Susie Damm selected for Miss Maine USA pageant
Susie Damm (left) poses with her great aunt Myrna Hansen (Miss USA 1953) in Beverly Hills.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SUSIE DAMM
BAR HARBOR Competitive dancer and former Bar Harbor resident Susie Damm hopes to fulfill a family legacy when she competes for the Miss Maine USA title June 19-20 in Portland.
“My great aunt, Myrna Hansen, was Miss Illinois USA as well as Miss USA in 1953. She was even first runner up in the Miss Universe pageant that same year,” said Damm.
Damm was selected from hundreds of applicants as a state finalist to compete in the pageant.
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Updated 12/29/2020 11:53 AM
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Felisa, niece of the Rev. Marvin E. Wiley of Maywood s Rock of Ages Baptist Church, may be new to the pageant world but is not new to competition. In 2014, she competed in The Face, a reality TV competition series on Oxygen alongside supermodels Naomi Campbell and Anne V.