Neely Fortune is Miss Vermont USA 2016

Neely Fortune was crowned Miss Vermont USA 2016 on November 1, 2015. She succeeds Jackie Croft from Burlington. Neely was the first runner-up at Miss Vermont USA 2015. She will have a few months to prepare for the 2016 Miss USA Pageant, where she hopes to be crowned by the reigning Miss USA Olivia Jordan from Oklahoma.

The Miss Vermont USA pageant is produced independently by Pageant Associates (Sanders & Associates, Inc.). Vermont is one of the least successful states at the Miss USA Pageant, but they have produced a winner, Carlene King Johnson in 1955. The most recent semi-finalist was Georgia Marie Davis in 1982.

Previously Neely represented her state at the 2015 Miss United States Pageant on July 5, 2015 at the UDC Theater in Washington, DC. Summer Priester from South Carolina won the crown. This national pageant is different to Miss USA and Miss America.

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Neely Fortun by Wayne Tarr Photography

Miss Vermont USA 2016 Final Results

Winner : Neely Fortun
First runner-up : Karly Fereday
Second runner-up : Joanna Nagle

Miss Congeniality : Morgan Bazyk
Miss Photogenic : Karly Fereday

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