# Miss New Mexico

The Miss New Mexico competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss America pageant.
Emille-Marie Enriquez was crowned Miss New Mexico 2024 on June 8, 2024, at the Flickinger Center in Alamogordo. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.

## Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss New Mexico titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

### Placements

* Top 7: Nicole Miner (2010)
* Top 10: Myrtice Conn (1962), Jane Nelson (1965), Sharon Kaye Birkenbuel (1967), Pat Brummett (1970), Donna Frances Reel (1975), Valerie Faber (1986)
* Top 15: Taylor Rey (2018)

### Awards
#### Preliminary awards

* Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Jane Nelson (1965)
* Preliminary Talent: Pat Brummett (1970)

#### Non-finalist awards

* Non-finalist Interview: Susan Yara (2005), Alexis Duprey (2014), Marissa Livingston (2016)
* Non-finalist Talent: Shirley Hughes (1949), Rosemary Brown (1968)

#### Other awards

* Miss Congeniality: Glynnelle Hubbard (1958), Karen Jan Maciolek (1969)
* Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship: Nicole Miner (2010)
* STEM Scholarship Award Winners: Jessica Burson (2015)

## Winners

* Declared as winner
* Ended as a runner-up
* Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
| 2024 | Emille-Marie Enriquez | Alamogordo | | Miss Otero County | | | | Previously Miss New Mexico Volunteer 2022 |
| 2023 | Lianna Hartshorn | Las Cruces | 19 | Miss Las Cruces | Vocal, "Never Enough" from The Greatest Showman | | | |
| 2022 | Kaitlin Kerl | Albuquerque | 25 | Miss Albuquerque | Dance | | | Previously New Mexico Sweetheart 2019 |
| 2021 | Sienna Rose Mascarenas | Albuquerque | 20 | Miss Zia | Dance | | | Previously Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2017 |
| 2019–20 | Misa L. Tran | Alamogordo | 20 | Miss Otero County | Dance | | | Previously Distinguished Young Woman of New Mexico 2017 |
| 2018 | Ashley Fresquez | Rio Rancho | 23 | Miss Zia | Jazz Dance, "Man of La Mancha" | | | Previously Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2009 |
| 2017 | Taylor Rey | Las Cruces | 22 | Miss Las Cruces | Vocal, "Art Is Calling for Me" | Top 15 | | |
| 2016 | Stephanie Chavez | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal, "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra | | | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2015 pageant |
| 2015 | Marissa Livingston | Albuquerque | 24 | Miss Duke City | Jazz Dance, "Let's Get Loud" | | Non-finalist Interview Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant |
| 2014 | Jessica Burson | Roswell | 20 | Miss Roswell | Jazz Dance, "Steam Heat" | | STEM Scholarship Award | |
| 2013 | Alexis Duprey | Alamogordo | 22 | Miss Otero County | Vocal, "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret | | Duprey Non-finalist Interview Award | Alexis Victoria Duprey is a Triple Crown Winner Previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2009 Later Miss New Mexico USA 2015 |
| 2012 | Candice Bennatt | Angel Fire | 23 | Miss Rudioso | Lyrical Dance, "Aqua Vitae" | | | Former Houston Texans cheerleader Later Miss Louisiana USA 2015 Top 11 at Miss USA 2015 pageant |
| 2011 | Sarina Kay Turnbull | Alamogordo | 24 | Miss Alamogordo | Ballet en Pointe, "The Prayer" | | | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 pageant |
| 2010 | Madison Leigh Tabet | Albuquerque | 18 | Miss Bernalillo County | Jazz Dance, "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" | | | Previously Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2007 |
| 2009 | Nicole Andrea Miner | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Southern New Mexico | Vocal, "Somewhere" | Top 7 | Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 pageant |
| 2008 | Christina Olmi | Albuquerque | 24 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal | | | Christina Suzanne Olmi working on an entertainment career. |
| 2007 | Jennifer (Jenny) Lindsey Marlowe | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss High Plains | Vocal, "Born For This" | | | |
