| Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Miss America Talent |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Headshot |
| 2011 |
Robin Bonner |
North Kingstown |
20 |
Miss University of Rhode Island |
Jazz Dance |
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| 2010 |
Deborah Saint-Vil |
Providence |
22 |
Miss Spirit of Hope |
Vocal "Smile" |
Top 15 semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award winner |
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| 2009 |
Julianna Strout |
Watch Hill |
24 |
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Vocal "Come Rain or Come Shine" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 2008 |
Francesca Simone |
North Smithfield |
22 |
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Classical Vocal"Nessun dorma" |
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Quality of Life Award Finalist |
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| 2007 |
Ashley Bickford |
Newport |
22 |
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Ballet en Pointe |
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Preliminary Swimsuit; Miss Photogenic |
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| 2006 |
Allison Rogers |
Providence |
25 |
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Classical Piano"Fantaisie-Impromptu" |
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Quality of Life Award |
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| 2005 |
Jessica Samson |
Newport |
23 |
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Vocal "It's No Secret Anymore" |
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| 2004 |
Aimee Belisle |
North Smithfield |
24 |
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Ballet en Pointe"You're a Grand Old Flag" |
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| 2003 |
Laurie Gray |
Warwick |
22 |
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Classical Violin"Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64" |
Top 10 Semi-Finalist |
Preliminary Talent, Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship |
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| 2002 |
Gianine Marie Teti |
Providence |
22 |
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Classical Vocal"Steal Me Sweet Thief" from The Old Maid and the Thief |
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| 2001 |
Jennifer Leigh D'Ambrosio |
Providence |
21 |
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Vocal "As If We Never Said Goodbye" fromSunset Boulevard |
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| 2000 |
Jennifer St. Laurent |
Bristol |
24 |
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Vocal "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show" |
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| 1999 |
Karen Lindsay |
Warwick |
24 |
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Vocal "I'm a Woman" |
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Preliminary Swimsuit |
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| 1998 |
Heather Picard |
Cumberland |
23 |
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Ballet en Pointe"Carmen" |
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| 1997 |
Kelly Jo Roarke |
Cranston |
24 |
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Comic Reading"Non-Bridaled Passion" |
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Non Finalist Talent |
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| 1996 |
Elana Chomiszak |
Providence |
21 |
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Dance "Nice Work If You Can Get It" |
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| 1995 |
Elizabeth Reilly |
North Providence |
24 |
Miss North Providence |
Dance "Everybody Says Don't" fromAnyone Can Whistle |
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| 1994 |
Tori-Lynn Heaton |
Cranston |
24 |
Miss Cranston |
Character Jazz Dance |
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| 1993 |
Wendy Mello |
Narragansett |
22 |
Miss South County |
Lyrical Ballet "A Piece of Sky" fromYentl |
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| 1992 |
Lisa Snow |
Cranston |
23 |
Miss Western Cranston |
Dramatic Monologue |
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Non Finalist Interview |
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| 1991 |
Debi Cutler |
North Providence |
26 |
Miss Providence County |
Vocal "Shine On, Harvest Moon" |
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| 1990 |
Susan Savastano |
East Providence |
22 |
Miss Greater Providence County |
Tap Dance "All Right" |
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| 1989 |
Gloria Berlanga |
Davisville |
23 |
Miss Kent County |
Flute Solo |
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| 1988 |
Jenna Wims |
Pawtucket |
24 |
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Vocal Medley |
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| 1987 |
Cherilynn Cusick |
Providence |
21 |
Miss Providence County |
Contemporary Ballet |
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| 1986 |
Barbara Longo |
Barrington |
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| Toni Langello |
Warwick |
20 |
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Vocal "My Man" |
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| 1985 |
Lori Boucher |
Pawtucket |
20 |
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Vocal "Losing My Mind" |
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| 1984 |
Joanna Minisce |
North Smithfield |
19 |
Miss Northern Rhode Island |
Modern Jazz Dance |
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| 1983 |
Pamela Hoff |
Providence |
21 |
Miss Providence-Pawtucket |
Vocal "For Once in My Life" |
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| 1982 |
Cynthia Crook |
Warwick |
22 |
Miss Central Rhode Island |
Vocal / Dance "New York, New York" |
