Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Connecticut USA and Teen USA pageants, from Jo Kuhlmann in 1952 to 2023 winners Karla Aponte Roque and Jasmin Ferdinand. Get to know every single Miss and Teen titleholder with a full listing, hometown map and extensive photo archive, with state pageant photos, Miss USA and Teen USA competition photos and more.
25 • East Hampton
Top 10
at Miss Universe
18 • Southington
18 • New Haven
26 • Hamden
24 • Farmington
25 • Middlebury
23 • Wolcott
Top 12
at Miss USA
27 • Branford
Winner
Erin Brady (2013)
1st runner-up
Diane Zabicki (1962), Pat Denne (1966)
4th runner-up
Alita Dawson (2002)
Semi-finalist
Beverlee Burlant (1953), Andrea Todd (1954), Joyce Trautwig (1960), Florence Mayette (1961), Janice Shilinsky (1968), Elizabeth Wanderman (1969)
Top 8/10/11*
Tiffany Teixeira (2016), Cynthia Dias (2022)
Top 15/16/20*
Monica Pietrzak (2009)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Karla Aponte Roque | Branford | 27 | |||
| 2022 | Cynthia Dias° | Wolcott | 23 | Top 12 | Previously Miss CT's OT 2014 | |
| 2021 | Amanda Torchia | Middlebury | 25 | |||
| 2020 | Chelsea Demby | Farmington | 24 | |||
| 2019 | Acacia Courtney°^ | Hamden | 26 | Previously Miss CT's OT 09 & Miss CT 2014 | ||
| 2018 | Jamie Hughes | Stamford | 27 | |||
| 2017 | Olga Litvinenko* | Greenwich | 27 | Previously Miss CT Teen USA 2007 | ||
| 2016 | Tiffany Teixeira* | Bridgeport | 25 | Top 10 | Previously Miss CT Teen USA 2009 | |
| 2015 | Ashley Golebiewski | Berlin | 21 | |||
| 2014 | Desirée Pérez | Stamford | 26 | |||
| 2013 | ERIN BRADY | South Glastonbury | 25 | MISS USA | T10 Miss Universe 2013 | |
| 2012 | Marie-Lynn Piscitelli* | North Haven | 26 | |||
| 2011 | Regina Turner | Old Saybrook | 21 | |||
| 2010 | Ashley Bickford*^ | Torrington | 24 | Previously Miss CT Teen USA 02 (SF Miss Teen USA) & Miss RI 07 | ||
| 2009 | Monica Pietrzak | Manchester | 25 | Top 15 | Sister of Miss MA USA 2012 | |
| 2008 | Jacqueline Honulik | Fairfield | 21 | |||
| 2007 | Melanie Mudry | New Hartford | 26 | |||
| 2006 | Jeannine Phillips | Lisbon | 22 | |||
| 2005 | Melissa Mandak | Hamden | 26 | |||
| 2004 | Sheila Wiatr | Rocky Hill | 24 | |||
| 2003 | Michelle LaFrance | Orange | 24 | |||
| 2002 | Alita Dawson* | Hamden | 22 | 4th Runner-Up | Previously Miss CT Teen USA 1997 | |
| 2001 | Amy Vanderoef | Bristol | 26 | |||
| 2000 | Sallie Toussaint | Hartford | 25 | SF Miss World 1997 | ||
| 1999 | Christina D'Amico | Bridgeport | 25 | |||
| 1998 | Kristina Hughes | Pawcatuck | 23 | |||
| 1997 | Christine Pavone | Shelton | 24 | |||
| 1996 | Wanda Gonzalez | Hartford | ||||
| 1995 | Traci Bryant | New Haven | |||||
| 1994 | Mistrella Egan | Danbury | |||||
| 1993 | Alison Benusis* | Ridgefield | Previously Miss CT Teen USA 1991 | ||||
| 1992 | Catherine Sanchez | ||||||
| 1991 | Valorie Abate^ | North Haven | Later Miss CT 1992 | ||||
| 1990 | Allison Barbeau-Diorio* | Ridgefield | Previously Miss CT Teen USA 1987 | ||||
