Miss RI USA Mary Malloy • Miss RI Teen USA Lola Paolissi (results)
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
IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
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![]() | 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 | Miss NY Teen USA 2010 (SF Miss Teen USA) | |
![]() | 2014 | Candace Kendall* | Rochester | 24 | 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 | 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 1995 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 | |
![]() | 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 Doerr | Manhattan | 22 | |||
1975 | Sonja Anderson^ | New York City | Miss NY 1976 (4th runner-up) | ||||
1974 | Barbara Cooper | Brooklyn | 21 | 1st runner-up | Photogenic | ||
1973 | Susan Carlson | 21 | 1st runner-up | ||||
1972 | Alberta Phillips | Westbury | 1st runner-up | ||||
1971 | Barbara Lopez | Yorktown Heights | 21 | ||||
1970 | Christina Tefft | New York City | Semi-finalist | ||||
1969 | Rosemary Hradek | Semi-finalist | |||||
1968 | June West | New York City | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
1967 | Wendy Cox | Bronxville | 19 | ||||
1966 | Nancy Self | New York City | Semi-finalist | State Costume | |||
1965 | Gloria Jon | New York City | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
1964 | Dorothy Langhans | Semi-finalist | |||||
1963 | Jeanne Marie Quinn | East Meadow | Semi-finalist | ||||
1962 | Sherralyn Patecell | Flushing | Semi-finalist | ||||
1961 | Alexa Currey | Manhattan | 3rd runner-up | ||||
1960 | Mary Rodites | 1st runner-up | |||||
1959 | Arlene Nesbitt | 19 | 4th runner-up | ||||
1958 | Virginia Fox | Semi-finalist | |||||
1957 | Sanita Pelkey | Semi-finalist | |||||
1956 | Kay Douglas | ||||||
1955 | Janet Kadlecik | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||||
1954 | Karin Hultman | 2nd runner-up | 1RU Miss World 1954 | ||||
1953 | Reta Knapp | Semi-finalist | |||||
1952 | JACKIE LOUGHERY† | Miss USA | SF Miss Universe 1952 |
YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
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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 | Miss NY Teen USA 2010 (SF Miss Teen USA) | |
2014 | Candace Kendall* | Rochester | 24 | 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 | 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 1995 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 | |
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 Doerr | Manhattan | 22 | |||
1975 | Sonja Anderson^ | New York City | Miss NY 1976 (4th runner-up) | |||
1974 | Barbara Cooper | Brooklyn | 21 | 1st runner-up | Photogenic | |
1973 | Susan Carlson | 21 | 1st runner-up | |||
1972 | Alberta Phillips | Westbury | 1st runner-up | |||
1971 | Barbara Lopez | Yorktown Heights | 21 | |||
1970 | Christina Tefft | New York City | Semi-finalist | |||
1969 | Rosemary Hradek | Semi-finalist | ||||
1968 | June West | New York City | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
1967 | Wendy Cox | Bronxville | 19 | |||
1966 | Nancy Self | New York City | Semi-finalist | State Costume | ||
1965 | Gloria Jon | New York City | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
1964 | Dorothy Langhans | Semi-finalist | ||||
1963 | Jeanne Marie Quinn | East Meadow | Semi-finalist | |||
1962 | Sherralyn Patecell | Flushing | Semi-finalist | |||
1961 | Alexa Currey | Manhattan | 3rd runner-up | |||
1960 | Mary Rodites | 1st runner-up | ||||
1959 | Arlene Nesbitt | 19 | 4th runner-up | |||
1958 | Virginia Fox | Semi-finalist | ||||
1957 | Sanita Pelkey | Semi-finalist | ||||
1956 | Kay Douglas | |||||
1955 | Janet Kadlecik | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
1954 | Karin Hultman | 2nd runner-up | 1RU Miss World 1954 | |||
1953 | Reta Knapp | Semi-finalist | ||||
1952 | JACKIE LOUGHERY† | Miss USA | SF Miss Universe 1952 |
IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
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![]() | 2022 | Diya Chowdhury | Manhattan | 17 | |||
![]() | 2021 | Geanna Koulouris | Bethpage | 19 | |||
![]() | 2020 | Maya Dominguez | Yonkers | 18 | |||
![]() | 2019 | Hailey Germano | Smithtown | 18 | |||
![]() | 2018 | Saige Guerin | Staten Island | 17 | |||
![]() | 2017 | Isabella Griffith | Melville | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 2016 | Natalia Terrero | Commack | 17 | |||
![]() | 2015 | Geena Cardalena | Floral Park | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 2014 | Corrin Stellakis | Bridgeport | 16 | |||
![]() | 2013 | Nikki Orlando | Nesconset | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 2012 | Sabrina Mastrangelo | Bellmore | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 2011 | Lisa Drouillard | Brooklyn | 19 | |||
