The Miss Maine competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of

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in the Miss America pageant. Maine has been represented in the pageant since 1937, although the state has never produced a winner. Madison Leslie of Lewiston was crowned Miss Maine 2022 on June 18, 2022, at Freeport Performing Arts Center in Freeport. She competed for the title of

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at the Mohegan Sun in

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in December 2022.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Maine 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

* 2nd runners-up: Karen Johanna Johnson (1971) * 4th runners-up: Allyn Warner (1972) * Top 18:

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(1933)

Awards

Preliminary awards

* Preliminary Talent: Allyn Warner (1972)

Non-finalist awards

* Non-finalist Talent: Sally Ann Robinson (1961), Dawn Frances Christie (1962), Marilyn Lash (1973), Laurie Wathen (1988), Elizabeth Edgecomb (2004), Ami Vice (2005), Susie Stauble (2010), Kristin Korda (2014)

Other awards

* Bernie Wayne Scholarship: Ami Vice (2005) * Miss Congeniality: Mariah Larocque (2022)

Winners

Controversies

In 2015, pageant contestant Marisa Butler attracted controversy for her volunteer role catching and tagging

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with the

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. Butler was staging

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shot pictures after dragging sharks onto the beach to be tagged - a practice considered by experts to be harmful. Butler responded to the criticism on

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, writing: “I am working towards spreading awareness and changing public opinion about sharks.”

References

External links

Official website
{{Miss America state Maine culture

Women in Maine