| 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 "The Prayer" |
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 |
| 2010 |
Madison Tabet |
Albuquerque |
18 |
Miss Bernalillo County |
Jazz Dance "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" |
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Previously Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2007 |
| 2009 |
Nicole Miner |
Albuquerque |
23 |
Miss Southern New Mexico |
Vocal "Somewhere" |
Top 7 at Miss America 2010 |
2010 Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship Recipient |
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 |
| 2008 |
Christina Olmi |
Albuquerque |
24 |
Miss Albuquerque |
Vocal |
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| 2007 |
Jenny Marlowe |
Albuquerque |
23 |
Miss High Plains |
Vocal "Born For This" |
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| 2006 |
Christina Hall |
Albuquerque |
23 |
Miss Albuquerque |
Vocal "Summertime" |
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 |
| 2005 |
Ane Romero |
Las Vegas |
25 |
Miss Las Vegas |
Vocal "A Broken Wing" |
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| 2004 |
Susan Yara |
Pecos |
23 |
Miss San Miguel County |
Vocal "La Charreada" |
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Non-finalist Interview Award |
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| 2003 |
Rana Jones |
Tatum |
22 |
Miss South Plains |
Vocal "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" |
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| 2002 |
Erin Griggs |
Alamogordo |
22 |
Miss Alamogordo/Otero County |
Violin Solo |
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 |
| 2001 |
Marta Strzyzewski |
Roswell |
23 |
Miss Roswell |
Classical Piano "Revolutionary Etude" |
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| 2000 |
Martha Cobb |
Roswell |
21 |
Miss Las Cruces |
Tap Dance "Steam Heat" |
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| 1999 |
Katie Kelly |
Santa Fe |
19 |
Miss Santa Fe |
Vocal "Hurt Me" |
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| 1998 |
Lindsay Chism |
Hobbs |
21 |
Miss Lea County |
Jazz Dance "You're the One That I Want" |
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| 1997 |
Jennifer Babin |
Alamogordo |
22 |
Miss Otero County |
Piano |
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| 1996 |
Trisha Williams |
Hobbs |
19 |
Miss Lea County |
Vocal "He's Always There" |
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| 1995 |
Vivian Herding |
Albuquerque |
24 |
Miss Zia |
Classical Piano "Bach Medley" |
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| 1994 |
Felicia Borrego |
Tijeras |
23 |
Miss Bernalillo County |
Ballet Folklorico |
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| 1993 |
Sharron Melton |
Portales |
24 |
Miss Portales |
Vocal "Stuff Like That There" |
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| 1992 |
Shireen Cheney |
Albuquerque |
23 |
Miss Portales |
Acro-Funk Dance |
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| 1991 |
Bekki Shipley |
Tucumcari |
20 |
Miss Tucumcari |
Flute & Piccolo Medley |
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| 1990 |
Jana McCoy |
Portales |
22 |
Miss Portales |
Vocal "The Gypsy in My Soul" |
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| 1989 |
Angela De Los Santos |
Hobbs |
23 |
Miss Portales |
Popular Vocal "The Wind Beneath My Wings" |
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| 1988 |
Teresa Rodriquez |
Clovis |
21 |
Miss Portales |
Popular Vocal "Anything For You" |
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Previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1985 |
| 1987 |
Becky Birdwell |
Hobbs |
25 |
Miss Tucumcari |
Ballet |
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| 1986 |
Emily Franklin |
Albuquerque |
19 |
Miss Albuquerque |
Vocal Medley |
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| 1985 |
Valerie Faber |
Hobbs |
26 |
Miss Albuquerque |
Classical Piano "Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53" |
Top 10 |
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| 1984 |
Trina Collins |
Hobbs |
22 |
Miss Albuquerque |
Acrobatic Dance |
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| 1983 |
Mai Shanley |
Alamogordo |
20 |
Miss Alamogordo |
Vocal "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story |
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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" |
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| 1981 |
Lynn Lawson |
Portales |
21 |
Miss Portales |
Classical Piano "Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, Third Movement" |
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| 1980 |
Teresa Elizabeth Anderson |
Hobbs |
22 |
Miss Hobbs |
Vocal "As Long As He Needs Me" |
