Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Rhode Island 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.
20 • Cranston
USA’s seventh Miss Universe
25 • North Providence
27 • Pawtucket
27 • Providence
26 • Cumberland
22 • Woonsocket
Winner
Olivia Culpo (2012)
1st runner-up
Danielle Lacourse (2007)
2nd runner-up
Gayle White (1973), Anea Garcia (2015)
Semi-finalist
Joan Marie Zeller (1961), Jennifer Aubin (1995), Claudia Jordan (1997), Yanaiza Alvarez (2001), Janet Sutton (2002)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Leeann Tingley (2006)
Top 15/16/20*
Amy Diaz (2008)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Christina Palavra (2014)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Kaitlynne Santana | Woonsocket | 22 | |||
 | 2023 | Mary Malloy* | Cumberland | 26 | Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2015 | ||
 | 2022 | Elaine Collado* | Providence | 27 | Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2013 | ||
 | 2021 | Karly Laliberte | Pawtucket | 26 | |||
 | 2020 | Jonét Nichelle | Providence | 24 | |||
 | 2019 | Nicole Pallozzi | Providence | 22 | |||
 | 2018 | Daescia DeMoranville | Johnston | 21 | |||
 | 2017 | Kelsey Swanson | Cranston | 22 | |||
 | 2016 | Theresa Agonia | Providence | 23 | |||
 | 2015 | Anea Garcia | Cranston | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 2014 | Christina Palavra | Providence | 18 | Congeniality | ||
 | 2013 | Brittany Stenovitch | Cranston | 19 | |||
 | 2012 | OLIVIA CULPO | Cranston | 19 | Miss USA & Miss Universe | ||
 | 2011 | Kate McCaughey | Lincoln | 22 | |||
 | 2010 | Kristina Primavera* | Narragansett | 22 | Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2003 | ||
 | 2009 | Alysha Castonguay* | Woonsocket | 22 | Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2002 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
 | 2008 | Amy Diaz* | Johnston | 23 | Top 15 | Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2001; later Miss Earth United States 2009. | |
 | 2007 | Danielle Lacourse | North Providence | 21 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 2006 | Leeann Tingley | East Greenwich | 24 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2005 | Allison Paganetti | North Kingstown | 21 | |||
 | 2004 | Sarah Bettencourt | Lincoln | 20 | |||
 | 2003 | Krisily Kennedy | Warwick | 23 | |||
 | 2002 | Janet Sutton | Narragansett | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2001 | Yanaiza Alvarez | Providence | 24 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2000 | Heidi St. Pierre | Harrisville | 23 | |||
 | 1999 | Claire DeSimone | Warwick | 23 | |||
 | 1998 | Connie Harrolle | East Providence | 24 | |||
 | 1997 | Claudia Jordan* | East Providence | 23 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1990 | |
 | 1996 | Karen Bradley | Providence | 19 | |||
 | 1995 | Jennifer Aubin | Woonsocket | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1994 | RayeAnne Johnson* | Lincoln | 23 | Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1987 | ||
 | 1993 | Juli Roach | Wakefield | 24 | |||
 | 1992 | Yvette Hernandez | Providence | ||||
 | 1991 | Lynne Michael | Cranston | ||||
 | 1990 | Susan Lima | West Warwick | 23 | |||
 | 1989 | Debra Damiano | Providence | 20 | |||
 | 1988 | Cindy Geronda | North Providence | 20 | |||
 | 1987 | Lisa Benson | North Kingstown | 21 | |||
 | 1986 | Donna Silva | Cranston | 19 | |||
 | 1985 | Dana Wilson | Riverside | 21 | |||
 | 1984 | Debbie Mowry | North Providence | 22 | |||
 | 1983 | Allegra Hendricks | Providence | 20 | |||
 | 1982 | Peggy McGraw | Scituate | 21 | |||
 | 1981 | Patti Reo | Cranston | 20 | |||
 | 1980 | Robyn Hall | Pawtucket | 21 | |||
 | 1979 | Theresa Patterson | Lincoln | 22 | |||
 | 1978 | Sharon Lee McGarry | Warwick | 20 | |||
 | 1977 | Susan Carten | Cranston | ||||
 | 1976 | Kathleen Confreda | Warwick | ||||