| 1989 | Lisa Vendetti | South Windsor | Previously Miss CO Teen USA 1985 | ||||
| 1988 | Cathy Galasso | Hamden | 24 | ||||
| 1987 | Jolene Foy | Clinton | 20 | ||||
| 1986 | Jennifer Benusis | Ridgefield | |||||
| 1985 | Adrianne Hazelwood | Hamden | Previously Miss WI Teen USA 1984 | ||||
| 1984 | Lynne Scalo | Bridgeport | |||||
| 1983 | Mary Seleman | Terryville | 20 | ||||
| 1982 | Maureen Szekeres | Shelton | 20 | ||||
| 1981 | Kelly Thompson | Monroe | 20 | ||||
| 1980 | Kristine Wilson | Farmington | |||||
| 1979 | Mary Beth Lombardi | Vernon | |||||
| 1978 | Martha Szabo | Hartford | |||||
| 1977 | Sue Crone | Waterbury | |||||
| 1976 | Roslyn Ralph | Waterbury | |||||
| 1975 | Michele Menegay | Bethel | 18 | ||||
| 1974 | Valerie Cappello | Litchfield | 20 | ||||
| 1973 | Wendy Vecchiarino | Danbury | |||||
| 1972 | Diane Stevens | East Hartford | 19 | ||||
| 1971 | Diane Turetzky | Waterford | 18 | ||||
| 1970 | Patricia Matthews | Farmington | 18 | ||||
| 1969 | Elizabeth Wanderman | Wilton | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1968 | Janice Shilinsky | New Haven | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1967 | – | ||||||
| 1966 | Pat Denne | West Hartford | 19 | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1965 | Elizabeth Matusko | Bridgeport | |||||
| 1964 | Patricia Powell | Madison | |||||
| 1963 | Gail Dinan | Hamden | 19 | ||||
| 1962 | Diane Zabicki | Middletown | 19 | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1961 | Florence Mayette | Hartford | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1960 | Joyce Trautwig | Westport | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1959 | Jayne Burghardt | Hartford | 21 | ||||
| 1958 | Dorothy Dillen | Willimantic | 18 | ||||
| 1957 | Rosemary Galliotti | West Hartford | 21 | ||||
| 1956 | Dorothy Bailey | Bridgeport | 19 | ||||
| 1955 | Jane Bartolotta | Middletown | 23 | ||||
| 1954 | Andrea Todd | Bridgeport | 22 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1953 | Beverlee Burlant | Bridgeport | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1952 | Jo Kuhlmann | Newtown | 23 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Karla Aponte Roque | Branford | 27 | |||
| 2022 | Cynthia Dias° | Wolcott | 23 | Top 12 | Previously Miss CT's OT 2014 | |
| 2021 | Amanda Torchia | Middlebury | 25 | |||
| 2020 | Chelsea Demby | Farmington | 24 | |||
| 2019 | Acacia Courtney°^ | Hamden | 26 | Previously Miss CT's OT 09 & Miss CT 2014 | ||
| 2018 | Jamie Hughes | Stamford | 27 | |||
| 2017 | Olga Litvinenko* | Greenwich | 27 | Previously Miss CT Teen USA 2007 | ||
| 2016 | Tiffany Teixeira* | Bridgeport | 25 | Top 10 | Previously Miss CT Teen USA 2009 | |
| 2015 | Ashley Golebiewski | Berlin | 21 | |||
| 2014 | Desirée Pérez | Stamford | 26 | |||
| 2013 | ERIN BRADY | South Glastonbury | 25 | MISS USA | T10 Miss Universe 2013 | |
| 2012 | Marie-Lynn Piscitelli* | North Haven | 26 | |||
| 2011 | Regina Turner | Old Saybrook | 21 | |||