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| 1979 |
Susan Spartz |
Alamogordo |
18 |
Miss Alamogordo |
Vocal "My Man" |
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| 1978 |
Jennifer Leigh Schubert |
Hobbs |
21 |
Miss Hobbs |
Classical Ballet "Beethoven's 7th Symphony" |
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| 1977 |
Evelyn Foster |
Lovington |
20 |
Miss Lovington |
Vocal "Feeling Good" |
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| 1976 |
Melody Griffin |
Hobbs |
21 |
Miss Hobbs |
Vocal "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line |
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| 1975 |
Sarah Jan Schooley |
Jal |
21 |
Miss Eastern New Mexico University |
Piano "Deep Purple" |
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| 1974 |
Donna Frances Reel |
Albuquerque |
21 |
Miss Albuquerque |
Vocal "For Once in My Life" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
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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" |
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| 1972 |
Wren Prather |
Carlsbad |
19 |
Miss Carlsbad |
Upside Down Tap Dance "Yankee Doodle Dandy" |
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| 1971 |
Michele Cornali |
Silver City |
22 |
Miss Silver City |
Semi-Classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" |
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Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1970 |
Janis Jones |
Raton |
21 |
Miss Raton |
Soft-shoe Dance "Golden Slippers" |
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| 1969 |
Pat Brummett |
Hobbs |
21 |
Miss Hobbs |
Classical Vocal "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award |
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| 1968 |
Karen Jan Maciolek |
Albuquerque |
19 |
Miss Portales |
Waltz Ballet "Wunderbar" |
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Miss Congeniality |
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| 1967 |
Rosemary Brown |
Carlsbad |
20 |
Miss Portales |
Vocal "This Is My Song" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1966 |
Sharon Kaye Birkenbuel |
Albuquerque |
20 |
Miss Albuquerque |
Dramatic Skit |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
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| 1965 |
Ellen Growden |
University Park |
21 |
Miss La Mesilla |
Dramatic Sketch "Relationship of a Mother and Daughter" |
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| 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; competed in the 1962 Miss Teenage America Pageant |
| 1963 |
Sandi Moore |
Loving |
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Miss Carlsbad |
Folk Singing "My Lover Has Gone" |
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| 1962 |
Herma Loy Elliot |
Portales |
20 |
Miss Portales |
Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly |
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| 1961 |
Myrtice Conn |
Clovis |
21 |
Miss Clovis |
Comedic Monologue "Phonetic Punctuation" by Victor Borge |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
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| 1960 |
Carolyn Moore |
Carlsbad |
18 |
Miss Carlsbad |
Caricature Drawing of a Pageant Celebrity |
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| 1959 |
Linda Moore |
Albuquerque |
21 |
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Piano |
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| 1958 |
Lois Wilson |
Hobbs |
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Vocal |
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| 1957 |
Glynnelle Hubbard |
Farmington |
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Dance |
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Miss Congeniality |
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| 1950 |
Miss Martha Wilson |
Santa Fe |
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| 1949 |
Shirley Hughes |
Carlsbad |
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Charcoal & Chalk Drawing |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1948 |
Betha Young |
Cuba |
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| 1946 |
Martha Cooper |
Albuquerque |
|
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Speech "Career As a Newspaper Reporter" |
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| 1942 |
Marjorie Adams |
Roswell |
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| 1941 |
Beverly Brookshire |
Roswell |
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| 1933 |
Julie Valdez |
|
15 |
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| 1925 |
No Miss New Mexico |
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Celina Chauvin competed as Miss Albuquerque in the Miss America Pageant |