| 2006 | Christina Marie Hall | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal, "Summertime" | | | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant |
| 2005 | Ane Cristal Romero | Las Vegas | 25 | Miss Las Vegas | Vocal, "A Broken Wing" | | | |
| 2004 | Susan Linda Yara | Pecos | 23 | Miss San Miguel County | Vocal, "La Charreada" | | Non-finalist Interview Award | |
| 2003 | Rana Beth Jones | Tatum | 22 | Miss South Plains | Vocal, "Can't Help Falling in Love" | | | Previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1998 |
| 2002 | Jennifer Erin Griggs | Alamogordo | 22 | Miss Alamogordo/Otero County | Violin | | | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 pageant |
| 2001 | Marta Strzyzewski | Roswell | 23 | Miss Roswell | Classical Piano, "Revolutionary Etude" | | | |
| 2000 | Martha Michelle Cobb | Roswell | 21 | Miss Las Cruces | Tap Dance, "Steam Heat" | | | |
| 1999 | Katie Linda Amalia Kelly | Santa Fe | 19 | Miss Santa Fe | Vocal, "Hurt Me" | | | |
| 1998 | Lindsay Dawn Chism | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Lea County | Jazz Dance, "You're the One That I Want" | | | |
| 1997 | Jennifer Leigh Babin | Alamogordo | 22 | Miss Otero County | Piano | | | |
| 1996 | Trisha Williams | Hobbs | 19 | Miss Lea County | Vocal, "He's Always There" | | | |
| 1995 | Vivian Yun Herding | Albuquerque | 24 | Miss Zia | Classical Piano | | | |
| 1994 | Felicia Anna Borrego | Tijeras | 23 | Miss Bernalillo County | Ballet Folklorico | | | |
| 1993 | Sharron N. Melton | Portales | 24 | Miss Portales | Vocal, "Stuff Like That There" | | | A native of Texas and first black woman to be named Miss New Mexico. Currently a television journalist in Houston, Texas. |
| 1992 | Shireen Ilsa Cheney | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Portales | Acro-Funk Dance | | | |
| 1991 | Rebecca (Bekki) Renee Shipley | Tucumcari | 20 | Miss Tucumcari | Flute & Piccolo | | | |
| 1990 | Jana Elaine McCoy | Portales | 22 | Miss Portales | Vocal, "The Gypsy in My Soul" | | | A native of Texas. |
| 1989 | Angela De Los Santos | Hobbs | 23 | Miss Portales | Popular Vocal, "The Wind Beneath My Wings" | | | |
| 1988 | Teresa Rodriquez | Clovis | 21 | Miss Portales | Popular Vocal, "Anything for You" | | | Previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1985 |
| 1987 | Becky Birdwell | Hobbs | 25 | Miss Tucumcari | Ballet | | | A native of Texas. |
| 1986 | Emily Kay Franklin | Albuquerque | 19 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal Medley | | | |
| 1985 | Valerie Joy Faber | Hobbs | 26 | Miss Albuquerque | Classical Piano, "Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53" | Top 10 | | A native of Virginia. |
| 1984 | Trina Lynn Collins | Hobbs | 22 | Miss Albuquerque | Acrobatic Dance | | | Mother of Miss Indiana 2015, Morgan Jackson |
| 1983 | Mai Shanley | Alamogordo | 20 | Miss Otero County | Vocal, "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story | | | Later Miss New Mexico USA & Miss USA 1984 Top 10 at Miss Universe 1984 pageant |
| 1982 | Cindy Ann Friesen | Carlsbad | 19 | Miss Carlsbad | Vocal, "Carnival" | | | |
| 1981 | Lynn Lawson | Portales | 21 | Miss Portales | Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 2, Third Movement" by Rachmaninoff | | | |
| 1980 | Teresa Elizabeth Anderson | Hobbs | 22 | Miss Hobbs | Vocal, "As Long As He Needs Me" | | | |
| 1979 | Susan Spartz | Alamogordo | 18 | Miss Otero County | Vocal, "My Man" | | | |
| 1978 | Jennifer Leigh Schubert | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Hobbs | Classical Ballet, "Beethoven's 7th Symphony" | | | |
| 1977 | Evelyn Ann Foster | Lovington | 20 | Miss Lovington | Vocal, "Feeling Good" | | | |
| 1976 | Melody Griffin | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Hobbs | Vocal, "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line | | | |
| 1975 | Sarah Jan Schooley | Jal | 21 | Miss Eastern New Mexico University | Piano, "Deep Purple" | | | |
| 1974 | Donna Frances Reel | Albuquerque | 21 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal, "For Once in My Life" | Top 10 | | Previously Miss New Mexico USA 1972 Top 10 at Miss USA 1972 pageant Previously Miss New Mexico World 1973 Top 16 at Miss World USA 1973 pageant |
