Miss Connecticut USA
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| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Coral Springs |
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| Members | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Barbara Ewald |
| Website | Official website |
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 Jaeden Hamelly of New London and was crowned on May 24, 2026 at The Marriott Hartford in Windsor, Connecticut. Hamelly will represent Connecticut at Miss USA 2026.
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[a] | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2026 | Jaeden Hamelly | New London | 30 | Miss New London County | TBA | TBA | |
| 2025 | Jenna Hofmann | Fairfield | 23 | Miss Fairfield | |||
| 2024 | Shavana Clarke | Bridgeport | 29 | Miss Greater Bridgeport | |||
| 2023 | Karla Aponte Roque | Branford | 27 | Miss Greater New Haven | Top 20 |
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| 2022 | Cynthia Dias | Wolcott | 22 | Miss Wolcott | Top 12 |
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| 2021 | Amanda Torchia | Middlebury | 25 | Miss Middlebury | |||
| 2020 | Chelsea Demby | Farmington | 23 | ||||
| 2019 | Acacia Courtney | Hamden | 26 |
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| 2018 | Jamie Michelle Hughes | Stamford | 27 | ||||
| 2017 | Olga Yurievna Litvinenko | Greenwich | 27 |
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| 2016 | Tiffany Ann Teixeira | Bridgeport | 24 | Top 10 |
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| 2015 | Ashley Monika Golebiewski | Berlin | 21 | ||||
| 2014 | Desirée Alyce Pérez[4] | Greenwich | 26 | ||||
| 2013 | Erin Joyce Brady | East Hampton | 26 | Miss USA 2013 |
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| 2012 | Marie-Lynn Piscitelli | North Haven | 26 |
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| 2011 | Regina Turner[5] | Old Saybrook | 21 | ||||
| 2010 | Ashley Bickford | Torrington | 24 |
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| 2009 | Monica Mary Pietrzak | Manchester | 25 | Top 15 |
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| 2008 | Jacqueline Honulik | Fairfield | 21 | ||||
| 2007 | Melanie Mudry | New Hartford | 26 | ||||
| 2006 | Jeannine Phillips | Lisbon | 22 | ||||
| 2005 | Melissa Mandak | Hamden | 26 | ||||
| 2004 | Sheila Marie Wiatr | Rocky Hill | 24 | ||||
| 2003 | Michelle LaFrance | Orange | 24 | ||||
| 2002 | Alita Hawaah Dawson | Hamden | 22 | 4th Runner-Up |
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| 2001 | Amy A. Vanderoef | Bristol | 25 | ||||
| 2000 | Sallie Elizabeth Toussaint | Hartford | 25 |
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| 1999 | Christina D'Amico | 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 |
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| 1992 | Catherine Sanchez | Hartford | |||||
| 1991 | Valorie Abate | Hartford |
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| 1990 | Allison Dawn Barbeau-Diorio | Hartford |
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| 1989 | Lisa Vendetti | South Windsor | |||||
| 1988 | Catherine "Cathy" Galasso | Hamden | 24 | ||||
| 1987 | Jolene Marie Foy | Clinton | 20 | ||||
| 1986 | Jennifer Lynn Benusis | Ridgefield | 18 |
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| 1985 | Adrianne Hazelwood | Hamden | 17 |
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| 1984 | Lynne Scalo | Bridgeport | 24 | ||||
| 1983 | Mary Lynn Seleman | Terryville | 20 | ||||
| 1982 | Maureen Szekeres | Shelton | 20 | ||||
| 1981 | Kelly Catherine Thompson | Monroe | 20 | ||||
| 1980 | Kristine Wilson | Farmington | 23 | ||||
| 1979 | Mary Beth Lombardi | Vernon | 23 | ||||
| 1978 | Martha Rose Szabo | Hartford | 23 | ||||
| 1977 | Susan Ridley "Sue" Crone | Meriden | |||||
| 1976 | Roslyn Ralph[6] | Waterbury | 23 | ||||
| 1975 | Michele Menegay | Bethel | |||||
| 1974 | Valerie Ann Cappello | Bantam | |||||
| 1973 | Wendy Vecchiarino | Hartford | |||||
| 1972 | Diane Stevens | Hartford | |||||
| 1971 | Diane Turetzky[7] | Waterford | 18 | ||||
| 1970 | Patricia Ann Matthews | Farmington | |||||
| 1969 | Elizabeth Wanderman | Hartford | Top 15 | ||||
| 1968 | Janice Shilinsky | New Haven | 19 | Top 15 | Top 15 Best in Swimsuit[8] |
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| 1967 | Linda E. Drew | Fairfield | |||||
| 1966 | Pat Denne | West Hartford | 19 | 1st Runner-Up | |||
| 1965 | Elizabeth A. "Betty" Matusko | Bridgeport | |||||
| 1964 | Patricia "Pat" Powell | Hartford | |||||
| 1963 | Gail Dinan | Hartford | |||||
| 1962 | Diane Marie Zabicki | Middletown | 1st Runner-Up | ||||
| 1961 | Florene Mayette | Hartford | Top 15 | ||||
| 1960 | Joyce Elaine Trautwig[9] | Hartford | Top 15 | ||||
| 1959 | Jayne Burghardt | Hartford | 21 | ||||
| 1958 | Dorothy Elizabeth Dillon | Hartford | |||||
| 1957 | Rosemary Gale Galliotti | West Hartford | |||||
| 1956 | Dorothy Jean Bailey | Fairfield | |||||
| 1955 | Jane Louise Bartolotta | Middletown | |||||
| 1954 | Andrea Todd | Milford | Top 21 | ||||
| 1953 | Beverly Rosemary Burlant | Bridgeport |
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| 1952 | Jo Kuhlmann | Hartford |
Notes
- ↑ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ↑ Wickett, Shana (July 12, 2009). "Pageant winner believes classroom more important than stag". New Haven Register.
- ↑ Smith, Steve (July 10, 2014). "Miss Connecticut 2014 crowned". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ↑ "Miss Hamden crowned Miss Connecticut at Garde Arts Center in New London". www.theday.com. July 1, 2014.
- ↑ Eve Sullivan (November 17, 2013). "Greenwich woman wins Miss Connecticut title". greenwichtime.com. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ↑ Corica, Susan (2010-12-06). "Dreams, poise and passion carry pageant contestants: winners named". New Britain Herald.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "The Winner". The Day. 1975-12-29.
- ↑ Soderberg, Norm (1971-04-30). "Miss Connecticut is Waterford Girl". The Day.
- ↑ "SWIMSUIT WINNERS". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 16 May 1968. p. 62. Retrieved 7 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL". Philadelphia Daily News. 2 July 1960. p. 4. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com.