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Miss Maine USA

Beauty pageant competition

Beauty pageant competition

FieldValue
nameMiss Maine USA
formation1952
typeBeauty pageant
headquartersMalden
locationMassachusetts
membershipMiss USA
languageEnglish
key_peopleLaurie Clemente
Anthony Clemente
websiteOfficial website

Anthony Clemente The ** Miss Maine USA **competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by The Clemente Organization based in Malden, Massachusetts.

Maine has placed nine times at Miss USA. In 2006, Katee Stearns made the semi-finals, becoming the fifth woman from Maine and the first since 1977 to make the cut. In 2010, Katie Whittier became the first delegate from Maine to reach the top five, finishing 4th runner-up.

Five Miss Maine USAs were former Miss Maine Teen USA titleholders, who competed at Miss Teen USA. Two also competed at Miss America.

Shelby Howell of Bangor was crowned Miss Maine USA 2025 on May 11, 2025, at Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks in Portland. She represented Maine at Miss USA 2025.

Results summary

Placements

  • 4th runner-up: Katie Whittier (2010)
  • **Top 8: ** Ashley Lynn Marble (2011)
  • Top 10/**12: ** Tina Ann Brown (1977), Marina Gray (2018)
  • Top 15/16/20: Jackie Lee (1953), Carolyn Komant (1959), Margaret McAleer (1970), Katee Stearns (2006), Rani Williamson (2012), Shelby Howell (2025)

Maine holds a record of 10 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

  • Miss Photogenic: Shelby Howell (2025)

Winners

;Color key

  • Declared as Winner
  • Ended as runner-up
  • Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
YearNameHometownAge1Local titlePlacement at Miss USASpecial awards at Miss USANotes
2025Shelby HowellBangor25Miss BangorTop 20Miss Photogenic
2024Anne BaldridgePortland25Miss Casco Bay
2023Juliana Morehouse LocklearPortland23Miss Casco Bay
2022Elizabeth KervinWinterport20Miss Waldo CountyShortest reigning Miss Maine USA ( or days)
2021VeronicaIris BatesPortland21
2020Julia Van SteenbergheOld Town21Longest reigning Miss Maine USA ()
2019Lexie ElstonWindham23
2018Marina GrayTrenton23Top 10
2017Brooke HarrisLee25
2016Marisa ButlerStandish21
2015Heather ElwellWest Bath26Placed first runner-up at Miss Maine-USA in 2012, 2013, and 2014 before winning the title in 2015. Competed at Miss Florida-USA in 2008 and 2009.
2014Samantha DahlborgGorham19
2013Ali ClairSouth China23Miss Old Port
2012Rani WilliamsonPortland25Top 16
2011Ashley MarbleTopsfield27Top 8
Emily JohnsonSouth Portland22did not compete}}Resigned on April 17, 2011, so she could attend her sister's wedding on the date of the Miss USA pageant.
2010Katie WhittierNew Gloucester264th runner-up
2009Ashley UnderwoodBenton24Miss BentonContestant on Survivor: Redemption Island
2008title=Miss Maine USA gets hometown welcomeurl=https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=S788AAAAIBAJ&sjid=8C0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3704,3380434&dq=miss-maine-usa&hl=enpublisher=Bangor Dailey Newsdate=31 December 2007}}Van Buren20
2007Erin GoodFairfield22Dr. Good received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in May 2012
2006Katee StearnsOrono19Top 15Previously Maine's Junior Miss 2004
2005Erica CommeauBrewer20
2004Mackenzie DavisHallowell24Past director of the Miss Maine USA and Miss Maine Teen USA pageants.
2003Lacey HutchinsonBiddeford23
2002Su-Ying LeungOaklandMiss Oakland
2001Melissa BardWinslow
2000Jennifer HuntRumford
1999Heather CouttsPortlandLater Mrs. Maine America 2006 under her married name, Heather Clark.
1998Kathy MorseStandish
1997Stephanie WorcesterWinthrop20
1996Julann VadnaisBiddeford23
1995Kerri MalinowskiPittston
1994Colleen BrinkGorhamMiss Gorham
1993Jodi CuttingWatervilleMiss Waterville
1992Linda KieneScarborough
1991Melissa OliverSouth Portland
1990Leigh BubarSanford
1989Kirsten BlakemoreBrunswick
1988Suzanne GrenierScarboroughMiss Scarborough
1987Ginger Dawn KilgoreSouth Portland
1986Annie LewisPortland
1985Tracie SamaraPortland
1984Vickie Lynn GayOxford23
1983Rosemarie HemondMinot
1982Theresa CloutierSouth Portland
1981Judy Lynn FooterBath
1980Victoria EliasBenton
1979Valerie CrookerBrunswick
1978Catherine Ursula LeduePortland
1977Tina BrownPortland21Top 12
1976Dawn St. ClairWaterville
1975Denise HillOrono
1974Rebecca TitcombHoulton19
1973Carlene QuimbyAuburn
1972Cynthia LuceSugarloaf Mountain
1971Ruth McCleeryFarmington
1970Margaret McAleerWaterville20Top 15
1969Elaine BolduceWinslow
1968Cheryl CampbellSkowhegan
1967Marlo WilliamsBangor
1966Susan BartashRumford
1965Georgia WilsonPortland
1964Corneille "Connie" EdwardsMechanic Falls
1963Laurel BarkerPortland
1962Karen J. HendersonSouth Portland
1961Barbara DyerDexter
1960Terry Suzanne TrippLewiston
1959Carolyn KomantKittery18Top 15
1958Karen HansonCumberland Center
1957Roberta AymieJackman
1956Did not compete
1955Did not compete
1954Did not compete
1953Jackie LeeCape Neddick22Top 20
1952Jean Marie LemireOld Town

