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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss New Hampshire USA.
Miss New Hampshire
Formation1925
TypeScholarship Program
HeadquartersDerry
Location
Membership
Miss America
Official language
English
WebsiteOfficial website

The Miss New Hampshire is the scholarship program that selects the representative for the state of New Hampshire in the Miss America competition.

The Miss New Hampshire program was conducted by the Union Leader newspaper for more than 50 years. In the early years of Miss America, it was city newspapers that sponsored the young women to go to Atlantic City as the Miss America Organization originally allowed city titleholders to compete. The Union Leader conducted the pageant from 1947 until 2001. The newspaper held the pageant from at least 1985 to 2001 at the Manchester Central High School auditorium.[citation needed]

In 2000, a non-profit corporation formed and was granted the license by the Miss America Organization to conduct the state program from 2002 through today. Originally run by former Miss Greater Derry local chapter leaders, the Miss New Hampshire Scholarship Program, Inc. is now a 501(c)(4) civic organization while the Miss New Hampshire Scholarship Foundation, which grants the scholarships, is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Brenda Keith of Derry served as Board President and Executive Director until she joined the Board of Directors of the Miss America Organization in September 2018 for a two-year term. William Haggerty served as president until her return on January 1, 2021. Lynne Ulaky and Claudette Jolin serve as the Co-Executive Directors. The competition was moved to Derry in 2003 and is held annually at Pinkerton Academy's Stockbridge Theatre. [citation needed]

The Miss New Hampshire scholarship program grants more scholarships than most other states in the Miss America Program.[citation needed] In 2021, the Miss New Hampshire Scholarship Foundation granted $100,000 in scholarships to the 26 contestants who competed after winning their local titles. Prior to the State competition, the NH local programs grant another $80,00-$85,000 a year at the local level. The local programs are all non-profit corporations with group 501(c)(3) tax exempt status.[citation needed]

Emily Spencer of Bedford was crowned Miss New Hampshire on April 27, 2024, at the Stockbridge theater in Derry, New Hampshire. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.

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  • Rachel Barker, Miss New Hampshire 2007
    Rachel Barker,
    Miss New Hampshire 2007
  • Krystal Muccioli, Miss New Hampshire 2010
    Krystal Muccioli,
    Miss New Hampshire 2010

Results summary

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The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss New Hampshire 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

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  • 4th runners-up: Nancy Anne Naylor (1967)
  • Top 10: Candace Glickman (2004)
  • Top 15: Edna Jones (1936), Coleen Gallant (1952)

Awards

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Preliminary awards

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Non-finalist awards

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  • Non-finalist Interview: Alyssa Spellman (2005)
  • Non-finalist Talent: Mary Morin (1959), Michelle Cote (1974), Natalie Oliver (1982), Tricia Ann-Regan McEachern (1994), Samantha Russo (2014), Caroline Carter (2017)

Other awards

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  • Miss Congeniality: Margaret Wass (1963), Sheila Scott (1968) (tie)
  • Bernie Wayne Scholarship: Tricia Ann-Regan McEachern (1994)
  • Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Cynthia Erb (1975)
  • Dr. Marcia L. Leek Scholarship: Lauren Percy (2018)
  • Neat as a Pin Award: Kristi Carlson (1972) (tie)
  • Pyramid Scholarship for Public Relations & Marketing: Rachel Barker (2008)
  • Quality of Life Award Winners: Brandee Helbick (2000)
  • Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Lindsey Graham (2010), Regan Hartley (2012)
  • STEM Scholarship Award Finalists: Marisa Moorhouse (2019)

Winners

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  •   Declared as winner
  •   Ended as a runner-up
  •   Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes
2024 Emily Spencer[1] Bedford 23 Miss Winnipesaukee Dance, "One Moment in Time" TBA TBA
2023 Brooke Mills[2] Concord 23 Miss Bedford Vocal, "Come Rain or Come Shine" Daughter of Miss New Hampshire 1995, Stephanie Foisy Mills

Sister of Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 2021, Emilee Mills
2022 Sarah White[3] Hooksett 23 Miss Winnipesaukee Tap Dance
2021 Ashley Marsh[4] Laconia 26 Tap Dance
2019–20[a] Sarah Tubbs[6] Sandown 25 Miss Stratham Lyrical Dance
2018 Marisa Moorhouse[7] Manchester 18 Miss Manchester Jazz Dance, "Respect" STEM Scholarship Finalist[8]
2017 Lauren Percy[9] Bow 23 Miss Auburn Broadway Jazz Dance, "Another Day in the Sun" from La La Land Dr. Marcia L. Leek Scholarship Previously Miss New Hampshire's Outstanding Teen 2011[10]
2016 Caroline Carter[11] Dover 18 Miss Winnipesaukee Vocal, "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables Non-finalist Talent Award Sister of Miss Vermont USA 2011, Lauren Carter[12]

