AUGUSTA — Jessica Ashe of Bangor was crowned USOA Mrs. Maine 2026 at the state pageant held on Oct. 12 at the Augusta Civic Center. She will represent Maine at the national United States of America’s Mrs. Pageant in Las Vegas this March.
The platform Ashe will promote during her reign is Light in the Dark – Grief Support and Awareness. Her platform was inspired by the loss of her own son Nicholas in 2020. She hopes to be a beacon of light to those who have experienced profound loss.
Ashe is the human resources director at Standard Care, LLC, an agency supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorder. She is wife to Scott and a proud mother of four sons and two bonus daughters.
Ashe’s three sister queens were also crowned alongside her. USOA Teen Maine 2026 Aubrey Bedard of Lyman, USOA Miss Maine 2026 Kelsey Sewell of Houlton and USOA Ms. Maine 2026 Nicole Steinhagen of South Portland.
