| Year
|
Name
|
Hometown
|
Age
|
Local Title
|
Miss America Talent
|
Placement at Miss America
|
Special scholarships at Miss America
|
Notes
|
| 2024
|
Ali Hornung
|
Providence
|
24
|
Miss North Kingstown
|
Vocal
|
|
|
|
| 2023
|
Caroline Parente
|
South Kingstown
|
21
|
|
Vocal, "Imagine"
|
4th Runner-Up
|
|
Previously Miss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen 2019-2020
|
| 2022
|
Abby Mansolillo[1]
|
Providence
|
22
|
–
|
Monologue
|
|
|
|
| 2021
|
Leigh Payne[2]
|
Barrington
|
21
|
Piano
|
|
|
|
| 2019–20[a]
|
Molly M. Andrade[4]
|
Middletown
|
20
|
Irish Step Dance
|
|
|
|
| 2018
|
Alexandra N. Coppa[5]
|
Cranston
|
22
|
Jazz Dance
|
|
|
Previously Miss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen 2012[6]
|
| 2017
|
Nicolette Peloquin[7][8]
|
Newport
|
21
|
Miss Newport
|
Acrobatics, "All That Jazz"
|
|
|
NFL cheerleader for the New England Patriots for the 2018–2019 season[9]
|
| 2016
|
Shruti Nagarajan[10]
|
Providence
|
24
|
Miss Providence County
|
Bollywood-fusion dance
|
|
Women in Business Scholarship Winner
|
|
| 2015
|
Alexandra Curtis[11]
|
East Greenwich
|
23
|
Miss West Warwick
|
Musical Theater Vocal, "Poor Unfortunate Souls"
|
|
Quality of Life Award Finalist
|
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant
|
| 2014
|
Ivy DePew[12]
|
Providence
|
23
|
Miss Providence
|
Flute, "Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band
|
|
|
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2013 pageant
|
| 2013
|
Jessica Marfeo[13]
|
Exeter
|
20
|
Miss University of Rhode Island
|
Vocal, "Ain't Misbehavin'"
|
|
Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up
|
|
| 2012
|
Kelsey Fournier
|
Pawtucket
|
23
|
Miss Pawtucket
|
Jazz Dance, "All That Jazz"
|
|
|
Former NFL cheerleader and line captain for the New England Patriots during 2009–2011 seasons[14]
|
| 2011
|
Robin Bonner[15]
|
Westhampton, NY
|
20
|
Miss University of Rhode Island
|
Jazz Dance, "Americano" by Lady Gaga
|
|
|
|
| 2010
|
Deborah M. Saint-Vil
|
Providence
|
22
|
Miss Spirit of Hope
|
Vocal, "Smile"
|
Top 15
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
| 2009
|
Julianna Clare Strout
|
Watch Hill
|
24
|
|
Vocal, "Come Rain or Come Shine"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
| 2008
|
Francesca Simone
|
North Smithfield
|
22
|
|
Classical Vocal, "Nessun dorma"
|
|
Quality of Life Award Finalist
|
|
| 2007
|
Ashley Bickford
|
Newport
|
22
|
|
Ballet en Pointe
|
|
Miss Photogenic
Quality of Life Award Finalist
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
Triple Crown winner:
|
| 2006
|
Allison Rogers
|
Providence
|
25
|
|
Classical Piano, "Fantaisie-Impromptu"
|
|
Quality of Life Award
|
|
| 2005
|
Jessica Samson
|
Newport
|
23
|
|
Vocal, "It's No Secret Anymore"
|
|
|
|
| 2004
|
Aimee Belisle
|
North Smithfield
|
24
|
|
Ballet en Pointe, "You're a Grand Old Flag"
|
|
|
|
| 2003
|
Laurie Gray[16]
|
Warwick
|
22
|
|
Classical Violin, "Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64"
|
Top 10
|
Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
| 2002
|
Gianine Marie Teti
|
Providence
|
22
|
|
Classical Vocal, "Steal Me Sweet Thief" from The Old Maid and the Thief
|
|
|
|
| 2001
|
Jennifer Leigh D'Ambrosio
|
21
|
|
Vocal, "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard
|
|
|
Featured on MTV's True Life-I'm a Beauty Queen
|
| 2000
|
Jennifer St. Laurent
|
Bristol
|
24
|
|
Vocal, "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show"
|
|
|
|
| 1999
|
Karen Lindsay
|
Warwick
