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Miss Connecticut USA

Miss Connecticut USA

Beauty pageant competition

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Connecticut.

Miss Connecticut USA is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. The pageant is directed by Ewald Productions.

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Connecticut's most successful placement was in 2013, when Erin Brady was crowned Miss USA. Connecticut's most recent placement was in 2022, when Karla Aponte Roque placed in the Top 20.

The current titleholder is Shavana Clarke of Bridgeport and was crowned on April 14, 2024 at The Marriott Hartford in Windsor, Connecticut. Clarke will represent Connecticut at Miss USA 2024.

Results summary

  • Miss USA: Erin Brady (2013)
  • 1st Runners-Up: Diane Zabicki (1962), Pat Denne (1966)
  • 4th Runner-Up: Alita Dawson (2002)
  • Top 10/12: Tiffany Teixeira (2016), Cynthia Dias (2022)
  • Top 15/20: Andrea Todd (1954), Joyce Trautwig (1960), Florence Mayette (1961), Janice Shilinsky (1968), Elizabeth Wanderman (1969), Monica Pietrzak (2009), Karla Aponte Roque (2023

Connecticut holds a record of 13 placements at Miss USA.

Winners

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  •   Winner
  •   Runner-Up
  •   Semifinalist
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Notes

  1. Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

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