Miss Massachusetts USA and Teen USA Titleholder History

Miss Massachusetts USA, Shawnae Jebbia, will join 50 other delegates from around the country to compete for the title of MISS USA 1998. The 5' 8", 26 year old with Hazel eyes and Lt. Brown hair will represent Mansfield, MA. for the MISS USA Title. The newly crowned MISS USA will represent the United States at the MISS UNIVERSE Pageant scheduled to air mid May from the beautiful city of Honolulu, Hawaii. The MISS USA Pageant will air live on the CBS-Television network from Shreveport, Louisiana on March 10, at 8:00 P. M. (CT) ho/MISS UNIVERSE, L.P., LLLP

Miss Massachusetts USA 2023 Annika Shama

Dale Carder is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 1972

Judy Gregory is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 1973

Holly Ann Hoyle is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 1976

Carol Marcil is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 1977

Diane Campbell is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 1980

JoAnn Savery is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 1981

Janet Marie Flaherty is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 1982

Robin Silvia is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 1983

Mercedes Waggoner is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 1985

Anita Lovely is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 1988

Christine Netishen is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 1992

Stacey Blaine is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 1993

Shawnae Jebbia is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 1998

Susie Castillo is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2003

Cristina Nardozzi and Alison Cronin take their first walk as Miss Massachusetts USA and Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 2005

Tiffany Kelly is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2006

Despina Delios is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2007

Jackie Bruno is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2008

Alison Cronin is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2009

Lacey Wilson is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2010

Alida D'Angona is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2011

Natalie Pietrzak is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2012

Sarah Kidd is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2013

Caroline Lunny is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2014

Polikseni Manxhari is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2015

Whitney Sharpe is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2016

Julia Scaparotti is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2017

Allissa Latham is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2018

Kelly O'Grady is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2019

Sabrina Victor is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2020

Sarah DeSouza is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2021

Skarlet Ramirez is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2022

Annika Sharma is crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2023

20 Jul 1953 • Contestants for the Miss Universe title visited Universal Studio and found gun-toting Actor Audie Murphy there to protect them. From left the beauties are Miss Canada, Miss California, Miss Greece, and Miss Massachusetts

JOAN DALY (left) and Muriel Roy, Miss Massachusetts and Miss New Hampshire, respectively. fix their pretty faces at LaGuardia Field. They arrived yesterday prior to taking off for the Coast, where they'll compete for title of Miss USA.

17 Jul 1954 • Some of the beauties from around the world register at "Miss Universe beauty pageant headquarters at Long Beach. Calif., yesterday, following their arrival for the world contest. Standing, from left: "Miss Belgium," Christiane Nackaerts; "Miss Ohio," Barbara Joyce Randa; Miss Sweden, Ragnhild Olausson; "Miss Italy. Maria Palfani; "Miss Maryland," Barbara Ann Eschenburg; "Miss Massachusetts." Nan Cowan: and "Miss Minnesota," Dawn Joyce.

14 May 1966 • Four of the prettiest girls from New England arrived yesterday in Miami for next week's Miss USA pageant. Left to right are Miss Massachusetts, Nancy Brackett; Miss New Hampshire, Elaine Brandt; Miss Maine, Susan Bartash, and Miss Vermont, Peggy Eckert.

23 May 1969 • These are the fifteen girls selected by the judges as the top group in swimsuits in the annual Miss U.S.A. Beauty Pageant. From left in the first row are Miss New Mexico, Mary Margaret Card; Miss California, Troas Kaye Hayes; Miss Texas, Sande Drewes; Miss Massachusetts, Martha Cawley; and Miss Nevada Karen Esslingcr. Second row from left are Miss Kentucky, Regina Pryor; Miss Arkansas, Leonette Reed; Miss New York, Rosemary Hradek; Miss Colorado, Susan Hawkins; Miss Hawaii, Stephanie Quintana. Third row from left are Miss Virginia Wendy Dascomb; Miss Florida, Maria Junquera; 'Miss Arizona, Ruth Boykin Harris; Miss South Carolina, Eva Engle; and Miss Alabama, Hitsy Parnell.

11 May 1973 • Three entries in this year's Miss U.S.A. take in the sights of New York City. The girls, left to right are: Miss Arizona, Sherry Nix, 21; Miss Louisiana, Storm Hansley, 22, and Judy Gregory, 26, Miss Massachusetts. Storm is a sergeant at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. Girls from all the states, and the District of Columbia will find out who is the fairest of them all on May 19.