| 2010 | Ashley Bickford*^ | Torrington | 24 | Previously Miss CT Teen USA 02 (SF Miss Teen USA) & Miss RI 07 | ||
| 2009 | Monica Pietrzak | Manchester | 25 | Top 15 | Sister of Miss MA USA 2012 | |
| 2008 | Jacqueline Honulik | Fairfield | 21 | |||
| 2007 | Melanie Mudry | New Hartford | 26 | |||
| 2006 | Jeannine Phillips | Lisbon | 22 | |||
| 2005 | Melissa Mandak | Hamden | 26 | |||
| 2004 | Sheila Wiatr | Rocky Hill | 24 | |||
| 2003 | Michelle LaFrance | Orange | 24 | |||
| 2002 | Alita Dawson* | Hamden | 22 | 4th Runner-Up | Previously Miss CT Teen USA 1997 | |
| 2001 | Amy Vanderoef | Bristol | 26 | |||
| 2000 | Sallie Toussaint | Hartford | 25 | SF Miss World 1997 | ||
| 1999 | Christina D'Amico | Bridgeport | 25 | |||
| 1998 | Kristina Hughes | Pawcatuck | 23 | |||
| 1997 | Christine Pavone | Shelton | 24 | |||
| 1996 | Wanda Gonzalez | Hartford | ||||
| 1995 | Traci Bryant | New Haven | ||||
| 1994 | Mistrella Egan | Danbury | ||||
| 1993 | Alison Benusis* | Ridgefield | Previously Miss CT Teen USA 1991 | |||
| 1992 | Catherine Sanchez | |||||
| 1991 | Valorie Abate^ | North Haven | Later Miss CT 1992 | |||
| 1990 | Allison Barbeau-Diorio* | Ridgefield | Previously Miss CT Teen USA 1987 | |||
| 1989 | Lisa Vendetti | South Windsor | Previously Miss CO Teen USA 1985 | |||
| 1988 | Cathy Galasso | Hamden | 24 | |||
| 1987 | Jolene Foy | Clinton | 20 | |||
| 1986 | Jennifer Benusis | Ridgefield | ||||
| 1985 | Adrianne Hazelwood | Hamden | Previously Miss WI Teen USA 1984 | |||
| 1984 | Lynne Scalo | Bridgeport | ||||
| 1983 | Mary Seleman | Terryville | 20 | |||
| 1982 | Maureen Szekeres | Shelton | 20 | |||
| 1981 | Kelly Thompson | Monroe | 20 | |||
| 1980 | Kristine Wilson | Farmington | ||||
| 1979 | Mary Beth Lombardi | Vernon | ||||
| 1978 | Martha Szabo | Hartford | ||||
| 1977 | Sue Crone | Waterbury | ||||
| 1976 | Roslyn Ralph | Waterbury | ||||
| 1975 | Michele Menegay | Bethel | 18 | |||
| 1974 | Valerie Cappello | Litchfield | 20 | |||
| 1973 | Wendy Vecchiarino | Danbury | ||||
| 1972 | Diane Stevens | East Hartford | 19 | |||
| 1971 | Diane Turetzky | Waterford | 18 | |||
| 1970 | Patricia Matthews | Farmington | 18 | |||
| 1969 | Elizabeth Wanderman | Wilton | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1968 | Janice Shilinsky | New Haven | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1967 | – | |||||
| 1966 | Pat Denne | West Hartford | 19 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1965 | Elizabeth Matusko | Bridgeport | ||||
| 1964 | Patricia Powell | Madison | ||||
| 1963 | Gail Dinan | Hamden | 19 | |||
| 1962 | Diane Zabicki | Middletown | 19 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1961 | Florence Mayette | Hartford | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1960 | Joyce Trautwig | Westport | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1959 | Jayne Burghardt | Hartford | 21 | |||
| 1958 | Dorothy Dillen | Willimantic | 18 | |||
