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PAST TITLEHOLDERS

A sisterhood of female leaders taking New York by storm.
Meet the women of Miss New York.

 

Shannon Oliver, 2012*

Age: 25 Local Title: Miss Metropolitan

Hometown: Manhattan

Platform: Cultural Togetherness: Everyone Has a Story

Academic: 2010 graduate of Christopher Newport University

 

*Shannon assumed the role of Miss New York 2012 following the crowning of Mallory Hagan as Miss America 2013.


Mallory Hagan, 2012

Age: 23 Local Title: Miss New York City

Hometown: Brooklyn

Platform: Child Sexual Abuse

Academic: Junior, Fashion Institute of Technology

 

Mallory became Miss America 2013!!


Kaitlin Monte, 2011

Age: 22 Local Title: Miss Southern New York Hometown: Pittsford Platform: Antibullying through Leadership Academics: 2008 graduate of University of Tampa Kaitlin was 2nd Runner Up to Miss America 2012. She received the national Lifestyle & Fitness Preliminary Award and was a Top-8 Miss America Quality of Life Scholarship Finalist. Website | Twitter

Claire Buffie, 2010

Age: 24 Local Title: Miss Southeast New York

Hometown: Manhattan

Platform: Straight for Equality: Let’s Talk

Academic: 2008 graduate of Ball State University

 

Claire was a Miss America Semi-Finalist and selected by voters as the America’s Choice Finalist.

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Alyse Zwick, 2009

Age: 23 Local Title: Miss Westchester County

Hometown: Scarsdale

Platform: Honoring Our War Heroes: Keeping Their History Alive For Youth

Academics: Freshman, City University of New York

Alyse was a Miss America Semi-Finalist. She recieved the national Lifestyle & Fitness Preliminary Award.

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Leigh Taylor Smith, 2008

Age: 22 Local Title: Miss Brooklyn

Hometown: Brooklyn

Platform: Voices for Change: Empowerment through Service

Academic: 2007 graduate of University of Virginia, Parsons School of Design

Leigh Taylor was 3rd Runner Up to Miss America 2009. She recieved the national Lifestyle & Fitness Preliminary Award.

Elisabeth Baldanza, 2007

Age: 23 Local Title: Miss Empire Rose

Hometown: Oneonta

Platform: Service Training Empowerment Program

Bethlene Pancoast, 2006

Age: 24 Local Title: Miss Heart of New York

Platform: Helping Teens Help Themselves

Bethlene received the Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award.

Kandice Pellitier, 2005

Age: 24 Local Title: Miss Greater NYC

2004 Christina Ellington Miss Southern New York - Miss America Semi-Finalist

2003 Jessica Lynch Miss New York City

2002 Tiffany Walker Miss New York City - Miss America Semi-Finalist, Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award

2001 Andrea Plummer Miss New York City - Miss America 4th Runner Up

2000 Kelly Falgiano Miss Amherst

1999 Brandi Burkhardt Miss Manhattan - Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award

1998 Deanna Herrera Miss Staten Island

1997 Lisa Esler Miss Fulton County

1996 Tammy Marie Harris Miss Oswego County

1995 Helen Goldsby Miss Orange County - Miss America Semi-Finalist, Preliminary Talent Award

1994 Dione Lee Robinson Miss Northeastern New York

1993 Marcia L. Cillan Miss Manhattan

1992 Ingrid Olsen Miss Greater Syracuse - Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award

1991 Marisol A. Montalvo Miss Brooklyn - Miss America 1st Runner Up, Preliminary Talent Award

1990 Maryalice Demler Miss Buffalo

1989 Lisa Molella Miss Dutchess County - Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award

1988 Mia Seminoff Miss Manhattan - Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award

1987 Alice Knisley Miss Metropolitan NYC

1986 Dawn McPeak Miss Metropolitan NYC

1985 Jill Renee Privateer Miss Buffalo - Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award

1984 Mary-Ann Farrell Miss Manhattan - Miss America Semi-Finalist, Preliminary Talent Award

1983 Vanessa Williams Miss Greater Syracuse - Miss America 1984, Preliminary Swimsuit & Talent Awards

1982 Eileen Diane Clark Miss Greater Syracuse - Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award

1981 Suzanne Alexander Miss Oneida County - Miss America Semi-Finalist, Preliminary Talent Award

1980 Cheryl Flanagan Miss Greater Rochester - Miss America Semi-Finalist, Preliminary Talent Award

1979 Kelli Ann Krull Miss Niagara Falls - Miss America Semi-Finalist, Preliminary Talent Award

1978 Paula Ann Pope Miss Greater Colonie

1977 Lesly Braun Miss Staten Island

1976 Sonja Anderson Miss Manhattan - Miss America 4th Runner Up, Preliminary Talent Award

1975 Mary Hinterberger Miss Thousand Islands

1975 Tawny Godin Miss Greater Saratoga - Miss America 1976

1974 Kristen Ann Krull Miss Erie County East

1973 Jo Ann Miller Miss Erie County East

1972 Judith Ann Keithley Miss Rochester

1971 Elizabeth Condon Miss Niagara Falls

1970 Katherine Jean Karlsrud Miss Westchester - Miss America Semi-Finalist

1969 Linda Marie Trybus Miss Amherst - Miss America Semi-Finalist

1968 Patricia Joy Burmeister Miss Porterville - Miss America Semi-Finalist

1967 Kari Marie Pedersen Miss Staten Island - Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award

1966 Penelope Donoghue Miss Westchester

1965 Marlene Butcher Miss Dunkirk

1964 Julie Just Miss Buffalo - Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award

1963 Barbara Annn Gloede Miss Dunkirk-Fredonia - Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award

1962 Paula Roberta Heins Miss Le Roy

1961 Katheryne Taylor Modern Miss Buffalo

1960 Susan Jane Talbert Miss Dunkirk-Fredonia

1959 Bonnie Jo Marquis Miss Huntington - Miss America Semi-Finalist, Preliminary Swimsuit

1958 Miriam Sanderson Miss Renesselaer

1957 Janet Corrigan Miss Huntington

1953 Jeannine Bowman Miss Rome

1952 Joan Marie St. John Miss Binghamton

1951 Louise Orlando Miss Syracuse

1950 Marilyn Reynolds Miss Syracuse

1949 Wanda Nalepa Miss New York City

1948 M. Yvonne Fix Miss Niagara Falls

1947 Carol Lee Fredricks Miss Harrison

1946 Violet Mellar Miss White Plains - Miss America Semi-Finalist

1945 June Jenkins Miss Elmont

1944 Bobby Macadam Miss Brooklyn

1943 Marion Butler Miss New York City

1942 Marion Mosell Miss Utica - Miss America Preliminary Talent Award

1935 Vern Hall Miss Bronx