Formation | 1925 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Albuquerque |
Location | |
Membership | Miss America |
Official language | English |
Website | Miss New Mexico official website |
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The Miss New Mexico competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss America pageant.
Emille-Marie Enriquez was crowned Miss New Mexico 2024 on June 8, 2024 at the Flickinger Center in Alamogordo. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.
Results summary
[edit]The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss New Mexico titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
Placements
[edit]- Top 7: Nicole Miner (2010)
- Top 10: Myrtice Conn (1962), Jane Nelson (1965), Sharon Kaye Birkenbuel (1967), Pat Brummett (1970), Donna Frances Reel (1975), Valerie Faber (1986)
- Top 15: Taylor Rey (2018)
Awards
[edit]Preliminary awards
[edit]- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Jane Nelson (1965)
- Preliminary Talent: Pat Brummett (1970)
Non-finalist awards
[edit]- Non-finalist Interview: Susan Yara (2005), Alexis Duprey (2014), Marissa Livingston (2016)
- Non-finalist Talent: Shirley Hughes (1949), Rosemary Brown (1968)
Other awards
[edit]- Miss Congeniality: Glynnelle Hubbard (1958), Karen Jan Maciolek (1969)
- Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship: Nicole Miner (2010)
- STEM Scholarship Award Winners: Jessica Burson (2015)
Winners
[edit]- Declared as winner
- Ended as a runner-up
- Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
Year | Name[1] | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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2024 | Emille-Marie Enriquez | Alamogordo | Miss Otero County | TBA | TBA | Previously Miss New Mexico Volunteer 2022 | ||
2023 | Lianna Hartshorn | Las Cruces | 19 | Miss Las Cruces | Vocal, "Never Enough" from The Greatest Showman | |||
2022 | Kaitlin Kerl | Albuquerque | 25 | Miss Albuquerque | Dance | Previously New Mexico Sweetheart 2019[citation needed] | ||
2021 | Sienna Rose Mascarenas | 20 | Miss Zia | Dance | Previously Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2017[2] | |||
2019–20[a] | Misa L. Tran[4] | Alamogordo | 20 | Miss Otero County | Dance | Previously Distinguished Young Woman of New Mexico 2017[5] | ||
2018 | Ashley Fresquez[6] | Rio Rancho | 23 | Miss Zia | Jazz Dance, "Man of La Mancha" | Previously Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2009[7] | ||
2017 | Taylor Rey[8] | Las Cruces | 22 | Miss Las Cruces | Vocal, “Art Is Calling for Me” | Top 15[9] | ||
2016 | Stephanie Chavez[10] | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal, "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2015 pageant | ||
2015 | Marissa Livingston[11] | 24 | Miss Duke City | Jazz Dance, "Let's Get Loud" | Non-finalist Interview Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant | ||
2014 | Jessica Burson[12] | Roswell | 20 | Miss Roswell | Jazz Dance, "Steam Heat" | STEM Scholarship Award | ||
2013 | Alexis Duprey | Alamogordo | 22 | Miss Otero County | Vocal, "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret | Duprey Non-finalist Interview Award | Alexis Victoria Duprey is a Triple Crown Winner
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2012 | Candice Bennatt[13] | Angel Fire | 23 | Miss Rudioso | Lyrical Dance, "Aqua Vitae" | Former Houston Texans cheerleader[citation needed] Later Miss Louisiana USA 2015[14] Top 11 at Miss USA 2015 pageant | ||
2011 | Sarina Kay Turnbull[15] | Alamogordo | 24 | Miss Alamogordo | Ballet en Pointe, "The Prayer" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 pageant | ||
2010 | Madison Leigh Tabet[16] | Albuquerque | 18 | Miss Bernalillo County | Jazz Dance, "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" | Previously Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2007[17] | ||
2009 | Nicole Andrea Miner | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Southern New Mexico | Vocal, "Somewhere" | Top 7 | Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 pageant |
