Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss New Hampshire USA and Teen USA pageants, from the first winner to the most recent. 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.
17 • Manchester
26 • Merrimack
26 • Newbury
27 • Portsmouth
Top 12
at Miss USA
26 • Manchester
28 • Portsmouth
1st runner-up
Bridget Jane Vezina (2000)
Semi-finalist
Sandralee Kay (1962), Eva Dyer (1980)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Camila Sacco (2022)
Top 15/16/20*
Vanessa Bissanti (2004)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Diane Gadoury (1984)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Ariel Sullivan | Portsmouth | 28 | |||
 | 2023 | Britney Lane | Manchester | 26 | |||
 | 2022 | Camila Sacco | Portsmouth | 27 | Top 12 | ||
 | 2021 | Taylor Fogg | Newbury | 26 | |||
 | 2020 | Alyssa Fernandes | Merrimack | 26 | |||
 | 2019 | Lexi Chinn | Manchester | 22 | |||
 | 2018 | Michelle McEwan | Harrisville | 25 | |||
 | 2017 | Sarah Mousseau | Stratham | 26 | |||
 | 2016 | Jessica Strohm | Manchester | 25 | |||
 | 2015 | Samantha Poirier | Dover | 24 | |||
 | 2014 | Bridget Brunet | South Hampton | 26 | |||
 | 2013 | Amber Faucher* | Pelham | 22 | Previously Miss NH Teen USA 2009 | ||
 | 2012 | Ryanne Harms | Rochester | 23 | |||
 | 2011 | LacyJane Folger | Farmington | 22 | |||
 | 2010 | Nicole Houde | Manchester | 25 | |||
 | 2009 | Christy Dunn | Laconia | 25 | |||
 | 2008 | Breanne Silvi | Nashua | 24 | |||
 | 2007 | Laura Silva | Londonderry | 19 | |||
 | 2006 | Krystal Barry | Belmont | 20 | |||
 | 2005 | Candace Glickman^ | Manchester | 23 | Previously Miss NH 2003 (SF Miss America) | ||
 | 2004 | Vanessa Bissanti | Manchester | 21 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2003 | Rachael Rubeck | Londonderry | 24 | |||
 | 2002 | Audra Paquette^ | Merrimack | 21 | Later Miss NH 2005 | ||
 | 2001 | Melissa Robbins | Pittsfield | 20 | |||
 | 2000 | Bridget Jane Vezina | Nashua | 19 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 1999 | Melissa MacLaughlin | Londonderry | 25 | |||
 | 1998 | Nadia Semerdjiev | Merrimack | 24 | |||
 | 1997 | Gretchen Durgin* | Lancaster | 21 | Previously Miss NH Teen USA 1993 | ||
 | 1996 | Julie Minta Gleneck | Wilton | 21 | |||
 | 1995 | Valerie Gosselin | Salem | 24 | |||
 | 1994 | Kelly Zarse | Rochester | 20 | |||
 | 1993 | Heidi Cambra | Hampton | ||||
 | 1992 | Rebecca Lee Lake | |||||
 | 1991 | Adriana Molinari | Hampton | 23 | |||
 | 1990 | Lisa Parnpichate | Swanzey | 23 | |||
 | 1989 | Fayleen Anne Chwalek | Windham | 22 | |||
 | 1988 | Diane Lynn Wright | Pelham | 24 | |||
 | 1987 | Laurie Durkee | Hampton Beach | 19 | |||
 | 1986 | Lynda Mary Poulin | Derry | 21 | |||
 | 1985 | Janice LaCroix | Manchester | 21 | Assumed title | ||
 | 1985 | Rhonda Niles | Merrimack | 19 | Resigned over charges of receiving stolen property which were later dropped | ||
 | 1984 | Diane Gadoury | Hampstead | 19 | Congeniality | ||
 | 1983 | Lynn Stockwell | Hampton | 21 | |||
 | 1982 | Kathy Rogers | North Hampton | 19 | |||
 | 1981 | Cynthia Leigh Graves | North Conway | 21 | |||
 | 1980 | Eva Dyer | Amherst | 25 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1979 | Patricia Brous | Manchester | 24 | |||
 | 1978 | Barbara Miller | Goffstown | ||||
 | 1977 | Belinda Bridgeman^ | Merrimack | Later Miss NH 1978; mother of Miss NH Teen USA 2005 | |||
 | 1976 | Sinceree Rowlette | Nashua | 20 | |||
 | 1975 | Bonnie Gates | Salem | ||||
 | 1974 | June Tedeschi | Exeter | 20 | |||
 | 1973 | Grace Knox | Plymouth | ||||
 | 1972 | Cathy Davis | Manchester | ||||
 | 1971 | Jane Laroche | Rochester | ||||
 | 1970 | Gail Erickson | Concord | ||||
 | 1969 | Dorothy Connors | Durham | ||||
 | 1968 | Deborah Steers | Exeter | ||||
 | 1967 | Jennifer Brown | Manchester | ||||
 | 1966 | Elaine Brandt | Lee | ||||
| 1965 | Judy Morrison | ||||||
 | 1964 | Beverly Ann Hebert | Manchester | ||||
| 1963 | Jonnye McLeod | Hampton | 18 | ||||
 | 1962 | Sandralee Kay | Plaistow | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1961 | Ellen Lipson | |||||