Previously Miss New Hampshire's Outstanding Teen 2014[13]
2015 Holly Blanchard[14] Derry 23 Miss Rockingham County Baton Twirling, "Fireball" Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant
2014 Megan Cooley[15] Auburn 19 Miss Greater Derry Vocal, “On My Way" from Violet
2013 Samantha Russo[16] Nashua 22 Miss Souhegan Valley Vocal, "Don't Rain on My Parade" Preliminary Talent Award

Non-finalist Talent Award
2012 Megan Lyman[17] Gilford 21 Miss Lakes Region Tap Dance, "Edge of Glory" Previously Miss New Hampshire's Outstanding Teen 2008[18]

Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant
2011 Regan Hartley[19] Dover 20 Miss Keene Area Vocal, "Let Him Fly" Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up 1st runner-up at Miss Massachusetts USA 2013 pageant[20]
2010 Krystal Muccioli Nashua 20 Miss Greater Derry Vocal, "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
2009 Lindsey Graham Sandown 22 Miss Seacoast Region Vocal / Piano, "Hallelujah" Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up
2008 Natalie Shaw Manchester 23 Miss Hooksett Vocal, "If I Loved You" Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007 pageant
2007 Rachel Barker[21] Amherst 20 Miss Seacoast Ballet en Pointe, "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde Pyramid Scholarship for Public Relations & Marketing
2006 Emily Hughes Gilmanton 23 Miss Winnipesaukee Tap Dance, "Dancing in the Light" Contestant at National Sweetheart 2003 pageant
2005 Audra Paquette Merrimack 24 Miss Lakes Region Lyrical Ballet, "Deliverance" Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999 pageant

Previously Miss New Hampshire USA 2002
2004 Alyssa Spellman Derry 21 Miss Hooksett Vocal, "If I Had My Way" Non-finalist Interview Award Contestant at National Sweetheart 2001 pageant
2003 Candace Glickman Manchester 21 Miss Deerfield Fair Vocal, "Half a Moment" from By Jeeves Top 10 Preliminary Swimsuit Award Later Miss New Hampshire USA 2005
2002 Mary Catherine Morin Bedford 24 Miss Greater Derry Classical Piano, Rapsodie espagnole
2001 Katherine Lise Pike Hooksett 24 Miss Winnipesaukee Vocal, "You Are My Home" from The Scarlet Pimpernel
2000 Lauren Meehan Nashua 19 Miss Lakes Region Vocal, "It's Time"
1999 Brandee Helbick Atkinson 24 Miss Goffstown Jazz Dance, "Proud Mary" Quality of Life Award Contestant at National Sweetheart 1998 pageant
1998 Heidi Marie Noyes Laconia 24 Miss Winnipesaukee Tap Dance, "Fascinating Rhythm" Contestant at National Sweetheart 1997 pageant
1997 Michelle Lamontagne Goffstown 22 Miss Merrimack Vocal, "Route 66"
1996 Michelle Tolson Manchester 22 Miss Winnipesaukee Jazz Dance, "Hit Me With a Hot Note" from Sophisticated Ladies
1995 Stephanie Foisy Concord 18 Miss Merrimack Tap Dance, "You Do Something to Me" Later Mrs. New Hampshire America 2004 under married name, Stephanie Mills[22]

Mother of Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 2021 Emilee Mills

Mother of Miss New Hampshire 2023 Brooke Mills [23]

1994 Shannon Hastings Newport 21 Miss Kingston Vocal, "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard
1993 Tricia Ann-Regan McEachern Hampton 20 Miss Deerfield Fair Classical Vocal, "Torna a Surriento" Bernie Wayne Scholarship

Non-finalist Talent Award

Preliminary Talent Award
1992 Rachel Alice Petz Sanbornton 23 Miss Plymouth State Fair Semi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It"
1991 Deborah Jean Howard Concord 24 Miss Derry Vocal, "The Glory of Love"
1990 Melanie Denise Bridges Derry 23 Vocal, "Let's Hear It For Me" from Funny Lady
1989 Jennifer Ann Landry Manchester 22 Miss Newmarket Classical Ballet
1988 Laura Lourette Sandown 26 Miss Derry Irish Festival Dance
1987 Kristen Gamans Manchester 23 Miss New Hampshire College Gymnastics Character Dance
1986 Lisa Vandecasteele Salem 22 Miss Manchester Dance / Baton Twirling
1985 Tami Jean Brisebois Deerfield 24 Miss Deerfield Fair Modern Dance
1984 Corinne Lucier Hooksett 20 Miss New Hampshire College Vocal, "The Simple Joys of Maidenhood" from Camelot
1983 Monica Rastallis Newport 22 Miss Winnipesaukee Ballet, Theme from Summer of '42
1982 Amy Bowker Amherst 21 Miss Londonderry Jazz Dance, "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line
1981 Natalie Oliver Manchester 21 Miss Heart of New Hampshire Vocal, "Home" from The Wiz Non-finalist Talent Award
1980 Diane McGarry 19 Miss Winnipesaukee Magic / Modern Dance, "Come To Me"
1979 Monica Skiathitis 20 Miss New Hampshire College Tap Dance, "Sweet Georgia Brown" Previously New Hampshire's Junior Miss 1976
1978 Belinda Bridgeman Merrimack 20 Miss Merrimack Jazz Dance, Rhapsody in Blue Previously Miss New Hampshire USA 1977

