- Miss New Mexico
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss New Mexico USA
Miss New Mexico 2008 contestants, with Miss New Mexico 2007 Jenny Marlow (left)
Christina Hall, Miss New Mexico 2006The Miss New Mexico competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss America pageant. Delegates from New Mexico have each reached the Semi Finals of Miss America six times (in 1961, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1974, and 1985).
Winners
Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes 2011 Sarina Turnbull[1] Alamogordo 24 Miss Alamogordo Ballet en Pointe Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 2010 Madison Tabet Albuquerque 18 Miss Bernalillo County Jazz Dance "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die Previously New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2007 2009 Nicole Miner Albuquerque 23 Miss Southern New Mexico Vocal "Somewhere" Top 7 at Miss America 2010 Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 2008 Christina Olmi Albuquerque 24 Miss Albuquerque Vocal 2007 Jenny Marlowe Albuquerque 23 Miss High Plains Vocal "Born For This" 2006 Christina Hall Albuquerque 23 Miss Albuquerque Vocal "Summertime" Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 2005 Ane Romero Las Vegas 25 Miss Las Vegas Vocal "A Broken Wing" 2004 Susan Yara Pecos 23 Miss San Miguel County Vocal "La Charreada" Non-finalist Interview Award 2003 Rana Jones Tatum 22 Miss South Plains Vocal "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" 2002 Erin Griggs Alamogordo 22 Miss Alamogordo/Otero County Violin Solo Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 2001 Marta Strzyzewski Roswell 23 Miss Roswell Classical Piano "Revolutionary Etude" 2000 Martha Cobb Roswell 21 Miss Las Cruces Tap Dance "Steam Heat" 1999 Katie Kelly Santa Fe 19 Miss Santa Fe Vocal "Hurt Me" 1998 Lindsay Chism Hobbs 21 Miss Lea County Jazz Dance "You're the One That I Want" 1997 Jennifer Babin Alamogordo 22 Miss Otero County Piano 1996 Trisha Williams Hobbs 19 Miss Lea County Vocal "He's Always There" 1995 Vivian Herding Albuquerque 24 Miss Zia Classical Piano "Bach Medley" 1994 Felicia Borrego Tijeras 23 Miss Bernalillo County Ballet Folklorico 1993 Sharron Melton Portales 24 Miss Portales Vocal "Stuff Like That There" 1992 Shireen Cheney Albuquerque 23 Miss Portales Acro-Funk Dance 1991 Bekki Shipley Tucumcari 20 Miss Tucumcari Flute & Piccolo Medley 1990 Jana McCoy Portales 22 Miss Portales Vocal "The Gypsy in My Soul" 1989 Angela De Los Santos Hobbs 23 Miss Portales Popular Vocal "The Wind Beneath My Wings" 1988 Teresa Rodriquez Clovis 21 Miss Portales Popular Vocal "Anything For You" Previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1985 1987 Becky Birdwell Hobbs 25 Miss Tucumcari Ballet 1986 Emily Franklin Albuquerque 19 Miss Albuquerque Vocal Medley 1985 Valerie Faber Hobbs 26 Miss Albuquerque Classical Piano "Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53" Top 10 1984 Trina Collins Hobbs 22 Miss Albuquerque Acrobatic Dance 1983 Mai Shanley Alamogordo 20 Miss Alamogordo Vocal "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story Later Miss New Mexico USA 1984, Miss USA 1984 and top 10 at Miss Universe 1984 1982 Cyndi Ann Friesen Carlsbad 19 Miss Carlsbad Vocal "Carnival" 1981 Lynn Lawson Portales 21 Miss Portales Classical Piano "Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, Third Movement" 1980 Teresa Elizabeth Anderson Hobbs 22 Miss Hobbs Vocal "As Long As He Needs Me" 1979 Susan Spartz Alamogordo 18 Miss Alamogordo Vocal "My Man" 1978 Jennifer Leigh Schubert Hobbs 21 Miss Hobbs Classical Ballet "Beethoven's 7th Symphony" 1977 Evelyn 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 Semi-finalist Previously Miss New Mexico USA 1972 and top 10 at Miss USA 1972, semifinalist at Miss World USA 1973 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 Silver City Semi-Classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" Toured with Miss America USO Troupe 1970 Janis Jones Raton 21 Miss Raton Soft-shoe Dance "Golden Slippers" 1969 Pat Brummett Hobbs 21 Miss Hobbs Classical Vocal "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto Top 10 Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award 1968 Karen Jan Maciolek Albuquerque 19 Miss Portales Waltz Ballet "Wunderbar" Miss Congeniality 1967 Rosemary Brown Carlsbad 20 Miss Portales Vocal "This Is My Song" Non-finalist Talent Award Toured with Miss America USO Troupe 1966 Sharon Kaye Birkenbuel Albuquerque 20 Miss Albuquerque Dramatic Skit Top 10 Semi-finalist 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 w/Guitar Accompaniment & Tympani Solo "Theme from Exodus" Top 10 Semi-finalist Preliminary Swimsuit Award Future Miss Arizona USA 1965, 1st runner-up Miss USA 1965 1963 Sandi Moore Loving Miss Carlsbad Folk Singing "My Lover Has Gone" 1962 Herma Loy Elliot Portales 20 Miss Portales Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly 1961 Myrtice Conn Clovis 21 Miss Clovis Comedic Monologue "Phonetic Punctuation" by Victor Borge Top 10 Semi-finalist 1960 Carolyn Moore Carlsbad 18 Miss Carlsbad Caricature Drawing of a Pageant Celebrity 1959 Linda Moore Albuquerque 21 Piano 1958 Lois Wilson Hobbs Vocal 1957 Glynnelle Hubbard Farmington Dance Miss Congeniality 1950 Miss Martha Wilson Santa Fe 1949 Shirley Hughes Carlsbad Charcoal & Chalk Drawing Non-finalist Talent Award 1948 Betha Young Cuba 1946 Martha Cooper Albuquerque Speech "Career As a Newspaper Reporter" 1942 Marjorie Adams Roswell 1941 Beverly Brookshire Roswell 1933 Julie Valdez 15 1925 No Miss New Mexico Celina Chauvin competed as Miss Albuquerque in the Miss America Pageant References
- ^ "Future Miss America?". Alamogordo Daily News. June 27, 2011. http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_18365867.
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