17 May 1975 • Two former Miss USA contestants who are now directors of the pageant for their states prepare their entrants for the personality judging for this year’s Miss USA contest at Niagara Falls NY. From left: the present Miss Tennessee Shelly Smith of Memphis; Pat Tigrett of Memphis who was Miss Tennessee in 1964; the present Miss Massachusets Rilla Posson and Su-Su Smith who was Miss Massachusetts in 1963

4 May 1975 • Miss USA pageant contestants take a ferry ride. From left they are Marice Love, Miss Rhode Island; Sandy McClure, Miss Delaware; Rilla Posson, Miss Massachusetts; Ellen Bowie, Miss Maryland; Cathy Russell, Miss New Jersey, and Mary Lamond, wearing a Miss Metro banner and representing the District of Columbia. The winner will be crowned May 17 during a nationally telecast show from Niagara. Falls. ,

10 Apr 1980 • VISITING STATE HOUSE — Paying a visit to the State House in Boston Wednesday newly crowned Miss Massachusetts Diane Campbell, 21, found time to chat with her hometown representative, William G Robinson of Melrose, in his office. She will be competing in the Miss USA Pageant on national television May 15.

1 May 1980 • AT THE CIRCUS – In New York's Madison Square Garden, a clown posed with Diane Marie Campbell, of Melrose, Mass., who is Miss Massachusetts in the Miss USA pageant.

2 May 1980 • Miss Hawaii, Carol Lee Ching (back) teaches Miss Massachusetts, Diane Marie Campbell how to surf at the Wave Pol in Waveland

28 Apr 1980 • A half dozen state finalists in the Miss USA 1980 contest pose at a New York City restaurant Sunday after a round of appearances in the Big Apple. From the left the girls are: Miss New York, Debra Sue Maurice, 21; Miss Ohio, Elizabeth Kim Thomas, 20; Miss Florida, Barbara Ann Bowser, 20; Miss Massachusetts, Diane Marie Campbell, 21; Miss Washington DC, Marianne Elizabeth Ritter, 19; Miss Pennsylvania, Andrea Lynn Patrick, 19. All will compete in the nationally televised program in Mississippi to determine who will represent the nation in the Miss Universe Pageant.

24 May 1981 • Miss Massachusetts Jo Ann Savery (above) and Miss New Jersey Christy Garthwaite received an extra measure of Southern hospitality during their visit to the Mississippi Gulf Coast for the Miss USA Pageant. Officials of the City of Long Beach learned that neither of the contestants would have family members in the audience last Thursday night to cheer them to victory, so Mayor Glenn Mitchell, on behalf of the city, "adopted" the pretty pair, making them honorary citizens of Long Beach

5 May 1981 • Candidates for the Miss U.S.A. title in the Miss Universe Pageant preview the swimsuit competition atop the Summit Hotel in New York Monday, from left: Joann Savery, Miss Massachusetts; Deborah Ann Fountain, Miss New York, from the Bronx and Nena Hale Stone, Miss Pennsylvania from Bethel Park.

14 May 1981 • The scallop-shell costume worn by Miss Massachusetts Jo Ann Savery of East Bridgewater has won her first place in costume competition at the Miss USA Pageant in Biloxi, Miss. Miss Savory’s garb was made from the shells found on the beaches of her state. Second place went to Miss Texas Diana Durnford of El Paso who wore a rhinestone ranger outfit with ostrich feather chaps. In third place was Miss Illinois Leslie Renfrow of Chicago whose costume represented the Fermi National Accelerator, a nuclear research facility in her state. The finals will be next Thursday.

Hawaii, California, Missouri, Texas, Minnesota, Michigan, District of Columbia and Massachusetts are among the contestants participating in a photoshoot.

28 Apr 1983 • Miss Pennsylvania Julie Lynn Page, 18, gives Miss Massachusetts Robin Jeanne Silvia, 21, a taste of cotton candy as Miss New York Jennifer Anne Mikelinich, 20, watches on during a guest appearance by the beauties in New York recently.

