Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss New York 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.
New York was home to the very first Miss USA and Miss Teen USA winners, Miss USA 1952 Jackie Loughery and Miss Teen USA 1983 Ruth Zakarian! They have had three first Miss USA titlelholders. During the 1980s and early 1990s the pageants were largely held upstate which is reflected in the maps below – you can see the change in focus from upstate to downstate titleholders from the 1990s to 2000s. Unfortunately I have fewer historical images for New York than other states of its size, but I have used newspapers to fill in the blanks wherever possible, including Ruth’s Miss NY Teen USA crowning photo from November 1982!
22 • Brooklyn
Semi-finalist
at Miss Universe
20 • Pittsford
Semi-finalist
at Miss Universe
20 • New York
Succeeded Chelsi Smith as Miss USA
21 • Franklinville
17 • Amsterdam
Winner
Jackie Loughery (1952), Mary Therese Friel (1979), Kimberly Pressler (1999)
1st runner-up
Mary Rodites (1960), Alberta Phillips (1972), Susan Carlson (1973), Barbara Cooper (1974), Shanna Moakler (1995) (assumed Miss USA title)
2nd runner-up
Karin Hultman (1954)
3rd runner-up
Alexa Currey (1961)
4th runner-up
Arlene Nesbitt (1959)
Top 5/6
Jennifer Gareis (1994)
Semi-finalist
Reta Knapp (1953), Janet Kadlecik (1955), Sanita Pelkey (1957), Virginia Fox (1958), Sherrylyn Patecell^ (1962), Jeanne Marie Quinn (1963), Dorothea Langhans (1964), Gloria Jon (1965), Nancy Self (1966), June West (1968), Rosemary Hradek (1969), Christina Tefft (1970), Debra Maurice (1980), Jennifer Mikelinich (1983), Maureen Murray* (1991), Wendy Mock (1993), Carrie Tucker (2000), Karla Cavalli (2002), Hannah Lopa (2017)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Meaghan Jarensky (2005), Andreia Gibau (2020)
Top 15/16/20*
Amber Collins (2011), Thatiana Diaz (2015), Marizza Delgado (2024)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Photogenic
Barbara Cooper (1974)
State Costume
Nancy Self (1966)
IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
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2024 | Marizza Delgado | New York City | 25 | Top 20 | |||
2023 | Rachelle Di Stasio | New York City | 26 | ||||
2022 | Heather Nunez | Sugar Hill | 26 | ||||
2021 | Briana Siaca | Brentwood | 27 | ||||
2020 | Andreia Gibau | Brooklyn | 25 | Top 10 | |||
2019 | Florinda Kajtazi | Yonkers | 21 | ||||
2018 | Genesis Suero | Brooklyn | 26 | ||||
2017 | Hannah Lopa | Spencerport | 25 | Semi-finalist | |||
2016 | Serena Bucaj | Suffern | 22 | ||||
2015 | Thatiana Diaz* | Bayside | 22 | Top 15 | Previously Miss NY Teen USA 2010 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
2014 | Candace Kendall* | Rochester | 24 | Previously Miss NY Teen USA 2006 (as Candace Kuykendall) | |||
2013 | Joanne Nosuchinsky | New York City | 24 | ||||
2012 | Johanna Sambucini | Brooklyn | 25 | ||||
2011 | Amber Collins | New York City | 26 | Top 16 | |||
2010 | Davina Reeves | Harlem | 26 | ||||
2009 | Tracey Chang | New York City | 25 | ||||
2008 | Danielle Roundtree | New York City | 20 | ||||
2007 | Gloria Almonte* | Bronx | 23 | Previously Miss NY Teen USA 2001 (1RU Miss Teen USA) | |||
2006 | Adriana Diaz* | Bronx | 21 | Previously Miss NY Teen USA 2003 | |||
2005 | Meaghan Jarensky | Bronx | 26 | Top 10 | |||
2004 | Jaclyn Nesheiwat | New York City | 23 | ||||
2003 | Nadia Behette | Bay Ridge | 25 | ||||
2002 | Karla Cavalli | Mineola | 25 | Semi-finalist | |||
2001 | Lisa Pavlakis | Islip | 22 | ||||
2000 | Carrie Tucker | Nesconset | 25 | Semi-finalist | |||
1999 | Melissa Huggins | Succeeded Kimberly as Miss NY USA | |||||
1999 | KIMBERLY PRESSLER* | Franklinville | 21 | Miss USA | Non-finalist Miss Universe 1999; previously Miss NY Teen USA 1994 | ||
1998 | Susan Wisdom | Smithtown | |||||
1997 | Ramona Reuter | Rochester | 26 | ||||
1996 | Keelin Curnuck | Levittown | 23 | ||||
1995 | SHANNA MOAKLER* | New York | 19 | 1st runner-up | Assumed Miss USA title; previously Miss RI Teen USA 1992 (SF Teen USA) | ||