2008 | Christina Olmi | Albuquerque | 24 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal | Christina Suzanne Olmi working on an entertainment career. | ||
2007 | Jennifer (Jenny) Lindsey Marlowe | 23 | Miss High Plains | Vocal, "Born For This" | ||||
2006 | Christina Marie Hall | 23 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal, "Summertime" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant | |||
2005 | Ane Cristal Romero | Las Vegas | 25 | Miss Las Vegas | Vocal, "A Broken Wing" | |||
2004 | Susan Linda Yara | Pecos | 23 | Miss San Miguel County | Vocal, "La Charreada" | Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
2003 | Rana Beth Jones | Tatum | 22 | Miss South Plains | Vocal, "Can't Help Falling in Love" | Previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1998 | ||
2002 | Jennifer Erin Griggs | Alamogordo | 22 | Miss Alamogordo/Otero County | Violin | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 pageant | ||
2001 | Marta Strzyzewski | Roswell | 23 | Miss Roswell | Classical Piano, "Revolutionary Etude" | |||
2000 | Martha Michelle Cobb | 21 | Miss Las Cruces | Tap Dance, "Steam Heat" | ||||
1999 | Katie Linda Amalia Kelly | Santa Fe | 19 | Miss Santa Fe | Vocal, "Hurt Me" | |||
1998 | Lindsay Dawn Chism | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Lea County | Jazz Dance, "You're the One That I Want" | |||
1997 | Jennifer Leigh Babin | Alamogordo | 22 | Miss Otero County | Piano | |||
1996 | Trisha Williams | Hobbs | 19 | Miss Lea County | Vocal, "He's Always There" | |||
1995 | Vivian Yun Herding | Albuquerque | 24 | Miss Zia | Classical Piano | |||
1994 | Felicia Anna Borrego | Tijeras | 23 | Miss Bernalillo County | Ballet Folklorico | |||
1993 | Sharron N. Melton | Portales | 24 | Miss Portales | Vocal, "Stuff Like That There" | A native of Texas and first black woman to be named Miss New Mexico. Currently a television journalist in Houston, Texas. | ||
1992 | Shireen Ilsa Cheney | Albuquerque | 23 | Acro-Funk Dance | ||||
1991 | Rebecca (Bekki) Renee Shipley | Tucumcari | 20 | Miss Tucumcari | Flute & Piccolo | |||
1990 | Jana Elaine McCoy | Portales | 22 | Miss Portales | Vocal, "The Gypsy in My Soul" | A native of Texas. | ||
1989 | Angela De Los Santos | Hobbs | 23 | Popular Vocal, "The Wind Beneath My Wings" | ||||
1988 | Teresa Rodriquez | Clovis | 21 | Popular Vocal, "Anything for You" | Previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1985 | |||
1987 | Becky Birdwell | Hobbs | 25 | Miss Tucumcari | Ballet | A native of Texas. | ||
1986 | Emily Kay Franklin | Albuquerque | 19 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal Medley | |||
1985 | Valerie Joy Faber | Hobbs | 26 | Miss Albuquerque | Classical Piano, "Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53" | Top 10 | A native of Virginia. | |
1984 | Trina Lynn 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 | Later Miss New Mexico USA & Miss USA 1984 Top 10 at Miss Universe 1984 pageant | ||
1982 | Cindy Ann Friesen | Carlsbad | 19 | Miss Carlsbad | Vocal, "Carnival" | |||
1981 | Lynn Lawson | Portales | 21 | Miss Portales | Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 2, Third Movement" by Rachmaninoff | |||
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 Ann 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 | Previously Miss New Mexico USA 1972 Top 10 at Miss USA 1972 pageant Previously Miss New Mexico World 1973 Top 16 at Miss World USA 1973 pageant | |
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" | |||
1970 | Janis Lynn Jones | Raton | 21 | Miss Colfax County | Soft-shoe Dance, "Golden Slippers" | |||
1969 | Patricia (Pat) Jo 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 Elizabeth Brown | Carlsbad | 20 | Vocal, "This Is My Song" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
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 with Guitar & Tympani, "Theme from Exodus" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Later Miss Arizona USA 1965 1st runner-up at Miss USA 1965 pageant Later Miss New Mexico World 1966 Top 7 at Miss USA World 1966 pageant |
