One of my favourite sections of my website (even if I've never found a good title for it!) – check out all the Miss New York Teen USA titleholders that have competed at Miss USA and in Miss USA state pageants.
Miss New York Teen USA titleholders have achieved mixed success at Miss USA, with only two of eight “crossovers” making the cut. Kimberly Pressler famously went from being one of the lowest placed contestants in 1994 to winning Miss USA 1999 and on the flip side, Gloria Almonte finished 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2001 but did not make the semi-finals at Miss USA 2007. Thatiana Diaz is the only New York Teen to place in both pageants.
While they didn’t compete at Miss USA, I’d be remiss not to mention Corrin Stellakis (2014) has represented the US as both Miss Earth USA and Miss US International and Lisa Drouillard (2011) competed as Miss Haiti at Miss Universe 2015.
Winner
1
Kimberly Pressler (1994)
Non-finalist
6
Ruth Zakarian (1983), Catherine Bliss (1990), Gloria Almonte (2001), Adriana Diaz (2003), Catherine Muldoon (2004), Candace Kuykendall (2006)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
1984
1
Ruth Zakarian (1985)
1998
1
Catherine Bliss (1990)
1999
1
Kimberly Pressler (1994)
2006
1
Adriana Diaz (2003)
2007
1
Gloria Almonte (2001)
New York
5
Kimberly Pressler (1994), Gloria Almonte (2001), Adriana Diaz (2003), Candace Kuykendall (2006), Thatiana Diaz (2010)
Vermont
1
Catherine Bliss (1990)
States competed in: New York, Vermont, Virginia