|
24
|
|
Vocal, "I'm a Woman"
|
|
Preliminary Swimsuit Award
|
Contestant at National Sweetheart 1998 pageant
Contestant on The Bachelor
|
| 1998
|
Heather Marie Picard
|
Cumberland
|
23
|
|
Ballet en Pointe, Carmen
|
|
|
|
| 1997
|
Kelly Jo Roarke
|
Cranston
|
24
|
|
Comic Reading, "Non-Bridaled Passion"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
| 1996
|
Elana Chomiszak
|
Providence
|
21
|
|
Dance, "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
|
|
|
|
| 1995
|
Elizabeth Reilly
|
North Providence
|
24
|
Miss North Providence
|
Dance, "Everybody Says Don't" from Anyone Can Whistle
|
|
|
|
| 1994
|
Tori-Lynn Heaton
|
Cranston
|
24
|
Miss Cranston
|
Character Jazz Dance
|
|
|
First police officer to compete at a Miss America pageant[citation needed]
|
| 1993
|
Wendy Mello
|
Narragansett
|
22
|
Miss South County
|
Lyrical Ballet, "A Piece of Sky" from Yentl
|
|
|
|
| 1992
|
Lisa Snow
|
Cranston
|
23
|
Miss Western Cranston
|
Dramatic Monologue
|
|
Non-finalist Interview Award
|
|
| 1991
|
Debi Cutler
|
North Providence
|
26
|
Miss Providence County
|
Vocal, "Shine On, Harvest Moon"
|
|
|
|
| 1990
|
Susan Savastano
|
East Providence
|
22
|
Miss Greater Providence County
|
Tap Dance, "All Right"
|
|
|
|
| 1989
|
Gloria Berlanga
|
Davisville
|
23
|
Miss Kent County
|
Flute
|
|
|
|
| 1988
|
Jenna Wims
|
Pawtucket
|
24
|
|
Vocal
|
|
|
|
| 1987
|
Cherilynn Cusick
|
Providence
|
21
|
Miss Providence County
|
Contemporary Ballet
|
|
|
|
| 1986
|
Barbara Longo
|
Barrington
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
| Toni Langello
|
Warwick
|
20
|
|
Vocal, "My Man"
|
|
|
Competed as Miss Rhode Island in Miss America 1987 pageant
Later resigned after being arrested for cocaine possession in January 1987[17]
|
| 1985
|
Lori Boucher
|
Pawtucket
|
20
|
|
Vocal, "Losing My Mind"
|
|
|
|
| 1984
|
Joanna Minisce
|
North Smithfield
|
19
|
Miss Northern Rhode Island
|
Modern Jazz Dance
|
|
|
|
| 1983
|
Pamela Hoff
|
Providence
|
21
|
Miss Providence-Pawtucket
|
Vocal, "For Once in My Life"
|
|
|
|
| 1982
|
Cynthia Crook
|
Warwick
|
22
|
Miss Central Rhode Island
|
Vocal/Dance, "Theme from New York, New York"
|
|
|
|
| 1981
|
Kathleen Cryan
|
Providence
|
23
|
Miss Eastern Rhode Island
|
Jazz Dance, "Electro-Phantasma"
|
|
|
|
| 1980
|
Dawn Potter
|
Pascoag
|
20
|
Miss Northern Rhode Island
|
Vocal / Dance, "All That Jazz"
|
|
|
|
| 1979
|
Elaine Rushlow
|
Westerly
|
20
|
Miss Southern Rhode Island
|
Piano, "Bridge over Troubled Water"
|
|
|
|
| 1978
|
Lori Leyden
|
Providence
|
21
|
|
Vocal, "Everything"
|
|
|
|
| 1977
|
Tanya Kapla
|
Middletown
|
21
|
|
Ballet en Pointe, "The Dying Swan"
|
|
|
Played Gloria Brown on The Young and the Restless
|
| 1976
|
Debra Cerroni
|
Esmond
|
20
|
Miss University of Rhode Island
|
Vocal, "Much More" from The Fantasticks
|
|
|
Previously Miss Rhode Island USA 1974
|
| 1975
|
Debra Cusick
|
Providence
|
20
|
|
Dance, Selections from Promises, Promises
|
|
Preliminary Swimsuit Award
|
|
| 1974
|
Karen Salvatore
|
Warwick
|
22
|
Miss Rhode Island Coed
|
Original Skit, "Don't Smoke"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
| 1973
|
Patricia Garrahy
|
North Providence
|
19
|
|
Ballet, "Scarborough Fair"
|
|
|
|
| 1972
|
Michele Passarelli
|
Pawtucket
|
18
|
Miss Pawtucket
|
Vocal, "Cabaret"
|
|
|
|
| 1971
|
Annette Charpentier
|
Cumberland
|
21
|
Miss Cumberland
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "Eli's Coming"
|
|
|
|
| 1970
|
Teresa Bradley
|
East Greenwich
|
19
|
Miss North Kingston
|
