Maine, United States currently has nine Miss USA placements, including the fourth runner-up finish of Katie Whittier in 2010. The most recent one was in 2018 when Marina Gray finished in the Top 10.
Gray was a petroleum supply specialist with the Maine Army National Guard when she was crowned Miss Maine USA 2018 on November 26, 2017. She turned 30 on November 30, 2024.
Miss Maine USA 2024
Representing Casco Bay, Anne Summer Baldridge was crowned Miss Maine USA 2024 at the Sheraton Sable Oaks in South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine on March 10, 2024. She competed against 11 other candidates.
Runner-up to Baldridge was Jordon Hudson of Hancock, Hancock County, Maine. The respective second, third and fourth runners-up were Rhiannon McQuaide of Wells, York County, Maine, Sara Searle of the Mid Coast region of the state and Lynda Douglas of Penobscot Valley region of the state.
Miss Maine USA 2025
On May 11, 2025, Baldridge will go to the Holiday Inn Portland By the Bay in Portland, Cumberland County to crown her successor. It is the 74th edition of the state-level beauty pageant that selects Maine’s official candidate for Miss USA, which selects the official Miss Universe candidate of the U.S.
There are 17 women competing for the Miss Maine USA 2025 title. Here are the candidates:
- Samantha Arsenault (Alna)
- Shelby Ann Howell (Bangor)
- Cassidy Lucas-Clark (Belfast)
- Lilly Peterson (Bowdoinham)
- Mara Carpenter (Cumberland County)
- Lexi Bjork (Greenville)
- Mia Turk (Hampden)
- Jordon Isabella Roosevelt Hudson (Hancock)
- Siobahn Surette (Kennebec County)
- Hannah Trottier-Braun (Lewiston)
- Isabelle St. Cyr (Monson)
- Willow Hosford (Naples)
- Reykha Lindor (Old Town)
- Michele Wilson (Oxford)
- Arianna Michele de Jesus (Penobscot)
- Jennifer Bergeron (Portland)
- Anna Fomichenko (Saco)
St. Cyr is the first transgender woman to compete in Miss Maine USA, which is also her first beauty pageant. She is 24 years old and originally from Howland, Penobscot County, Maine.
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