Miss Massachusetts USA
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The Miss Massachusetts USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Massachusetts in the Miss USA pageant.
Whilst Massachusetts is not one of the more successful states in terms of number of placements or semi-finalists, their fortunes were improved in recent years when Shawnae Jebbia was crowned Miss USA in 1998 and Susie Castillo won the crown in 2003.
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- Miss USA winners: Shawnae Jebbia (1998), Susie Castillo (2003)
- 1st runners-up: Diane Pollard (1978)
- Top 10 placements: Mercedes Waggoner (1985)
- Top 12 placements: Monica Magnus (1979), Janet Marie Flaherty (1982), Kristen Mastroianni (1995)
- Top 15 placements: Sandra Ramsey (1957), Barbara Feldman (1960), Elaine Cusick (1961), Sandra Smith (1963), Nancy Brackett (1966)
- Miss Congeniality: Stacey Blaine (1993)
- Best State Costume: JoAnne Savery (1981)
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Despina Delios | Lynn | ||||
| 2006 | Tiffany Kelly | Braintree | 18 | |||
| 2005 | Cristina Nardozzi | |||||
| 2004 | Maria Lekkakos | 25 | ||||
| 2003 | Susie Castillo | Lawrence | 23 | Winner | Top 15 semifinalist at Miss Universe 2003, previously Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 1998 | |
| 2002 | Latoyia Cimone Foster | |||||
| 2001 | Dana Tenille Powell | |||||
| 2000 | Rosalie Marie Allain | |||||
| 1999 | Jennifer Krafue | |||||
| 1998 | Shawnae Jebbia | Mansfield | 26 | Winner | Top 5 Finalist at Miss Universe 1998 | |
| 1997 | Jennifer Chapman | Maynard | ||||
| 1996 | Jacqueline Doucette | |||||
| 1995 | Kristen Mastroianni | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 1987 | |||
| 1994 | Michelle Atamian | |||||
| 1993 | Stacey Blaine | Bellingham | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1992 | Christine Marie Netishen | |||||
| 1991 | Laura Wheeler | |||||
| 1990 | Laureen Murphy | |||||
| 1989 | Kimberley Wallace | |||||
| 1988 | Anita Marie Lovely | |||||
| 1987 | Rosanna Iversen | South Egremont | ||||
| 1986 | Sheila Benson | Quincy | ||||
| 1985 | Mercedes Waggoner | Boston | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1984 | Deborah Neary | Oxford | ||||
| 1983 | Robin Jeanne Silva | Swansea | ||||
| 1982 | Janet Marie Flaherty | Wilmington | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1981 | Joann Savery | East Bridgewater | Best State Costume | |||
| 1980 | Diane Campbell | |||||
| 1979 | Monica Magnus | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1978 | Diane Pollard | 1st runner-up | ||||
| 1977 | Carol Marcil | |||||
| 1976 | Holly Ann Hoyle | |||||
| 1975 | Rilla Posson | |||||
| 1974 | Ethellean Hicks | |||||
| 1973 | Judy Gregory | |||||
| 1972 | Dale Carder | |||||
| 1971 | April Dow | |||||
| 1970 | Cheryl Stankiewicz | |||||
| 1969 | Martha Cawley | |||||
| 1968 | Sonja Fritz | |||||
| 1967 | Pamela Procter | |||||
| 1966 | Nancy Brackett | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1965 | Mary Lou Volpe | |||||
| 1964 | Barbara Helen Robery | |||||
| 1963 | Sandra Smith | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1962 | Gale Pope | |||||
| 1961 | Elaine Cusick | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1960 | Barbara Feldman | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1959 | Beatrice Duprey | |||||
| 1958 | Sally Ann Freedman | |||||
| 1957 | Sandra Ramsey | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1956 | Elaine Murphy | |||||
| 1955 | Jean Dernago | |||||
| 1954 | Nan Cowan | |||||
| 1953 | Joan Daly | |||||
| 1952 | Vel Dorne |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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