- Miss Massachusetts
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Massachusetts USA
The Miss Massachusetts competition is a scholarship pageant put on annually by the Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Foundation, Inc. The winner of the pageant receives the title of Miss Massachusetts and represents the state of Massachusetts at the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Women between the ages of 17 and 24 who meet residency, scholastic and character requirements are eligible to compete in local pageants, the winners of which continue on to the Miss Massachusetts pageant in Worcester each July.
Contestants at the Miss Massachusetts competition are judged in five areas: Personal Interview, Poise and Grace in Evening Gown, Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit, Artistic Expression, and On Stage Question. Scholarships are awarded for Miss Massachusetts, first through fourth runner-ups, preliminary talent winners, preliminary swimsuit winners, non-finalist talent winner, MAO Academic Award, MAO Service Award, and MAO Children's Miracle Network Award.
Winners
Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes 2011 Molly Whalen Middleboro 21 Miss Taunton Vocal 2010 Loren Galler-Rabinowitz Brookline 24 Miss Collegiate Area Piano "The Swan" Miracle Maker Award 2004 U.S. Ice Dancing Bronze Medalist 2009 Amanda Kelly Braintree 23 Miss Fall River Vocal "Show Off" from The Drowsy Chaperone Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008; Sister of Tiffany Kelly, Miss Massachusetts USA 2006 2008 Alicia Zitka West Springfield 22 Miss Hampden County Lyrical Dance "I Will Love You" by Fisher (band) Won national online K-mart Style competition 2007 Valerie J Amaral Acushnet 22 Miss North Shore Vocal "Anyway" Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award, QoL finalist, Miss Miracle Maker Scholarship Award Contestant at National Sweetheart 2006; Miss America Community Service Award 2005, 2006, & 2007; Previously Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen 2001 2006 Michaela Gagne Fall River 24 Miss Southcoast Vocal "Bye Bye Blackbird" Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 2005 Kristin Gauvin Worcester 23 Miss Apponagansett Bay Tap Dance "Christmas Eve in Sarajevo" Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2004; New England Patriots Cheerleader 2004 Erika Ebbel Cambridge 23 Miss Apponagansett Bay Classical Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu" Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award 2nd runner-up to National Sweetheart 2003 2003 Melissa Silva Fall River 23 Miss Southern Massachusetts Vocal "Who Will Love Me As I Am?" from Side Show Contestant at National Sweetheart 2002 2002 Melanie Correia Acushnet 22 Miss Taunton Vocal "Big Time" Top 10 Semi-finalist at Miss America 2003 2nd runner-up to National Sweetheart 2001 2001 Abbie Rabine Wenham 22 Miss Southern Massachusetts/Freetown Vocal "Via Dolorosa" First runner-up at Miss America 2002 Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Interview Award Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999 2000 Michelle Neves New Bedford 23 Miss Pioneer Valley Vocal "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love" Previously Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 1994 1999 April Thibeault Boston 21 Miss North Shore Ballet "Reflections of Passion" Non-finalist Talent Award 1998 Elizabeth Hancock Cambridge 20 Miss Suffolk County Musical Theater Monologue from 42nd Street Non-finalist Interview Award Previously was Kentucky's Junior Miss 1996 1997 Samira Zebian Westfield 20 Miss Tri-Counties/North Shore Irish Step Dance Waterford Crystal Award for Business Marketing & Management 1996 Lori Flick Boston 24 Miss Tri-Counties/North Shore Interpretive Gymnastics Dance "Prologue from Beauty and the Beast" Non-finalist Talent Award 1995 Marcia Turner Cambridge 21 Miss Tri-Counties/North Shore Piano "Souvenirs d'Andalousie, Op.22" by Louis Moreau Gottschalk Semi-finalist 1994 Sharon Lee Somerville 24 Miss Tri-Counties/North Shore Classical Vocal "O Mio Babbino Caro" Non-finalist Talent Award 1993 Ellen Fitzgerald Saugus 22 Miss Bay State Vocal "Vision of Love" 1992 Lisa Desroches New Bedford 21 Miss New Bedford Character Ballet en Pointe "Can-Can" Semi-finalist 1991 Melissa Bloemker East Boston 20 Miss Greater Boston Harp Solo "Tango & Rumba from Suite of Eight Dances" by Carlos Salzedo Non-finalist Talent Award 1990 Marissa Laakso Randolph 24 Miss Bay State Character Tap Dance "Mr. Bogjangles" Non-finalist Talent Award 1989 Janette Elman Attleboro 22 Miss Greater Attleboro Russian Cossack Dance 1988 Diana Steckler East Boston 22 Miss East Boston Vocal 1987 Aurelie McCarthy East Boston 24 Miss East Boston Marimba "Hava Nagila," "William Tell Overture" & "Joplin On Wood" Non-finalist Talent Award Former Executive Director of the Miss Massachusetts Pageant 1986 Kathleen Callahan Revere 23 Miss Boston Popular Vocal "Come Rain or Come Shine" Toured with the 1987 Gillette Miss America Show Troupe 1985 Lisa Kleypas Carlisle 20 Miss Tri-County Original Vocal Composition & Guitar "Love You Are My Wings" Non-finalist Talent Award Romance novelist 1984 Margaret O'Brien Weymouth 26 Miss Cape Cod Vocal Medley "The Man that Got Away," "The Man I Love" & "My Man" Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award Previously Miss National Sweetheart 1983 1983 Holly Mayer Brookline 26 Miss Merrimack Valley Dance / Baton Twirling "Medley from Gypsy" Non-finalist Talent Award Mother of Miss New York's Outstanding Teen 2011- Lauren Molella; Sister-in-law of Miss New York 1989- Lisa Molella[1]; Previously Miss National Sweetheart Pageant 1982 1982 Lisa Scorgie North Attleboro 23 Miss Attleboro Violin Solo "Fantasy of Russian Folk Songs" 1981 Deborah Salois North Andover 19 Miss Methuen Vocal "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" from Ain't Misbehavin' 1980 Amy Linder Lowell 22 Miss Methuen Piano Solo "Piano Sonata" by Alberto Ginastera Non-finalist Talent Award 1979 Lisa Matta Brockton 20 Miss Boston Jazz Dance "Slow Dancing" 1978 Rowena Humphrey Worthington 20 Miss Northern Berkshire Ballet en Pointe "Love Story" 1977 Janice Ould Boston 25 Miss Methuen Semi-Classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New Moon 1976 Deborah Guastella Methuen 22 Miss Merrimack Valley Vocal "Your World And Mine" 1975 Cynthia Carpenter Wayland 22 Miss Marlboro Classical Piano "Malagueña" Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award 1974 Susan Sadlier Lowell 22 Miss Newburyport/Coast Guard Musical Comedy Skit "I'm the Greatest Star" Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship recipient 1973 Rena Walmsley North Attleboro 20 Miss Attleboro Dramatic Soliloquy from "Funny Girl" Non-finalist Talent Award 1972 Marie Semas Taunton 18 Miss Taunton Piano & Vocal Performance of Original Composition Non-finalist Talent Award 1971 Deborah O'Brien Foxboro 22 Miss Foxboro Classical Vocal "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette 2nd runner-up 1970 Diana Dohrmann Boston 21 Piano "The Kid From Red Bank" by Count Basie 1969 Georgina Hossfeld Burlington 22 Miss Burlington Piano "Grieg's Concerto" & "Bumble Boogie" Semi-finalist 1968 Catherine Monroe Lynnfield 20 Miss Woburn Recitation w/Sign Language & Dance "What the World Needs Now Is Love" 1st runner-up 1967 Maria Chafee Woburn 18 Miss Waltham Ballet & Jazz Toe Dance " Do I Hear a Waltz?," "Georgy Girl" & "One of Those Songs" Non-finalist Talent Award 1966 Carol Kennedy Worcester 19 Miss Northboro Jazz Ballet Dance "Can-Can" Semi-finalist 1965 Mabel Bendiksen New Bedford 18 Miss New Bedford Dramatic Reading & Folk Singing "The Hazards of Nuclear Fallout" & "What Have They Done to the Rain" 1964 Kathleen Kenneally Whitman 21 Miss Brockton Dramatic Reading 1963 Lila Saldani Attleboro Miss Attleboro Original Dramatic Monologue "A World of Darkness" 1962 Karen Behn North Dartmouth 18 Miss New Bedford Dramatic Reading 1961 Nona Smith Fairhaven 18 Miss New Bedford Dramatic Reading 1960 Brenda Crovo Reading 20 Miss Cambridge Vocal Medley "Bill" & "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" Semi-finalist 1959 Sharon Faught Holyoke 21 Dramatic Reading & Vocal Non-finalist Talent Award 1958 Patricia Nordling Lexington Vocal / Piano "Exactly Like You" 1957 Daly Hirsch Boston Drama 1956 Jewel Smerage Boston Vocal Medley from The King and I Semi-finalist 1955 Virginia Maffucci Watertown Dramatic Monologue "Solitary Confinement" Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent 1954 Judith Drake Fairhaven Piano 1953 Lois Feldman Natick Ballet 1952 Barbara Graves Milton 1951 Mildred Almeida New Bedford First known Euro-African contestant at Miss America (Cape Verdean descent) 1950 Britta Berg Boston 1949 Gloria Curelli Roslindale 1948 Barbara Laughton Reading Vocal "The Moon Belongs to Everyone" Semi-finalist Barbara McGrath Boston competed as Miss Boston 1946 Rae Nichols Malden *birth name was Urania Nicolaides Paula C. Jerome Boston competed as Miss Boston 1945 Ruth Thomas Belmont Claire Thibadeau Boston competed as Miss Boston 1944 Lucille Descoteau Lowell Paulina McKevitt Boston Vocal "Goodnight, Wherever You Are" 1st runner-up competed as Miss Boston 1943 Mary McAnulty Roslindale Helena Frances Mack Boston samba dance "Cae Cae" 2nd runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award competed as Miss Boston 1942 Paula Bordman Natick 1941 Betsy Taylor Cambridge 1940 Polly Connors Bedford 3rd runner-up 1937 Claire Nevulis South Boston Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award 1936 Marion Flynn Norwood 1935 Rita Mae King Leominster competed as Miss Leominster Mary Stanley Quincy competed as Miss Quincy 1933 Elsie Taylor 17 Semi-Finalist 1927 No Miss Massachusetts Ethel Beatrice Pierce, Miss Boston and Martha E. Hick, Miss Pittsfield finished as Semi-Finalists in the pageant. Also representing Massachusetts were: Muriel E. Bowers, Miss Lynn; Dorothy M. Rawson, Miss Worcester & Marion Howarth from Fall River who competed as Miss New England. 1926 No Miss Massachusetts Representing Massachusetts were: Mary Robinson, Miss Lockport; Rosa Lee Irving, Miss Portsmouth & Muriel Borek, Miss Springfield. There was also a Miss Boston who competed whose name is not known. 1925 No Miss Massachusetts Nina Wolff competed as Miss Boston and Katherine Kearns from Newton competed as Miss New England 1924 No Miss Massachusetts Mildred M. Prendergast competed as Miss Boston and was the last married woman to be allowed to compete in the pageant 1923 No Miss Massachusetts Representing Massachusetts were: Margaret Black, Miss Boston; Doris George, Miss Cambridge; Elizabeth McClure, Miss Gloucester & Mildred Salisbury, Miss New Bedford 1922 No Miss Massachusetts Representing Massachusetts were: Charlotte Trowbridge, Miss Boston; Helen Lynch, Miss Fall River & Alice Burke, Miss New Bedford References
- ^ "Lauren Molella named Miss New York Outstanding Teen". SI Live. June 19, 2011. http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/lauren_molella_named_miss_new.html.
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