1 Ages at the time of the crowning

References

References

  1. (19 May 2010). "Miss USA's 4th runner-up is tops back home in Maine". Press Herald.
  2. (25 September 2023). "Fayetteville-born Mrs. makes history at Miss USA pageant". CityView.
  3. Garcia, Oskar. (19 June 2011). "Miss Maine makes it to final 8, but eliminated after evening gown round". Bangor Daily News.
  4. (18 April 2011). "Miss Maine to skip Miss USA for big sis' wedding". Bangor Daily News.
  5. (2010-05-19). "Miss Maine makes Top 5 in 2nd pageant". Boston Globe.
  6. (2 December 2008). "Black Bear wins Miss Maine USA". Sun Journal.
  7. Dionne, Zach. (May 16, 2011). "Q&A: Ashley Underwood on Survivor, Boston Rob and the Future". Kennebec Journal.
  8. (31 December 2007). "Miss Maine USA gets hometown welcome". Bangor Dailey News.
  9. (22 December 2005). "UM Student is Miss Maine USA 2006". Bangor Daily News.
  10. Schynder, Ernest. (4 May 2006). "Former tomboy shines at Miss USA". Bangor Daily News.
  11. Anstead, Alicia. (4 December 2004). "Regality Check Miss Maine USA stops by the NEWS to talk about her pageant win and the plans for her reign". Bangor Daily News.
  12. (2001-09-29). "Pageant Crowns First Minority Champion". Portland Press Herald.
  13. (28 January 1997). "Miss Maine USA will compete on national show". Sun Journal.
  14. (22 March 1994). "UM student named Miss Maine USA". Bangor Daily News.
  15. (25 January 1987). "Pageant Contestants Arrive". [[Albuquerque Journal]].
  16. Trundy, Crystal. (24 February 1984). "Oxford Girl wins Miss Maine-USA Title". The Lewiston Daily Sun.
  17. (2 February 1981). "Miss Maine USA Crowned". The Lewiston Daily Sun.
  18. (15 April 1980). "Benton Girl Miss Maine; Minot Girl Places 4th". The Lewiston Daily Sun.
  19. Strout, Jeff. (21 February 1997). "Portland Girl Chosen Miss Maine-USA". Bangor Daily News.
  20. (1974-05-06). "Heading for Miss USA". Bangor Daily News.
  21. (2 July 1960). "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL". [[Philadelphia Daily News]].
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