Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Candice Bennatt | 23 | Miss Rudioso | Lyrical Dance | ||||
| 2011 | Sarina Turnbull | Alamogordo | 24 | Miss Alamogordo | Ballet en Pointe "The Prayer" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 | ||
| 2010 | Madison Tabet | Albuquerque | 18 | Miss Bernalillo County | Jazz Dance "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" | Previously Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2007 | ||
| 2009 | Nicole Miner | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Southern New Mexico | Vocal "Somewhere" | Top 7 at Miss America 2010 | 2010 Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship Recipient | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 |
| 2008 | Christina Olmi | Albuquerque | 24 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal | |||
| 2007 | Jenny Marlowe | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss High Plains | Vocal "Born For This" | |||
| 2006 | Christina Hall | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal "Summertime" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 | ||
| 2005 | Ane Romero | Las Vegas | 25 | Miss Las Vegas | Vocal "A Broken Wing" | |||
| 2004 | Susan Yara | Pecos | 23 | Miss San Miguel County | Vocal "La Charreada" | Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
| 2003 | Rana Jones | Tatum | 22 | Miss South Plains | Vocal "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" | |||
| 2002 | Erin Griggs | Alamogordo | 22 | Miss Alamogordo/Otero County | Violin Solo | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 | ||
| 2001 | Marta Strzyzewski | Roswell | 23 | Miss Roswell | Classical Piano "Revolutionary Etude" | |||
| 2000 | Martha Cobb | Roswell | 21 | Miss Las Cruces | Tap Dance "Steam Heat" | |||
| 1999 | Katie Kelly | Santa Fe | 19 | Miss Santa Fe | Vocal "Hurt Me" | |||
| 1998 | Lindsay Chism | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Lea County | Jazz Dance "You're the One That I Want" | |||
| 1997 | Jennifer Babin | Alamogordo | 22 | Miss Otero County | Piano | |||
| 1996 | Trisha Williams | Hobbs | 19 | Miss Lea County | Vocal "He's Always There" | |||
| 1995 | Vivian Herding | Albuquerque | 24 | Miss Zia | Classical Piano "Bach Medley" | |||
| 1994 | Felicia Borrego | Tijeras | 23 | Miss Bernalillo County | Ballet Folklorico | |||
| 1993 | Sharron Melton | Portales | 24 | Miss Portales | Vocal "Stuff Like That There" | |||
| 1992 | Shireen Cheney | Albuquerque | 23 | Miss Portales | Acro-Funk Dance | |||
| 1991 | Bekki Shipley | Tucumcari | 20 | Miss Tucumcari | Flute & Piccolo Medley | |||
| 1990 | Jana McCoy | Portales | 22 | Miss Portales | Vocal "The Gypsy in My Soul" | |||
| 1989 | Angela De Los Santos | Hobbs | 23 | Miss Portales | Popular Vocal "The Wind Beneath My Wings" | |||
| 1988 | Teresa Rodriquez | Clovis | 21 | Miss Portales | Popular Vocal "Anything For You" | Previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1985 | ||
| 1987 | Becky Birdwell | Hobbs | 25 | Miss Tucumcari | Ballet | |||
| 1986 | Emily Franklin | Albuquerque | 19 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal Medley | |||
| 1985 | Valerie Faber | Hobbs | 26 | Miss Albuquerque | Classical Piano "Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53" | Top 10 | ||
| 1984 | Trina Collins | Hobbs | 22 | Miss Albuquerque | Acrobatic Dance | |||
| 1983 | Mai Shanley | Alamogordo | 20 | Miss Alamogordo | Vocal "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story | Later Miss New Mexico USA 1984, Miss USA 1984 and top 10 at Miss Universe 1984 | ||
| 1982 | Cyndi Ann Friesen | Carlsbad | 19 | Miss Carlsbad | Vocal "Carnival" | |||
