The Miss Vermont competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Vermont in the Miss America pageant. While Vermont is the only state to have never had a contestant advance to the semi-finals of the Miss America pageant, their representatives have won numerous non-finalist awards.
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| Formation | 1945 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Stowe |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss America |
Official language | English |
Key people | Darcie Fisher |
| Website | Official website |
Meara Seery of Brattleboro was crowned Miss Vermont 2024 on April 14, 2024, at the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe, Vermont. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.
Results summary
editThe following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Vermont 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
edit- Miss Americas: N/A
- 1st runners-up: N/A
- 2nd runners-up: N/A
- 3rd runners-up: N/A
- 4th runners-up: N/A
- Semi-finalists: N/A
Awards
editPreliminary awards
edit- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: N/A
- Preliminary Talent: Ashley Wheeler (2009) for her a capella vocal performance of "God Bless America."[1] This marked the first time a representative of the state of Vermont won a preliminary award at the Miss America Pageant.[2]
Non-finalist awards
edit- Non-finalist Interview: Drell Latasha Hunter (2004)
- Non-finalist Talent: Joan Hewitt (1958), Brenda Naatz (1960), Melissa Hetzel (1964), Elizabeth Sackler (1969), Sue Glover (1972), Joylynn McCraw (1974), Carole Spolar (1981), Erica Van Der Linde (1986), Michelle Dawson (1987), Jacqueline Quirk (1994), Sarah Watson (2007), Ashley Wheeler (2009), Alayna Westcom (2016)
Other awards
edit- Miss Congeniality: Sandra Simpson (1957), Julia Crane (2019)
- Rembrandt Award for Mentorship: Vanessa Branch (1995)
- STEM Scholarship Award Winners: Lucy Edwards (2015), Alayna Westcom (2016)
- STEM Scholarship Award Finalists: Julia Crane (2019), Danielle Morse (2022)
- Women Who Brand Finalists: Alexina Federhen (2023)
Winners
edit| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Meara Seery | Brattleboro | 24 | Miss Southern Vermont | Vocal | TBA | TBA | |
| 2023 | Yamuna Turco | Colchester | 20 | Miss Green Mountains | Vocal, "Listen" from Dreamgirls | |||
| 2022 | Alexina Federhen[3] | Bennington | 24 | Miss Southern Vermont | Vocal | Women Who Brand Finalist | Previously Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 2014[4] | |
| 2021 | Danielle Morse[5] | New Haven | 22 | Miss Addison County | Speed Painting, Johnny Cash portrait | STEM Scholarship Finalist | First firefighter to compete for Miss America | |
| 2019–20 | Jillian Fisher[6] | Burlington | 20 | -
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Vocal, "Bennie and The Jets" by Elton John | Older sister of Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen 2017, Carly Fisher[citation needed] | ||
| 2018 | Julia Crane[7] | Colchester | 22 | Tap Dance, "Hey Momma/Hit the Road Jack" by Pentatonix | Miss Congeniality STEM Scholarship Award Finalist[8] |
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2016 pageant | ||
| 2017 | Erin Connor[9] | Bridport | 22 | American Sign Language - Song Interpretation, "The Greatest Love of All" | Previously Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 2010[10] Obtained pilot's license at age 16 and piloted plane to Atlantic City for Miss America 2018 pageant[11] | |||
| 2016 | Rylee Field | Montpelier | 24 | Spoken Word Poetry, Mockingbird by Rives | ||||
| 2015 | Alayna Westcom[12] | Bakersfield | 23 | Scientific Experiment | Non-finalist Talent Award STEM Scholarship Award |
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant | ||
| 2014 | Lucy Edwards[13] | Burlington | 19 | Vocal, "You'll Never Walk Alone" | STEM Scholarship Award[14] | |||
| 2013 | Jeanelle Achee | Rochester | 22 | Vocal, "Running" | ||||
| 2012 | Chelsea Ingram | Lyndonville | 23 | Operatic Vocal, "Habanera" | Meteorologist for WJZ CH 13 CBS Baltimore[citation needed] | |||
| 2011 | Katie Levasseur[15] | Burlington | 20 | Scottish Highland Dance, "Toss the Feathers" | ||||
| 2010 | Caroline Bright[16] | St. Albans | 20 | Vocal, "Let Yourself Go" | Previously Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 2007[17] | |||
