# Miss Connecticut USA

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 will represent Connecticut at Miss USA 2025.

## Gallery of titleholders

* Ashley Bickford, Miss Connecticut USA 2010
* Erin Brady, Miss Connecticut USA 2013 and Miss USA 2013

## 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
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2025 | Jenna Hofmann | Fairfield | 23 | Miss Fairfield | TBA | |
| 2024 | Shavana Clarke | Bridgeport | 29 | Miss Greater Bridgeport | | |
| 2023 | Karla Aponte Roque | Branford | 27 | Miss Greater New Haven | Top 20 | Previously Miss World Connecticut 2019 |
| 2022 | Cynthia Dias | Wolcott | 22 | Miss Wolcott | Top 12 | Previously Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen 2014 |
| 2021 | Amanda Torchia | Middlebury | 25 | Miss Middlebury | | |
| 2020 | Chelsea Demby | Farmington | 23 | | | |
| 2019 | Acacia Courtney | Hamden | 26 | | | Previously Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen 2009 Previously Miss Connecticut 2014 |
| 2018 | Jamie Hughes | Stamford | 27 | | | |
| 2017 | Olga Litvinenko | Greenwich | 27 | | | Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2007 |
| 2016 | Tiffany Teixeira | Bridgeport | 24 | | Top 10 | Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2009 |
| 2015 | Ashley Golebiewski | Berlin | 21 | | | |
| 2014 | Desirée Pérez | Greenwich | 26 | | | |
| 2013 | Erin Brady | East Hampton | 26 | | Miss USA 2013 | Top 10 at Miss Universe 2013 |
| 2012 | Marie-Lynn Piscitelli | North Haven | 26 | | | Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2001 |
| 2011 | Regina Turner | Old Saybrook | 21 | | | |
| 2010 | Ashley Bickford | Torrington | 24 | | | Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2002 Previously Miss Rhode Island 2007 |
| 2009 | Monica Pietrzak | Manchester | 25 | | Top 15 | Sister of Natalie Victoria Pietrzak, Miss Massachusetts USA 2012 |
| 2008 | Jacqueline Honulik | Fairfield | 21 | | | |
| 2007 | Melanie Mudry | New Hartford | 26 | | | |
| 2006 | Jeannine Phillips | Lisbon | 22 | | | |
| 2005 | Melissa Mandak | Hamden | 26 | | | |
| 2004 | Sheila Wiatr | Rocky Hill | 24 | | | |
| 2003 | Michelle LaFrance | Orange | 24 | | | |
| 2002 | Alita Dawson | Hamden | 22 | | 4th Runner-Up | Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1997 |
| 2001 | Amy Vanderoef | Bristol | 26 | | | |
| 2000 | Sallie Toussaint | Hartford | 25 | | | |
| 1999 | Christina Damico | Hartford | | | | |
| 1998 | Kristina Hughes | Pawcatuck | | | | |
| 1997 | Christine Pavone | Shelton | 23 | | | |
| 1996 | Wanda Gonzalez | Hartford | 24 | | | |
| 1995 | Traci Bryant | New Haven | | | | |
| 1994 | Mistrella Egan | Danbury | | | | |
| 1993 | Alison Benusis | Ridgefield | | | | Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1991 |
| 1992 | Catherine Sanchez | Hartford | | | | |
| 1991 | Valorie Abate | Hartford | | | | Later Miss Connecticut 1992 |
| 1990 | Allison Barbeau-Diorio | Hartford | | | | Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1987 |
| 1989 | Lisa Vendetti | South Windsor | | | | |
| 1988 | Cathy Galasso | Hamden | | | | |
| 1987 | Jolene Foy | Clinton | | | | |
| 1986 | Jennifer Benusis | Ridgefield | | | | |
| 1985 | Adrianne Hazelwood | Hamden | 18 | | | Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1984 |
| 1984 | Lynne Scalo | Bridgeport | | | | |
| 1983 | Mary Seleman | Swansea | | | | |
| 1982 | Maureen Szekeres | Shelton | | | | |
| 1981 | Kelly Thompson | Monroe | | | | |
| 1980 | Kristine Wilson | Farmington | | | | |
| 1979 | Mary Beth Lombardi | Vernon | | | | |
| 1978 | Martha Szabo | Hartford | | | | |
| 1977 | Sue Crone | Meriden | | | | |
| 1976 | Roslyn Ralph | Waterbury | 23 | | | |
| 1975 | Michele Menegay | Hartford | | | | |
| 1974 | Valerie Cappello | Hartford | | | | |
| 1973 | Wendy Vecchiarino | Hartford | | | | |
| 1972 | Diane Stevens | Hartford | | | | |
| 1971 | Diane Turetzky | Waterford | 18 | | | |
| 1970 | Patricia Matthews | Farmington | | | | |
| 1969 | Elizabeth Wanderman | Hartford | | | Top 15 | |
| 1968 | Janice Shilinsky | Hartford | | | Top 15 | |
| 1967 | Linda Drew | | | | | |
| 1966 | Pat Denne | West Hartford | | | 1st Runner-Up | |
| 1965 | Elizabeth Matusko | Hartford | | | | |
| 1964 | Patricia Powell | Hartford | | | | |
| 1963 | Gail Dinan | Hartford | | | | |
| 1962 | Diane Zabicki | Middletown | | | 1st Runner-Up | |
| 1961 | Florence Mayette | Hartford | | | Top 15 | |
| 1960 | Joyce Trautwig | Hartford | | | Top 15 | |
| 1959 | Jayne Burghardt | Hartford | | | | |
| 1958 | Dorothy Dillen | Hartford | | | | |
| 1957 | Rosemary Galliotti | Hartford | | | | |
| 1956 | Dorothy Bailey | Hartford | | | | |
| 1955 | Jane Bartolotta | Hartford | | | | |
| 1954 | Andrea Todd | Hartford | | | Top 21 | |
| 1953 | Beverlee Burlant | Hartford | | | | |
| 1952 | Jo Kuhlmann | Hartford | | | | |