Miss Vermont USA#Winners

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.wcax.com/2022/03/28/sisters-crowned-miss-vermont-usa-miss-vermont-teen-usa/|title=Sisters crowned Miss Vermont USA and Miss Vermont Teen USA|publisher=WCAX-TV|last=Perron|first=Darren|date=March 28, 2022|access-date=March 29, 2022}}

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

File:Michelle Fongemie headshot.png|Michelle Fongemie, Miss Vermont USA 2004

File:SarahWestbrook MissVermontUSA 2013.jpg|Sarah Westbrook, Miss Vermont USA 2013

File:Alexandra Marek and Jackie Croft.jpg|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

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{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Declared as Winner
{{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} Ended as runner-up
{{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

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! style="width:5%;"| Year

! style="width:20%;"| Name

! style="width:10%;"| Hometown

! width=3%|Age{{efn|Age at the time of crowning}}

! width=12%| Local title

! style="width:14%;"| Placement at Miss USA

! style="width:17%;"| Special awards at Miss USA

! style="width:31%;"| 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

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| 2022

| Kelsey Golonka

| Montpelier

| 22

| Miss Montpelier

| Top 12

Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 2017{{Cite news|url=http://www.stowetoday.com/things_to_do/vermont_made/confidently-beautiful-vermont-pageants-show-that-beauty-is-more-than/article_99858cbe-b7f5-11e6-a69f-b7a09d19ad86.html|title=Confidently beautiful: Vermont pageants show that beauty is more than skin deep|last=Collier|first=Kayla|date=December 1, 2016|newspaper=Stowe Reporter|access-date=March 28, 2022}}
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 {{age in years, months and days|2021|6|6|2022|3|27}}

2020

| Shannah Weller

| Middlebury

| 23

| Longest reigning Miss Vermont USA at {{age in years, months and days|2019|11|10|2021|6|6}}

2019

| Bethany Marie Garrow

| Rutland

| 20

2018

|Maia-Jena Allo{{Cite news|url=https://www.stowetoday.com/stowe_reporter/news/local_news/miss-vermont-teen-usa-crowned-at-spruce-peak/article_8b763cbc-cbeb-11e7-bd11-434520ec0dde.html|title=Miss Vermont, Teen USA 2018 crowned at Spruce Peak|work=Stowe Today|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en}}

|Colchester

|20

2017

|Madison Trimbey Cota{{Cite news|url=https://www.stowetoday.com/stowe_reporter/news/local_news/miss-vt-queen-teen-to-be-crowned-at-spruce-peak/article_027cb444-af4f-11e7-898e-cfea0c3f04b1.html|title=Miss VT queen, teen to be crowned at Spruce Peak|last=Cross|first=Caleigh|date=2017-10-12|work=Stowe Today|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en}}

|Bellows Falls

|20

Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 2014
Semifinalist at Miss Massachusetts 2018{{cite web|url=http://valleypatriot.com/lawrences-gabriela-taveras-is-crowned-miss-massachusetts-2018/|title=Lawrence's Gabriela Taveras is Crowned Miss Massachusetts 2018|work=The Valley Patriot|date=3 July 2018 |access-date=November 3, 2019}}

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

|25

|Jamie Lynn Dragon

|25

|Lauren Carter

|21

|Nydelis Ortiz

|20

|Brooke Werner

|22

|Kim Tantlinger

|22

|Jessica May Comolli

|22

|Amanda Gilman

|20

|Amanda Lee Mitteer

|26

|Michelle Fongemie{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21752123/|title=From CVU to Miss Vermont USA|last=Jacobson|first=Erica|date=2013-11-17|work=The Burlington Free Press|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en}}

|Williston

|26

|Miss Congeniality{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21752180/|title=Local Angle|date=2004-04-16|work=The Burlington Free Press|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en}}

2003

|Jennifer Lee Ripley

|Barre

Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 1999
Later Mrs. Vermont America 2009 under her married name, Jennifer Bisson.{{cite web |url=http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2009 |title=2009 Mrs America |access-date=July 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012171728/http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2009 |archive-date=October 12, 2010 |url-status=dead }}

2002

|Brooke Elizabeth Angus

|Essex

Miss World USA 2006

2001

|Katy Johnson{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21751815/|title=Beauty queen's name ordered off Web site|date=2013-06-03|work=Florida Today|access-date=2018-07-10|language=en}}

|Burlington

Previously Miss Vermont 1999;{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21751953/|title=Johnson uses spotlight to impart wholesome values|last=Grantham|first=Loretta|date=1999-09-18|work=The Palm Beach Post|access-date=2018-07-10|language=en}} 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{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21751706/|title=Pageant Winners|date=1997-11-05|work=The Burlington Free Press|access-date=2018-07-11}}

1997

|Lisa Costantino

|Burlington

1996

|Nancy Anne Roberts

|Middlebury

1995

|Jennifer Cazeault

|Winooski

1994

|Christy Beltrami{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21752065/|title=Miss Vermont is 'born and raised'|last=Walsh|first=Molly|date=1994-02-11|work=The Burlington Free Press|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en}}

|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

|Carole Woodworth

|Tracey D. Morton

|Angie Cummingham

|Rutland

1984

|Sue O'Brien

|Waterbury Center

1983

|Leslie Lucchina

|Barre

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|1982

|Georgia Marie Davis

|Bennington

|22

|Semi-finalist

|Jeannette Wulff

|Judi Mason

|Katherine Rechsteiner

|Sugarbush Valley

Previously Miss Vermont 1975{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21752399/|title=N.J. has edge in beauty show|date=1975-09-02|work=The Central New Jersey Home News|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en}}

1978

|Nancy Jeanne Wierzbicki

|Rutland

|Miss Congeniality

|Anne Kent

|Susan Parsons

|Constance Crabtree