Miss Vermont USA


The Miss Vermont USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Vermont in the Miss USA pageant. It is formerly directed by Sanders & Associates, Inc., dba- Pageant Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia from 2004 to 2017 before GDB Theatre and Pageant Productions becoming the new directors of the stage pageant since 2018.
Vermont produced a Miss USA, Carlene King Johnson in 1955. The most recent placement was by Kelsey Golonka in 2022 after 40 years, who reached the semifinals. Vermont holds the record for most Miss Congeniality awards, having earned a total of five.
Six Miss Vermont USAs have competed at Miss Teen USA, five as Miss Vermont Teen USA, and one as Miss New York Teen USA. Three have also competed at Miss America, including Miss USA 1955 Carlene King Johnson, the second out of six Miss USA winners who competed at both pageants.
Prior to 2022, no sisters had been held the Miss and Teen titles in a single state. Vermont became the first state to have biological sisters holding the statewide Miss USA and Miss Teen USA titles simultaneously, when Kelsey Golonka crowned Miss and her sister Kenzie crowned Teen.
Victoria Chuah of Ashburn was appointed Miss Vermont USA on September 30th, 2025 after the open casting call from Thomas Brodeur, the new owner of the national pageant. She represented Vermont at Miss USA 2025.

Results summary

  • Miss USA: Carlene King Johnson
  • 1st runners-up: Mary Verdiani
  • Top 10/11/12/20: Sandra Bette Taft, Georgia Davis, Kelsey Golonka, Victoria Chuah
  • Vermont holds a record of 6 placements at Miss USA.

    Awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Mary Verdiani, Donna Sue Thorton, Constance Crabtree, Nancy Jeanne Wierzbicki, Michelle Fongemie

    Winners

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YearNameHometownAgeLocal titlePlacement at Miss USASpecial awards at Miss USANotes
2025Victoria ChuahAshburn25Top 10
2024Samantha VocaturaStowe27Miss Stowe
  • Previously Miss World Vermont 2023
    • 2023Jenna HowlettBridport21Miss Addison County
  • Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 2019
    • 2022Kelsey GolonkaMontpelier22Miss MontpelierTop 12
  • Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 2017
  • *Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2017
  • Sister of Kenzie Golonka, Miss Vermont Teen USA 2022
    • 2021Joanna Leigh NagleColchester27Shortest reigning Miss Vermont USA at
    2020Shannah WellerMiddlebury23Longest reigning Miss Vermont USA at
    2019Bethany Marie GarrowRutland20
    2018Maia-Jena AlloColchester20
    2017Madison Trimbey CotaBellows Falls20
  • Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 2014
  • Semifinalist at Miss Massachusetts 2018
    • 2016Neely Whitlock FortuneBurlington24Cast member of Bravo program Camp Getaway
    2015Jacqueline "Jackie" Nicole CroftWinooski23
  • Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012
    • 2014Gina BernasconiColchester19
    2013Sarah Landi WestbrookBurlington25
    2012Jamie Lynn DragonMilton25
    2011Lauren CarterBurlington21
    2010Nydelis OrtizEssex20
    2009Brooke WernerGranville22
    2008Kim TantlingerBurlington22
    2007Jessica May ComolliMontpelier22
    2006Amanda GilmanDanville20
    2005Amanda Lee MitteerBrattleboro26
    2004Michelle FongemieWilliston26Miss Congeniality
    2003Jennifer Lee RipleyBarre
  • Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 1999
  • Later Mrs. Vermont America 2009 under her married name, Jennifer Bisson.
    • 2002Brooke Elizabeth AngusEssex
  • Miss World USA 2006
    • 2001Katy JohnsonBurlington
  • Previously Miss Vermont 1999; successfully sued Tucker Max in 2003 claiming he was using her name and photograph to promote himself
    • 2000Katie BoltonColchester
    1999Nicole LewisWindsor
    1998Catherine BlissBurlington
  • Previously Miss New York Teen USA 1990
    • 1997Lisa CostantinoBurlington
    1996Nancy Anne RobertsMiddlebury
    1995Jennifer CazeaultWinooski
    1994Christy BeltramiWilliston
  • Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 1987
    • 1993Jodi SicelyBurlington
    1992Bonnie KittredgeBurlington
    1991Margaret CoreyBrattleboro
    1990Stephanie BesseyChester
    1989Stacey M. PalmerBurlington
    1988Stacy James SissonRutland
    1987Carole WoodworthNorth Bennington
    1986Tracey D. MortonRutland
    1985Angie CumminghamRutland
    1984Sue O'BrienWaterbury Center
    1983Leslie LucchinaBarre
    1982Georgia Marie DavisBennington22Semi-finalist
    1981Jeannette WulffMontpelier
    1980Judi MasonRandolph
    1979Katherine RechsteinerSugarbush Valley
  • Previously Miss Vermont 1975
    • 1978Nancy Jeanne WierzbickiRutlandMiss Congeniality
    1977Anne KentCastleton
    1976Susan ParsonsPoultney
    1975Constance CrabtreePoultneyMiss Congeniality
    1974Donna Sue ThortonPoultneyMiss Congeniality
    1973Bonnie HeightPoultney
    1972Stacey BeckerPoultney
    1971Sandra Bette TaftWest Dover24Semi-finalist
    1970Cynthia "Cindy" JurewiczWest Dover
    1969Mary VerdianiMontpelier191st runner-upMiss Congeniality
    1968Susan "Sue" GlynnMt. Snow
    1967Elaine FarrellBurlington
    1966Peggy EckertWest Burke
    1965Andrea KenyonNorth Bennington
    1964Freda Elaine BettsBennington
    1963Ellen "Bunny" CenterbarNorth Bennington
    1962Barbara "Bobby" Ann KearneySpringfield
    1961Susan NielsonPoultney
    1960Carole Mary DemasBurlington
    1959Sandra LaquerreBarre
    1958Doreen Patricia McNameeBrattleboro
    1957Marjorie LinkEast Harwick
    1956Dolores WettackWestminster
    1955Carlene King JohnsonRutland22Miss USA 1955
  • Semifinalist at Miss Universe 1955
  • Previously Miss Vermont 1953
    • 1954Georgia LauriseNew Haven, CT24
    1953Kathleen Marie Eugenia SurrelBrooklyn, NY22
    1952Elizabeth WhitcombEssex Junction
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