Miss Maine

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Maine USA.

The Miss Maine competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss America pageant. Maine has been represented in the pageant since 1937, although the state has never produced a winner.

Marybeth Noonan is the current Miss Maine, having been crowned on April 23, 2016 in Portland.

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Miss America Talent	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
1923	No Miss Maine	Winona Evelyn Drew competed as Miss Portland.
1924	No Miss Maine	Lillian J. Barry competed as Miss Portland.
1933	Iva Stewart		19			Top 18
1936	Edna Smith	Portland						Competed as Miss Portland
1936	Dolly Stewart	Rockland
1937	Cornelia Campbell	South Portland
1938	Doris Marie Bergeron	Lewiston
1940	Shirley Edith Houston	Augusta
1943	Eleanor Fournier	Westbrook
1945	Virginia Trask	Portland			Vocal "I Should Care"
1948	Muriel Applebee	Enfield
1949	Connie Gingrass	Augusta			Fencing
1950	Jane Harragan	Millinocket			Drama "The Corn Is Green"
1951	Beverly Ann Emery	Auburn			Classical Vocal from The Student Prince
1952	Norma Lee Collins	Caribou
1953	Karen Diane Thorsell	Portland			Vocal
1954	Mary Ellen St. John	Old Town			Drama
1955	Janice Vaughn	Waterville			Dramatic Monologue
1956	Mary Ellen Sanborn	Gardiner			Drama
1957	Carol Ann Bartels	Bath			Drama / Art
1958	Terry Suzanne Tripp	Lewiston			Ballet
1959	Linda Mills	Lewiston	18		Dramatic Reading			Assumed the title after the original winner, Linda Leeman, withdrew in order to get married
1960	Sally Ann Robinson	Enfield	20	Miss Lincoln	Monologue / Piano		Non-finalist Talent Award
1961	Dawn Frances Christie	Gray	21	Miss Scarborough	Piano "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1962	Barbara Jean Orr	Portland	19	Miss Livermore Falls	Vocal "I Wanna Be Loved by You"
1963	Elaine Ann Ouillette	Lewiston		Miss Lewiston	Musical Variety Act
1964	Ellen J Warren	Kennebunk	18		Vocal / Dance			Toured with Miss America USO troupe, Featured performer at Miss America 1965 and 1966 telecasts
1965	Ellen Margaret Fowler	Old Orchard Beach	19	Miss Gorham State Teachers' College	Vocal / Dance "Some People"
1966	Mary Kathryn Gonya	Millinocket	20	Miss Millinocket	Recitation			Maine's Junior Miss 1964
1967	Linda Christine Livanda	Cape Elizabeth	19	Miss Cape Elizabeth	Original Recitation & Dance "Dance of the Decades"
1968	Brenda Renee Verceles	Bangor	19	Miss Bangor	Tap Dance "Step to the Rear" from How Now, Dow Jones
1969	Kirsten Elizabeth Bell	Caribou	18	Miss Caribou	Piano Solo "Theme from The Apartment"
1970	Karen Johanna Johnson	Cumberland Foreside	20	Miss Greater Portland	Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'"	2nd runner-up
1971	Allyn Warner	Falmouth	21	Miss Greater Portland	Semi-classical Vocal "Mira" from Carnival	4th runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe, Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1966
1972	Marilyn Lash	Friendship	19	Miss University of Maine	Semi-classical Vocal "Poor Wand'ring One" from The Pirates of Penzance
1973	Carlene Quimby	Auburn	20	Miss University of Maine	Vocal "I Cain't Say No"
1974	Margaret Ann Welch	Bangor	22	Miss Greater Bangor	Vocal "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
1975	Patricia Cyr	Madawaska	18	Miss Maine Potato Queen	Vocal "Cabaret"			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1976	Susan Wanbaugh	Presque Isle	19	Miss Maine Potato Queen	Dramatic Monologue from As You Like It
1977	Terry Gilpatrick	Lincoln	18	Miss Lincoln	Pantomime "Me and My Shadow"
1978	Linda Carroll	Alfred	22	Miss Maine Mall	Semi-classical Vocal "I Could Have Danced All Night"
1979	Jill O'Brien	Bangor	22	Miss Bangor	Ballet "Irish Suite"
