Miss New Mexico
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss New Mexico USA.
Miss New Mexico 2008 contestants, with Miss New Mexico 2007 Jenny Marlow (left)
Christina Hall, Miss New Mexico 2006
The Miss New Mexico competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss America pageant. Delegates from New Mexico have each reached the semi-finals of Miss America seven times (in 1961, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1985, and 2009).
Winners
| Year | Name[1] | Hometown[1] | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America[1] | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Stephanie Chavez[2] | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2015 | ||
| 2015 | Marissa Livingston[3] | Albuquerque | 24 | Miss Duke City | Jazz Dance "Let's Get Loud" | John Curran Non-Finalist Interview scholarship | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 | |
| 2014 | Jessica Burson[4] | Roswell | 20 | Miss Roswell | Jazz Dance "Steam Heat" | STEM Scholarship | ||
| 2013 | Alexis Duprey | Alamogordo | 22 | Miss Otero County | Vocal "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret | John Curran Non-finalist Interview Award | 1st runner-up at Miss New Mexico Outstanding Teen 2008, Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2009, Miss New Mexico USA 2015, graduated 2015 Master's Degree with Honors - Communications / Marketing. First "Triple Crown" winner in New Mexico. | |
| 2012 | Candice Bennatt | Angel Fire | 23 | Miss Rudioso | Lyrical Dance "Aqua Vitae" | Miss Louisiana USA 2015, Currently a student at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law at the time of winning the Miss Louisiana USA Crown, Former Houston Texans Cheerleader, Miss Dallas 2010 | ||
| 2011 | Sarina Turnbull[5] | Alamogordo | 24 | Miss Alamogordo | Ballet en Pointe "The Prayer" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 | ||
| 2010 | Madison Tabet | Albuquerque | 18 | Miss Bernalillo County | Jazz Dance "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" | Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2007 | ||
| 2009 | Nicole Miner | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Southern New Mexico | Vocal "Somewhere" | Top 7 | 2010 Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 |
| 2008 | Christina Olmi | Albuquerque | 24 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal | |||
| 2007 | Jenny Marlowe | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss High Plains | Vocal "Born For This" | |||
| 2006 | Christina Hall | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal "Summertime" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 | ||
| 2005 | Ane Romero | Las Vegas | 25 | Miss Las Vegas | Vocal "A Broken Wing" | |||
| 2004 | Susan Yara | Pecos | 23 | Miss San Miguel County | Vocal "La Charreada" | Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
| 2003 | Rana Jones | Tatum | 22 | Miss South Plains | Vocal "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" | Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1998 | ||
| 2002 | Erin Griggs | Alamogordo | 22 | Miss Alamogordo/Otero County | Violin Solo | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 | ||
| 2001 | Marta Strzyzewski | Roswell | 23 | Miss Roswell | Classical Piano "Revolutionary Etude" | |||
| 2000 | Martha Cobb | Roswell | 21 | Miss Las Cruces | Tap Dance "Steam Heat" | |||
| 1999 | Katie Kelly | Santa Fe | 19 | Miss Santa Fe | Vocal "Hurt Me" | |||
| 1998 | Lindsay Chism | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Lea County | Jazz Dance "You're the One That I Want" | |||
| 1997 | Jennifer Babin | Alamogordo | 22 | Miss Otero County | Piano | |||
| 1996 | Trisha Williams | Hobbs | 19 | Miss Lea County | Vocal "He's Always There" | |||
| 1995 | Vivian Herding | Albuquerque | 24 | Miss Zia | Classical Piano "Bach Medley" | |||
| 1994 | Felicia Borrego | Tijeras | 23 | Miss Bernalillo County | Ballet Folklorico | |||
| 1993 | Sharron Melton | Portales | 24 | Miss Portales | Vocal "Stuff Like That There" | |||
| 1992 | Shireen Cheney | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Portales | Acro-Funk Dance | |||
| 1991 | Bekki Shipley | Tucumcari | 20 | Miss Tucumcari | Flute & Piccolo Medley | |||
| 1990 | Jana McCoy | Portales | 22 | Miss Portales | Vocal "The Gypsy in My Soul" | |||
| 1989 | Angela De Los Santos | Hobbs | 23 | Miss Portales | Popular Vocal "The Wind Beneath My Wings" | |||
| 1988 | Teresa Rodriquez | Clovis | 21 | Miss Portales | Popular Vocal "Anything For You" | Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1985 | ||
| 1987 | Becky Birdwell | Hobbs | 25 | Miss Tucumcari | Ballet | |||
| 1986 | Emily Franklin | Albuquerque | 19 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal Medley | |||
| 1985 | Valerie Faber | Hobbs | 26 | Miss Albuquerque | Classical Piano "Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53" | Top 10 | ||