New England contestants in the Miss USA Pageant gather around one the buses before traveling to an appearance in Knoxville, Tenn. They are: Miss Rhode Island, Allegra Mary Henricks, Providence; Miss Maine, Rosemarie Louise Hemond, McFalls; Miss Vermont, Leslie Caroline Lucchina, Barre; Miss Massachusetts, Robin Jeanne Silvia, Swansea; and Miss New Hampshire, Lynn Toby Stockwell, Hampton. The pageant is May 12.

26 Apr 1984 • Miss Pennsylvania, Tina Marie Albright of Willow, Street, joined Miss USA Pageant winners from across the nation in New York Wednesday for a sight-seeing and promotional tour for the pageant. From left are: Theresa Ring, Miss California; Lynn Scalo, Miss Connecticut; Steffanee Learning, Miss District of Columbia; Stacy Hassfurder, Miss Florida; Lavonne Ranae Misselle, Miss Illinois; Deborah Neary, Miss Massachusetts; Adriana Krambeck, Miss Michigan; Saundra Percival, Miss Missouri; Diane Everett Qualter, Miss New Jersey; Caroline Flury, Miss New York; Roxi Erwin, Miss Ohio; Miss Albright, and Laura Shaw, Miss Texas.

11 May 1985 • Two contestants in the Miss USA competition work on their tans at poolside in Lakeland, Fla., yesterday. That's Sandi Ferguson, Miss Pennsylvania, on the left and Mercedes Waggoner. Miss Massachusetts, beside her. Finals will be telecast Monday night.

5 May 1986 • These Miss USA Pageant contestants enioy a few minutes splashing in Biscayne Bay during a break in video taping for the May 20 telecast. They are from left, Miss Massachusetts USA Sheila Benson, Quincy; Miss Missouri USA Barbara Webster, Kansas City; Miss Oregon Kimberly Stubblefield, Lake Oswego, and Miss Connecticut, USA Jennifer Benusis, Ridgefield.

5 Feb 1987 • Gun-toting Miss USA delegates take aim at a cowboy party at the Miss USA competition in Albuquerque, N.M. From left are Miss New York, Constance McCullough, New York City; Brian Denk; Miss Massachusetts, Rosanna Iverson, from Barrington;' Andrew Garcia, and Miss Pennsylvania, Lisa Rynkiewicz, from Larksville. Fifty-two lovely young women from every state and Washington, D.C., plus Miss Teen USA are in the annual running for the roses and the new Miss USA will be crowned on live television, Feb. 17.

15 Feb 1988 • Fairfield County's Gina West, of Pickerington, (second from right) is among the 51 contestants in Miss USA competition in El Paso, Texas. Leading the conga line of Miss USA delegates are (from left) Miss Washington, D.C., Elva Anderson; Miss Pennsylvania, Susan Gray, from Lansdale; Miss California, Diana Magana, from Palos Verdes; Miss Massachusetts, Anita Lovely, from Franklin; Miss Wyoming, Kristen Youmans, from Casper; Miss Ohio, Miss West, and Miss Nevada, Lagracella Oman, from Henderson. The new Miss USA will be crowned on live television March 1.

5 Feb 1988 • Contestants in the 37th annual Miss USA Pageant pose for photographers in New York Thursday, before traveling to El Paso, Texas where the pageant final will be televised live on CBS, March 1. The winner will represent the United States in the 1988 Miss Universe Pageant in Taipei. From left are Susan Gray, Miss Pennsylvania; Anita Lovely, Miss Massachusetts and Linnea Mancini, Miss New York.

18 Feb 1988 • Miss USA contestants tossed Miss Wyoming Kristen Youmans into the Marriott swimming pool Wednesday during judging for the. Miss Photogenic title. Taking, part in the fun are, from left, Miss Maryland Rowanne Brewer, Miss California Diana Magana, Miss Massachusetts Anita Marie Lovely, Miss New York Linnea Mancini and Miss Texas Courtney Gibbs. The pageant will be March 1 in El Paso

14 Feb 1989 • Miss USA Pageant contestants take a break on the beach while preparing for the Feb. 28 finals at Mobile, Ala. Top, Kimberly Wallace, Miss Massachusetts; Second row, from left, Jacqueline Padgett, Miss North Carolina; Kirsten Blakemore, Miss Maine; Kelly Holub, Miss Illinois; Bottom row, from left, Karyn Finucan, Miss Michigan; Jennifer Parker, Miss Florida; Denise Epps, Miss Pennsylvania; and Lisa Vendetti, Miss Connecticut.