| 2009 | Laura Hall | South Burlington | 21 | Jazz Dance, "I Want To Go To Hollywood" from Grand Hotel | ||||
| 2008 | Ashley Wheeler[18] | Lyndonville[19] | 21 | A Cappella Vocal, "God Bless America" | Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Talent Award |
Born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to Michael & Donna Ellsworth Wheeler;[20] platform was Political Awareness Among Young Voters;[18][21] wore an eco-friendly gown that she had crafted by local Vermont designer Tara Lynn;[22] Vermont Secretary of State Deb Markowitz presented Wheeler with one of seven Enduring Democracy Awards for her commitment to advancing the democratic process in the state.[23] | ||
| 2007 | Rachel Ann Cole | Middlebury | 22 | Monologue, "Queen Hermione" from A Winter's Tale | As of 2020[update], a senior producer for The Try Guys and their company, 2nd Try LLC.[24] | |||
| 2006 | Sarah Watson | Enosburg Falls | 21 | Classical Piano, "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 2005 | Megan Plebani | Weybridge | 24 | Gymnastics Jazz Dance, Music from Pirates of the Caribbean | ||||
| 2004 | Megan Yardley | Burlington | 24 | Vocal, "Who Can I Turn To?" | ||||
| 2003 | Drell Latasha Hunter | Sharon | 24 | Lyrical Dance | Non-finalist Interview Award | |||
| 2002 | Sarah Jo Willey | Bakersfield | 24 | Vocal, "You Do Something to Me" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2001 pageant | |||
| 2001 | Amy Marie Johnson | Essex Junction | 22 | Classical Piano, "Impromptu" | ||||
| 2000 | Hannah Jane Nelson | Ryegate Corner | 24 | Vocal, "I Will Survive" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999 pageant | |||
| 1999 | Katy Johnson | Burlington | 21 | Vocal, "Two Little Words" from Steel Pier | Later Miss Vermont USA 2001 | |||
| 1998 | Aimee Rzewuski | Lyndonville | 21 | Tap Dance, "Greased Lightnin'" from Grease | ||||
| 1997 | Jill Renee Cummings | Montgomery Center | 20 | Vocal, "Someone to Watch Over Me" | ||||
| 1996 | Nicole Juvan | Essex Junction | 22 | Vocal, "Some Day My Prince Will Come" | ||||
| 1995 | Jennifer Faucette | Burlington | 24 | Piano & Violin, "Hungarian Dance No. 5" | ||||
| 1994 | Vanessa Branch | London, England | 21 | Dramatic Monologue | Rembrandt Award for Mentorship | Eligible as a student at Middlebury College; also with dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and United States[citation needed] | ||
| 1993 | Jacqueline Quirk | Burlington | 24 | Classical Vocal, "Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta" from La rondine | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1992 | Nicole Gentry | Middlebury | 23 | Miss University of Vermont | Jazz Vocal, "Hit Me With a Hot Note And Watch Me Bounce" from Sophisticated Ladies | |||
| 1991 | Tina Ostrowski | Bellows Falls | 21 | Miss Bellows Falls | Vocal, "I've Got a Crush on You" | |||
| 1990 | Debra Lewin | South Burlington | 24 | Miss Burlington | Dance | |||
| 1989 | Catherine Stillinger | Burlington | 24 | Miss Greater Burlington | Vocal Medley | |||
| 1988 | Julie Tidd | Barre | 25 | Jazz Dance | ||||
| 1987 | Susan Bora | Colchester | 26 | Percussion, "Opus D Opus - The Tonight Show Theme" | ||||
| 1986 | Michelle Dawson | Charlotte | 18 | Vocal, "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1985 | Erica Van Der Linde | Old Bennington | 21 | Miss Southern Vermont | Classical Piano, "Waldesrauschen" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1984 | Lorrie Glosick | Winooski | 21 | Miss Middlebury | Vocal, "The Trolley Song" | |||
| 1983 | Juliet Lambert | Middlebury | 19 | Vocal, "Don't Rain on My Parade" | ||||
| 1982 | Jill Wyckoff | South Burlington | 20 | Gymnastics Dance, Theme from CHiPs | ||||
| 1981 | Kimberly Nestle | Shelburne | 19 | Miss Burlington | Acrobatic Jazz Dance, "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line | |||
| 1980 | Carole Spolar | St. Albans | 24 | Dramatic Monologue from The Miracle Worker | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1979 | Shari Bach | Middlebury | 22 | Miss Central Vermont | Classical Piano, Holberg Suite | |||
| 1978 | Lisa Volkert | 20 | Miss Middlebury | Comedy Monologue, "Collage of TV Commercials: My TV Nightmare" | ||||
| 1977 | Andrea Petty | Poultney | 18 | Miss Green Mountain College | Classical Vocal, "Glitter And Be Gay" from Candide | |||
