The Miss Indiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of

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in the

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pageant. This pageant is currently produced by CROWN MOXIE, LLC headed by JScot Reid. It was formerly produced by MOXIE Media Productions and Sanders & Associates based in

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before MOXIE Media Productions. Indiana had a slow start at Miss Teen USA, and did not place until 1991. That placement became the first of a four-year streak, which included three semi-finalist and one 1st runner-up placings. Six Indiana teens have gone on to win the

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crown, more than most other states. The most successful of these,

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, who achieved Indiana's highest ever

placement also went on to earn one of

's highest placements in 2002. Even more notable, Lloyd was a Triple Crown winner. The current titleholder is KK Kokonaing of Huntertown and was crowned on April 10, 2022 at

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. She will represent Indiana for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.

Results summary

Placements

*1st runners-up:

(1993) *3rd runners-up: Paige Robinson (2017) *4th runners-up: Jillian Dornbush (2001) *Top 10/12: Heather Hart (1991), Nicole Llewellyn (1992), Nicolette Van Hook (1994), Kera Boog (2000) *Top 15: Jami Stallings (2003), Jessica Michelle Buch (2011), Zoe Parker (2014) Indiana holds a record of 10 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

* Miss Photogenic: Jillian Dornbush (2001), Lexi Gryszowka (2021)

Winners

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

External links

Official website
{{Miss Teen USA state

Women in Indiana