 | 1975 | Marice Love | Providence | Later Miss RI 1976 | |||
 | 1974 | Debra Cerroni^ | Smithfield | 18 | |||
 | 1973 | Gayle White | Providence | 21 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 1972 | Jeanne Lemay | West Warwick | ||||
 | 1971 | Laurie Stahle | North Kingstown | 18 | |||
 | 1970 | Rebecca Galleshaw | Warwick | ||||
 | 1969 | Donna Lewis | Providence | 20 | |||
 | 1968 | Betty Lou Whitmore | Providence | ||||
 | 1967 | Nancy Giuliano | Woonsocket | ||||
 | 1966 | Barbara Williams | Providence | ||||
 | 1965 | Paula Farrow | Warwick | 21 | |||
 | 1964 | Carol Ann Tantimonico | Johnston | 18 | |||
| 1963 | Rosemary Jane Dickinson | Providence | 19 | ||||
| 1962 | Marilyn Ann Scott | Pawtucket | 24 | ||||
 | 1961 | Joan Marie Zeller | Riverside | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1960 | Lorelie Sue White | Cranston | 20 | |||
 | 1959 | Gloria Ryder | Providence | 18 | |||
 | 1958 | Claire DiPaolo† | Providence | 20 | † 2019 | ||
 | 1957 | Myrna Altieri | Cranston | 18 | |||
| 1956 | Sandra Vozella | Point Judith | 18 | ||||
 | 1955 | Beverly Jansen | Providence | 20 | |||
 | 1954 | Joyce Anne Sandberg^ | Warwick | 21 | Previously Miss Rhode Island 1953. First Lady of Rhode Island 1973-1977. | ||
| 1953 | Barbara Rose Deignan† | Providence | 20 | † 1993 | |||
| 1952 | Delores Selinder | Providence | 22 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kaitlynne Santana | Woonsocket | 22 | |||
| 2023 | Mary Malloy* | Cumberland | 26 | Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2015 | ||
| 2022 | Elaine Collado* | Providence | 27 | Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2013 | ||
| 2021 | Karly Laliberte | Pawtucket | 26 | |||
| 2020 | Jonét Nichelle | Providence | 24 | |||
| 2019 | Nicole Pallozzi | Providence | 22 | |||
| 2018 | Daescia DeMoranville | Johnston | 21 | |||
| 2017 | Kelsey Swanson | Cranston | 22 | |||
| 2016 | Theresa Agonia | Providence | 23 | |||
| 2015 | Anea Garcia | Cranston | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2014 | Christina Palavra | Providence | 18 | Congeniality | ||
| 2013 | Brittany Stenovitch | Cranston | 19 | |||
| 2012 | OLIVIA CULPO | Cranston | 19 | Miss USA & Miss Universe | ||
| 2011 | Kate McCaughey | Lincoln | 22 | |||
| 2010 | Kristina Primavera* | Narragansett | 22 | Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2003 | ||
| 2009 | Alysha Castonguay* | Woonsocket | 22 | Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2002 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
| 2008 | Amy Diaz* | Johnston | 23 | Top 15 | Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2001; later Miss Earth United States 2009. | |
| 2007 | Danielle Lacourse | North Providence | 21 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2006 | Leeann Tingley | East Greenwich | 24 | Top 10 | ||
| 2005 | Allison Paganetti | North Kingstown | 21 | |||
| 2004 | Sarah Bettencourt | Lincoln | 20 | |||
| 2003 | Krisily Kennedy | Warwick | 23 | |||
| 2002 | Janet Sutton | Narragansett | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2001 | Yanaiza Alvarez | Providence | 24 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2000 | Heidi St. Pierre | Harrisville | 23 | |||
| 1999 | Claire DeSimone | Warwick | 23 | |||
| 1998 | Connie Harrolle | East Providence | 24 | |||
| 1997 | Claudia Jordan* | East Providence | 23 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1990 | |
| 1996 | Karen Bradley | Providence | 19 | |||
| 1995 | Jennifer Aubin | Woonsocket | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1994 | RayeAnne Johnson* | Lincoln | 23 | Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1987 | ||
| 1993 | Juli Roach | Wakefield | 24 | |||
| 1992 | Yvette Hernandez | Providence | ||||
| 1991 | Lynne Michael | Cranston | ||||
| 1990 | Susan Lima | West Warwick | 23 | |||