![]() | 2010 | Thatiana Diaz* | Bayside | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss NY USA 2015 (T15 Miss USA) | |
![]() | 2009 | Taylor Gildersleeve | Mattituck | 17 | |||
![]() | 2008 | Sana Idnani | Roslyn | 18 | Photogenic | ||
![]() | 2007 | Tatiana Pallagi | Avon | 17 | |||
![]() | 2006 | Candace Kuykendall* | Rochester | 17 | Later Miss NY USA 2014 (as Candace Kendall) | ||
![]() | 2005 | Natascha Bessez | New York City | 18 | Top 15 | ||
![]() | 2004 | Catherine Muldoon* | Chappaqua | 18 | Top 10 | Later Miss VA USA 2012 | |
![]() | 2003 | Adriana Diaz* | Bronx | 18 | Miss NY USA 2006 | ||
![]() | 2002 | Marley Delduchetto | Syracuse | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 2001 | Gloria Almonte* | Bronx | 18 | 1st runner-up | Miss NY USA 2007 | |
![]() | 2000 | Tina Casciani | Wantagh | 17 | |||
![]() | 1999 | Morgan Maholick | Rochester | 17 | Congeniality | ||
![]() | 1998 | Lindsay Fredette | Glens Falls | 18 | |||
![]() | 1997 | Jessica-Lynn Ferdinand | East Patchogue | 18 | |||
![]() | 1996 | Aiesha Hendrick | Liverpool | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 1995 | Tara Campbell | Clarence Center | 18 | |||
![]() | 1994 | Kimberly Pressler* | Franklinville | 17 | Miss NY USA & Miss USA 1999 | ||
![]() | 1993 | Sarah Gore | Queensbury | 17 | Finalist | ||
![]() | 1992 | Amber Evans | Fairport | 18 | Congeniality | ||
![]() | 1991 | Wendy Cooper | Penfield | 17 | Congeniality | ||
![]() | 1990 | Catherine Bliss* | Utica | 17 | Miss VT USA 1998 | ||
![]() | 1989 | Beth Savage | Walworth | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 1988 | Jessica Collins | Amsterdam | 17 | 1st runner-up | ||
![]() | 1987 | Michelle Kelenski | Ballston Spa | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 1986 | Claudia Liem | Glendale | 15 | 2nd runner-up | ||
![]() | 1985 | Shelly Lown | Red House | 16 | |||
![]() | 1984 | Tracy Ann Purdy | Speculator | 17 | |||
![]() | 1983 | RUTH ZAKARIAN | Amsterdam | 17 | Miss Teen USA |
YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Diya Chowdhury | Manhattan | 17 | |||
2021 | Geanna Koulouris | Bethpage | 19 | |||
2020 | Maya Dominguez | Yonkers | 18 | |||
2019 | Hailey Germano | Smithtown | 18 | |||
2018 | Saige Guerin | Staten Island | 17 | |||
2017 | Isabella Griffith | Melville | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
2016 | Natalia Terrero | Commack | 17 | |||
2015 | Geena Cardalena | Floral Park | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
2014 | Corrin Stellakis | Bridgeport | 16 | |||
2013 | Nikki Orlando | Nesconset | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
2012 | Sabrina Mastrangelo | Bellmore | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
2011 | Lisa Drouillard | Brooklyn | 19 | |||
2010 | Thatiana Diaz* | Bayside | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss NY USA 2015 (T15 Miss USA) | |
2009 | Taylor Gildersleeve | Mattituck | 17 | |||
2008 | Sana Idnani | Roslyn | 18 | Photogenic | ||
2007 | Tatiana Pallagi | Avon | 17 | |||
2006 | Candace Kuykendall* | Rochester | 17 | Later Miss NY USA 2014 (as Candace Kendall) | ||
2005 | Natascha Bessez | New York City | 18 | Top 15 | ||
2004 | Catherine Muldoon* | Chappaqua | 18 | Top 10 | Later Miss VA USA 2012 | |
2003 | Adriana Diaz* | Bronx | 18 | Miss NY USA 2006 | ||
2002 | Marley Delduchetto | Syracuse | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
2001 | Gloria Almonte* | Bronx | 18 | 1st runner-up | Miss NY USA 2007 | |
2000 | Tina Casciani | Wantagh | 17 | |||
1999 | Morgan Maholick | Rochester | 17 | Congeniality | ||
1998 | Lindsay Fredette | Glens Falls | 18 | |||
1997 | Jessica-Lynn Ferdinand | East Patchogue | 18 | |||
1996 | Aiesha Hendrick | Liverpool | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
1995 | Tara Campbell | Clarence Center | 18 | |||
1994 | Kimberly Pressler* | Franklinville | 17 | Miss NY USA & Miss USA 1999 | ||
1993 | Sarah Gore | Queensbury | 17 | Finalist | ||
1992 | Amber Evans | Fairport | 18 | Congeniality | ||
1991 | Wendy Cooper | Penfield | 17 | Congeniality | ||
1990 | Catherine Bliss* | Utica | 17 | Miss VT USA 1998 | ||
1989 | Beth Savage | Walworth | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
1988 | Jessica Collins | Amsterdam | 17 | 1st runner-up | ||
1987 | Michelle Kelenski | Ballston Spa | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
1986 | Claudia Liem | Glendale | 15 | 2nd runner-up | ||
1985 | Shelly Lown | Red House | 16 | |||
1984 | Tracy Ann Purdy | Speculator | 17 | |||
1983 | RUTH ZAKARIAN | Amsterdam | 17 | Miss Teen USA |