One of my favourite sections of the site (even if I’ve never settled on the perfect name for it!), a look at all the Miss Maine Teen USA titleholders who’ve gone on to compete at Miss USA or in other state pageants. It’s always inspiring to see where their journeys have taken them — whether they won a crown early on, competed once or twice and then hung up the heels or kept showing up year after year, showing persistence in their quest to walk the Miss USA stage.
Five Miss Maine Teen USA titleholders have competed at Miss USA, including Ashley Marble (2000), who set a record as the first to compete at Miss USA eleven years after competing at Miss Teen USA when she represented Maine at Miss USA 2011. Ashley originally placed first runner-up to Emily Johnson but assumed the title when Emily resigned prior to Miss USA.
Non-finalist
4
Linda Marie Kiene (1986), Keri Malinowski (1991), Jennifer Lyn Hunt (1994), Kaetlin Parent (2005)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
1992
1
Linda Marie Kiene (1986)
1995
1
Keri Malinowski (1991)
2000
1
Jennifer Lyn Hunt (1994)
2008
1
Kaetlin Parent (2005)
1980s
1
Linda Marie Kiene (1986)
1990s
2
Kerri Malinowski (1991), Jennifer Lyn Hunt (1994)
2010s
0
2020s
0
Jordan courageously returned to compete after suffering a stroke in 2016.
Winners highlighted in italics. Stats may be inaccurate, especially for the 1980s & 1990s as I am reliant on newspaper archives which do not list all contestants.
1980s
1
Linda Marie Kiene (1986)
1990s
2
Kerri Malinowski (1991), Jennifer Lyn Hunt (1994)
2000s
5
Ashley Marble (2000), Mei-Ling Lam (2001), Ashley Alden (2003), Kaetlin Parent (2005), Jordan Shiers (2009)
2020s
0
Maine, Ohio, Massachusetts
Winner
5
Linda Marie Kiene (1986), Keri Malinowski (1991), Jennifer Lyn Hunt (1994), Ashley Marble (2000), Kaetlin Parent (2005)
4th runner-up
1
Jordan Shiers (2009)