| 1973 | Patti Elaine Nelms | Roswell | 21 | Miss Roswell | Vocal / Dance, "Basin Street Blues" & "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" | | | |
| 1972 | Wren Prather | Carlsbad | 19 | Miss Carlsbad | Upside Down Tap Dance, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" | | | |
| 1971 | Michele Cornali | Silver City | 22 | Miss Grant County | Semi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It" | | | |
| 1970 | Janis Lynn Jones | Raton | 21 | Miss Colfax County | Soft-shoe Dance, "Golden Slippers" | | | |
| 1969 | Patricia (Pat) Jo Brummett | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Hobbs | Classical Vocal, "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1968 | Karen Jan Maciolek | Albuquerque | 19 | Miss Portales | Waltz Ballet, "Wunderbar" | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 1967 | Rosemary Elizabeth Brown | Carlsbad | 20 | Miss Portales | Vocal, "This Is My Song" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| 1966 | Sharon Kaye Birkenbuel | Albuquerque | 20 | Miss Albuquerque | Dramatic Skit | Top 10 | | |
| 1965 | Ellen Growden | University Park | 21 | Miss La Mesilla | Dramatic Sketch, "Relationship of a Mother and Daughter" | | | |
| 1964 | Jane Nelson | Tularosa | 19 | Miss Tularosa | Original Vocal with Guitar & Tympani, "Theme from Exodus" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Later Miss Arizona USA 1965 1st runner-up at Miss USA 1965 pageant Later Miss New Mexico World 1966 Top 7 at Miss USA World 1966 pageant |
| 1963 | Sandi Joyce Moore | Loving | 19 | Miss Carlsbad | Combination acrobatic routine & drawing | | | |
| 1962 | Herma Loy Elliot | Portales | 20 | Miss Portales | Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | | | |
| 1961 | Myrtice Lee Conn | Clovis | 21 | Miss Clovis | Comedic Monologue, "Phonetic Punctuation" by Victor Borge | Top 10 | | |
| 1960 | Carolyn Adams Moore | Carlsbad | 18 | Miss Carlsbad | Caricature Drawing | | | |
| 1959 | Linda Frances Moore | Ruidoso | 19 | Miss Albuquerque | Piano | | | |
| 1958 | Lois Fay Wilson | Hobbs | 18 | Miss Hobbs | Vocal | | | |
| 1957 | Glynnelle Hubbard | Farmington | 19 | Miss Farmington | Dance | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 1956 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant |
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| 1950 | Martha Rose Wilson | Santa Fe | 22 | | | | | |
| 1949 | Shirley Hughes | Carlsbad | 18 | Miss Carlsbad | Charcoal & Chalk Drawing, "Cruising Down the River" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| 1948 | Sarah Betha Young | Cuba | 22 | | Art Sculpture | | | |
| 1947 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant |
| 1946 | Martha Bernice Cooper | Albuquerque | | | Speech, "Career As a Newspaper Reporter" | | | |
| 1945 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant |
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| 1942 | Marjorie Rose Adams | Roswell | | | | | | |
| 1941 | Beverly Nell Brookshier | Roswell | | | | | | |
| 1940 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant |
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| 1934 | No national pageant was held | No national pageant was held | No national pageant was held | No national pageant was held | No national pageant was held | No national pageant was held | No national pageant was held | No national pageant was held |
| 1933 | Julia Valdez | | 18 | Miss Albuquerque | | | | No Miss New Mexico Competed under local title at Miss America pageant |
| 1932 | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held | No national pageants were held |
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| 1927 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant |
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| 1925 | Celina Chauvin | | | Miss Albuquerque | | | | No Miss New Mexico Competed under local title at Miss America pageant |
| 1924 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant |
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