Miss New Mexico

The Miss New Mexico competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss America pageant.

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 2006

Misa Tran of Alamogordo was crowned Miss New Mexico 2019 on June 8, 2019 at the Flickinger Center of Performing Arts in Alamogordo, New Mexico. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2020.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss New Mexico 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
  • Top 7: Nicole Miner (2010)
  • Top 10: Myrtice Conn (1962), Jane Nelson (1965), Sharon Kaye Birkenbuel (1967), Pat Brummett (1970), Donna Frances Reel (1975), Valerie Faber (1986)
  • Top 15: Taylor Rey (2018)

Preliminary awards

Non-finalist awards
  • Non-finalist Interview: Susan Yara (2005), Alexis Duprey (2014), Marissa Livingston (2016)
  • Non-finalist Talent: Shirley Hughes (1949), Rosemary Brown (1968)

Other awards

Winners
  •   Declared as winner
  •   Ended as a runner-up
  •   Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
Year Name[1] Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes
2020 State and national pageants postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2019–20 Misa Tran[3] Alamogordo 20 Miss Otero County Dance Previously Distinguished Young Woman of New Mexico 2017[4]
2018 Ashley Fresquez[5] Rio Rancho 23 Miss Zia Jazz Dance, "Man of La Mancha" Previously Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2009[6]
2017 Taylor Rey[7] Las Cruces 22 Miss Las Cruces Vocal, “Art Is Calling for Me” Top 15[8]
2016 Stephanie Chavez[9] Albuquerque 23 Miss Albuquerque Vocal, "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra Contestant at National Sweetheart 2015 pageant
2015 Marissa Livingston[10] 24 Miss Duke City Jazz Dance, "Let's Get Loud" Non-finalist Interview Award Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant
2014 Jessica Burson[11] Roswell 20 Miss Roswell Jazz Dance, "Steam Heat" STEM Scholarship Award
2013 Alexis Duprey Alamogordo 22 Miss Otero County Vocal, "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret Non-finalist Interview Award Triple Crown Winner
2012 Candice Bennatt[12] Angel Fire 23 Miss Rudioso Lyrical Dance, "Aqua Vitae" Former Houston Texans cheerleader

Later Miss Louisiana USA 2015[13]
Top 11 at Miss USA 2015 pageant
2011 Sarina Turnbull[14] Alamogordo 24 Miss Alamogordo Ballet en Pointe, "The Prayer" Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 pageant
2010 Madison Tabet[15] Albuquerque 18 Miss Bernalillo County Jazz Dance, "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" Previously Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2007[16]
2009 Nicole Miner Albuquerque 23 Miss Southern New Mexico Vocal, "Somewhere" Top 7 Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 pageant
2008 Christina Olmi Albuquerque 24 Miss Albuquerque Vocal
2007 Jenny Marlowe 23 Miss High Plains Vocal, "Born For This"
2006 Christina Hall 23 Miss Albuquerque Vocal, "Summertime" Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant
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, "Can't Help Falling in Love" Previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1998
2002 Erin Griggs Alamogordo 22 Miss Alamogordo/Otero County Violin Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 pageant
2001 Marta Strzyzewski Roswell 23 Miss Roswell Classical Piano, "Revolutionary Etude"
2000 Martha Cobb 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
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 Acro-Funk Dance
1991 Bekki Shipley Tucumcari 20 Miss Tucumcari Flute & Piccolo
1990 Jana McCoy Portales 22 Miss Portales Vocal, "The Gypsy in My Soul"
1989 Angela De Los Santos Hobbs 23 Popular Vocal, "The Wind Beneath My Wings"
1988 Teresa Rodriquez Clovis 21 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 major, Op. 53" Top 10
1984 Trina Collins Hobbs 22 Miss Albuquerque Acrobatic Dance Mother of Miss Indiana 2015, Morgan Jackson
1983 Mai Shanley Alamogordo 20 Miss Otero County Vocal, "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story Later Miss New Mexico USA & Miss USA 1984
Top 10 at Miss Universe 1984 pageant
1982 Cyndi Ann Friesen Carlsbad 19 Miss Carlsbad Vocal, "Carnival"
1981 Lynn Lawson Portales 21 Miss Portales Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 2, Third Movement" by Rachmaninoff
1980 Teresa Elizabeth Anderson Hobbs 22 Miss Hobbs Vocal, "As Long As He Needs Me"
1979 Susan Spartz Alamogordo 18 Miss Otero County 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 Previously Miss New Mexico USA 1972
Top 10 at Miss USA 1972 pageant

Previously Miss New Mexico World 1973
Top 16 at Miss World USA 1973 pageant
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 Grant County Semi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It"
1970 Janis Jones Raton 21 Miss Colfax County Soft-shoe Dance, "Golden Slippers"
1969 Pat Brummett Hobbs 21 Miss Hobbs Classical Vocal, "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto Top 10 Preliminary Talent Award
1968 Karen Jan Maciolek Albuquerque 19 Miss Portales Waltz Ballet, "Wunderbar" Miss Congeniality
1967 Rosemary Brown Carlsbad 20 Vocal, "This Is My Song" Non-finalist Talent Award
1966 Sharon Kaye Birkenbuel Albuquerque 20 Miss Albuquerque Dramatic Skit Top 10
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 with Guitar & Tympani, "Theme from Exodus" Top 10 Preliminary Swimsuit Award Later Miss Arizona USA 1965
1st runner-up at Miss USA 1965 pageant

Later Miss New Mexico World 1966
Top 7 at Miss USA World 1966 pageant
1963 Sandi Moore Loving 19 Miss Carlsbad Combination acrobatic routine & drawing
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
1960 Carolyn Moore Carlsbad 18 Miss Carlsbad Caricature Drawing
1959 Linda Moore Ruidoso 19 Miss Albuquerque Piano
1958 Lois Wilson Hobbs 18 Miss Hobbs Vocal
1957 Glynnelle Hubbard Farmington 19 Miss Farmington Dance Miss Congeniality
1956
No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant[17][18][19][20][21][22]
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950 Martha Rose Wilson Santa Fe
1949 Shirley Hughes Carlsbad 18 Miss Carlsbad Charcoal & Chalk Drawing, "Cruising Down the River" Non-finalist Talent Award
1948 Betha Young[23] Cuba 22 Art Sculpture
1947
No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant[24]
1946 Martha Cooper Albuquerque Speech, "Career As a Newspaper Reporter"
1945
No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant[25][26][27]
1944
1943
1942 Marjorie Adams Roswell
1941 Beverly Brookshier
1940
No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant[28][29][30][31][32][33]
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934
No national pageant was held[34]
1933 Julia Valdez 18 Miss Albuquerque No Miss New Mexico

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
1932
No national pageants were held[34]
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927
No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant[35][36]
1926
1925 Celina Chauvin Miss Albuquerque No Miss New Mexico

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
1924
No New Mexico representative at Miss America pageant[37][38][39][40]
1923
1922
1921

References
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  8. "Las Crucen Taylor Rey reaches final rounds of Miss America pageant". La Cruces Sun-News. September 11, 2017.
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  13. "College of Law student will represent the state at Miss USA Pageant next year", Press Release, Loyola University New Orleans, December 17, 2014
  14. "Future Miss America?". Alamogordo Daily News. June 27, 2011. Archived from the original on September 7, 2011.
  15. "Dance major to compete for Miss America crown". Point Park University. July 23, 2010.
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