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Miss Connecticut USA

Beauty pageant competition

Beauty pageant competition

FieldValue
nameMiss Connecticut USA
formation1952
typeBeauty pageant
headquartersCoral Springs
locationFlorida
membershipMiss USA
languageEnglish
key_peopleBarbara Ewald
website

Miss Connecticut USA is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. The pageant is directed by Ewald Productions.

Connecticut's most successful placement was in 2013, when Erin Brady was crowned Miss USA. Connecticut's most recent placement was in 2023, when Karla Aponte Roque placed in the Top 20.

The current titleholder is Jenna Hofmann of Fairfield and was crowned on January 26, 2025 at The Marriott Hartford in Windsor, Connecticut. Hofmann represented Connecticut at Miss USA 2025.

Results summary

  • Miss USA: Erin Brady (2013)
  • 1st Runners-Up: Diane Zabicki (1962), Pat Denne (1966)
  • 4th Runner-Up: Alita Dawson (2002)
  • Top 10/12: Tiffany Teixeira (2016), Cynthia Dias (2022)
  • Top 15/20: Andrea Todd (1954), Joyce Trautwig (1960), Florence Mayette (1961), Janice Shilinsky (1968), Elizabeth Wanderman (1969), Monica Pietrzak (2009), Karla Aponte Roque (2023)

Connecticut holds a record of 13 placements at Miss USA.

Winners

;Color key

  • Winner
  • Runner-Up
  • Semifinalist
YearNameHometownAgeLocal titlePlacement at Miss USASpecial awards at Miss USANotes
2025Jenna HofmannFairfield23Miss Fairfield
2024Shavana ClarkeBridgeport29Miss Greater Bridgeport
2023Karla Aponte RoqueBranford27Miss Greater New HavenTop 20
2022Cynthia DiasWolcott22Miss WolcottTop 12
2021Amanda TorchiaMiddlebury25Miss Middlebury
2020Chelsea DembyFarmington23
2019Acacia CourtneyHamden26
2018Jamie HughesStamford27
2017Olga LitvinenkoGreenwich27
2016Tiffany TeixeiraBridgeport24Top 10
2015Ashley GolebiewskiBerlin21
2014Desirée Pérez{{cite webtitle=Greenwich woman wins Miss Connecticut titleauthor=Eve Sullivandate=November 17, 2013url=http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Greenwich-woman-wins-Miss-Connecticut-title-4990236.phpwebsite=greenwichtime.comaccess-date=November 18, 2013}}
2013Erin Brady East Hampton26Miss USA 2013
2012Marie-Lynn PiscitelliNorth Haven26
2011Regina TurnerOld Saybrook21
2010Ashley BickfordTorrington24
2009Monica PietrzakManchester25Top 15
2008Jacqueline HonulikFairfield21
2007Melanie MudryNew Hartford26
2006Jeannine PhillipsLisbon22
2005Melissa MandakHamden26
2004Sheila WiatrRocky Hill24
2003Michelle LaFranceOrange24
2002Alita DawsonHamden224th Runner-Up
2001Amy VanderoefBristol26
2000Sallie ToussaintHartford25
1999Christina DamicoHartford
1998Kristina HughesPawcatuck
1997Christine PavoneShelton23
1996Wanda GonzalezHartford24
1995Traci BryantNew Haven
1994Mistrella EganDanbury
1993Alison BenusisRidgefield
1992Catherine SanchezHartford
1991Valorie AbateHartford
1990Allison Barbeau-DiorioHartford
1989Lisa VendettiSouth Windsor
1988Cathy GalassoHamden
1987Jolene FoyClinton
1986Jennifer BenusisRidgefield
1985Adrianne HazelwoodHamden18
1984Lynne ScaloBridgeport
1983Mary SelemanSwansea
1982Maureen SzekeresShelton
1981Kelly ThompsonMonroe
1980Kristine WilsonFarmington
1979Mary Beth LombardiVernon
1978Martha Rose SzaboHartford23
1977Sue CroneMeriden
1976Roslyn RalphWaterbury23
1975Michele MenegayHartford
1974Valerie CappelloHartford
1973Wendy VecchiarinoHartford
1972Diane StevensHartford
1971Diane TuretzkyWaterford18
1970Patricia MatthewsFarmington
1969Elizabeth WandermanHartfordTop 15
1968Janice ShilinskyNew HavenTop 15Top 15 Best in Swimsuit
1967Linda Drew
1966Pat DenneWest Hartford1st Runner-Up
1965Elizabeth MatuskoHartford
1964Patricia PowellHartford
1963Gail DinanHartford
1962Diane ZabickiMiddletown1st Runner-Up
1961Florence MayetteHartfordTop 15
1960Joyce Elaine TrautwigHartfordTop 15
1959Jayne BurghardtHartford
1958Dorothy DillenHartford
1957Rosemary GalliottiHartford
1956Dorothy BaileyHartford
1955Jane BartolottaHartford
1954Andrea ToddHartfordTop 21
1953Beverlee BurlantHartford
1952Jo KuhlmannHartford

Notes

References

References

  1. Wickett, Shana. (July 12, 2009). "Pageant winner believes classroom more important than stag". New Haven Register.
  2. Smith, Steve. (July 10, 2014). "Miss Connecticut 2014 crowned". Hartford Courant.
  3. (July 1, 2014). "Miss Hamden crowned Miss Connecticut at Garde Arts Center in New London". www.theday.com.
  4. Corica}}{{Dead link, Susan. (2010-12-06). "Dreams, poise and passion carry pageant contestants: winners named". New Britain Herald.
  5. (1975-12-29). "The Winner". The Day.
  6. Soderberg, Norm. (1971-04-30). "Miss Connecticut is Waterford Girl". The Day.
  7. (16 May 1968). "SWIMSUIT WINNERS". [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]].
  8. (2 July 1960). "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL". [[Philadelphia Daily News]].
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