Mother of Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 2004, Brittany Freeman[citation needed]
1977 Jamie Rotwitt Weirs Beach 20 Miss Plymouth State College Organ Medley, "Bim Bam Boom" & "Oye Negra"
1976 Margaret Spellacy Hampton 21 Miss Winnipesaukee Comedy Dance, "The Yankee Doodle Boy"
1975 Catherine Burnham Goffstown 21 Miss Manchester Comedic Vocal, "Queen Lucy" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Previously New Hampshire's Junior Miss 1972
1974 Cynthia Erb Manchester 18 Gymnastic Dance, Theme from Midnight Cowboy Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
1973 Michelle Cote 22 Classical Vocal, "Steal Me, Sweet Thief" from The Old Maid and the Thief Non-finalist Talent Award
1972 Jane Badler 18 Popular Vocal, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Starred on NBC's V series from 1983 to 1985 and on ABC's V series in 2011[citation needed]
1971 Kristi Carlson Nashua 19 Miss Keene Vocal, "What About Today?" Neat as a Pin Award (tie)[24]
1970 Deborah Ann Merrill Portsmouth 19 Miss Plymouth State College Vocal / Dance, "I Want to Be Happy" & "Happiness Is"
1969 Catherine Zanichkowsky Nashua 19 Miss Nashua Vocal Medley, "Go Tell It on the Mountain" & "Blowin' in the Wind"
1968 Michelle Godfrey Portsmouth 18 Miss Portsmouth Modern Interpretive Dance, "Tabu"
1967 Sheila Scott North Hampton 19 Miss North Hampton Vocal, "We Need a Little Christmas" Miss Congeniality (tie) Assumed the Miss New Hampshire title after the original winner, Deborah Fuller, relinquished her title five days after she won in order to get married[25]
1966 Nancy Anne Naylor Portsmouth 19 Miss Portsmouth Vocal, "I Enjoy Being a Girl" 4th runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1965 Cheryl-Leigh Buffum Manchester 21 Miss Keene State College Musical Comedy Sketch, "I Ain't Down Yet" from The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964 Elizabeth Emerson Somersworth 22 Miss University of New Hampshire Comedy Reading
1963 Georgia Taggart Westport, Connecticut Miss Laconia Dramatic Reading Eligible as a student at New England College[citation needed]
1962 Margaret Wass Barrington, Rhode Island 19 Miss Keene Comedy Routine Miss Congeniality Eligible as a student at Keene Teachers College[citation needed]
1961 Annette Lambert Claremont 18 Saxophone, "Valse Vanite" by Rudy Wiedoeft
1960 Drina Bouchard Rochester 18 Miss Rochester Cha-cha-cha Interpretation
1959 Diane Harris Manchester 18 Interpretive Dance
1958 Mary Morin Pantomime Routine Non-finalist Talent Award
1957 Holly Arnel New London Drama
1956 Margaret Doyon Littleton Percussion
1955 Margaret Johnson Dover Dramatic Monologue
1954 Mae Allen Epping Drama
1953 Elaine Ruggles New Castle Vocal
1952 Barbara Temperly Goffstown
1951 Coleen Gallant Laconia Water Skiing Top 15
1950 Betty Laurie Concord
1949 Flora Sleeper Laconia
1948 Betty Taylor Rochester Dramatic Monologue
1947 Bernice Loiselle Manchester Rumba Dance
1946 No New Hampshire representative at Miss America pageant[26]
1945 Lee Corey Spofford
1944 Jackie Edson Plaistow
1943 No New Hampshire representative at Miss America pageant[27][28][29][30]
1942
1941
1940
1939 Lois Marjorie Truax Nashua
1938 No New Hampshire representative at Miss America pageant[31][32]
1937
1936 Edna Jones Roxbury Top 15
1935 No New Hampshire representative at Miss America pageant[33]
1934 No national pageant was held[34]
1933 Letha Erlene Langley Caribou, Maine 19 Letha was chosen as Miss Eastern Maine in 1933, and for unknown reasons, she was appointed the Miss New Hampshire title to compete in the 1933 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J. where she was a non-finalist contestant. This information was finally discovered in October 2023 contained in two newspaper articles from the Bangor Daily News. Letha Erlene Langley Karwowski died at age 88 on Dec. 17, 2002 in Chapin, South Carolina.
1932 No national pageants were held[34]
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927 No New Hampshire representative at Miss America pageant[35][36]
1926
1925 Helen Kanehl Manchester Miss Manchester
1924 No New Hampshire representative at Miss America pageant[37][38][39][40]
1923
1922
1921

