The Miss California Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of
California
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in the
Miss Teen USA
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pageant. It was formed in 1983. This pageant is part of the Miss USA Organization, owned by
Miss USA 2008
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Crystle Stewart
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.
California is in the top five most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Miss California een USA titleholders have been invited to red-carpet movie premieres, such as that for ''
Santa Clause 3'' attended by Kylee Lin, and ''
She's the Man
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'', attended by Jessica Powell.
The current titleholder is Cassidy Hill of
Newport Beach
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, who is crowned on June 5, 2022, at the Hyatt Regency Orange County. Hill represented California for the title of
Miss Teen USA 2022
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and was the second runner-up in the pageant.
History
In the 1980s, the pageant was directed by Richard Guy and Rex Holt, who also oversaw the
Miss California USA
Miss California USA is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. The pageant is directed by Crown Diva Productions.
California's most ...
,
Miss Texas USA
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and
Miss Texas Teen USA
The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Texas in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is part of the Miss USA organization, owned by Texas native Crystle Stewart, who was Miss U ...
pageants. They lost the contract in 1990, when it came up for renewal.
Gallery of titleholders
File:KyleeLin.jpg, Kylee Lin, Miss California Teen USA 2007, at the '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' film premiere
File:Chelsea Gilligan 2009.jpg, Miss California Teen USA 2009, Chelsea Gilligan, attending the "Beauty of California Dinner" at The Riviera Resort & Spa, Palm Springs, CA on Nov. 21, 2009
File:Miss California Teen 2010.jpg, Miss California Teen USA 2010, Emma Baker, on-stage at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA on Nov. 22, 2009
File:Alexis Swanstrom 2010.jpg, Miss California Teen USA 2011, Alexis Swanstrom, Rancho Mirage, CA on Nov. 21, 2010
File:Alexa Jones 2012.jpg, Miss California Teen USA 2012 Alexa Jones, Irvine, California on June 16, 2012
File:Cassidy Wolf 2012.jpg, Miss California Teen USA 2013 and Miss Teen USA 2013, Cassidy Wolf, Irvine, California on January 4, 2014
File:Bianca_Vierra_2014.jpg, Miss California Teen USA 2014 Bianca Vierra, Long Beach, California on January 4, 2014
File:Melanie Mitchell 2015.jpg, Miss California Teen USA 2015 Melanie Mitchell, Corona, California on July 19, 2015
File:Athenna Crosby 2015.jpg, Miss California Teen USA 2016 Athenna Crosby, Long Beach, California on December 6, 2015
File:Alina Carranza 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg, Miss California Teen USA 2019 Alina Carranza, Los Angeles, California on March 14, 2019
Results summary
Placements
*Miss Teen USAs:
Shauna Gambill
Shauna Gambill (born 22 September 1976) is a beauty queen from Acton, California who has held the Miss Teen USA title and competed in the Miss USA and Miss World pageants.
Gambill first won the Miss California Teen USA title in late 1993. In ...
(1994),
Cassidy Wolf
Cassidy Marie Wolf (born July 5, 1994) is an American TV host, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2013.
Pageants
While attending Great Oak High School in Temecula, she was crowned Miss Greater San Diego Teen USA. Wolf was crow ...
(2013)
*1st runners-up: Jennifer Morgan (2002),
Melanie Mitchell
Melanie Mitchell is an American scientist. She is the Davis Professor of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute. Her major work has been in the areas of analogical reasoning, complex systems, genetic algorithms and cellular automata, and her publi ...
(2015)
*2nd runners-up: Michelle Cardamon (1996), Chelsea Gilligan (2009), Emma Baker (2010), Alexis Swanstrom (2011), Cassidy Hill (2022)
*3rd runner-up: Bianca Vierra (2014)
*4th runners-up: Stephanie Brink (2005), Jaanu Patel (2017)
*Top 6: Natasha Allas (1992)
*Top 10: Shawn Gardner (1983), Angi Aylor (1987), Casey McClain (2001)
*Top 12: Trisha Robey (1990), Kellie Foster-Moore (1995)
*Top 15/16: Taylor Atkins (2008), Athenna Crosby (2016), Janeice Love (2018), Zoe Hunt (2020), Cameron Doan (2021)
California holds a record of 23 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Winners
;Color key
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
External links
Official website
{{Miss Teen USA state
California
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California culture
Women in California
1983 establishments in California