| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Cranston |
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Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Deborah Miller Cindy Provost |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Rhode Island USA competition is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state Rhode Island in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently directed by D&D Productions.
Rhode Island made its first placement at Miss USA in 1961 and has been one of the most consistent states since 2000, with four semi-finalist placements and one first runner-up placement. On June 3, 2012, Olivia Culpo won the first Miss USA title from the state of Rhode Island. On December 19, 2012, Culpo became the first Rhode Islander to win the title of Miss Universe.
Kaitylnne Santana of Woonsocket was crowned Miss Rhode Island USA 2024 on May 26, 2024, at Veterans Memorial AuditoriuminProvidence. She will represent Rhode Island at Miss USA 2024.
Rhode Island holds a record of 11 placements at Miss USA.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2024 | Kaitylnne Santana | Woonsocket | 22 | TBA | ||
| 2023 | Mary Malloy | Cumberland | 26 |
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| 2022 | Elaine Collado | Providence | 27 |
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| 2021 | Karly Laliberte | Pawtucket | 26 | Shortest reigning Miss Rhode Island USA (9 months and 21 days) | ||
| 2020 | Jonét Nichelle | Providence | 24 |
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| 2019 | Nicole Pallozzi | Providence | 22 | |||
| 2018 | Daescia DeMoranville | Johnston | 21 | |||
| 2017 | Kelsey Swanson | Cranston | 22 | |||
| 2016 | Theresa Agonia | Providence | 23 | |||
| 2015 | Anea Garcia | Cranston | 19 | 2nd runner-up |
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| 2014 | Christina Palavra | Providence | 18 | Miss Congeniality | Season 16 Model on Project Runway | |
| 2013 | Brittany Stenovitch | Cranston | 19 | |||
| 2012 | Olivia Culpo | Cranston | 19 | Miss USA 2012 |
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| 2011 | Kate McCaughey | Lincoln | 22 | |||
| 2010 | Kristina Primavera | Narragansett | 22 |
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| 2009 | Alysha Castonguay | Woonsocket | 22 |
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| 2008 | Amy Diaz | Johnston | 23 | Top 15 |
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| 2007 | Danielle Lacourse | North Providence | 21 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2006 | Leeann Tingley | East Greenwich | 24 | Top 10 | ||
| 2005 | Allison Paganetti | North Kingstown | 21 | Appears on CBS reality show Hunted as part of the hunter team "Echo". | ||
| 2004 | Sarah Bettencourt | Lincoln | 20 | |||
| 2003 | Krisily Kennedy | Warwick | 23 | Runner-up on season 7 of The Bachelor and a contestant on the first season of Bachelor Pad | ||
| 2002 | Janet Sutton | Narragansett | 23 | Top 12 | ||
| 2001 | Yanaiza Alvarez | Providence | 24 | Top 10 | Was a contestant on the show Fear Factor Episode 2.6 original air date 1/14/2002 | |
| 2000 | Heidi St. Pierre | Harrisville | 23 | |||
| 1999 | Claire DeSimone | Warwick |
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| 1998 | Connie Harrolle | East Providence | ||||
| 1997 | Claudia Jordan | East Providence | 23 | Top 10 |
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| 1996 | Karen Bradley | Providence | 19 | |||
| 1995 | Jennifer Aubin | Woonsocket | 20 | Top 12 | ||
| 1994 | RayeAnne Johnson | Lincoln |
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| 1993 | Juli Roach | Wakefield | ||||
| 1992 | Yvette Hernandez | Providence | ||||
| 1991 | Lynne Michael | Cranston | ||||
| 1990 | Susan Lima | West Warwick | ||||
| 1989 | Debra Damiano | Providence | ||||
| 1988 | Cindy Geronda | North Providence | ||||
| 1987 | Lisa Benson | North Kingstown | ||||
| 1986 | Donna Silva | Cranston | ||||
| 1985 | Dana Wilson | Riverside | ||||
| 1984 | Debbie Mowry | North Providence | ||||
| 1983 | Allegra Hendricks | Providence | ||||
| 1982 | Peggy McGraw | Scituate | ||||
| 1981 | Patti Reo | Cranston | ||||
| 1980 | Robyn Hall | Pawtucket | ||||
| 1979 | Theresa Patterson | Lincoln | ||||
| 1978 | Sharon Lee McGarry | Warwick | ||||
| 1977 | Susan Carten | Cranston | ||||
| 1976 | Kathleen Confreda | Warwick | ||||
| 1975 | Marice Love | Providence | ||||
| 1974 | Debra Anne Cerroni | Smithfield | ||||
| 1973 | Gayle White | Providence | 21 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1972 | Jeanne Lemay | West Warwick | ||||
| 1971 | Laurie Stahle | North Kingstown | ||||
| 1970 | Rebecca Galleshaw | Warwick | ||||
| 1969 | Donna Lewis | Providence | ||||
| 1968 | Betty Lou Whitmore | Providence | ||||
| 1967 | Nancy Giuliano | Woonsocket | ||||
| 1966 | Barbara Williams | Providence | ||||
| 1965 | Paula Farrow | Warwick | ||||
| 1964 | Carol Ann Tantimonico | Johnston | ||||
| 1963 | Rosemary Jane Dickinson | Providence | ||||
| 1962 | Marilyn Ann Scott | Pawtucket | ||||
| 1961 | Joan Marie Zeller | Riverside | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1960 | Lorelie Sue White | Cranston | ||||
| 1959 | Gloria Ryder | Providence | ||||
| 1958 | Claire DiPaolo | Providence | ||||
| 1957 | Myrna Altieri | Cranston | ||||
| 1956 | Sandra Vozella | Point Judith | ||||
| 1955 | Beverly Jansen | Providence | ||||
| 1954 | Joyce Anne Sandberg | Warwick |
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| 1953 | Barbara Rose Deigman | Providence | ||||
| 1952 | Delores Selinder | Providence |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Rhode Island USA pageant