1963 | Sandi Joyce 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 Lee Conn | Clovis | 21 | Miss Clovis | Comedic Monologue, "Phonetic Punctuation" by Victor Borge | Top 10 | ||
1960 | Carolyn Adams Moore | Carlsbad | 18 | Miss Carlsbad | Caricature Drawing | |||
1959 | Linda Frances Moore | Ruidoso | 19 | Miss Albuquerque | Piano | |||
1958 | Lois Fay Wilson | Hobbs | 18 | Miss Hobbs | Vocal | |||
1957 | Glynnelle Hubbard | Farmington | 19 | Miss Farmington | Dance | Miss Congeniality | ||
1956 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant[18][19][20][21][22][23] | |||||||
1955 | ||||||||
1954 | ||||||||
1953 | ||||||||
1952 | ||||||||
1951 | ||||||||
1950 | Martha Rose Wilson | Santa Fe | 22 | |||||
1949 | Shirley Hughes | Carlsbad | 18 | Miss Carlsbad | Charcoal & Chalk Drawing, "Cruising Down the River" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1948 | Sarah Betha Young[24] | Cuba | 22 | Art Sculpture | ||||
1947 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant[25] | |||||||
1946 | Martha Bernice Cooper | Albuquerque | Speech, "Career As a Newspaper Reporter" | |||||
1945 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant[26][27][28] | |||||||
1944 | ||||||||
1943 | ||||||||
1942 | Marjorie Rose Adams | Roswell | ||||||
1941 | Beverly Nell Brookshier | |||||||
1940 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant[29][30][31][32][33][34] | |||||||
1939 | ||||||||
1938 | ||||||||
1937 | ||||||||
1936 | ||||||||
1935 | ||||||||
1934 | No national pageant was held[35] | |||||||
1933 | Julia Valdez | 18 | Miss Albuquerque | No Miss New Mexico Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
1932 | No national pageants were held[35] | |||||||
1931 | ||||||||
1930 | ||||||||
1929 | ||||||||
1928 | ||||||||
1927 | No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant[36][37] | |||||||
1926 | ||||||||
1925 | Celina Chauvin | Miss Albuquerque | No Miss New Mexico Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
1924 | ||||||||
1923 | ||||||||
1922 | ||||||||
1921 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Titleholder extended to a second full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Boswell, Alisa (June 18, 2017). "Miss New Mexico, teen winners crowned". Eastern New Mexico News.
- ^ Kuperinksy, Amy (May 8, 2020). "Miss America postpones pageant until 2021, N.J. pageant still set for September". Press of Atlantic City.
- ^ Chavez, Adrianna M. (July 11, 2019). "NMSU student wins Miss New Mexico 2019 pageant". Las Cruces Sun News.
- ^ Matthews, Michelle (June 28, 2017). "Meet the 2017 Distinguished Young Women participants". AL.com.
- ^ Khetani, Yogesh (June 23, 2018). "Ashley Fresquez is the Miss New Mexico 2018 Winner". NewsNexa.
- ^ Chácon, Daniel (June 28, 2014). "Your neighbor: A passion for pageants". Santa Fe New Mexican.
In 2009, she won Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen.
- ^ Boswell, Alisa (June 18, 2017). "Miss New Mexico, teen winners crowned". The Eastern New Mexico News.
- ^ "Las Crucen Taylor Rey reaches final rounds of Miss America pageant". La Cruces Sun-News. September 11, 2017.
- ^ "Stephanie Chavez is Miss New Mexico 2016". pageantsnews.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016.
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- ^ Gilfillian, Trudi (July 8, 2014). "Miss New Mexico Jessica Burson". The Press of Atlantic City. Pleasantville, NJ: BH Media. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ Gutierrez Krueger, Joline (August 24, 2012). "Is Miss N.M. Really a Texan?". Albuquerque Journal.
- ^ "College of Law student will represent the state at Miss USA Pageant next year", Press Release, Loyola University New Orleans, December 17, 2014
- ^ "Future Miss America?". Alamogordo Daily News. June 27, 2011. Archived from the original on September 7, 2011.
- ^ "Dance major to compete for Miss America crown". Point Park University. July 23, 2010.
- ^ Gutierrez Krueger, Joline (October 1, 2010). "Darkness Before the Limelight". Albuquerque Journal.
She was 15 when she was crowned Miss Teen New Mexico.
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