| 1984 | Trina Collins | Hobbs | 22 | Miss Albuquerque | Acrobatic Dance | Mother of Miss Indiana 2015 Morgan Jackson | ||
| 1983 | Mai Shanley | Alamogordo | 20 | Miss Otero County | Vocal "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story | Miss New Mexico USA 1984 and Miss USA 1984 and Top 10 at Miss Universe 1984 | ||
| 1982 | Cyndi Ann Friesen | Carlsbad | 19 | Miss Carlsbad | Vocal "Carnival" | |||
| 1981 | Lynn Lawson | Portales | 21 | Miss Portales | Classical Piano "Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, Third Movement" | |||
| 1980 | Teresa Elizabeth Anderson | Hobbs | 22 | Miss Hobbs | Vocal "As Long As He Needs Me" | |||
| 1979 | Susan Spartz | Alamogordo | 18 | Miss Otero County | Vocal "My Man" | |||
| 1978 | Jennifer Leigh Schubert | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Hobbs | Classical Ballet "Beethoven's 7th Symphony" | |||
| 1977 | Evelyn Foster | Lovington | 20 | Miss Lovington | Vocal "Feeling Good" | |||
| 1976 | Melody Griffin | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Hobbs | Vocal "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line | |||
| 1975 | Sarah Jan Schooley | Jal | 21 | Miss Eastern New Mexico University | Piano "Deep Purple" | |||
| 1974 | Donna Frances Reel | Albuquerque | 21 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal "For Once in My Life" | Top 10 | Miss New Mexico USA 1972 and Top 10 at Miss USA 1972, Semi-finalist at Miss World USA 1973 | |
| 1973 | Patti Elaine Nelms | Roswell | 21 | Miss Roswell | Vocal / Dance "Basin Street Blues" & "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" | |||
| 1972 | Wren Prather | Carlsbad | 19 | Miss Carlsbad | Upside Down Tap Dance "Yankee Doodle Dandy" | |||
| 1971 | Michele Cornali | Silver City | 22 | Miss Grant County | Semi-classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1970 | Janis Jones | Raton | 21 | Miss Colfax County | Soft-shoe Dance "Golden Slippers" | |||
| 1969 | Pat Brummett | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Hobbs | Classical Vocal "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1968 | Karen Jan Maciolek | Albuquerque | 19 | Miss Portales | Waltz Ballet "Wunderbar" | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1967 | Rosemary Brown | Carlsbad | 20 | Miss Portales | Vocal "This Is My Song" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1966 | Sharon Kaye Birkenbuel | Albuquerque | 20 | Miss Albuquerque | Dramatic Skit | Top 10 | ||
| 1965 | Ellen Growden | University Park | 21 | Miss La Mesilla | Dramatic Sketch "Relationship of a Mother and Daughter" | |||
| 1964 | Jane Nelson | Tularosa | 19 | Miss Tularosa | Original Vocal w/Guitar Accompaniment & Tympani Solo "Theme from Exodus" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1962, Miss Arizona USA 1965 and 1st runner-up at Miss USA 1965 |
| 1963 | Sandi Moore | Loving | 19 | Miss Carlsbad | Combination acrobatic routine & drawing' | |||
| 1962 | Herma Loy Elliot | Portales | 20 | Miss Portales | Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | |||
| 1961 | Myrtice Conn | Clovis | 21 | Miss Clovis | Comedic Monologue "Phonetic Punctuation" by Victor Borge | Top 10 | ||
| 1960 | Carolyn Moore | Carlsbad | 18 | Miss Carlsbad | Caricature Drawing of a Pageant Celebrity | |||
| 1959 | Linda Moore | Ruidoso | 19 | Miss Albuquerque | Piano | |||
| 1958 | Lois Wilson | Hobbs | 18 | Miss Hobbs | Vocal | |||
| 1957 | Glynnelle Hubbard | Farmington | 19 | Miss Farmington | Dance | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1950 | Martha Rose Wilson | Santa Fe | ||||||
| 1949 | Shirley Hughes | Carlsbad | 18 | Miss Carlsbad | Charcoal & Chalk Drawing "Cruising Down the River" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1948 | Bertha Young | Cuba | 22 | Art Sculpture | ||||
| 1946 | Martha Cooper | Albuquerque | Speech "Career As a Newspaper Reporter" | |||||
| 1942 | Marjorie Adams | Roswell | ||||||
| 1941 | Beverly Brookshier | Roswell | ||||||
| 1933 | Julia Valdez | 18 | Miss Albuquerque | |||||
| 1925 | No Miss New Mexico | Celina Chauvin competed as Miss Albuquerque. | ||||||
References
- 1 2 3 "Past Miss New Mexico Winners". MissNewMexico.org. Miss New Mexico Scholarship Organization. Retrieved June 30, 2016. Contains a list of winners from 1941 through 2014.
- ↑ "Stephanie Chavez is Miss New Mexico 2016". pageantsnews.com.
- ↑ Lucero, Joshua (June 20, 2015). "Albuquerque's Livington crowned Miss New Mexico". Portales News Tribune. Portales, NM: Clovis Media. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ↑ Gilfillian, Trudi (July 8, 2014). "Miss New Mexico Jessica Burson". The Press of Atlantic City. Pleasantville, NJ: BH Media. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Future Miss America?". Alamogordo Daily News. June 27, 2011.
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