 | 1960 | Joan Chesleigh | Hampstead | ||||
 | 1959 | Nancy Jeanne Gray | Somersworth | 20 | |||
| 1958 | Patricia Larrabee | Salem | 19 | ||||
 | 1957 | Lyla Moran | Hampton Beach | 18 | |||
 | 1956 | Rita Leclerc | Berlin | 19 | |||
 | 1955 | Patricia Ann Mowry | Manchester | 22 | |||
 | 1954 | Myrna Louise Smith | |||||
 | 1953 | Muriel Roy | Nashua | 24 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ariel Sullivan | Portsmouth | 28 | |||
| 2023 | Britney Lane | Manchester | 26 | |||
| 2022 | Camila Sacco | Portsmouth | 27 | Top 12 | ||
| 2021 | Taylor Fogg | Newbury | 26 | |||
| 2020 | Alyssa Fernandes | Merrimack | 26 | |||
| 2019 | Lexi Chinn | Manchester | 22 | |||
| 2018 | Michelle McEwan | Harrisville | 25 | |||
| 2017 | Sarah Mousseau | Stratham | 26 | |||
| 2016 | Jessica Strohm | Manchester | 25 | |||
| 2015 | Samantha Poirier | Dover | 24 | |||
| 2014 | Bridget Brunet | South Hampton | 26 | |||
| 2013 | Amber Faucher* | Pelham | 22 | Previously Miss NH Teen USA 2009 | ||
| 2012 | Ryanne Harms | Rochester | 23 | |||
| 2011 | LacyJane Folger | Farmington | 22 | |||
| 2010 | Nicole Houde | Manchester | 25 | |||
| 2009 | Christy Dunn | Laconia | 25 | |||
| 2008 | Breanne Silvi | Nashua | 24 | |||
| 2007 | Laura Silva | Londonderry | 19 | |||
| 2006 | Krystal Barry | Belmont | 20 | |||
| 2005 | Candace Glickman^ | Manchester | 23 | Previously Miss NH 2003 (SF Miss America) | ||
| 2004 | Vanessa Bissanti | Manchester | 21 | Top 15 | ||
| 2003 | Rachael Rubeck | Londonderry | 24 | |||
| 2002 | Audra Paquette^ | Merrimack | 21 | Later Miss NH 2005 | ||
| 2001 | Melissa Robbins | Pittsfield | 20 | |||
| 2000 | Bridget Jane Vezina | Nashua | 19 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1999 | Melissa MacLaughlin | Londonderry | 25 | |||
| 1998 | Nadia Semerdjiev | Merrimack | 24 | |||
| 1997 | Gretchen Durgin* | Lancaster | 21 | Previously Miss NH Teen USA 1993 | ||
| 1996 | Julie Minta Gleneck | Wilton | 21 | |||
| 1995 | Valerie Gosselin | Salem | 24 | |||
| 1994 | Kelly Zarse | Rochester | 20 | |||
| 1993 | Heidi Cambra | Hampton | ||||
| 1992 | Rebecca Lee Lake | |||||
| 1991 | Adriana Molinari | Hampton | 23 | |||
| 1990 | Lisa Parnpichate | Swanzey | 23 | |||
| 1989 | Fayleen Anne Chwalek | Windham | 22 | |||
| 1988 | Diane Lynn Wright | Pelham | 24 | |||
| 1987 | Laurie Durkee | Hampton Beach | 19 | |||
| 1986 | Lynda Mary Poulin | Derry | 21 | |||
| 1985 | Janice LaCroix | Manchester | 21 | Assumed title | ||
| 1985 | Rhonda Niles | Merrimack | 19 | Resigned over charges of receiving stolen property which were later dropped | ||
| 1984 | Diane Gadoury | Hampstead | 19 | Congeniality | ||
| 1983 | Lynn Stockwell | Hampton | 21 | |||
| 1982 | Kathy Rogers | North Hampton | 19 | |||
| 1981 | Cynthia Leigh Graves | North Conway | 21 | |||
| 1980 | Eva Dyer | Amherst | 25 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1979 | Patricia Brous | Manchester | 24 | |||
| 1978 | Barbara Miller | Goffstown | ||||
| 1977 | Belinda Bridgeman^ | Merrimack | Later Miss NH 1978; mother of Miss NH Teen USA 2005 | |||
| 1976 | Sinceree Rowlette | Nashua | 20 | |||
| 1975 | Bonnie Gates | Salem | ||||
| 1974 | June Tedeschi | Exeter | 20 | |||
| 1973 | Grace Knox | Plymouth | ||||
| 1972 | Cathy Davis | Manchester | ||||
| 1971 | Jane Laroche | Rochester | ||||
| 1970 | Gail Erickson | Concord | ||||
| 1969 | Dorothy Connors | Durham | ||||
| 1968 | Deborah Steers | Exeter | ||||
| 1967 | Jennifer Brown | Manchester | ||||
| 1966 | Elaine Brandt | Lee | ||||
| 1965 | Judy Morrison | |||||
| 1964 | Beverly Ann Hebert | Manchester | ||||
| 1963 | Jonnye McLeod | Hampton | 18 | |||
| 1962 | Sandralee Kay | Plaistow | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1961 | Ellen Lipson | |||||
| 1960 | Joan Chesleigh | Hampstead | ||||
| 1959 | Nancy Jeanne Gray | Somersworth | 20 | |||
| 1958 | Patricia Larrabee | Salem | 19 | |||
| 1957 | Lyla Moran | Hampton Beach | 18 | |||
| 1956 | Rita Leclerc | Berlin | 19 | |||
| 1955 | Patricia Ann Mowry | Manchester | 22 | |||
| 1954 | Myrna Louise Smith | |||||
| 1953 | Muriel Roy | Nashua | 24 |