| 1981 | Lynn Lawson | Portales | 21 | Miss Portales | Classical Piano "Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, Third Movement" | |||
| 1980 | Teresa Elizabeth Anderson | Hobbs | 22 | Miss Hobbs | Vocal "As Long As He Needs Me" | |||
| 1979 | Susan Spartz | Alamogordo | 18 | Miss Alamogordo | Vocal "My Man" | |||
| 1978 | Jennifer Leigh Schubert | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Hobbs | Classical Ballet "Beethoven's 7th Symphony" | |||
| 1977 | Evelyn Foster | Lovington | 20 | Miss Lovington | Vocal "Feeling Good" | |||
| 1976 | Melody Griffin | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Hobbs | Vocal "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line | |||
| 1975 | Sarah Jan Schooley | Jal | 21 | Miss Eastern New Mexico University | Piano "Deep Purple" | |||
| 1974 | Donna Frances Reel | Albuquerque | 21 | Miss Albuquerque | Vocal "For Once in My Life" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Previously Miss New Mexico USA 1972 and top 10 at Miss USA 1972, semifinalist at Miss World USA 1973 | |
| 1973 | Patti Elaine Nelms | Roswell | 21 | Miss Roswell | Vocal / Dance "Basin Street Blues" & "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" | |||
| 1972 | Wren Prather | Carlsbad | 19 | Miss Carlsbad | Upside Down Tap Dance "Yankee Doodle Dandy" | |||
| 1971 | Michele Cornali | Silver City | 22 | Miss Silver City | Semi-Classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1970 | Janis Jones | Raton | 21 | Miss Raton | Soft-shoe Dance "Golden Slippers" | |||
| 1969 | Pat Brummett | Hobbs | 21 | Miss Hobbs | Classical Vocal "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1968 | Karen Jan Maciolek | Albuquerque | 19 | Miss Portales | Waltz Ballet "Wunderbar" | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1967 | Rosemary Brown | Carlsbad | 20 | Miss Portales | Vocal "This Is My Song" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1966 | Sharon Kaye Birkenbuel | Albuquerque | 20 | Miss Albuquerque | Dramatic Skit | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1965 | Ellen Growden | University Park | 21 | Miss La Mesilla | Dramatic Sketch "Relationship of a Mother and Daughter" | |||
| 1964 | Jane Nelson | Tularosa | 19 | Miss Tularosa | Original Vocal w/Guitar Accompaniment & Tympani Solo "Theme from Exodus" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Future Miss Arizona USA 1965, 1st runner-up Miss USA 1965; competed in the 1962 Miss Teenage America Pageant |
| 1963 | Sandi Moore | Loving | Miss Carlsbad | Folk Singing "My Lover Has Gone" | ||||
| 1962 | Herma Loy Elliot | Portales | 20 | Miss Portales | Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | |||
| 1961 | Myrtice Conn | Clovis | 21 | Miss Clovis | Comedic Monologue "Phonetic Punctuation" by Victor Borge | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1960 | Carolyn Moore | Carlsbad | 18 | Miss Carlsbad | Caricature Drawing of a Pageant Celebrity | |||
| 1959 | Linda Moore | Albuquerque | 21 | Piano | ||||
| 1958 | Lois Wilson | Hobbs | Vocal | |||||
| 1957 | Glynnelle Hubbard | Farmington | Dance | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1950 | Miss Martha Wilson | Santa Fe | ||||||
| 1949 | Shirley Hughes | Carlsbad | Charcoal & Chalk Drawing | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1948 | Betha Young | Cuba | ||||||
| 1946 | Martha Cooper | Albuquerque | Speech "Career As a Newspaper Reporter" | |||||
| 1942 | Marjorie Adams | Roswell | ||||||
| 1941 | Beverly Brookshire | Roswell | ||||||
| 1933 | Julie Valdez | 15 | ||||||
| 1925 | No Miss New Mexico | Celina Chauvin competed as Miss Albuquerque in the Miss America Pageant |
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