UPDATE! - Congrats to Brittany Stenovitch, the new Miss Rhode Island USA! Click here to view her profile.
Miss Rhode Island USA contestants are posted here (you may need to clear your cache - I’m not sure what’s going on because I can see the new page on my ipad but not my Mac). Miss USA 2012 Olivia Culpo will be crowning her successor this Sunday at 2pm!
This year there are 27 contestants in the Miss division, slightly down on 30 last year. For the first time in six years there are no former Miss Rhode Island Teen USA titleholders competing. The only returning runner-up from last year is Alana Lauro, who was also a runner-up in 2011. Two former Teen runners-up are competing for Miss RI USA, however.
Returning contestants in the Miss division are:
- Alana Lauro (2RU 11, T10 10, T15 RI TUSA 07)
- Kelsey Gibree (T15 12, T15 08, 1RU RI TUSA 05, NF RI TUSA 04)
- Jillian Bekke (T15 12)
- Brittany Stenovitch (2RU RI TUSA 12)
- Theresa Agonia (3RU RI TUSA 09, T16 RI TUSA 08)
- Alyssa Benetti (T16 RI TUSA 08)
In the Teen division there is one returning runner-up and one returning semi-finalist. I can’t be sure but judging by surnames, some of this year’s contestants may be sisters or cousins of past contestants.
- Christina Drumm (3RU 12)
- Ciera Omos (T15 12)
(Returning 2012 runner-up Alana Lauro, far right, 4RU last year)