15 Feb 1989 • Anchors away: Three Miss USA finalists salute before shoving off on a Gulf of Mexico sailing outing in Mobile Ala., Tuesday. From left are Deborah Husti, 21, Miss New Jersey; Kimberly Wallace, 18, Miss Massachusetts; and Lisa Thompson, 24, of Marion Ohio, Miss Ohio.

11 Mar 1998 • Miss Massachusetts Shawnae Jebbia and Miss Louisiana Debbie Delhomme react after being selected to the top 10 Tuesday night.

Cristina Nardozzi competing in swimsuit at Miss Massachusetts USA 2005

Jackie Bruno competing in swimsuit at Miss Massachusetts USA 2008

Lacey Wilson competes in swimsuit at Miss Massachusetts USA 2010

Natalie Pietrzak competing in swimsuit at Miss Massachusetts USA 2012

Sarah Kidd competes in swimsuit at Miss Massachusetts USA 2013

Caroline Lunny competes in swimsuit at Miss Massachusetts USA 2014

Polikseni Manxhari competes in swimsuit at Miss Massachusetts USA 2015

Whitney Sharpe competing in swimsuit at Miss Massachusetts USA 2016

Julia Scaparotti competing in swimsuit at Miss Massachusetts USA 2017

Allissa Latham competes in swimsuit at Miss Massachusetts USA 2018

Kelly O'Grady competes in swimsuit at Miss Massachusetts USA 2019

Sabrina Victor competing in swimsuit at Miss Massachusetts USA 2020

Sarah DeSouza competes in swimsuit at Miss Massachusetts USA 2021

Skarlet Ramirez competes in swimsuit at Miss Massachusetts USA 2022

Jackie Bruno competing in evening gown at Miss Massachusetts USA 2008

Alida D'Angona competes in evening gown at Miss Massachusetts USA 2011

Natalie Pietrzak competes in evening gown at Miss Massachusetts USA 2012

Sarah Kidd competes in evening gown at Miss Massachusetts USA 2013

Caroline Lunny competes in evening gown at Miss Massachusetts USA 2014

Polikseni Manxhari competes in evening gown at Miss Massachusetts USA 2015

Whitney Sharpe competes in evening gown at Miss Massachusetts USA 2016

Julia Scaparotti competing in evening gown at Miss Massachusetts USA 2017

Allissa Latham competes in evening gown at Miss Massachusetts USA 2018

Kelly O'Grady competes in evening gown at Miss Massachusetts USA 2019

Sabrina Victor competing in evening gown at Miss Massachusetts USA 2020

Sarah DeSouza competes in evening gown at Miss Massachusetts USA 2021

Skarlet Ramirez competes in evening gown at Miss Massachusetts USA 2022

Miss Maryland USA 1993 Mary Ann Cimino's official headshot at Miss USA 1993

Miss Massachusetts USA 1996 Jacquelyn Doucette's official headshot at Miss USA 1996

Miss Maryland USA 1997 Ann Coale's official headshot at Miss USA 1997

Miss Maryland USA 1999 Kelly Donohue's official headshot at Miss USA 1999

Miss Maryland USA 2001 Megan Gunning's official photo at Miss USA 2001

Miss Massachusetts USA 2002 Latoyia Foster's official headshot at Miss USA 2002

Miss Massachusetts USA 2003 Susie Castillo's official headshot at Miss USA 2003

Miss Massachusetts USA 2004 Maria Lekkakos' official headshot by Fadil Berisha at Miss USA 2004

Miss Massachusetts USA 2005 Cristina Nardozzi's official headshot by Fadil Berisha at Miss USA 2005

Miss Massachusetts USA 2006 Tiffany Kelly's official headshot by Fadil Berisha at Miss USA 2006

Miss Massachusetts USA 2007 Despina Delios' official headshot by Fadil Berisha at Miss USA 2007

Miss Massachusetts USA 2008 Jacqueline Bruno's official headshot by Fadil Berisha at Miss USA 2008

Miss Massachusetts USA 2009 Alison Cronin's official headshot by Fadil Berisha at Miss USA 2009

Miss Massachusetts USA 2010 Lacey Wilson's official headshot by Fadil Berisha at Miss USA 2010

Miss Massachusetts USA 2011 Alida D'Angona's official headshot by Fadil Berisha at Miss USA 2011

