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Miss New Mexico USA

Miss New Mexico USA

Beauty pageant competition

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss New Mexico.

The Miss New Mexico USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by Laura's Productions based in El Paso, Texas.[1]

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Onawa Lacy, Miss New Mexico USA 2006

New Mexico achieved many placements in the 1960s to the '80s and produced one Miss USA, Mai Shanley in 1984. The most recent placement was Bianca Wright in 2023, placing in the Top 20.

Bianca Wright of Anthony, New Mexico was crowned as Miss New Mexico USA 2023 on June 4, 2023 at the NMSU Center for the Arts in Las Cruces. She represented New Mexico at Miss USA 2023 and placed Top 20.

Results summary

  • Miss USA: Mai Shanley (1984)
  • 1st runners-up: Brenda Denton (1985), Alejandra Gonzalez (2019)
  • 2nd runners-up: Judith Baldwin (1965)
  • 4th runners-up: Bonnie Tafoya (1968), Marlena Garland (1978)
  • Top 5: Michelle Rios (1999)
  • Top 10/11/12: Donna Reel (1972), Jonelle Bergquist (1976), Denise Funderburk (1977), Kathy Dawn Patrick (1980), Kriston "Kiki" Killgore (1987), Alina Ogle (2003), Suzanne Perez (2022)
  • Top 15/16/20: Joan Schwartz (1955), Sandra Fullingim (1963), Mary Gard (1969), Jenna Hardin (2004), Brittany Toll (2011), Bianca Wright (2023)
  • New Mexico holds a record of 20 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

  • Miss Photogenic: Michele Sandoval (1979)
  • Best State Costume: Kriston "Kiki" Killgore (1987)
  • People's Choice & Fan Favorite: Brittany Toll (2011)

Winners

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  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
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  1. Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

  1. [1]
    "Home Page". Laura's Productions. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Alejandra Gonzalez". Pageant Update.
  3. [3]
    "Kristen Leyva Crowned Miss New Mexico USA 2018". The Kaleidoscope of Pageantry. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. [4]
    "NMSU engineering alumna crowned Miss New Mexico USA". College of Engineering. 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  5. [5]
    "Quits Contest". The Albuquerque Tribune. 20 July 1959. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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