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formerly run, since 1983, by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. Unlike its sister pageants
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on the Miss Teen USA website and simulcast on mobile devices and video game consoles. The Miss Universe Organization previously operated Miss Teen USA, as well as Miss USA, until 2020 when the rights to produce both pageants were
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. The parent company of all three pageants and the Miss Universe organization remains the same under the licensing agreement: JKN Metaverse Inc., a subsidiary of JKN Global Group. Prior to 1983, a beauty contest bestowing the title of Miss Teen USA was first held in 1959 as a mail-in photo contest by ''
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'' magazine. It next became an annual live stage event through the 1960s and in 1983, the pageant began being produced annually as part of the Miss Universe family of pageants. It was broadcast live on
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until 2002 and then on
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from 2003 to 2007. In March 2007, it was announced that the broadcast of the Miss Teen USA pageant on NBC had not been renewed, and that
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would be the final televised event. From 2008 to 2015, the pageant was held at the
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. Since 2016, the pageant has been held in the United States once more, and since 2018, it is held concurrently with its sister Miss USA pageant in a single city a few days before the start of Miss USA final competition. Notable pageant winners include actresses
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(1985,
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(1990,
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(1998,
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). The current titleholder is
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, who was crowned on October 1, 2022, at the
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History


1959 to 1982


1959

Prior to becoming part of the Miss Universe pageant system in 1983 and current ownership by IMG, the title of "Miss Teen USA" was bestowed upon the winner of an annual competition in the United States from 1959 onward, with Peggy Collins, 17, of Lake Charles, Louisiana winning the honor that first year in a contest created by ''Teen'' magazine. Celebrity judges for the mail-in photo competition included
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,
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,
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, producer
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, and fashion designer
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.


1962 to 1968

The pageant continued from 1962 to 1968. The 1962 ''Miss Teen USA'' was named at the ''Teen-Age Fair'', a ten-day event, over the Easter holiday, in April, held at the
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in Santa Monica, California, which had 32 teenaged girls from across the United States participating and Linda Henning, a 15-year-old from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was named Miss Teen USA for 1962. She was crowned by television comedian
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. Ohio teenager Judy Adams, 16, was Miss Teen USA for 1963. The four-day event was held at the ''Teen-Age Fair'' on the grounds of the 15-acre ''Pickwick Recreation Center'' in Burbank, California, with girls age 14 to 18 representing all 50 states competing. ''Pickwick Recreation Center'' was ''Gay's Pickwick Swim Park'' and is now called ''Pickwick Gardens''. The winner of Miss Teen USA 1964 was Nancy Spry of Van Nuys, California.
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hosted the televised 1964 pageant, with actor Sebastian Cabot one of the guests. Singer
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crowned 1965's Miss Teen USA in April, at the
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, who was Susan Henning, an 18-year-old student attending Long Beach, California State College. Miss Teen USA in 1966 was Cindy Lewis. The 1967 pageant was hosted by Sam Riddle and held at the
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in March. The pageant in 1968 was held on Saturday, April 13, 1968, in Hollywood and was won by Pamela Martin, 18, from Birmingham, Michigan. In 1969, local "Miss Teen" winners in the western United States; for example, "Miss Teen Burbank," "Miss Teen Sherman Oaks," "Miss Teen Van Nuys," et al., competed in a regional competition for the title of "Miss Teen Western United States," with the winner earning a spot at the Miss Teen USA pageant, which was held on April 3, 1969, again at the Hollywood Palladium. Before the Miss Teen USA pageant became part of the Miss Universe system in 1983, titleholders of "Miss Teen USA" in the 1960s either competed as contestants or made appearances at the annual
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pageant in Hollywood.


