Nicole Lamarche (born 1978) is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ (UCC) and a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss California 2003.

She was the swimsuit winner and although she decided to wear high heels during this segment of the competition it was erroneously reported by an ESPN columnist that she competed barefoot.

This is most likely due to pictures of her competing in the Miss California swimsuit segment not wearing high heels, as the contestants normally do.

[3] Lamarche spoke publicly about Miss California USA Carrie Prejean's controversial answer regarding gay marriage.

[6] She subsequently relocated to Northern California, where she founded a new UCC congregation, the Silicon Valley Progressive Faith Community,[7] in San Jose, now called Urban Sanctuary.