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Miss Vermont USA

Beauty pageant competition

Beauty pageant competition

FieldValue
nameMiss Vermont USA
formation1952
typeBeauty pageant
headquartersBuckhannon
locationWest Virginia
membershipMiss USA
languageEnglish
websiteOfficial website

The **Miss Vermont USA **competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Vermont in the Miss USA pageant. It is formerly directed by Sanders & Associates, Inc., dba- Pageant Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia from 2004 to 2017 before GDB Theatre and Pageant Productions becoming the new directors of the stage pageant since 2018.

Vermont produced a Miss USA, Carlene King Johnson in 1955. The most recent placement was by Kelsey Golonka in 2022 after 40 years, who reached the semifinals. Vermont holds the record for most Miss Congeniality awards, having earned a total of five.

Six Miss Vermont USAs have competed at Miss Teen USA, five as Miss Vermont Teen USA, and one as Miss New York Teen USA. Three have also competed at Miss America, including Miss USA 1955 Carlene King Johnson, the second out of six Miss USA winners who competed at both pageants.

Prior to 2022, no sisters had been held the Miss and Teen titles in a single state. Vermont became the first state to have biological sisters holding the statewide Miss USA and Miss Teen USA titles simultaneously, when Kelsey Golonka crowned Miss and her sister Kenzie crowned Teen.

Victoria Chuah of Ashburn was appointed Miss Vermont USA on September 30th, 2025 after the open casting call from Thomas Brodeur, the new owner of the national pageant. She represented Vermont at Miss USA 2025.

Results summary

  • Miss USA: Carlene King Johnson (1955)
  • 1st runners-up: Mary Verdiani (1969)
  • Top 10/11/12/20: Sandra Bette Taft (1971), Georgia Davis (1982), Kelsey Golonka (2022), Victoria Chuah (2025)
  • Vermont holds a record of 6 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Mary Verdiani (1969), Donna Sue Thorton (1974), Constance Crabtree (1975), Nancy Jeanne Wierzbicki (1978), Michelle Fongemie (2004)

Winners

;Color key

  • Declared as Winner
  • Ended as runner-up
  • Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
YearNameHometownAgeLocal titlePlacement at Miss USASpecial awards at Miss USANotes
2025Victoria ChuahAshburn25Top 10
2024Samantha VocaturaStowe27Miss Stowe
2023Jenna HowlettBridport21Miss Addison County
2022Kelsey GolonkaMontpelier22Miss MontpelierTop 12
2021Joanna Leigh NagleColchester27Shortest reigning Miss Vermont USA at
2020Shannah WellerMiddlebury23Longest reigning Miss Vermont USA at
2019Bethany Marie GarrowRutland20
2018Maia-Jena AlloColchester20
2017Madison Trimbey CotaBellows Falls20
2016Neely Whitlock FortuneBurlington24Cast member of Bravo program Camp Getaway
2015Jacqueline "Jackie" Nicole CroftWinooski23
2014Gina BernasconiColchester19
2013Sarah Landi WestbrookBurlington25
2012Jamie Lynn DragonMilton25
2011Lauren CarterBurlington21
2010Nydelis OrtizEssex20
2009Brooke WernerGranville22
2008Kim TantlingerBurlington22
2007Jessica May ComolliMontpelier22
2006Amanda GilmanDanville20
2005Amanda Lee MitteerBrattleboro26
2004Michelle FongemieWilliston26Miss Congeniality
2003Jennifer Lee RipleyBarre
2002Brooke Elizabeth AngusEssex
2001url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21751815/title=Beauty queen's name ordered off Web sitedate=2013-06-03work=Florida Todayaccess-date=2018-07-10language=en}}Burlington
2000Katie BoltonColchester
1999Nicole LewisWindsor
1998Catherine BlissBurlington
1997Lisa CostantinoBurlington
1996Nancy Anne RobertsMiddlebury
1995Jennifer CazeaultWinooski
1994url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21752065/title=Miss Vermont is 'born and raised'last=Walshfirst=Mollydate=1994-02-11work=The Burlington Free Pressaccess-date=2018-07-11language=en}}Williston
1993Jodi SicelyBurlington
1992Bonnie KittredgeBurlington
1991Margaret CoreyBrattleboro
1990Stephanie BesseyChester
1989Stacey M. PalmerBurlington
1988Stacy James SissonRutland
1987Carole WoodworthNorth Bennington
1986Tracey D. MortonRutland
1985Angie CumminghamRutland
1984Sue O'BrienWaterbury Center
1983Leslie LucchinaBarre
1982Georgia Marie DavisBennington22Semi-finalist
1981Jeannette WulffMontpelier
1980Judi MasonRandolph
1979Katherine RechsteinerSugarbush Valley
1978Nancy Jeanne WierzbickiRutlandMiss Congeniality
1977Anne KentCastleton
1976Susan ParsonsPoultney
1975Constance CrabtreePoultneyMiss Congeniality
1974Donna Sue ThortonPoultneyMiss Congeniality
1973Bonnie HeightPoultney
1972Stacey BeckerPoultney
1971Sandra Bette TaftWest Dover24Semi-finalist
1970Cynthia "Cindy" JurewiczWest Dover
1969Mary VerdianiMontpelier191st runner-upMiss Congeniality
1968Susan "Sue" GlynnMt. Snow
1967Elaine FarrellBurlington
1966Peggy EckertWest Burke
1965Andrea KenyonNorth Bennington
1964Freda Elaine BettsBennington
1963Ellen "Bunny" CenterbarNorth Bennington
1962Barbara "Bobby" Ann KearneySpringfield
1961Susan NielsonPoultney
1960Carole Mary DemasBurlington
1959Sandra LaquerreBarre
1958Doreen Patricia McNameeBrattleboro
1957Marjorie LinkEast Harwick
1956Dolores WettackWestminster
1955Carlene King JohnsonRutland22Miss USA 1955
1954Georgia LauriseNew Haven, CT24
1953Kathleen Marie Eugenia SurrelBrooklyn, NY22
1952Elizabeth WhitcombEssex Junction

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References

References

  1. Perron, Darren. (March 28, 2022). "Sisters crowned Miss Vermont USA and Miss Vermont Teen USA". [[WCAX-TV]].
  2. Collier, Kayla. (December 1, 2016). "Confidently beautiful: Vermont pageants show that beauty is more than skin deep". Stowe Reporter.
  3. "Miss Vermont, Teen USA 2018 crowned at Spruce Peak". Stowe Today.
  4. Cross, Caleigh. (2017-10-12). "Miss VT queen, teen to be crowned at Spruce Peak". Stowe Today.
  5. (3 July 2018). "Lawrence's Gabriela Taveras is Crowned Miss Massachusetts 2018". The Valley Patriot.
  6. Jacobson, Erica. (2013-11-17). "From CVU to Miss Vermont USA". The Burlington Free Press.
  7. (2004-04-16). "Local Angle". The Burlington Free Press.
  8. "2009 Mrs America".
  9. (2013-06-03). "Beauty queen's name ordered off Web site". Florida Today.
  10. Grantham, Loretta. (1999-09-18). "Johnson uses spotlight to impart wholesome values". The Palm Beach Post.
  11. (1997-11-05). "Pageant Winners". The Burlington Free Press.
  12. Walsh, Molly. (1994-02-11). "Miss Vermont is 'born and raised'". The Burlington Free Press.
  13. (1975-09-02). "N.J. has edge in beauty show". The Central New Jersey Home News.
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