Miss Rhode Island
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Rhode Island USA
The Miss Rhode Island competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Rhode Island in the Miss America pageant.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Allison Rogers | Providence | Quality of Life Award | |||
| 2005 | Jessica Samson | Newport | ||||
| 2004 | Aimee Belisle | North Smithfield | ||||
| 2003 | Laurie Gray | Warwick | Top 10 Semi-Finalist | Preliminary Talent Award, Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | Previously Rhode Island's Junior Miss 1999 | |
| 2002 | Gianine Marie Teti | Providence | ||||
| 2001 | Jennifer Leigh D'Ambrosio | Westport, Massachusetts | ||||
| 2000 | Jennifer St. Laurent | Bristol | ||||
| 1999 | Karen Lindsay | Warwick | Preliminary Swimsuit Winner | also participated in The Bachelor reality series | ||
| 1998 | Heather Picard | Cumberland | ||||
| 1997 | Kelly Jo Roarke | Cranston | Non Finalist Talent Award | Previously Rhode Island's Junior Miss 1991 | ||
| 1996 | Elana Chomiszak | Providence | ||||
| 1995 | Elizabeth Reilly | North Providence | Miss North Providence | |||
| 1994 | Tori-Lynn Heaton | Cranston | Miss Cranston | First Sworn Police Officer to Compete at Miss America | ||
| 1993 | Wendy Mello | Narragansett | Miss South County | |||
| 1992 | Lisa Snow | Cranston | Miss Western Cranston | Non Finalist Interview Award | ||
| 1991 | Debi Cutler | North Providence | Miss Providence County | |||
| 1990 | Susan Savastano | East Providence | Miss Greater Providence County | |||
| 1989 | Gloria Berlanga | Davisville | Miss Kent County | |||
| 1988 | Jenna Wimms | Pawtucket | ||||
| 1987 | Cherilynn Cusick | Providence | Miss Providence County | |||
| 1986 | Barbara Longo | |||||
| Toni Langello | Warwick | |||||
| 1985 | Lori Boucher | Pawtucket | ||||
| 1984 | Joanna Minisce | North Smithfield | Miss Northern Rhode Island | |||
| 1983 | Pamela Hoff | Providence | Miss Providence-Pawtucket | |||
| 1982 | Cynthia Crook | Warwick | Miss Central Rhode Island | |||
| 1981 | Kathleen Cryan | Providence | Miss Eastern Rhode Island | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1980 | Dawn Potter | Pascoag | Miss Northern Rhode Island | |||
| 1979 | Elaine Rushlow | Westerly | Miss Southern Rhode Island | |||
| 1978 | Lori Leyden | Providence | Previously Rhode Island's Junior Miss 1975 | |||
| 1977 | Tanya Kapla | Middletown | actress, played Gloria Brown on The Young and the Restless | |||
| 1976 | Debra Cerroni | Esmond | Miss University of Rhode Island | Previously Miss Rhode Island USA 1974 | ||
| 1975 | Debra Cusick | Providence | Preliminary Swimsuit Winner | |||
| 1974 | Karen Salvatore | Warwick | Miss Rhode Island Coed | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1973 | Patricia Garrahy | North Providence | ||||
| 1972 | Michele Passarelli | Pawtucket | Miss Pawtucket | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe and feature performer at the 1976 Miss America Pageant | ||
| 1971 | Annette Charpentier | Cumberland | Miss Cumberland | |||
| 1970 | Teresa Bradley | East Greenwich | Miss North Kingston | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1969 | Jeanne Bursley | Barrington | Miss North Kingston | |||
| 1968 | Arlene Pinto | Warwick | Miss Warwick | |||
| 1967 | Marilyn Cocozza | North Providence | Miss Pawtucket | 3rd Runner Up | Preliminary Talent Award | Featured Performer for the 1968 Miss America Pageant telecast |
| 1966 | Cheryl Girr | Newport | Miss Newport | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1965 | Maureen Manton | Warwick | Miss Warwick | |||
| 1964 | Judy Anderson | Warwick | Miss Warwick | |||
| 1963 | Sheila Guarniere | Bristol | Miss Bristol | |||
| 1962 | Deborah Babbitt | Bristol | Miss Bristol | |||
| 1961 | Cheryl Hirst | Greenville | Miss North Providence | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1960 | Sally Saabye | Warwick | Miss Warwick | |||
| 1959 | Michalene Chomicz | Pawtucket | ||||
| 1958 | Ann Willis | Cranston | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1957 | Beatrice Turek | Providence | ||||
| 1956 | Gail Gilmore | Barrington | ||||
| 1955 | Claire Mae Emerson | Pawtucket | ||||
| 1954 | Virginia Gregory | Pawtucket | ||||
| 1953 | Joyce Sandberg | Providence | Future Miss Rhode Island USA 1954 | |||
| 1952 | Jayne Bradshaw | Westerly | ||||
| 1947 | Ellen Di Cenzo | Providence | ||||
| 1946 | Mariltn Tripp | Westerly | ||||
| 1945 | Mary Stevens | Cranston | ||||
| 1937 | Dorothy Mae Eden | East Providence | ||||
| 1936 | Mary Rogers | Johnston | ||||
| 1927 | Julia Costello |
[edit] External links
| Rhode Island Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Rhode Island |
Miss USA Miss Rhode Island USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Rhode Island Teen USA |
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