1970 to 1979

The history of the Miss Teen USA pageant during the 1970s is less clear. The pageant in the late 1970s was moved to November and as a result the winner was crowned Miss Teen USA for the upcoming year rather than the year that had just past and in which the pageant was held. In 1978, the pageant to select the 1979 titleholder was held in late November in Miami, Florida during the Thanksgiving holiday week. In August 1979, the
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wire service ran a multi-part newspaper series over three consecutive days on beauty pageants, which included Miss Teen USA. The series stated that a company called "Miss Teen USA Corp" was formed in 1979, which oversaw the national pageant and in-house and franchised state-level Miss Teen USA pageants. (part two of a three-part Associated Press series) The Miss Teen USA pageant was registered in 1979 to operate under its trade name in the states of New Jersey and Virginia, according to the Burlington County, New Jersey Consumer Affairs Office, which had received inquiries from the public about the legitimacy of it and two other pageants, Miss U.S. Teen-age and Miss National Teen-age, the latter which was not registered but had held a pageant recently. Included among the many state-level Miss Teen USA pageants in 1979 were Alaska, Hawaii, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia. The winner in 1979 of the national Miss Teen USA title received a $15,000 scholarship, while state titleholders received a $500 scholarship.


1980 to 1982

Miss Teen USA for 1980 was Susan McDannold, 19, of St. Albans, West Virginia, who was crowned on December 1, 1979. Miss Teen USA for 1981 was Tammy Jo Hopkins, 17, of Omaha, Nebraska, who was crowned on November 22, 1980, and who entered as 1980 Miss Nebraska Teen. The Miss Teen USA pageant in late November 1980, in which Hopkins won the 1981 title, was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Tammy Jo Hopkins did not have a full year's reign as 1981 Miss Teen USA. She relinquished her crown and title to 1980 Miss Teen USA winner Susan McDannold after accepting a print modeling and TV commercial acting representation contract with a top model agency in New York City (as Tammy Hopkins). McDannold then completed the remainder of the title year as Miss Teen USA for 1981. Susan McDannold is the only Miss Teen USA to ever hold the title twice. Hugrun Ragnarsson, 18, was crowned 1982 Miss Teen USA in late November 1981. After this pageant, the Miss Universe Organization decided to award the title for the year in which the pageant was held, so the next pageant, held during the summer of 1983 on August 30, was crowned the 1983 Miss Teen USA winner. Miss Universe, Inc. filed a lawsuit on July 18, 1979, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, against the company running the late-1970s version of the pageant, Miss Teen U.S.A., Inc., for trademark infringement over a claimed similarity with its own "Miss U.S.A." pageant title and some of its related registered trademarks. The lawsuit, ''Miss Universe, Inc. v. Miss Teen U.S.A., Inc.'', resulted initially in an injunction being issued on March 25, 1980, ordering Miss Teen U.S.A., Inc. to cease holding future pageants with the name "Miss Teen U.S.A." so as not to confuse people with the "Miss U.S.A." pageant. The injunction was appealed but eventually upheld. The court ruling did not invalidate any past Miss Teen USA titleholders. Miss Universe, Inc. itself did not receive a U.S. trademark registration for "Miss Teen USA" until the next decade, in 1991 (see next section). The final winner of the Miss Teen USA title before the Miss Universe Organization began its own version of the pageant was the 1982 Miss Teen USA title won by Hugrun Ragnarsson.


1983 to present

A revised Miss Teen USA pageant, once again designed for television, was added to the Miss Universe system of pageants in 1983 by Miss Universe, Inc. which at the time was run by Harold Glasser, and was first broadcast live under that corporate ownership on the CBS television network on August 30, 1983. Miss Universe, Inc., a California Corporation, filed a U.S. Trademark application for the service marks "Miss Teen USA" and "Miss Teen — U.S.A." on November 14, 1983, and, after eight years of proceedings and challenges by other pageants, was finally approved and registered on October 8, 1991. In 2015, the then owners of record, Miss Universe L.P., assigned all trademark rights to the names "Miss Teen USA," "Miss USA," "Miss Universe," and others, to IMG Universe, LLC. The company IMG Universe, LLC, a subsidiary of IMG, manages the latter's pageant-related intellectual property and licensing agreements. IMG's parent company is Endeavor. The parent company of the Miss Universe Organization is also Endeavor. In the summer of 2020, the Miss Universe organization and IMG Universe, LLC licensed future annual operation of the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants to Crystle Stewart, who was Miss USA 2008. The first competitions of the licensed pageants under her directorship are the 2021 productions. In October 2022, IMG assigned all trademark rights to the names "Miss Teen USA," "Miss USA," "Miss Universe," and others, to JKN Metaverse Inc., a subsidiary of JKN Global Group.