Notes

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  1. ^ Titleholder extended to a full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Bedford Woman Crowned Miss New Hampshire". May 2, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  2. ^ Alexander, Dan (April 30, 2023). "Like Mother, Like Daughter at Miss New Hampshire Pageant". Seacoast Current. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "Miss New Hampshire 2022, Sarah White, Crowned in Derry". Nutfield News. 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  4. ^ Staff Report (2 May 2021). "Ashley Marsh crowned Miss New Hampshire 2021". UnionLeader.com. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  5. ^ Kuperinksy, Amy (May 8, 2020). "Miss America postpones pageant until 2021, N.J. pageant still set for September". Press of Atlantic City.
  6. ^ Leclerc, Cherise (April 27, 2019). "Sandown woman crowned Miss New Hampshire 2019". WMUR News.
  7. ^ Leclerc, Cherise; Staton, Jamie (April 28, 2018). "Manchester woman takes home crown as Miss New Hampshire 2018". WMUR 9 News.
  8. ^ Serpico, Erin (August 26, 2018). "Miss America Cara Mund announces scholarship finalists before competition". Press of Atlantic City.
  9. ^ "Miss New Hampshire 2017 crowned". WMUR.com. April 29, 2017.
  10. ^ "Lauren Percy shines at Miss New Hampshire pageant". Iced Jamb. May 2, 2011. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  11. ^ "Newly crowned Miss NH raises awareness of diabetes". unionleader.com. May 2, 2016.
  12. ^ Ron, Cole (2015-07-15). "Dover's Carter crowned Miss Winnipesaukee". fosters.com. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  13. ^ Cole, Ron (May 4, 2016). "Dover teen crowned Miss NH". Fosters.
  14. ^ Woods, Stephanie (May 3, 2015). "The Granite State crowns a new Miss New Hampshire Saturday". Manchester, NH: WMUR-TV. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  15. ^ Sexton, Adam (May 3, 2014). "Miss Greater Derry named Miss New Hampshire". Manchester, NH: WMUR-TV. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  16. ^ Guilmet, April (April 27, 2013). "Nashua woman wins Miss New Hampshire title". NewHampshire.com.
  17. ^ Swift, Adam (April 28, 2012). "Third time's a charm for new Miss New Hampshire". New Hampshire Union Leader. Manchester, NH: Union Leader Corp. Retrieved August 8, 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  18. ^ "Gilford Pageant Winner Has Links to Red Sox". The Laconia Daily Sun. November 29, 2008.
  19. ^ Marchocki, Kathryn (May 3, 2011). "Dover's Hartley wins Miss New Hampshire title". New Hampshire Union Leader. Manchester, NH: Union Leader Corp. Archived from the original on January 17, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  20. ^ "Miss Massachusetts USA & Teen USA pageant results". Pageant Update. July 28, 2019.
  21. ^ "Miss New Hampshire crowned". Retrieved 2007-04-29. [dead link‍]
  22. ^ "2004 Mrs America". TFTJ. Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
  23. ^ Feely, Paul (30 April 2023). "History made as Brooke Mills named Miss New Hampshire 2023, 28 years after her mom won". unionleader.com. Union Leader.
  24. ^ ""Miss Indiana's" Boosters on hand in Atlantic City". Indianapolis Recorder. September 18, 1971. p. 1.
  25. ^ "North Hampton Girl Miss New Hampshire". The Portsmouth Herald. May 18, 1967. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  26. ^ "1946 Candidates". Miss America.
  27. ^ "1943 Candidates". Miss America.
  28. ^ "1942 Candidates". Miss America.
  29. ^ "1941 Candidates". Miss America.
  30. ^ "1940 Candidates". Miss America.
  31. ^ "1938 Candidates". Miss America.
  32. ^ "1937 Candidates". Miss America.
  33. ^ "1935 Candidates". Miss America.
  34. ^ a b "Miss America Timeline: 1901–1950". PBS. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  35. ^ "1926 Candidates". Miss America.
  36. ^ "1927 Candidates". Miss America.
  37. ^ "1924 Candidates". Miss America.
  38. ^ "1923 Candidates". Miss America.
  39. ^ "1922 Candidates". Miss America.
  40. ^ "1921 Candidates". Miss America.
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