Marisa Butler - Miss Maine USA 2016

MARISA BUTLER
MISS MAINE USA 2016

23 | STANDISH | NF 2013, 1ST RUNNER-UP MISS ME TEEN USA 2012

Marisa Butler was born in Portland Maine, and has lived in the beautiful town of Standish her whole life. She is the daughter of small business owners Walter and Debra Butler. She attended Bonny Eagle High School where she graduated in the top ten of her class with over a 4.0 weighted GPA. She currently is in her last year at Stonehill College in Easton Massachusetts, where she is pursuing a degree in Economics with a minor in Business and is a member of the College Dean’s List.

Marisa has always been an avid athlete, and was fortunate enough to participate in all her high school sports at the collegiate level as well. During her first year at Stonehill, Marisa was a member of their Division II Varsity Soccer Team as a goal keeper. The spring semester of her freshman year she then joined the college’s club cheering team, and captured a national champion title in 2013. The following year she tried out for her school’s nationally ranked Varsity Lacrosse Team, and made the cut! Her team went on to the NE10 Championships, and finished in the semifinal game to the team that would eventually go on to win the national Division II Women’s Lacrosse title that year.

In the spring semester of Marisa’s junior year of college she studied abroad at the prestigious King’s College London. While there, Marisa was afforded the opportunity to walk in a London Fashion Week event for Lungta De Fancy. This event was a private fashion show for investors at their Flagship Store in London, where she was able to work directly with the designer. One of her favorite memories while traveling abroad was hiking the volcanic mountain Mt. Vesuvius, and exploring the ruins of Pompeii.

Aside from hiking, traveling and sports, some of Marisa’s hobbies include singing opera, boating and fishing. She has received international attention for her volunteer work tagging sharks through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Corporative Tagging Program, a federally funded program that has been studying sharks for over fifty years. This program relies on the help of recreational anglers, such as Marisa, to collect data on these impressive and misunderstood predators.

Marisa competed for the title of Miss Maine Teen USA back in the fall of 2011, where she placed First Runner Up. In addition, Marisa is a three-time Miss Maine (MAO) runner-up and was first runner-up in 2013 and 2014. In 2013 she represented Maine at Miss National Sweetheart.