| 1976 | Suzanne Wind | Saxtons River | 18 | Miss Brattleboro Winter Carnival | Acrobatic Jazz Dance, "Wisdom" | |||
| 1975 | Katherine Rechsteiner | Warren | 23 | Miss Warren | Electric Organ, "Galloping Comedian" | Later Miss Vermont USA 1979 | ||
| 1974 | Donna Shea | Windsor | 21 | Miss Windsor | Oratory, "Eulogy of John F. Kennedy" | |||
| 1973 | Joylynn McCraw | Barre | 22 | Miss University of Vermont | Popular Vocal & Sign Language, "I Am Woman" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1972 | Kathy Hebert | Burlington | 21 | Miss Burlington | Vocal & Guitar with Display of Fashion Design, "I Don't Know How to Love Him" | |||
| 1971 | Sue Glover | Brattleboro | 18 | Miss Brattleboro Winter Carnival | Gymnastics Routine on the Uneven Parallel Bars | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1970 | Pati Papineau | Rutland | 19 | Miss Green Mountain College | Classical Ballet, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" | |||
| 1969 | Barbara Schmitt | South Hero | 21 | Miss University of Vermont | Comedic Reading, "Archy and Mehitabel" | |||
| 1968 | Elizabeth Sackler | Putney | 20 | Miss Brattleboro Winter Carnival | Modern Dance Interpretation to Self-Recorded Reading of "The Last Flower" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1967 | Kathleen Rowley | Williston | 19 | Vocal Presentation of an Original Song, "The Bigness of Being Small" | ||||
| 1966 | Karen Tuttle | Brattleboro | 18 | Miss Brattleboro Winter Carnival | Popular Vocal & Jazz Dance | |||
| 1965 | Lois Dodge | Grand Isle | 20 | Vocal, "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" | ||||
| 1964 | Jean Conner | Rutland | 21 | Popular Vocal | ||||
| 1963 | Melissa Hetzel | Burlington | Popular Vocal, "Fly Me to the Moon" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1962 | Elaine Wright | 22 | Display of Fashion Designs | |||||
| 1961 | Janice Cole | Binghamton, NY | 18 | Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet | Eligible as a student at University of Vermont | |||
| 1960 | Anne Masino | Randolph | 18 | Accordion, "China Boy" | ||||
| 1959 | Brenda Naatz | St. Johnsbury | 19 | Piano & Impersonation of Victor Borge | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1958 | Sandra Sinclair | South Burlington | Vocal & Dance, "Getting to Know You" | |||||
| 1957 | Joan Hewitt | Brattleboro | Art Presentation & Original Skit with Original Music | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1956 | Sandra Simpson | Barre | Dress Design | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1955 | Phyllis Reich | Bennington | Vocal & Dance | |||||
| 1954 | Annabelle Pinkham | Brattleboro | Drama | |||||
| 1953 | Carlene King Johnson | Rutland | Dance | Later Miss Vermont USA 1955 Crowned Miss USA 1955 Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1955 pageant | ||||
| 1952 | Barbara Moore | St. Johnsbury | Baton Twirling / Dance | |||||
| 1951 | Peggy Gilbert | Rutland | Dance | |||||
| 1950 | Eleanor Kangas | Springfield | ||||||
| 1949 | Annalou Johnston | Enosburg Falls | ||||||
| 1948 | Jean M. Peatman | Montpelier | Jean M. Peatman Constantine Theobald, 94, died at home in Orange, Vermont on March 19, 2024. | |||||
| 1947 | Barbara Campbell | Vocal, "Blue Skies" | ||||||
| 1946 | Lola Sundberg | Burlington | ||||||
| 1945 | Mary Staikos | |||||||
| 1935–1944 | No Vermont representative at Miss America pageant[25]
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| 1934 | No national pageant was held[26]
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| 1933 | No Vermont representative at Miss America pageant[27] Nettina Anne Rich died at age 90 on June 15, 2005, in Middleborough, Massachusetts.
Actually Nettina Anne Rich of Norton, MA was Miss Vermont in the Miss America 1933 Pageant[28] | |||||||
| 1932 | No national pageants were held[26]
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| 1924–1927 | No Vermont representative at Miss America pageant
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| 1923 | Hazel Gove[29] | Burlington | Miss Burlington | N/A[30] | Competed under local title at national pageant | |||
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...talent contest that was established in 1935.
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