| 1957 | Rosemary Galliotti | West Hartford | 21 | |||
| 1956 | Dorothy Bailey | Bridgeport | 19 | |||
| 1955 | Jane Bartolotta | Middletown | 23 | |||
| 1954 | Andrea Todd | Bridgeport | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1953 | Beverlee Burlant | Bridgeport | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1952 | Jo Kuhlmann | Newtown | 23 |
18 • New Haven
Winner of
Miss Teen USA 2019
19 • Westport
Semi-finalist at
Miss Teen USA
19 • South Windsor
18 • New Haven
18 • Stamford
Winner
Logan West (2012), Kaliegh Garris (2019)
Semi-finalist
Amy Raboin (1990), Cynthia Schneck (1993), Ashley Bickford (2002), Samantha Sarelli (2020)
Congeniality
Kristine Kunst (1985)
Photogenic
Karen Zawacki (1986)
Other Awards
Style Award • Bethany McGlynn
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jade Ferdinand | Stamford | 19 | |||
| 2022 | Mya Xeller | New Haven | 18 | |||
| 2021 | Nikitha Kikanamada | South Windsor | 19 | |||
| 2020 | Samantha Sarelli | Westport | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2019 | KALIEGH GARRIS | New Haven | 18 | Miss Teen USA | ||
| 2018 | Elle Sauli | Newtown | 17 | |||
| 2017 | Lana Coffey | New Canaan | 18 | Sister of Miss NY Teen USA 2007 | ||
| 2016 | Katy Brown | Hebron | 19 | |||
| 2015 | Savannah Giammarco | Middletown | 17 | |||
| 2014 | Sydney West | Vernon | 17 | Sister of Miss CT Teen USA 2012 | ||
| 2013 | Kendall Leary | Wallingford | 18 | |||
| 2012 | LOGAN WEST° | Southington | 18 | Miss Teen USA | Previously Miss CT's OT 10, sister of Miss CT Teen USA 2014 | |
| 2011 | Samantha Sojka | North Granby | 19 | |||
| 2010 | Alyssa Taglia^ | Cheshire | 16 | Later Miss CT 2016 | ||
| 2009 | Tiffany Teixeira* | Bridgeport | 17 | Later Miss CT USA 2016 | ||
| 2008 | Brianne Hiltz | Shelton | 18 | |||
| 2007 | Olga Litvinenko* | Greenwich | 17 | Later Miss CT USA 2017 | ||
| 2006 | Kristen Heide | Madison | 18 | Congeniality | ||
| 2005 | Jennifer Brooks | Bristol | 17 | |||
| 2004 | Christine Perkins | East Lyme | 17 | |||
| 2003 | Nina Musumeci | Hartford | 17 | |||
| 2002 | Ashley Bickford*^ | Hartford | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss RI 2007 & Miss CT USA 2010 | |
| 2001 | Marie-Lynn Piscitelli* | North Haven | 15 | Later Miss CT USA 2012 | ||
| 2000 | Lisa DeLeo | Guilford | 17 | |||
| 1999 | Bethany McGlynn | Preston | 18 | Style award | ||
| 1998 | Natalie Perez | Meriden | 18 | Sister of Miss CT Teen USA 1996 | ||
| 1997 | Alita Dawson* | Hamden | 18 | Later Miss CT USA 2002 (4RU Miss USA) | ||
| 1996 | Marissa Perez | Meriden | 18 | Sister of Miss CT Teen USA 1998 | ||
| 1995 | Tiffanyanne Kosma | Voluntown | ||||
| 1994 | Stacey Ann Raffone | New Haven | |||||
| 1993 | Cynthia Schneck | Wilton | 17 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1992 | Tiffany Selivonchik | New Milford | ||||
| 1991 | Allison Benusis* | Ridgefield | Later Miss CT USA 1993 | ||||
