# Miss Vermont USA

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.
Samantha Vocatura of Stowe was crowned Miss Vermont USA 2024 on June 9, 2024. She will represent Vermont for the title of Miss USA 2024.

## Gallery of titleholders

* Michelle Fongemie, Miss Vermont USA 2004
* Sarah Westbrook, Miss Vermont USA 2013
* Miss Vermont Teen USA 2015, Alexandra Marek, and Miss Vermont USA 2015, Jackie Croft

## Results summary

* Miss USA: Carlene King Johnson (1955)
* 1st runners-up: Mary Verdiani (1969)
* Top 11/12: Sandra Bette Taft (1971), Georgia Davis (1982), Kelsey Golonka (2022)
* Vermont holds a record of 5 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
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2024 | Samantha Vocatura | Stowe | 27 | Miss Stowe | | | Previously Miss World Vermont 2023 |
| 2023 | Jenna Howlett | Bridport | 21 | Miss Addison County | | | Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 2019 |
| 2022 | Kelsey Golonka | Montpelier | 22 | Miss Montpelier | Top 12 | | Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 2017 Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2017 Sister of Kenzie Golonka, Miss Vermont Teen USA 2022 |
| 2021 | Joanna Leigh Nagle | Colchester | 27 | | | | Shortest reigning Miss Vermont USA at 9 months and 21 days |
| 2020 | Shannah Weller | Middlebury | 23 | | | | Longest reigning Miss Vermont USA at 1 year, 6 months and 27 days |
| 2019 | Bethany Marie Garrow | Rutland | 20 | | | | |
| 2018 | Maia-Jena Allo | Colchester | 20 | | | | |
| 2017 | Madison Trimbey Cota | Bellows Falls | 20 | | | | Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 2014 Semifinalist at Miss Massachusetts 2018 |
| 2016 | Neely Whitlock Fortune | Burlington | 24 | | | | Cast member of Bravo program Camp Getaway |
| 2015 | Jacqueline "Jackie" Nicole Croft | Winooski | 23 | | | | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 |
| 2014 | Gina Bernasconi | Colchester | 19 | | | | |
| 2013 | Sarah Landi Westbrook | Burlington | 25 | | | | |
| 2012 | Jamie Lynn Dragon | Milton | 25 | | | | |
| 2011 | Lauren Carter | Burlington | 21 | | | | |
| 2010 | Nydelis Ortiz | Essex | 20 | | | | |
| 2009 | Brooke Werner | Granville | 22 | | | | |
| 2008 | Kim Tantlinger | Burlington | 22 | | | | |
| 2007 | Jessica May Comolli | Montpelier | 22 | | | | |
| 2006 | Amanda Gilman | Danville | 20 | | | | |
| 2005 | Amanda Lee Mitteer | Brattleboro | 26 | | | | |
| 2004 | Michelle Fongemie | Williston | 26 | | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 2003 | Jennifer Lee Ripley | Barre | | | | | Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 1999 Later Mrs. Vermont America 2009 under her married name, Jennifer Bisson. |
| 2002 | Brooke Elizabeth Angus | Essex | | | | | Miss World USA 2006 |
| 2001 | Katy Johnson | Burlington | | | | | Previously Miss Vermont 1999; successfully sued Tucker Max in 2003 claiming he was using her name and photograph to promote himself |
| 2000 | Katie Bolton | Colchester | | | | | |
| 1999 | Nicole Lewis | Windsor | | | | | |
| 1998 | Catherine Bliss | Burlington | | | | | Previously Miss New York Teen USA 1990 |
| 1997 | Lisa Costantino | Burlington | | | | | |
| 1996 | Nancy Anne Roberts | Middlebury | | | | | |
| 1995 | Jennifer Cazeault | Winooski | | | | | |
| 1994 | Christy Beltrami | Williston | | | | | Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 1987 |
| 1993 | Jodi Sicely | Burlington | | | | | |
| 1992 | Bonnie Kittredge | Burlington | | | | | |
| 1991 | Margaret Corey | Brattleboro | | | | | |
| 1990 | Stephanie Bessey | Chester | | | | | |
| 1989 | Stacey M. Palmer | Burlington | | | | | |
| 1988 | Stacy James Sisson | Rutland | | | | | |
| 1987 | Carole Woodworth | North Bennington | | | | | |
| 1986 | Tracey D. Morton | Rutland | | | | | |
| 1985 | Angie Cummingham | Rutland | | | | | |
| 1984 | Sue O'Brien | Waterbury Center | | | | | |
| 1983 | Leslie Lucchina | Barre | | | | | |
| 1982 | Georgia Marie Davis | Bennington | 22 | | Semi-finalist | | |
| 1981 | Jeannette Wulff | Montpelier | | | | | |
| 1980 | Judi Mason | Randolph | | | | | |
| 1979 | Katherine Rechsteiner | Sugarbush Valley | | | | | Previously Miss Vermont 1975 |
| 1978 | Nancy Jeanne Wierzbicki | Rutland | | | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 1977 | Anne Kent | Castleton | | | | | |
| 1976 | Susan Parsons | Poultney | | | | | |
| 1975 | Constance Crabtree | Poultney | | | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 1974 | Donna Sue Thorton | Poultney | | | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 1973 | Bonnie Height | Poultney | | | | | |
| 1972 | Stacey Becker | Poultney | | | | | |
| 1971 | Sandra Bette Taft | West Dover | 24 | | Semi-finalist | | |
| 1970 | Cynthia "Cindy" Jurewicz | West Dover | | | | | |
| 1969 | Mary Verdiani | Montpelier | 19 | | 1st runner-up | Miss Congeniality | |
| 1968 | Susan Glynn | Mt. Snow | | | | | |
| 1967 | Elaine Farrell | Burlington | | | | | |
| 1966 | Peggy Eckert | West Burke | | | | | |
| 1965 | Andrea Kenyon | North Bennington | | | | | |
| 1964 | Freda Elaine Betts | Bennington | | | | | |
| 1963 | Ellen "Bunny" Centerbar | North Bennington | | | | | |
| 1962 | Barbara "Bobby" Ann Kearney | Springfield | | | | | |
| 1961 | Susan Nielson | Poultney | | | | | |
| 1960 | Carole Mary Demas | Burlington | | | | | |
| 1959 | Sandra Laquerre | Barre | | | | | |
| 1958 | Doreen Patricia McNamee | Brattleboro | | | | | |
| 1957 | Marjorie Link | East Harwick | | | | | |
| 1956 | Dolores Wettack | Westminster | | | | | |
| 1955 | Carlene King Johnson | Rutland | 22 | | Miss USA 1955 | | Semifinalist at Miss Universe 1955 Previously Miss Vermont 1953 |
| 1954 | Georgia Laurise | New Haven, CT | 24 | | | | |
| 1953 | Kathleen Marie Eugenia Surrel | Brooklyn, NY | 22 | | | | |
| 1952 | Elizabeth Whitcomb | Essex Junction | | | | | |

### Note

* ↑ Age at the time of crowning