1994 | Jennifer Gareis | Manhattan | 24 | Finalist | |||
1993 | Wendy Mock | Levittown | 26 | Semi-finalist | |||
1992 | Christine Beachak | Cortlandt | |||||
1991 | Maureen Murray* | New York City | 24 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss NH Teen USA 1983; † 2018 | ||
1990 | Patricia Murphy | Pearl River | 24 | ||||
1989 | Jennifer Fisher | Greece | 19 | ||||
1988 | Linnea Mancini | Carmel | 24 | ||||
1987 | Constance McCullough | Manhattan | |||||
1986 | Beth Laufer | West Islip | 22 | ||||
1985 | Lovey King | Yonkers | 18 | ||||
1984 | Caroline Flury | West Seneca | 21 | ||||
1983 | Jennifer Mikelinich | Huntington Station | 20 | Semi-finalist | |||
1982 | Annemarie Henderson | Monroe | 17 | ||||
1981 | Deborah Fountain | Bronx | 25 | Disqualified after preliminary competition due to claims she padded her swimsuit top | |||
1980 | Debra Maurice | New York City | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
1979 | MARY THERESE FRIEL | Pittsford | Miss USA | SF Miss Universe 1979 | |||
1978 | Darlene Javits | Plainview | 24 | ||||
1977 | Debbie Martin | New York City | |||||
1976 | Carol Perretti Doerr | Manhattan | 22 | ||||
1975 | Sonja Anderson^ | New York City | 22 | Later Miss NY 1976 (4RU Miss America) | |||
1974 | Barbara Cooper | Brooklyn | 21 | 1st runner-up | Photogenic | ||
1973 | Susan Carlson | Colonie Hill | 21 | 1st runner-up | |||
1972 | Alberta Phillips | Westbury | 19 | 1st runner-up | |||
1971 | Barbara Lopez | Yorktown Heights | 23 | ||||
1970 | Christina Tefft | New York City | 27 | Semi-finalist | |||
1969 | Rosemary Hradek | West Hempstead | 20 | Semi-finalist | |||
1968 | June West | Manhattan | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
1967 | Wendy Cox | Yonkers | 20 | † 2001 | |||
1966 | Nancy Self | New York City | 25 | Semi-finalist | State Costume | † 2023 | |
1965 | Gloria Jon | Manhattan | 24 | Semi-finalist | First African-American Miss New York USA; dethroned shortly after Miss USA for failing to fulfill her duties | ||
1964 | Dorothea Langhans | Wantagh | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
1963 | Jeanne Marie Quinn | East Meadow | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
1962 | Sherrylyn Patecell^ | Flushing | 21 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss New York CIty 1960 | ||
1961 | Alexa Currey | Manhattan | 22 | 3rd runner-up | Assumed title after original winner stepped down as she was underage | ||
1960 | Mary Rodites | Port Jefferson | 19 | 1st runner-up | |||
1959 | Arlene Nesbitt | Mineola | 21 | 4th runner-up | |||
1958 | Virginia Fox | Levittown | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
1957 | Sanita Pelkey | Bronx | 21 | Semi-finalist | † 1994 | ||
1956 | Kay Douglas | New York City | 18 | ||||
1955 | Janet Kadlecik | Johnson City | 18 | Semi-finalist | † 2019 | ||
1954 | Karin Hultman | Brighton | 22 | 2nd runner-up | 1RU Miss World 1954 | ||
1953 | Reta Knapp | New York City | 28 | Semi-finalist | † 2013 | ||
1952 | JACKIE LOUGHERY | Brooklyn | 22 | Miss USA | SF Miss Universe 1952; † 2024 |
YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Marizza Delgado | New York City | 25 | Top 20 | ||
2023 | Rachelle Di Stasio | New York City | 26 | |||
2022 | Heather Nunez | Sugar Hill | 26 | |||
2021 | Briana Siaca | Brentwood | 27 | |||
2020 | Andreia Gibau | Brooklyn | 25 | Top 10 | ||
2019 | Florinda Kajtazi | Yonkers | 21 | |||
2018 | Genesis Suero | Brooklyn | 26 | |||
2017 | Hannah Lopa | Spencerport | 25 | Semi-finalist | ||
2016 | Serena Bucaj | Suffern | 22 | |||
2015 | Thatiana Diaz* | Bayside | 22 | Top 15 | Previously Miss NY Teen USA 2010 (SF Miss Teen USA) | |
2014 | Candace Kendall* | Rochester | 24 | Previously Miss NY Teen USA 2006 (as Candace Kuykendall) | ||
2013 | Joanne Nosuchinsky | New York City | 24 | |||
2012 | Johanna Sambucini | Brooklyn | 25 | |||
2011 | Amber Collins | New York City | 26 | Top 16 | ||
2010 | Davina Reeves | Harlem | 26 | |||
2009 | Tracey Chang | New York City | 25 | |||
2008 | Danielle Roundtree | New York City | 20 | |||