| 1989 | Debra Damiano | Providence | 20 | |||
| 1988 | Cindy Geronda | North Providence | 20 | |||
| 1987 | Lisa Benson | North Kingstown | 21 | |||
| 1986 | Donna Silva | Cranston | 19 | |||
| 1985 | Dana Wilson | Riverside | 21 | |||
| 1984 | Debbie Mowry | North Providence | 22 | |||
| 1983 | Allegra Hendricks | Providence | 20 | |||
| 1982 | Peggy McGraw | Scituate | 21 | |||
| 1981 | Patti Reo | Cranston | 20 | |||
| 1980 | Robyn Hall | Pawtucket | 21 | |||
| 1979 | Theresa Patterson | Lincoln | 22 | |||
| 1978 | Sharon Lee McGarry | Warwick | 20 | |||
| 1977 | Susan Carten | Cranston | ||||
| 1976 | Kathleen Confreda | Warwick | ||||
| 1975 | Marice Love | Providence | Later Miss RI 1976 | |||
| 1974 | Debra Cerroni^ | Smithfield | 18 | |||
| 1973 | Gayle White | Providence | 21 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1972 | Jeanne Lemay | West Warwick | ||||
| 1971 | Laurie Stahle | North Kingstown | 18 | |||
| 1970 | Rebecca Galleshaw | Warwick | ||||
| 1969 | Donna Lewis | Providence | 20 | |||
| 1968 | Betty Lou Whitmore | Providence | ||||
| 1967 | Nancy Giuliano | Woonsocket | ||||
| 1966 | Barbara Williams | Providence | ||||
| 1965 | Paula Farrow | Warwick | 21 | |||
| 1964 | Carol Ann Tantimonico | Johnston | 18 | |||
| 1963 | Rosemary Jane Dickinson | Providence | 19 | |||
| 1962 | Marilyn Ann Scott | Pawtucket | 24 | |||
| 1961 | Joan Marie Zeller | Riverside | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1960 | Lorelie Sue White | Cranston | 20 | |||
| 1959 | Gloria Ryder | Providence | 18 | |||
| 1958 | Claire DiPaolo† | Providence | 20 | † 2019 | ||
| 1957 | Myrna Altieri | Cranston | 18 | |||
| 1956 | Sandra Vozella | Point Judith | 18 | |||
| 1955 | Beverly Jansen | Providence | 20 | |||
| 1954 | Joyce Anne Sandberg^ | Warwick | 21 | Previously Miss Rhode Island 1953. First Lady of Rhode Island 1973-1977. | ||
| 1953 | Barbara Rose Deignan† | Providence | 20 | † 1993 | ||
| 1952 | Delores Selinder | Providence | 22 |
17 • Cranston
17 • Cranston
18 • Charlestown
16 • Cranston
Semi-finalist
at Miss Teen USA
19 • Warwick
Top 20
at Miss Teen USA
Semi-finalist
Gina Tognoni (1991), Shanna Moakler (1992), Alysha Castonguay (2002), Talia Turco (2009), Lola Paolissi (2023)
Top 10*
Shaelyn McNally (2006), Rochelle Rose (2007)
Top 15/16/20*
Carissa Tillinghast (2024)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Photogenic
Raye-Anne Johnson (tie) (1987), Gina Tognoni (1991)
Other Awards
People’s Choice • Lola Paolissi (2023)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Carissa Tillinghast | Warwick | 19 | Top 20 | ||
 | 2023 | Lola Paolissi | Cranston | 16 | Semi-finalist | People's Choice | |
 | 2022 | Julia Potts | Charlestown | 18 | |||
 | 2021 | Sydney Jaiswal | Cranston | 17 | |||
 | 2020 | Sofia Ledoux | Cranston | 17 | |||
 | 2019 | Olivia Volpe | Cranston | 18 | |||
 | 2018 | Aliyah Moore | Pawtucket | 18 | |||
 | 2017 | Alexa Papigiotis | North Providence | 18 | Congeniality | ||
 | 2016 | Malia Cruz | Warwick | 19 | Congeniality | ||
 | 2015 | Mary Malloy* | Cumberland | 18 | Later Miss RI USA 2023 | ||
 | 2014 | Gabriella Maggiacomo | Hope | 17 | |||
 | 2013 | Elaine Collado* | Providence | 18 | Later Miss RI USA 2022 | ||
 | 2012 | Livia Stencel | Warwick | 17 | |||
 | 2011 | Lindsey Bucci | Scituate | 18 | |||
 | 2010 | Erica Wright | Narragansett | 18 | |||
 | 2009 | Talia Turco | Lincoln | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2008 | Tiondra Martinez | Woonsocket | 17 | |||
 | 2007 | Rochelle Rose | Jamestown | 18 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2006 | Shaelyn McNally | Lincoln | 18 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2005 | Dominique Lee | Westerly | 17 | |||
 | 2004 | Melissa Landry | Charlestown | 16 | |||
 | 2003 | Kristina Primavera* | Cranston | 16 | Later Miss RI USA 2010 | ||
