Miss Rhode Island

The Miss Rhode Island competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Rhode Island in the Miss America pageant.

Alexia Rodrigues of Warwick was crowned Miss Rhode Island 2025 on May 11, 2025 at the North Kingstown High School Auditorium in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. She competed for the title of Miss America 2026 in September 2025.

Gallery of past titleholders

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Rhode Island 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

3rd runners-up: Marilyn Cocozza (1968)
4th runners-up: Caroline Parente (2024)
Top 10: Laurie Gray (2004)
Top 15: Deborah Saint-Vil (2011)

Awards

Preliminary awards

Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Debra Cusick (1976), Karen Lindsay (2000), Ashley Bickford (2008)
Preliminary Talent: Marilyn Cocozza (1968), Laurie Gray (2004), Deborah Saint-Vil (2011)

Non-finalist awards

Non-finalist Interview: Lisa Snow (1993)
Non-finalist Talent: Cheryl Hirst (1962), Cheryl Girr (1967), Teresa Bradley (1971), Karen Salvatore (1975), Kelly Jo Roarke (1998), Julianna Strout (2010)

Other awards

Miss Congeniality: Ann Willis (1959)
Miss Photogenic: Ashley Bickford (2008)
Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Laurie Gray (2004)
Quality of Life Award Winners: Allison Rogers (2007)
Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Jessica Marfeo (2014)
Quality of Life Award Finalists: Ashley Bickford (2008), Francesca Simone (2009), Alexandra Curtis (2016), Alexia Rodrigues (2026)
Women in Business Scholarship Award Winners: Shruti Nagarajan (2017)

Winners

Notes