Miss New York 2010, Claire Buffie

Claire Buffie, Miss New York 2010 Hometown: New York, NY
Platform: Straight for Equality: Let's Talk
School: Ball State University (Bachelors)
Georgetown University (Masters)
Major: BFA Visual Communications
Career Ambition: Continue work in non-profit equality advocacy, event planning
Talent: Broadway Jazz

Miss America 2011 Results: Top 12, America's Choice Finalist

Miss New York 2009, Alyse Zwick

Claire Buffie, Miss New York 2010 Hometown: Westchester, NY
Platform: Heroes: Helping Give Veterans Their Lives Back

School: CUNY Professional Studies

Major: Communications and Culture

Career Ambition: Continue to pursue acting and modeling professionally

Talent: Ballet en Pointe

Miss America 2010 Results: Preliminary Swimsuit Winner

Miss New York History

1935  Vern Hall Miss Bronx
1942  Marion Mosell Miss Utica
         Preliminary Talent
1943  Marion Butler Miss New York City
1944  Bobby Macadam Miss Brooklyn
1945  June Jenkins Miss Elmont
1946  Violet Mellar Miss White Plains
         Semi-Finalist
1947  Carol Lee Fredricks Miss Harrison
1948  M. Yvonne Fix Miss Niagara Falls
1949  Wanda Nalepa Miss New York City
1950  Marilyn Reynolds Miss Syracuse
1951  Louise Orlando Miss Syracuse
1952  Joan Marie St. John Miss Binghamton
1953  Jeannine Bowman Miss Rome
1957  Janet Corrigan Miss Huntington
1958  Miriam Sanderson Miss Renesselaer
1959  Bonnie Jo Marquis Miss Huntington
         Semi-Finalist, Preliminary Swimsuit
1960  Susan Jane Talbert Miss Dunkirk-Fredonia
1961  Katheryne Taylor Modern Miss Buffalo
1962  Paula Roberta Heins Miss Le Roy
1963  Barbara Annn Gloede Miss Staten Island
         Non-Finalist Talent
1964  Julie Just Miss Buffalo
         Non-Finalist Talent
1965  Marlene Butcher Miss Dunkirk
1966  Penelope Donoghue Miss Westchester
1967  Kari Marie Pedersen Miss Staten Island
         Non-Finalist Talent
1968  Patricia Joy Burmeister Miss Porterville
         Semi-Finalist
1969  Linda Marie Trybus Miss Amherst
         Semi-Finalist
1970  Katherine Jean Karlsrud Miss Westchester
         Semi-Finalist
1971  Elizabeth Condon Miss Niagara Falls
1972  Judith Ann Keithley Miss Rochester
1973  Jo Ann Miller Miss Erie County East
1974  Kristen Ann Krull Miss Erie County East
1975  Tawny Godin Miss Greater Saratoga
         Miss America 1976
1976  Sonja Anderson Miss Manhattan
         4th runner-up, Preliminary Talent
 
1977  Lesly Braun Miss Staten Island
1978  Paula Ann Pope Miss Greater Colonie
1979  Kelli Ann Krull Miss Niagara Falls
         Semi-Finalist, Preliminary Talent
1980  Cheryl Flanagan Miss Greater Rochester
         Semi-Finalist, Preliminary Talent
1981  Suzanne Alexander Miss Oneida County
         Semi-Finalist, Preliminary Talent
1982  Eileen Diane Clark Miss Greater Syracuse
         Non-Finalist Talent
1983  Vanessa Williams Miss Greater Syracuse
         Miss America 1984, Preliminary Swimsuit & Talent
1984  Mary-Ann Farrell Miss Manhattan
         Semi-Finalist, Preliminary Talent
1985  Jill Renee Privateer Miss Buffalo
         Non-Finalist Talent
1986  Dawn McPeak Miss Metropolitan NYC
1987  Alice Knisley Miss Metropolitan NYC
1988  Mia Seminoff Miss Manhattan
         Non-Finalist Talent
1989  Lisa Molella Miss Dutchess County
         Non-Finalist Talent
1990  Maryalice Demler Miss Buffalo
1991  Marisol A. Montalvo Miss Brooklyn
         1st runner-up, Preliminary Talent

1992  Ingrid Olsen Miss Greater Syracuse
         Non-Finalist Talent
1993  Marcia L. Cillan Miss Manhattan
1994  Dione Lee Robinson Miss Northeastern New York
1995  Helen Goldsby Miss Orange County
         Semi-Finalist, Preliminary Talent
1996  Tammy Marie Harris Miss Oswego County
1997  Lisa Esler Miss Fulton County
1998  Deanna Herrera Miss Staten Island
1999  Brandi Burkhardt Miss Manhattan
         Non-Finalist Talent
2000  Kelly Falgiano Miss Amherst
2001  Andrea Plummer Miss New York City
         4th runner-up
2002  Tiffany Walker Miss New York City
         Semi-Finalist, Preliminary Swimsuit
2003  Jessica Lynch Miss New York City
2004  Christina Ellington Miss Southern New York
         Semi-Finalist
2005  Kandice Pelliter Miss Greater NYC
2006  Bethlene Pancoast Miss Heart of New York
         Non-Finalist Talent
2007  Elisabeth Baldanza Miss Empire Rose
2008  Leigh-Taylor Smith Miss Brooklyn
         3rd runner-up, Preliminary Swimsuit
2009  Alyse Zwick Miss Westchester County
         Preliminary Swimsuit
2010  Claire Buffie Miss Southeast New York
         Semi-Finalist, America's Choice Finalist
2011  Kaitlin Monte Miss Southern New York
         2nd Runner Up, Preliminary Swimsuit