Miss Maine

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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.

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Local Title	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2007	Tara Allain	Biddeford	Miss Kennebec County
2006	Karissa Staples	Biddeford	Miss Greater Portland
2005	Megan Beals	Ludlow	Miss Houlton
2004	Ami Vice	Lisbon Falls			Bernie Wayne Scholarship, Non-finalist Talent Award
2003	Elizabeth Edgecomb	Limestone				Non Finalist Talent Winner
2002	Rachel Wadsworth	Hiram	Miss Forest City
2001	Meranda Hafford	Washburn	Miss Northern Aroostook
2000	Renee Belanger	Washburn	Miss Northern Aroostook
1999	Rebecca Pelkey	Howland	Miss Greater Portland
1998	Stephany Stanley	Canton	Miss Southeast
1997	Rachel Binder	Presque Isle	Miss Aroostook County
1996	Sarah Nadeau	Portland	Miss Greater Portland
1995	Sharon Pelletier	Madawaska	Miss Greater Portland
1994	Victoria Renyolds	Bangor	Miss Cumberland County
1993	Josette Huntress	Limestone	Miss Northern Maine
1992	Christina Jane Lasso	Augusta	Miss Central Maine
1991	Dorie Noble	South Portland	Miss Cumberland County
1990	Ann Rowe	Auburn	Miss Greater Portland
1989	Jane Brochu	Augusta	Miss Augusta
1988	Lisa Kent	Gorham	Miss Cumberland County
1987	Laurie Watham	Fort Fairfield	Miss Northern Aroostook		Non-finalist Talent Award
1986	Victoria Reed	Falmouth	Miss Windjammer
1985	Mary Margaret Nightingale	Fort Fairfield	Miss Southern Aroostook
1984	Lisa Johnson	South Portland	Miss Cumberland County
1983	Brenda Theriault	Presque Isle	Miss Southern Aroostook
1982	Rebecca Beck	Brunswick	Miss Bangor
1981	Kathleen Jarrell	Orr's Island	Miss Windjammer
1980	Valerie Crooker	Brunswick	Miss Brunswick			Previously Miss Maine USA 1979, currently serves as President of the Miss Maine Board of Directors
1979	Jill O'Brien	Bangor	Miss Bangor
1978	Linda Carroll	Alfred	Miss Maine Mall
1977	Terry Gilpatrick	Lincoln	Miss Lincoln
1976	Susan Wambaugh	Presque Isle	Miss Maine Potato Queen
1975	Patricia Cyr	Madawaska	Miss Maine Potato Queen			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1974	Margaret Ann Welch	Bangor	Miss Greater Bangor
1973	Carlene Quimby	Auburn	Miss University of Maine
1972	Marilyn Lash	Friendship	Miss University of Maine
1971	Allyn Warner	Falmouth	Miss Greater Portland	4th runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1970	Karen Johnson	Cumberland Foreside	Miss Greater Portland	2nd runner-up
1969	Kirsten Elizabeth Bell	Caribou	Miss Caribou
1968	Brenda Renee Verceles	Bangor	Miss Bangor
1967	Linda Christine Livanda	Cape Elizabeth	Miss Cape Elizabeth
1966	Mary Kathryn Gonya	Millinocket	Miss Millinocket			Previously Maine's Junior Miss 1964
1965	Ellen Margaret Fowler	Old Orchard Beach	Miss Gorham State Teachers' College
1964	Ellen J Warren	Kennebunk				Toured with Miss America USO troupe, featured performer on the 1965 and 1966 Miss America Pageant telecasts
1963	Elaine Ann Ouillette	Lewiston	Miss Lewiston
1962	Barbara Jean Orr	Portland	Miss Livermore Falls
1961	Dawn Frances Christie	Gray	Miss Scarborough		Non-finalist Talent Award
1960	Sally Ann Robinson	Enfield	Miss Lincoln		Non-finalist Talent Award
1959	Linda Mills	Lewiston
1958	Terry Suzanne Tripp	Lewiston
1957	Carol Ann Bartels	Bath
1956	Mary Ellen Sanborn	Gardiner
1955	Janice Vaughn	Waterville
1954	Mary Ellen St John	Old Town
1953	Karen Diane Thorsell	Portland
1952	Norma Lee Collins	Caribou
1951	Beverly Ann Emery	Auburn
1950	Jane Harragan	Millinocket
1949	Connie Gingrass	Augusta
1948	Muriel Applebee	Enfield
1945	Virginia Trask	Portland
1943	Eleanor Fournier	Westbrook
1940	Shirley Edith Houston	Augusta
1939	Doris Marie Bergeron	Lewiston
1938	Cornelia Campbell	South Portland
1937	Dolly Stewart	Rockland