| 1990 | Amy Raboin | Bristol | 17 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1989 | Suzanne Ianucci | West Haven | 18 | ||||
| 1988 | Bobbie-Joe Shanahan | East Hartford | 17 | ||||
| 1987 | Allison Barbeau-Diorio* | Fairfield | Later Miss CT USA 1991 | ||||
| 1986 | Karen Zawacki | Danbury | Photogenic | ||||
| 1985 | Kristine Kunst | Wallingford | Congeniality | ||||
| 1984 | Monique Savery | Hartford | |||||
| 1983 | Beth Waldron | Hartford |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jade Ferdinand | Stamford | 19 | |||
| 2022 | Mya Xeller | New Haven | 18 | |||
| 2021 | Nikitha Kikanamada | South Windsor | 19 | |||
| 2020 | Samantha Sarelli | Westport | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2019 | KALIEGH GARRIS | New Haven | 18 | Miss Teen USA | ||
| 2018 | Elle Sauli | Newtown | 17 | |||
| 2017 | Lana Coffey | New Canaan | 18 | Sister of Miss NY Teen USA 2007 | ||
| 2016 | Katy Brown | Hebron | 19 | |||
| 2015 | Savannah Giammarco | Middletown | 17 | |||
| 2014 | Sydney West | Vernon | 17 | Sister of Miss CT Teen USA 2012 | ||
| 2013 | Kendall Leary | Wallingford | 18 | |||
| 2012 | LOGAN WEST° | Southington | 18 | Miss Teen USA | Previously Miss CT's OT 10, sister of Miss CT Teen USA 2014 | |
| 2011 | Samantha Sojka | North Granby | 19 | |||
| 2010 | Alyssa Taglia^ | Cheshire | 16 | Later Miss CT 2016 | ||
| 2009 | Tiffany Teixeira* | Bridgeport | 17 | Later Miss CT USA 2016 | ||
| 2008 | Brianne Hiltz | Shelton | 18 | |||
| 2007 | Olga Litvinenko* | Greenwich | 17 | Later Miss CT USA 2017 | ||
| 2006 | Kristen Heide | Madison | 18 | Congeniality | ||
| 2005 | Jennifer Brooks | Bristol | 17 | |||
| 2004 | Christine Perkins | East Lyme | 17 | |||
| 2003 | Nina Musumeci | Hartford | 17 | |||
| 2002 | Ashley Bickford*^ | Hartford | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss RI 2007 & Miss CT USA 2010 | |
| 2001 | Marie-Lynn Piscitelli* | North Haven | 15 | Later Miss CT USA 2012 | ||
| 2000 | Lisa DeLeo | Guilford | 17 | |||
| 1999 | Bethany McGlynn | Preston | 18 | Style award | ||
| 1998 | Natalie Perez | Meriden | 18 | Sister of Miss CT Teen USA 1996 | ||
| 1997 | Alita Dawson* | Hamden | 18 | Later Miss CT USA 2002 (4RU Miss USA) | ||
| 1996 | Marissa Perez | Meriden | 18 | Sister of Miss CT Teen USA 1998 | ||
| 1995 | Tiffanyanne Kosma | Voluntown | ||||
| 1994 | Stacey Ann Raffone | New Haven | ||||
| 1993 | Cynthia Schneck | Wilton | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1992 | Tiffany Selivonchik | New Milford | ||||
| 1991 | Allison Benusis* | Ridgefield | Later Miss CT USA 1993 | |||
| 1990 | Amy Raboin | Bristol | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1989 | Suzanne Ianucci | West Haven | 18 | |||
| 1988 | Bobbie-Joe Shanahan | East Hartford | 17 | |||
| 1987 | Allison Barbeau-Diorio* | Fairfield | Later Miss CT USA 1991 | |||
| 1986 | Karen Zawacki | Danbury | Photogenic | |||
| 1985 | Kristine Kunst | Wallingford | Congeniality | |||
| 1984 | Monique Savery | Hartford | ||||
| 1983 | Beth Waldron | Hartford |
