Miss Massachusetts World
| Formation | 1951 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Wellesley |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss World America (1951–present) |
Official language | English |
State Director | Miss World America Organization |
| Website | Official Website |
The Miss Massachusetts World competition is a beauty pageant that selects the representative for Massachusetts in the Miss World America pageant.[1][2]
The current Miss Massachusetts World is Devon Viola.
Winners
[edit]- Color key
- Declared as Winner/Ended as Miss World America
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- Ended as special awards winner
- Ended as Miss USA
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age [notes 1] |
Placement at Miss World America | Special awards at Miss World America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Devon Viola | |||||
| 2023 | Caroline Cooney | Mansfield | 24 | Top Finalist | Fitness Winner | Fitness Winner and Top Finalist at Miss America World 2023; Beauty With a Purpose project centers around environmentalism. Placed Top 5 at first pageant, Miss MA USA 2020.[4] |
| 2020 | Alissa Musto[5] | Rehoboth | 24 | Top 5[6] | Beauty with a Purpose Winner, Talent Winner | Previously Miss Massachusetts 2016 and Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss America 2017. |
| 2019 | Rachel Miller[7] | Dracut | 25 | 3rd Runner-Up | ||
| 2018 | did not compete | |||||
| 2017 | ||||||
| 2016 | Maude Gorman | Hingham | 22 | Previously Miss Massachusetts World 2015 and Top 12 semi-finalist at Miss World America 2015. Also won the Beauty with a Purpose award at Miss World America 2015. | ||
| 2015 | Maude Gorman[8][9][10][11] | Hingham | 21 | Top 12 | Beauty with a Purpose[12] | |
| Miss Massachusetts United States 2014 | ||||||
| 2014 | Renata De Carvalho | Top 10 | ||||
| Miss Massachusetts World | ||||||
| 2013 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| 2011 | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||
| 2009 | ||||||
| 2008 | ||||||
| 2007 | ||||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| 2005 | No known representatives from Massachusetts between 2003 and 2005. | |||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| 2003 | ||||||
| 2002 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | |||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| 2000 | ||||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| 1998 | ||||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||
| 1995 | ||||||
| 1994 | Michelle Gados | |||||
| 1993 | Maribeth Brown | Holliston | 23 | Miss World America 1993 | Top 10 semi-finalist at Miss World 1993. | |
| 1992 | Laura Wheeler | Framingham | Top 10 | Previously Miss Massachusetts USA 1991 and a contestant at Miss USA 1991. | ||
| Miss Massachusetts USA 1981-1991 | ||||||
| 1991 | Laura Wheeler | Framingham | ||||
| 1990 | Laureen Murphy | Boston | ||||
| 1989 | Kimberley Wallace | Ipswich | ||||
| 1988 | Anita Marie Lovely | Franklin | ||||
| 1987 | Rosanna Iversen | Great Barrington | Represented Massachusetts in Miss Oktoberfest 1987, did not place | |||
| 1986 | Sheila Benson | Quincy | ||||
| 1985 | Mercedes Waggoner | Boston | 21 | Top 10, finishing in 8th place | ||
| 1984 | Deborah Neary | Onset | ||||
| 1983 | Robin Jeanne Silva | Swansea | ||||
| 1982 | Janet Marie Flaherty | Wilmington | 24 | Top 12 | ||
| 1981 | JoAnne Savery | East Bridgewater | Best State Costume | |||
| Miss Massachusetts World | ||||||
| 1980 | Nerine Kidd | 2nd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1979 | Diane Maguire | |||||
| 1978 | Debra Sue Maurice | New York City, NY | 1st Runner-Up | Later Miss New York USA 1980 and Top 12 semi-finalist at Miss USA 1980. | ||
| 1977 | Cheryl Patricia Hyttinen | |||||
| 1976 | Margaret Worral Stockton | |||||
| 1975 | Mona Jean Tessier[13] | Springfield[13] | 3rd Runner-Up | |||
| 1974 | Kathleen Ellen Walas | |||||
| 1973 | Jeanine Tessier[14] | Ware[14] | ||||
| 1972 | Janice Janes | |||||
| 1971 | Colette C. Nourey[15] | Boston[15] | 19[15] | Miss Congeniality[15] | ||
| 1970 | Deborah Ann Kennedy | |||||
| 1969 | did not compete | |||||
| 1968 | Mary Frances Bigelow | |||||
| 1967 | Cheryl Lee Stankiewicz | Brockton | Competed as Massachusetts. Later Miss Massachusetts USA 1970 and a contestant at Miss USA 1970. | |||
| Marie A. Skane | Boston | Competed as Boston, Massachusetts. | ||||
| 1966 | Unknown | Competed as Massachusetts. | ||||
| Peggy Eckert | Boston | Competed as Boston, Massachusetts. | ||||
| 1965 | Elaine F. Nash | 1st Runner-Up | ||||
| Dorothy Ann Fisher | Boston | |||||
| 1964 | Monika Sands | Competed as Massachusetts. | ||||
| Diane Tibert | Boston | Competed as Boston, Massachusetts. | ||||
| 1963 | Marion E. Sarristo | Top 15 | Competed as Massachusetts. | |||
| Nancy Joan Brackett | Boston Brighton |
17 | Top 15 | Competed as Boston, Massachusetts. Later Miss Massachusetts USA 1966 and Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss USA 1966. | ||
| 1962 | Mary Marble | Top 15 | ||||
| 1961 | Sandra "Su Su" Smith | Newton Upper Falls | 21 | Later Miss Massachusetts USA 1963 and Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss USA 1963. | ||
| 1960 | Beatrice "Bea" Duprey | |||||
| 1959 | No known representatives from Massachusetts in 1958 & 1959. | |||||
| 1958 | ||||||
| Miss Massachusetts USA 1953-1957 | ||||||
| 1957 | Sandra Ramsey | Haverhill | 19 | Top 15 | ||
| 1956 | Elaine Murphy | Weston | ||||
| 1955 | Jean Dernago | Springfield | ||||
| 1954 | Nan Cowan | Sterling | ||||
| 1953 | Joan Daly | Somerville | ||||
| Miss Massachusetts World | ||||||
| 1952 | No known representatives from Massachusetts in 1951 & 1952. | |||||
| 1951 | ||||||
- Notes to table
- ^ Age at the time of the Miss World America pageant
References
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- ^ "NightSide - Miss Massachusetts World 2015 Tells Her Story - CBS Boston". www.cbsnews.com. 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
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- ^ a b The Telegraph. The Telegraph.
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