Miss Massachusetts USA 2012 Natalie Pietrzak's official headshot by Fadil Berisha at Miss USA 2012

Miss Massachusetts USA 2013 Sarah Kidd's official headshot by Fadil Berisha at Miss USA 2013

Miss Massachusetts USA 2014 Caroline Lunny's official headshot by Fadil Berisha at Miss USA 2014

Miss Massachusetts USA 2015 Polikseni Manxhari's official headshot by Fadil Berisha at Miss USA 2015

Miss Massachusetts USA 2016 Whitney Sharpe's official headshot by Jonathan Carter at Miss USA 2016

Miss Massachusetts USA 2017 Julia Scaparotti's official headshot by Georgina Vaughan at Miss USA 2017

A photo of Miss Massachusetts USA 2018 Allissa Latham taken at Miss USA 2018

A photo of Miss Massachusetts USA 2019 Kelly O'Grady taken at Miss USA 2019

Miss Massachusetts USA 2020 Sabrina Victor's official headshot for Miss USA 2020

Miss Massachusetts USA 2021 Sarah DeSouza's official headshot by Grant Foto for Miss USA 2021

Miss Massachusetts USA 2022 Skarlet Ramirez's official headshot by Grant Foto for Miss USA 2022

Miss Massachusetts USA 1998 Shawnae Jebbia in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 1998

Miss Massachusetts USA 2003 Susie Castillo in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2003

Miss Massachusetts USA 2004 Maria Lekkakos in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2004

Miss Massachusetts USA 2005 Cristina Nardozzi in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2005

Miss Massachusetts USA 2006 Tiffany Kelly in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2006

Miss Massachusetts USA 2007 Despina Delios in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2007

Miss Massachusetts USA 2008 Jacqueline Bruno in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2008

Miss Massachusetts USA 2009 Alison Cronin in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2009

Miss Massachusetts USA 2010 Lacey Wilson in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2010

Miss Massachusetts USA 2011 Alida D'Angona in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2011

Miss Massachusetts USA 2012 Natalie Pietrzak in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2012

Miss Massachusetts USA 2013 Sarah Kidd in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2013

Miss Massachusetts USA 2014 Caroline Lunny in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2014

Miss Massachusetts USA 2015 Polikseni Manxhari in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2015

Miss Massachusetts USA 2016 Whitney Sharpe in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2016

Miss Massachusetts USA 2017 Julia Scaparotti in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2017

Miss Massachusetts USA 2018 Allissa Latham in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2018

Miss Massachusetts USA 2019 Kelly O'Grady in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2019

Miss Massachusetts USA 2020 Sabrina Victor in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2020

Miss Massachusetts USA 2021 Sarah DeSouza in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss USA 2021

Miss Massachusetts USA 1998 Shawnae Jebbia in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 1998

Miss Massachusetts USA 2002 Latoyia Foster competing in evening gown at Miss USA 2002

Miss Massachusetts USA 2003 Susie Castillo in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2003

Miss Massachusetts USA 2004 Maria Lekkakos in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2004

Miss Massachusetts USA 2005 Cristina Nardozzi in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2005

Miss Massachusetts USA 2006 Tiffany Kelly in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2006

Miss Massachusetts USA 2007 Despina Delios in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2007

Miss Massachusetts USA 2008 Jacqueline Bruno in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2008

Miss Massachusetts USA 2009 Alison Cronin in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2009

Miss Massachusetts USA 2010 Lacey Wilson in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2010

Miss Massachusetts USA 2011 Alida D'Angona in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2011

Miss Massachusetts USA 2012 Natalie Pietrzak in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2012

Miss Massachusetts USA 2013 Sarah Kidd in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2013

Miss Massachusetts USA 2014 Caroline Lunny in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2014

Miss Massachusetts USA 2015 Polikseni Manxhari in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2015

Miss Massachusetts USA 2016 Whitney Sharpe in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2016

Miss Massachusetts USA 2017 Julia Scaparotti in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2017

Miss Massachusetts USA 2018 Allissa Latham in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2018

Miss Massachusetts USA 2019 Kelly O'Grady in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2019

Miss Massachusetts USA 2020 Sabrina Victor in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2020

Miss Massachusetts USA 2021 Sarah DeSouza in the preliminary evening gown competition at Miss USA 2021