "Carry Me Home" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1978 | Caroline JoAnn Donnelly | College Park | 21 | Miss Lanham | Classical Piano, "Toccata in E-flat minor" by Aram Khachaturian | |||
| 1977 | Donna Marie Silvestri | Catonsville | 18 | Miss Baltimore | Modern Jazz Dance / Baton Twirling, "Gonna Fly Now" | |||
| 1976 | Barbara Jean Jennings | Greenbelt | 25 | Miss Prince George's County | Piano, "Morceaux de fantaisie" by Rachmaninoff | Top 10 | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | |
| 1975 | Veronica Marie Clarke[26] | Bel Air | 21 | Miss Greater Harford County | Popular Vocal, "Don't Rain On My Parade" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1974 | Susan Jane Wohlfarth | Potomac | 21 | Miss Olney | Classical Ballet, Giselle | |||
| 1973 | Kristi Maurine Reindl | LaVale | 19 | Miss Frostburg State College | Tympani, "The Champ" | Former mayor of O'Fallon, Illinois[citation needed] | ||
| 1972 | Kathleen Louise Neff | Cumberland | 21 | Miss Frostburg State College | Dramatic Soliloquy, "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You" from The King and I | Top 10 | ||
| 1971 | Joan Michele Ehrgott | Avondale | 21 | Miss Prince George's County | Vocal / Dance, "If My Friends Could See Me Now" | |||
| 1970 | Sharon Anne Cannon | Salisbury | 21 | Miss Annendale | Piano, "Elephant Walk" | |||
| 1969 | Margaret Elaine Mackle | Cecilton | 21 | Miss Beltsville | Dramatic Monologue | |||
| 1968 | Karen Anne Hansen | College Park | 20 | Miss University of Maryland | Vocal, "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady | |||
| 1967 | Ingrid Christine Larson | Ellicott City | 20 | Miss North Carroll County | Piano, "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" | Top 10 | ||
| 1966 | Linda Rita Peluzzo | Oxon Hill | 19 | Miss Clinton-Camp Springs/Crescent City | Original Monologue & Accordion | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1965 | Barbara Lynn Hamilton | College Park | 19 | Miss Prince George's County | Vocal, "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" | |||
| 1964 | Sharon Rae Burlington[27] | Aberdeen | Miss Harford County | Assumed title when McCauley resigned | ||||
| Donna Marie McCauley | Rockville | 19 | Miss Montgomery County | Interpretive Ballet | ||||
| 1963 | Carolyn Bond Wright | Forest Hill | Miss Harford County | Sketch / Ballet / Modern Jazz Dance | ||||
| 1962 | Beverly Ann Smith | Essex | 18 | Miss Baltimore Area | Organ & Piano, Warsaw Concerto | Preliminary Talent Award (tie) | ||
| 1961 | Patricia Ann Moon | Bethesda | 18 | Miss Bethesda | Modern Jazz Dance | |||
| 1960 | Robin Carole Davis | Hyattsville | 18 | Miss Prince George's County | Vocal, "I Cain't Say No" | |||
| 1959 | Marie Lorraine True | Phoenix | 19 | Vocal / Tap Dance from The Best Things in Life Are Free | ||||
| 1958 | Mary Roberta Page | Bethesda | Chalk Sketch | |||||
| 1957 | Nancy Elizabeth Norris | Silver Spring | Dramatic Monologue, "A Letter To My Parents" | |||||
| 1956 | Jeanette Louise Rosensteel | Timonium | Vocal | |||||
| 1955 | Carol Jennette | Westminster | Fashion Display & Speech, "How To Pack a Suitcase" | |||||
| 1954 | Phyllis Yvonne Leftwich | Dundalk | Vocal | |||||
| 1953 | Meta Frances Justice | Crisfield | Vocal, "Ave Maria" | |||||
| 1952 | Shirley Virginia Harrison | Baltimore | Monologue from Tom Sawyer | |||||
| 1951 | Georgia Reed | Baltimore | Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It" from The Kissing Bandit | Top 10 | ||||
| 1950 | Ann Uri | Baltimore | Vocal / Piano | |||||
| 1949 | Jean Crow | Fashion Design | ||||||
| 1948 | Juanita Melrose Lookabaugh | Cumberland | Hawaiian Hula Dance & Dress Design | |||||
| 1947 | Carolyn Jean Dixon | Vocal, "It Had to Be You" | ||||||
| 1946 | Virginia Martin | Baltimore | Miss Baltimore | Multiple Maryland representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Dorothy Crockett | Miss Maryland | Original Poetry Recitation | ||||||
| 1945 | Virginia Lee Van Sant | Cumberland | Vocal, "Ain't Misbehavin'" | Top 13 | ||||
| 1944 | Audrey Klingenberg | Baltimore | ||||||
| 1943 | Shirlee O'Connell | Miss Baltimore | Multiple Maryland representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
| Lillian Marlene Huber | Miss Maryland | |||||||
| 1942 | Bettye Mitchell | |||||||
| 1941 | Penny Malone | |||||||
| 1940 | Marie Beiser | |||||||
| 1939 | Elaine Pasqualla | Crisfield | ||||||
| 1938 | Yolanda Ugarte | Baltimore | ||||||
| 1937 | May Vivian Miller | Miss Baltimore | Multiple Maryland representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
| Margaret Myers | Rock Hall | Miss Eastern Shores | ||||||
| 1936 | Anne Margaret Kane | Baltimore | Miss Baltimore | Multiple Maryland representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Ethel Holland | Berlin | Miss Maryland | ||||||
| 1935 | Frances Stine | Baltimore | Miss Baltimore | Top 12 | No Miss Maryland Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||
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| 1933 | Dorothy Dennis | 16 | N/A[29] | |||||
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| 1927 | Beulah Goldsborough | Miss Baltimore | N/A[29] | No Miss Maryland Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| 1926 | Mildred Adam | No Miss Maryland Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||||
| 1925 | Thelma Krakan | Multiple Maryland representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||||
| Mildred Lee Purdy | Miss Frederick | |||||||
| Aleda Bradford Cook | Miss Hagerstown | |||||||
| 1924 | Mary Rose Kenny | Miss Baltimore | Multiple Maryland representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
| Gretchen Carney | Miss Cumberland | |||||||
| 1923 | Billie Muller[30] | Baltimore | Miss Baltimore | Multiple Maryland representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | ||||
| Elizabeth Catherine Steele[31] | Cumberland | 18 | Miss Cumberland | |||||
| 1922 | Irma Knabe[32] | Baltimore | Miss Baltimore | Competed under local title at national pageant | ||||
| 1921 | Hazel Harris[33] | Ocean City | Miss Ocean City | |||||
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...talent contest that was established in 1935.
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