1980	Valerie Crooker	Brunswick	24	Miss Brunswick	Vocal / Dance			Miss Maine USA 1979, Currently serves as President of the Miss Maine Board of Directors
1981	Kathleen Jarrell	Orr's Island	19	Miss Windjammer	Vocal Medley "Swanee", "My Mammy", & "I'm Happy"
1982	Rebecca Beck	Brunswick	21	Miss Bangor	Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus
1983	Brenda Theriault	Presque Isle	22	Miss Southern Aroostook	Vocal "Bill Bailey"
1984	Lisa Johnson	South Portland	22	Miss Cumberland County	Electric Violin
1985	Mary Margaret Nightingale	Fort Fairfield	20	Miss Southern Aroostook	Vocal "The Blue Danube"
1986	Victoria Reed	Falmouth	26	Miss Windjammer	Vocal "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"
1987	Laurie Wathen	Fort Fairfield	25	Miss Northern Aroostook	Piano Solo "Ode to Joy"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1988	Lisa Kent	Gorham	21	Miss Cumberland County	Gymnastics / Jazz Dance
1989	Jane Brochu	Augusta	25	Miss Augusta	Vocal "Stormy Weather"
1990	Ann Rowe	Auburn	26	Miss Greater Portland	Vocal "Bring Him Home" from Les Misérables
1991	Dorie Noble	South Portland	25	Miss Cumberland County	Comedic Monologue "Yma Dream" by Thomas Meehan
1992	Christina Jane Lasso	Augusta	23	Miss Central Maine	Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville
1993	Josette Huntress	Limestone	21	Miss Northern Maine	Piano
1994	Victoria Renyolds	Bangor	22	Miss Cumberland County	Tap Dance
1995	Sharon Pelletier	Madawaska	23	Miss Greater Portland	Popular Vocal "At This Moment"
1996	Sarah Nadeau	Portland	20	Miss Greater Portland	Classical Vocal "Addio" from La bohème
1997	Rachel Binder	Presque Isle	23	Miss Aroostook County	Lyrical Ballet "Seasons of Love"
1998	Stephany Stanley	Canton	20	Miss Southeast	Acro-Jazz Dance "The Stampede!" from The Lion King			Contestant at National Sweetheart 1997
1999	Rebecca Pelkey	Howland	21	Miss Greater Portland	Character Ballet "Can-Can"
2000	Renee Belanger	Washburn	22	Miss Northern Aroostook	Jazz Dance "Jet Prologue" from West Side Story
2001	Meranda Hafford	Washburn	20	Miss Northern Aroostook	Vocal "Next Time I Love"			Miss Maine National Teenager 1998
2002	Rachel Wadsworth	Hiram	20	Miss Forest City	Rhythm Tap Dance			Contestant at National Sweetheart 2001
2003	Elizabeth Edgecomb	Limestone	20		Classical Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu"		Non-finalist Talent Award
2004	Ami Vice	Lisbon Falls	23		Classical Vocal "Chi Il Bel Sogno di Doretta" from La rondine		Bernie Wayne Scholarship, Non-finalist Talent Award
2005	Megan Beals	Ludlow	22	Miss Houlton	Vocal "Johnny One Note"
2006	Karissa Staples	Biddeford	19	Miss Greater Portland	Vocal "Take Me Or Leave Me" from Rent
2007	Tara Allain	Waterville	22	Miss Kennebec County	Dance "Hangin' By a Thread"
2008	Adrienne Watkinson	Topsham	23	Miss Topsham	Violin
2009	Susie Stauble	Gray	22		Vocal "Stand Up for Love"		Non-finalist Talent Award
2010	Arikka Knights	Chester	24	Miss Greater Lincoln	Tap Dance "Jumpin' Jack"			Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007
2011	Julia Furtado	Dayton	19	Miss Seacoast	Vocal "Over the Rainbow"
2012	Molly Bouchard	Caribou	21	Miss Northern Aroostook	Italian Vocal "Quando m’em vo"			Little Miss New Sweden (at age 7), Miss Potato Blossom, Miss Jr. Maine Teenager, Maine's Junior Miss 2008
2013	Kristin Korda	Saco	21	Miss Casco Bay	Vocal "Finding Wonderland"		Non-finalist Talent Award	Miss Maine's Outstanding Teen 2009
2014	Audrey Thames	Topsham	19	Miss Topsham	Comedic Monologue "Yma Dream" by Thomas Meehan
2015	Kelsey Earley	Lebanon	24	Miss York Harbor	Clogging "Happy" by C2C			Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012
2016	Marybeth Noonan	Raymond	20		Vocal "I Got Rhythm" from Girl Crazy			Miss Maine's Outstanding Teen 2010

External links

• Miss Maine Official Website