 | 2002 | Alysha Castonguay* | Woonsocket | 15 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss RI USA 2009 | |
 | 2001 | Amy Diaz* | Providence | 17 | Later Miss RI USA 2008 (T15 Miss USA) & Miss Earth US 09 (SF Miss Earth) | ||
 | 2000 | Sienna Lyn Piccione | Cranston | 15 | |||
 | 1999 | Jodi Fournier | Burrillville | 18 | |||
 | 1998 | Kristen Luneberg* | Lincoln | 17 | Later Miss NC USA 2003 | ||
 | 1997 | Lauren Alviti | Cranston | 18 | |||
 | 1996 | Kelly Dutra | Tiverton | 16 | |||
 | 1995 | Carol Pedroso | Warwick | ||||
 | 1994 | Nicole Coletti | Cranston | 16 | |||
 | 1993 | Alicia Currier | North Kingstown | 16 | |||
 | 1992 | Shanna Moakler* | Barrington | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss NY USA 1995 (1RU Miss USA); assumed Miss USA title | |
 | 1991 | Gina Tognoni | Bristol | 17 | Semi-finalist | Photogenic | |
 | 1990 | Claudia Jordan* | East Providence | 17 | Later Miss RI USA 1997 (SF Miss USA) | ||
 | 1989 | Deborah Hodges | East Greenwich | 18 | |||
 | 1988 | Debbie Peters | North Providence | 18 | |||
 | 1987 | Raye-Anne Johnson* | Wakefield | 17 | Photogenic (tie) | Later Miss RI USA 1994 | |
 | 1986 | Lori Damiani | Cranston | 17 | |||
 | 1985 | Chris Pavalli | Warwick | ||||
 | 1984 | Jennifer Amoroso | Narragansett | 16 | |||
 | 1983 | Melissa Sciarra | Warwick | 16 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Carissa Tillinghast | Warwick | 19 | Top 20 | ||
| 2023 | Lola Paolissi | Cranston | 16 | Semi-finalist | People's Choice | |
| 2022 | Julia Potts | Charlestown | 18 | |||
| 2021 | Sydney Jaiswal | Cranston | 17 | |||
| 2020 | Sofia Ledoux | Cranston | 17 | |||
| 2019 | Olivia Volpe | Cranston | 18 | |||
| 2018 | Aliyah Moore | Pawtucket | 18 | |||
| 2017 | Alexa Papigiotis | North Providence | 18 | Congeniality | ||
| 2016 | Malia Cruz | Warwick | 19 | Congeniality | ||
| 2015 | Mary Malloy* | Cumberland | 18 | Later Miss RI USA 2023 | ||
| 2014 | Gabriella Maggiacomo | Hope | 17 | |||
| 2013 | Elaine Collado* | Providence | 18 | Later Miss RI USA 2022 | ||
| 2012 | Livia Stencel | Warwick | 17 | |||
| 2011 | Lindsey Bucci | Scituate | 18 | |||
| 2010 | Erica Wright | Narragansett | 18 | |||
| 2009 | Talia Turco | Lincoln | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2008 | Tiondra Martinez | Woonsocket | 17 | |||
| 2007 | Rochelle Rose | Jamestown | 18 | Top 10 | ||
| 2006 | Shaelyn McNally | Lincoln | 18 | Top 10 | ||
| 2005 | Dominique Lee | Westerly | 17 | |||
| 2004 | Melissa Landry | Charlestown | 16 | |||
| 2003 | Kristina Primavera* | Cranston | 16 | Later Miss RI USA 2010 | ||
| 2002 | Alysha Castonguay* | Woonsocket | 15 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss RI USA 2009 | |
| 2001 | Amy Diaz* | Providence | 17 | Later Miss RI USA 2008 (T15 Miss USA) & Miss Earth US 09 (SF Miss Earth) | ||
| 2000 | Sienna Lyn Piccione | Cranston | 15 | |||
| 1999 | Jodi Fournier | Burrillville | 18 | |||
| 1998 | Kristen Luneberg* | Lincoln | 17 | Later Miss NC USA 2003 | ||
| 1997 | Lauren Alviti | Cranston | 18 | |||
| 1996 | Kelly Dutra | Tiverton | 16 | |||
| 1995 | Carol Pedroso | Warwick | ||||
| 1994 | Nicole Coletti | Cranston | 16 | |||
| 1993 | Alicia Currier | North Kingstown | 16 | |||
| 1992 | Shanna Moakler* | Barrington | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss NY USA 1995 (1RU Miss USA); assumed Miss USA title | |
| 1991 | Gina Tognoni | Bristol | 17 | Semi-finalist | Photogenic | |
| 1990 | Claudia Jordan* | East Providence | 17 | Later Miss RI USA 1997 (SF Miss USA) | ||
| 1989 | Deborah Hodges | East Greenwich | 18 | |||
| 1988 | Debbie Peters | North Providence | 18 | |||
| 1987 | Raye-Anne Johnson* | Wakefield | 17 | Photogenic (tie) | Later Miss RI USA 1994 | |
| 1986 | Lori Damiani | Cranston | 17 | |||
| 1985 | Chris Pavalli | Warwick | ||||
| 1984 | Jennifer Amoroso | Narragansett | 16 | |||
| 1983 | Melissa Sciarra | Warwick | 16 |
