Miss Connecticut

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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Connecticut USA

Heidi Voight, Miss Connecticut 2006, onboard USS Connecticut (SSN-22) in February of 2006

The Miss Connecticut competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss America pageant. Connecticut has once won the Miss America crown.

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Local Title	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2007	Dana Daunis	Watertown	Miss Fairfield County		Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award	Miss Connecticut in Miss National Sweetheart 2006, did not place
2007	Lauren Betancourt	Suffield	Miss North Haven			Crowned Miss CT on June 23, 2007 and resigned on August 6, 2007
2006	Heidi Alice Voight	Milford	Miss Capital Region
2005	Dianna Baitinger	Norwich	Miss North Haven
2004	Nikki Palmieri	North Haven	Miss Montowese
2003	Marla Prete	North Haven	Miss Fairfield County
2002	Tanisha Brito	New London	Miss New London County	Top 10 Finalist		Later Miss Georgia USA 2005
2001	Marissa Perez	Meriden	Miss Fairfield County			Previously Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1996
2000	Renelle Richardson	Branford	Miss Elm City
1999	Sylvia Gomes	Bridgeport	Miss Hamden	Top 10 Finalist
1998	Lauren Bergamo	Prospect	Miss Hamden
1997	Merissa Starnes	Bloomfield	Miss Nutmeg		Non-finalist talent
1996	Stacy Perrone	Wolcott	Miss Wolcott
1995	Amy Zappone	Wolcott	Miss Wolcott
1994	MaryGrace Santagata	New Haven	Miss Charter Oak		Non-Finalist Talent Award
1993	Kimberly Burgess	Manchester	Miss Waterbury
1992	Valorie Abate	North Haven	Miss New Haven County		Non-Finalist Talent Award	Former Miss Connecticut USA 1991, 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1991
1991	Stephanie Stiefel	West Haven	Miss New Haven County
1990	Bianca Salahashourian	Fairfield	Miss Greater Waterbury
1989	Marlena Marshall	Glastonbury	Miss Vernon
1988	Maria Caporale	Oakdale	Miss New London County
1987	Michele Eaton	Shelton	Miss Fairfield County		Non-Finalist Talent Award
1986	Lorraine Hudson	North Haven	Miss Briarwood College
1985	Lorine Guagenti	Derby	Miss New Haven County
1984	Joanne Caruso	Trumbull	Miss Trumbull			sister of Miss Connecticut 1980
1983	Dakeita Vanderburg	Westport	Miss Westport
1982	Kelly Slater	Woodbury	Miss Woodbury
1981	Virginia Reichardt	Danbury	Miss Danbury
1980	Jeanne Caruso	Trumbull	Miss Trumbull	Top 10 Finalist		sister of Miss Connecticut 1984, former wife of Joe Theisman
1979	Laura Kaufmann	Enfield	Miss Greater Enfield			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1978	Maryalice Flintroy	Meriden	Miss Meriden		Non-Finalist Talent	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1977	Karen Kopins	Ridgefield	Miss Ridgefield			actress who has appeared in Dallas, Designing Women, Perry Mason, and films Troop Beverly Hills and Once Bitten.
1976	Debra LaRoche	Cheshire	Miss Cheshire
1975	Mary Cadorette	East Hartford	Miss Manchester			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1974	Elisa Heinemann	Wethersfield	Miss Wethersfield
1973	Deborah Blanchard	North Haven	Miss New Haven
1972	Linda Kapral	East Lyme	Miss East Lyme			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1971	Priscilla Doyle	Rockville	Miss Manchester
1970	Cynthia Fowler	Cheshire	Miss Cheshire
1969	Carol Jean Norval	Stafford Springs	Miss Stafford		Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1968	Gunnell Ragone	West Hartford	Miss University of Hartford		Non-finalist Talent Award
1967	Diane Bylo	Norwalk	Miss Stamford
1966	Carole Gelish				Non-finalist Talent Award	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1965	Donna Scott	Stratford	Miss Danbury
1964	Honora Bukowski	Wallingford	Miss Wallingford
1963	Valerie Stetson	Milldale	Miss Southington
1962	Diane DeMaio	Hartford	Miss Hartford
1961	Karen Scalise	Glastonbury	Miss East Hartford
1960	Wendy Mitchell	New Haven	Miss West Haven
1959	Diana Klug	Torrington			Preliminary Talent Award
1958	Billie Turner	New Canaan		Top 10 Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award
1957	Susan Lightbown	Fairfield			Non-finalist Talent Award
1956	Joy Corrado	Torrington
1955	Audrey Figlar	Hartford
1954	Dorothy Hopkins	Storrs
1953	Sarah Middleton	Hartford
1952	Joyce Yeske	West Hartford
1951	Beverly Buriant	Bridgeport				Future Miss Connecticut USA 1953
1950	Renee Roy	Hartford		Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award	Future Miss New York City USA 1954, 2nd runner-up Miss USA
1949	Barbara Smetana	Bridgeport
1948	Fairfax Mason	Bridgeport
1947	Louise Bienvenu	Waterbury
1946	Joan Turner	West Haven		Semi-finalist
1945	Sylvia Shaw	Hartford
1944	Barbara Fisher	East Hartford
1943	Mary Rice	Hartford
1942	Alice Clifford	Burlington
1941	Daphne Gladding	Plymouth
1940	Dorothy Pickard	New Haven
1939	Frieda Lampar	Bridgeport
1938	Blanche Hawley	Stratford
1937	Frances Greene	Milford
1936	Tilie Grey	Waterbury		2nd Runner-up
1935	Margaretta Kling	New Haven		Semi-finalist	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1933-1934	Marian Bergeron	West Haven		Winner		Held the State & National Title for Two Years
1927-1932	No Pageants Held
1926	Molla Barnett
1925	Helen Kanehi
1924	Helen Haddock
1923	None
1922	Paula Spottle