Folk Singing & Guitar, "Chelsea Morning"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
| 1969
|
Jeanne Bursley
|
Barrington
|
20
|
Vocal / Dance, "Standing on a Corner"
|
|
|
|
| 1968
|
Arlene Pinto
|
Warwick
|
21
|
Miss Warwick
|
Vocal / Dance, "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
|
|
|
|
| 1967
|
Marilyn Cocozza
|
North Providence
|
19
|
Miss Pawtucket
|
Piano / Vocal, "I Have Confidence" from The Sound of Music
|
3rd runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
| 1966
|
Cheryl Girr
|
Newport
|
18
|
Miss Newport
|
Interpretive Ballet
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
| 1965
|
Maureen Manton
|
Warwick
|
21
|
Miss Warwick
|
Dramatic Reading from The Diary of Anne Frank
|
|
|
|
| 1964
|
Judy Anderson
|
20
|
Vocal / Dance
|
|
|
|
| 1963
|
Sheila Guarniere
|
Bristol
|
|
Miss Bristol
|
Piano
|
|
|
|
| 1962
|
Deborah Babbitt
|
18
|
Acrobatic Musical Comedy Dance
|
|
|
|
| 1961
|
Cheryl Hirst
|
Greenville
|
18
|
Miss North Providence
|
Ventriloquism & Organ, "This Can't Be Love"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
| 1960
|
Sally Saabye
|
Warwick
|
18
|
Miss Warwick
|
Piano/Pantomime
|
|
|
|
| 1959
|
Michalene Chomicz
|
Pawtucket
|
23
|
|
Vocal
|
|
|
|
| 1958
|
Ann Louise Willis
|
Cranston
|
18
|
|
|
|
Miss Congeniality
|
Ann Louise Willis Ratray died at age 81 on June 9, 2021, in New York City, NY. She was a noted stage and screen actress who became a celebrated drama coach
|
| 1957
|
Beatrice Turek
|
Providence
|
|
|
Art Display
|
|
|
|
| 1956
|
Gail Gilmore
|
Barrington
|
|
|
Drama / Piano
|
|
|
|
| 1955
|
Claire Mae Emerson
|
Pawtucket
|
|
|
Dramatic Monologue
|
|
|
|
| 1954
|
Virginia Gregory
|
|
|
Speech
|
|
|
|
| 1953
|
Joyce Sandberg
|
Providence
|
|
|
Drama
|
|
|
Later Miss Rhode Island USA 1954
|
| 1952
|
Jayne Bradshaw
|
Westerly
|
|
|
Classical Vocal
|
|
|
|
| 1951
|
No Rhode Island representative at Miss America pageant[18][19][20][21]
|
| 1950
|
| 1949
|
| 1948
|
| 1947
|
Ellen DiCenzo
|
Providence
|
|
|
Vocal
|
|
|
|
| 1946
|
Marilyn Tripp
|
Westerly
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1945
|
Mary Stevens
|
Cranston
|
|
|
Vocal, "How Deep Is the Ocean?"
|
|
|
|
| 1944
|
No Rhode Island representative at Miss America pageant
|
| 1943
|
| 1942
|
| 1941
|
| 1940
|
| 1939
|
| 1938
|
| 1937
|
Dorothy May Eden
|
East Providence
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
Dr. Dorothy May Eden Trayner Erinakes died at 97 on March 20, 2017, in San Luis Obispo, California.
|
| 1936
|
Mary Margaret Rogers
|
Johnston
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1935
|
Beatrice McKenzie
|
Providence
|
|
Miss Providence
|
|
|
|
Multiple Rhode Island representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
|
| Leona Mucha
|
West Warwick
|
|
Miss West Warwick
|
|
|
|
| Marianne Ranallo Grasso
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1934
|
No national pageant was held[22]
|
| 1933
|
No Rhode Island representative at Miss America pageant[23]
|
| 1932
|
No national pageants were held[22]
|
| 1931
|
| 1930
|
| 1929
|
| 1928
|
| 1927
|
June Frances Costello
|
Providence
|
|
|
N/A[24]
|
|
|
|
| 1926
|
No Rhode Island representative at Miss America pageant[25]
|
| 1925
|
Loretta Berchman
|
|
|
|
N/A[24]
|
|
|
|
| 1924
|
Freida Leamon
|
Providence
|
|
Miss Providence
|
|
|
Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
|
| 1923
|
Loretta La Flamme[26]
|
|
|
|
| 1922
|
No Rhode Island representative at Miss America pageant[27][28]
|
| 1921
|