2007 | Gloria Almonte* | Bronx | 23 | Previously Miss NY Teen USA 2001 (1RU Miss Teen USA) | ||
2006 | Adriana Diaz* | Bronx | 21 | Previously Miss NY Teen USA 2003 | ||
2005 | Meaghan Jarensky | Bronx | 26 | Top 10 | ||
2004 | Jaclyn Nesheiwat | New York City | 23 | |||
2003 | Nadia Behette | Bay Ridge | 25 | |||
2002 | Karla Cavalli | Mineola | 25 | Semi-finalist | ||
2001 | Lisa Pavlakis | Islip | 22 | |||
2000 | Carrie Tucker | Nesconset | 25 | Semi-finalist | ||
1999 | Melissa Huggins | Succeeded Kimberly as Miss NY USA | ||||
1999 | KIMBERLY PRESSLER* | Franklinville | 21 | Miss USA | Non-finalist Miss Universe 1999; previously Miss NY Teen USA 1994 | |
1998 | Susan Wisdom | Smithtown | ||||
1997 | Ramona Reuter | Rochester | 26 | |||
1996 | Keelin Curnuck | Levittown | 23 | |||
1995 | SHANNA MOAKLER* | New York | 19 | 1st runner-up | Assumed Miss USA title; previously Miss RI Teen USA 1992 (SF Teen USA) | |
1994 | Jennifer Gareis | Manhattan | 24 | Finalist | ||
1993 | Wendy Mock | Levittown | 26 | Semi-finalist | ||
1992 | Christine Beachak | Cortlandt | ||||
1991 | Maureen Murray* | New York City | 24 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss NH Teen USA 1983; † 2018 | |
1990 | Patricia Murphy | Pearl River | 24 | |||
1989 | Jennifer Fisher | Greece | 19 | |||
1988 | Linnea Mancini | Carmel | 24 | |||
1987 | Constance McCullough | Manhattan | ||||
1986 | Beth Laufer | West Islip | 22 | |||
1985 | Lovey King | Yonkers | 18 | |||
1984 | Caroline Flury | West Seneca | 21 | |||
1983 | Jennifer Mikelinich | Huntington Station | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
1982 | Annemarie Henderson | Monroe | 17 | |||
1981 | Deborah Fountain | Bronx | 25 | Disqualified after preliminary competition due to claims she padded her swimsuit top | ||
1980 | Debra Maurice | New York City | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
1979 | MARY THERESE FRIEL | Pittsford | Miss USA | SF Miss Universe 1979 | ||
1978 | Darlene Javits | Plainview | 24 | |||
1977 | Debbie Martin | New York City | ||||
1976 | Carol Perretti Doerr | Manhattan | 22 | |||
1975 | Sonja Anderson^ | New York City | 22 | Later Miss NY 1976 (4RU Miss America) | ||
1974 | Barbara Cooper | Brooklyn | 21 | 1st runner-up | Photogenic | |
1973 | Susan Carlson | Colonie Hill | 21 | 1st runner-up | ||
1972 | Alberta Phillips | Westbury | 19 | 1st runner-up | ||
1971 | Barbara Lopez | Yorktown Heights | 23 | |||
1970 | Christina Tefft | New York City | 27 | Semi-finalist | ||
1969 | Rosemary Hradek | West Hempstead | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
1968 | June West | Manhattan | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
1967 | Wendy Cox | Yonkers | 20 | † 2001 | ||
1966 | Nancy Self | New York City | 25 | Semi-finalist | State Costume | † 2023 |
1965 | Gloria Jon | Manhattan | 24 | Semi-finalist | First African-American Miss New York USA; dethroned shortly after Miss USA for failing to fulfill her duties | |
1964 | Dorothea Langhans | Wantagh | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
1963 | Jeanne Marie Quinn | East Meadow | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
1962 | Sherrylyn Patecell^ | Flushing | 21 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss New York CIty 1960 | |
1961 | Alexa Currey | Manhattan | 22 | 3rd runner-up | Assumed title after original winner stepped down as she was underage | |
1960 | Mary Rodites | Port Jefferson | 19 | 1st runner-up | ||
1959 | Arlene Nesbitt | Mineola | 21 | 4th runner-up | ||
1958 | Virginia Fox | Levittown | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
1957 | Sanita Pelkey | Bronx | 21 | Semi-finalist | † 1994 | |
1956 | Kay Douglas | New York City | 18 | |||
1955 | Janet Kadlecik | Johnson City | 18 | Semi-finalist | † 2019 | |
1954 | Karin Hultman | Brighton | 22 | 2nd runner-up | 1RU Miss World 1954 | |
1953 | Reta Knapp | New York City | 28 | Semi-finalist | † 2013 | |
1952 | JACKIE LOUGHERY | Brooklyn | 22 | Miss USA | SF Miss Universe 1952; † 2024 |