Miss New Hampshire


The Miss New Hampshire is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Hampshire in the Miss America competition.
The Miss New Hampshire program was conducted by the Union Leader newspaper for more than 50 years. In the early years of Miss America, it was city newspapers that sponsored the young women to go to Atlantic City as the Miss America Organization originally allowed city titleholders to compete. The Union Leader conducted the pageant from 1947 until 2001. The newspaper held the pageant from at least 1985 to 2001 at the Manchester Central High School auditorium.
In 2000, a non-profit corporation formed and was granted the license by the Miss America Organization to conduct the state program from 2002 through today. Originally run by former Miss Greater Derry local chapter leaders, the Miss New Hampshire Scholarship Program, Inc. is now a 501 civic organization with the Miss New Hampshire Scholarship Foundation, which grants the scholarships, is a 501 public charity. Brenda Keith of Derry served as Board President and Executive Director until she joined the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Organization in September of 2018. William Haggerty now serves as President and he, with Lynne Ulaky and Claudette Jolin, serve as the three Co-Executive Directors. The competition was moved to Derry in 2003 and is held annually at Pinkerton Academy's Stockbridge Theatre.
The Miss New Hampshire scholarship program grants more scholarships than most other states in the Miss America Program. In 2009, more than $89,000 in scholarships were granted to the 26 contestants who competed after winning their local titles. In 2010, more than $85,000 was granted. On top of that, the local programs grant another $80,00-$85,000 a year at the local level. The local programs are all non-profit corporations with group 501 tax exempt status as well.
Sarah Tubbs of Derry was crowned Miss New Hampshire 2019 on April 27, 2019, at the Stockbridge Theatre on the campus of Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2020.

Gallery of past titleholders

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss New Hampshire 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

Preliminary awards