Miss New York
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss New York USA
The Miss New York competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss America pageant. Miss New York has twice won the Miss America Crown. Also, when city representatives were common at the national pageant, Bess Myerson won as Miss New York City in 1945.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2006 | Bethlene Pancoast | Brooklyn | Miss Heart of New York | Non Finalist Talent Award Winner | Represented PA at America's Junior Miss in 2000 | |
| 2005 | Kandice Pelletier | New York City | Miss Greater New York City | Contestant on The Amazing Race 10, with fellow Miss America contestant Dustin-Leigh Konzelman (Miss California). Previously won the National Sweetheart Pageant in 2003 | ||
| 2004 | Christina Ellington | New York City | Miss Southern New York | Top 10 Finalist | Actor, singer, dancer, 1st Runner Up to Miss Teen America | |
| 2003 | Jessica Lynch | New York City | Miss New York City | |||
| 2002 | Tiffany Walker | Brooklyn | Miss New York City | Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award Former Hal Jackson's Talented Teen Miss New York and Miss International |
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| 2001 | Andrea Plummer | New York City | Miss New York City | 4th runner-up | 1996 America's Junior Miss representing Tennessee | |
| 2000 | Kelly Falgiano | Lancaster | Miss Amherst | |||
| 1999 | Brandi Burkhardt | Pasadena, Maryland | Miss Manhattan | Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1997, vocalist and actress, qualified to compete in New York as a student at New York University | |
| 1998 | Deana Herrera | Staten Island | Miss Staten Island | |||
| 1997 | Lisa Esler | Northville | Miss Fulton County | |||
| 1996 | Tammy Harris | Williamstown | Miss Oswego County | First contestatant at Miss America to admit to having a tattoo or body piercing. | ||
| 1995 | Sunita Param | Buffalo | Miss Buffalo | Starred in American Desi, Miss Match, several national commercials | ||
| Helen Goldsby | Brooklyn | Miss Orange County | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Title removed by pageant officials | |
| 1994 | Dione Lee Robinson | Gansevoort | Miss Capital Region | |||
| 1993 | Marcia Cillan | New York City | Miss Manhattan | |||
| 1992 | Ingrid Olsen | Port Jefferson | Miss Greater Syracuse | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1991 | Marisol Montalvo | Holbrook | Miss Long Island | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Preliminary Award | |
| 1990 | Mary Alice Demler | Buffalo | Miss Buffalo | Currently anchor of evening news for NBC affiliate in Buffalo. | ||
| 1989 | Lisa Marie Molella | Millbrook | Miss Dutchess County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1988 | Mia Seminoff | New York City | Miss Manhattan | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1987 | Alice Knisley | Staten Island | Miss Metropolitan New York City | |||
| 1986 | Dawan McPeak | New York City | Miss Metropolitan New York City | |||
| 1985 | Jill Privateer | Fredonia | Miss Buffalo | Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with 1986 Miss America Gillette Show Troupe | |
| 1984 | Mary-Ann Farrell | New York City | Miss Manhattan | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1983 | Melissa Manning | successor to crown | ||||
| Vanessa Williams | Millwood | Miss Greater Syracuse | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award | Stripped of title after nude photos of her were made public. The photos were made prior to the pageant | |
| 1982 | Eileen Clark | Syracuse | Miss Greater Syracuse | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1981 | Suzanne Alexander | Lyons Falls | Miss Oneida County | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | An elementary school teacher in the Tully School District outside of Syracuse. |
| 1980 | Cheryl Flanagan | Rochester | Miss Greater Rochester | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1979 | Kelli Krull | Buffalo | Miss Niagara Falls | Top 10 Finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Widely regarded as one of the best Baton twirlers to grace the Miss America stage. |
| 1978 | Paula Pope | Lockport | Miss Greater Colonie | |||
| 1977 | Lesly Braun | Pelham Manor | Miss Staten Island | |||
| 1976 | Sonja Anderson | New York City | Miss Manhattan | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | previously Miss New York USA 1975 |
| 1975 | Mary Hinterberger | successor to crown | ||||
| Tawny Godin | Yonkers | Miss Saratoga Springs | Winner | |||
| 1974 | Kris Krull | Niagara Falls | Miss Erie County East | |||
| 1973 | Joann Miller | Cheektowaga | Miss Erie County East | |||
| 1972 | Judith Keithley | Rochester | Miss Rochester | |||
| 1971 | Elisabeth Condon | Angola | Miss Niagara Falls | |||
| 1970 | Katherine Karlsrud | Mamaroneck | Miss Westchester | Top 10 Semi-finalist | recipient of the Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | first Allman Scholarship recipient to graduate from medical school |
| 1969 | Linda Trybus | Snyder | Miss Amherst | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1968 | Patricia Burmeister | Portville | Miss Rochester | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1967 | Kari Pedersen | Staten Island | Miss Staten Island | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1966 | Penelope Donoghue | Yonkers | Miss Westchester | |||
| 1965 | Marlene Butcher | Hamburg | Miss Dunkirk | |||
| 1964 | Julie Just | Buffalo | Miss Tri-County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1963 | Barbara Gloede | New York City | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1962 | Paula Heins | Le Roy | Miss Batavia | |||
| 1961 | Kathryn Moden | Buffalo | Miss West Seneca | |||
| 1960 | Susan Talbert | Ogdensburg | Miss Dunkirk-Fredonia | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1959 | Bonnie Jo Marquis | Huntington | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1958 | Miriam Sanderson | Rensselaer | ||||
| 1957 | Janet Corrigan | Huntington | ||||
| 1953 | Jeannine Bowman | Rome | ||||
| 1952 | Joan St. John | Binghamton | ||||
| 1951 | Louise Orlando | Syracuse | ||||
| 1950 | Marilyn Reynolds | Syracuse | ||||
| 1949 | Wanda Nalepa | New York City | ||||
| 1948 | M. Yvonne Fix | Niagara Falls | ||||
| 1947 | Carol Fredericks | Harrison | ||||
| 1946 | Violet Meller | White Plains | Semi-finalist | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1945 | June Jenkins | Elmont | ||||
| 1944 | Bobby MacAdam | Brooklyn | ||||
| 1943 | Marion Butler | New York City | ||||
| 1942 | Marion Moselle | Utica | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1938 | Elissa Winston | Semi-finalist | represented New York as "Miss Empire State" | |||
| 1937 | Dorothy Armstrong | Whitesboro | represented New York as "Miss Empire State" | |||
| 1935 | Vera Haal | Bronx | ||||
| 1933 | Florence Meyers | 2nd runner-up |
[edit] External links
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Miss USA Miss New York USA |
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