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| 1981 |
Kathleen Cryan |
Providence |
23 |
Miss Eastern Rhode Island |
Jazz Dance"Electro-Phantasma" |
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| 1980 |
Dawn Potter |
Pascoag |
20 |
Miss Northern Rhode Island |
Vocal / Dance "All That Jazz" |
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| 1979 |
Elaine Rushlow |
Westerly |
20 |
Miss Southern Rhode Island |
Piano Solo "Bridge over Troubled Water" |
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| 1978 |
Lori Leyden |
Providence |
21 |
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Vocal "Everything" |
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| 1977 |
Tanya Kapla |
Middletown |
21 |
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Ballet en Pointe"The Dying Swan" |
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| 1976 |
Debra Cerroni |
Esmond |
20 |
Miss University of Rhode Island |
Vocal "Much More"from The Fantasticks |
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| 1975 |
Debra Cusick |
Providence |
20 |
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Dance "Promises, Promises" |
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Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 1974 |
Karen Salvatore |
Warwick |
22 |
Miss Rhode Island Coed |
Original Skit "Don't Smoke" |
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Non-finalist Talent |
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| 1973 |
Patricia Garrahy |
North Providence |
19 |
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Ballet"Scarborough Fair" |
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| 1972 |
Michele Passarelli |
Pawtucket |
18 |
Miss Pawtucket |
Vocal "Cabaret" |
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| 1971 |
Annette Charpentier |
Cumberland |
21 |
Miss Cumberland |
Semi-Classical Vocal "Eli's Coming" |
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| 1970 |
Teresa Bradley |
East Greenwich |
19 |
Miss North Kingston |
Folk Singing & Guitar "Chelsea Morning" |
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Non-finalist Talent |
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| 1969 |
Jeanne Bursley |
Barrington |
20 |
Miss North Kingston |
Vocal / Dance"Standing on a Corner" |
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| 1968 |
Arlene Pinto |
Warwick |
21 |
Miss Warwick |
Vocal / Dance"Thoroughly Modern Millie" |
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| 1967 |
Marilyn Cocozza |
North Providence |
19 |
Miss Pawtucket |
Piano / Vocal "I Have Confidence"from The Sound of Music |
3rd Runner Up |
Preliminary Talent |
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| 1966 |
Cheryl Girr |
Newport |
18 |
Miss Newport |
Interpretive Ballet |
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Non-finalist Talent |
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| 1965 |
Maureen Manton |
Warwick |
21 |
Miss Warwick |
Dramatic Reading"The Diary of Anne Frank" |
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| 1964 |
Judy Anderson |
Warwick |
20 |
Miss Warwick |
Vocal / Dance |
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| 1963 |
Sheila Guarniere |
Bristol |
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Miss Bristol |
Piano Solo |
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| 1962 |
Deborah Babbitt |
Bristol |
18 |
Miss Bristol |
Acrobatic Musical Comedy Dance |
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| 1961 |
Cheryl Hirst |
Greenville |
18 |
Miss North Providence |
Ventriloquism & Organ "This Can't Be Love" |
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Non-finalist Talent |
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| 1960 |
Sally Saabye |
Warwick |
18 |
Miss Warwick |
Piano / Pantomime |
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| 1959 |
Michalene Chomicz |
Pawtucket |
23 |
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Vocal |
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| 1958 |
Ann Willis |
Cranston |
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Miss Congeniality |
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| 1957 |
Beatrice Turek |
Providence |
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Art Display |
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| 1956 |
Gail Gilmore |
Barrington |
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Drama / Piano |
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| 1955 |
Claire Mae Emerson |
Pawtucket |
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| 1954 |
Virginia Gregory |
Pawtucket |
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Speech |
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| 1953 |
Joyce Sandberg |
Providence |
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Drama |
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| 1952 |
Jayne Bradshaw |
Westerly |
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Classical Vocal |
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| 1947 |
Ellen Di Cenzo |
Providence |
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Vocal |
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| 1946 |
Marilyn Tripp |
Westerly |
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| 1945 |
Mary Stevens |
Cranston |
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Vocal "How Deep Is the Ocean?" |
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| 1937 |
Dorothy Mae Eden |
East Providence |
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| 1936 |
Mary Rogers |
Johnston |
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| 1935 |
Beatrice McKenzie |
Providence |
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| Leona Mucha |
West Warwick |
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| 1927 |
Julia Costello |
Providence |
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| 1925 |
Loretta Berchman |
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