The Miss competition features three of last year's runners-up: first runner-up Alfine Nathalie, second runner-up Brooke Harris and fourth runner-up Katherine Ambrose. Marisa Butler, first runner-up in Teen in 2012, will be competing in Miss Maine USA for the second time after finishing as a non-finalist in 2013 (only nine contestants competed that year so there was only a top five). Four of last year's five semi-finalists are also back: Lindsay Abrams, Lindsay Bean, Olivia Jones and Janay Wright. Janay was also last year's Congeniality winner. Jasmin White is competing for the first time since she made the semi-finals in Teen ten years ago.
As with last year there are very few returning contestants in the Teen competition. The only returning semi-finalist is Jessica Stewart, top ten last year. 2015 non-finalist Samantha Clark and 2014 non-finalist and Congeniality winner Tia Fleischman are the only other contestants with experience. Haylee Dahlborg is the sister of Miss Maine USA 2014 Samantha Dahlborg.
Miss Maine USA & Teen USA Titleholder History | Maine state pageant results
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C0ntestants
Lindsay Abrams (SF 15)
Katherine Ambrose (4RU 15)
Rachel Barnes
Lindsay Bean (SF 15, NF 14)
Nickole Bickford
Lauren Blinsinger
Marisa Butler (NF 13, 1RU ME TUSA 12)
Delaney Coyne
Kaylee Darigan
Sara Disselkamp (NF 14)
Zoey Gleason
Brianna Gross
Brooke Harris (2RU 15, SF 14)
Olivia Jones (SF 15)
Samantha Krasnow
Ansalewit Laughton
Mira McKenney
Sara Nason (NF 15)
Alfine Nathalie (1RU 15, SF ME TUSA 08)
Emily Robbins
Laura Shay
Paisley Stewart
Jeanette Villanueva
Jasmin White (SF ME TUSA 06)
Tiara Wills
Janay Wright (SF & Congeniality 15)
MISS MAINE TEEN USA (29)
Kaitlyn Beckwith
Abigail Brackett
McKayla Brown
Makayla Busque
Elaine Cavalieri
Samantha Clark (NF 15)
Haylee Dahlborg
Magdelana Elwell
Avalon Fedder
Tia Fleischman (NF & Congeniality 14)
Halli Franzose
Adela Hadziabulic
Kaylee Helmick
Mariah Higgins
Sarah Holdsworth
Katie Johnson
Jordynne Littlefield
Hannah Meserve
Gretchen Miller
Cassidy Norris
Nathalie Pierce
Cassidy Quint
Carly Ransdell
Ashley Ricker
Maci Russell
Kara Smith
Jessica Stewart (SF 15)
Olivia Turner
Paige Veilleux-Adams