Pageant editions

The following is a list of Miss Teen USA pageant editions and information during the era when it was run by or associated with the Miss Universe Organization, including to the present day.


Competition rounds

Prior to the final telecast the delegates compete in the preliminary competition, which involves private interviews with the judges and a presentation show where they compete in swimsuit and evening gown. During the final competition, the semi-finalists are announced and go on to compete in swimsuit and evening gown. From 1983 to 2002 all semi-finalists also competed in an interview competition as well as both swimsuit and evening gown, followed by one or two final interview questions. In
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, a new format was introduced where the top fifteen competed in evening gown, the top ten competed in swimsuit and the top five competed in the final question. In
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, the order of competition was changed where the top fifteen competed in swimsuit and the top ten in evening gown. The latest competition format was used since
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the final not broadcast on TV, where the top fifteen both competed in swimsuit and evening gown, and the top five competed in the final question who all signed up by a panel of judges. Former Miss Teen USA Katherine Haik supported calls to eliminate the swimsuit competition. The swimsuit category was chastised for exploiting and sexualizing young women and not promoting diverse body types. The new active-wear portion will increase the focus on wellness and health of young ladies.


Recent titleholders


Delegates

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(Miss Teen USA 1989), Ashley Coleman (Miss Teen USA 1999) and
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,
Miss Rhode Island Teen USA The Miss Rhode Island Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Rhode Island in the Miss Teen USA pageant and the name of the title held by that winner. Rhode Island has placed six times at the Miss Tee ...
1990 have been "Barker's Beauties" on ''
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''. * Delegates who have appeared on ''
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'' are Erika Shay (
Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA The Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is independently conducted and produced by Proctor Productions based in Cincinna ...
1995, season 5),
Christie Lee Woods Christie Lee Woods (born October 21, 1977) is an American model and actress who, in 1996, was the first Texan to capture the Miss Teen USA crown. Woods first came to prominence as a beauty queen, winning the titles of Miss Texas Teen USA and Mi ...
(Miss Teen USA 1996, seasons 5 and 31), Nicole O'Brian (
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 ...
2000, season 5) and
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Miss South Carolina Teen USA The Miss South Carolina Teen USA pageant is the competition that selects the representatives for the state of South Carolina in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant has been directed by RPM Productions since its inception. South Carolina is in ...
2007, season 16). ** In addition, Woods also had a brief career in television in ''
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''. * Delegate who appeared on '' America's Prom Queen'' is Macy Erwin (
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) 2007. * Delegates who have appeared on '' Survivor'' are Misty Giles (Miss Texas Teen USA 1999, ''
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Miss Kansas Teen USA The Miss Kansas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant has been part of the Vanbros organisation since 1992, and in 2006, they celebrated their ...
1992, ''
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'', '' Winners at War'') and Angelia Layton (
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2010, ''
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''). ** Boatwright represented Kansas at Miss Teen USA in 1992 and was 2nd runner-up to
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. Four years later, she represented Kansas again at Miss USA in 1996, and was 1st runner-up to
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. In 2005, she appeared on '' Survivor: Guatemala'' and won the $1 million first-place prize, beating out Stephenie LaGrossa at the final tribal council. * Delegates who have appeared on '' The Bachelor'' are Caroline Lunny (
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2008, season 22),
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Miss Virginia Teen USA The Miss Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant. Virginia is one of the more successful states at Miss Teen USA, and is placed in the top twenty in te ...
2013, season 23), Maurissa Gunn (
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2013, season 24), Mariela Pepin (
Miss Maryland Teen USA The Miss Maryland Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland in the Miss Teen USA pageant. Maryland did not place at Miss Teen USA until 1992, but since then this state has been quite succ ...
2014, season 25), and
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Miss Virginia Teen USA The Miss Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant. Virginia is one of the more successful states at Miss Teen USA, and is placed in the top twenty in te ...
2011, season 26). * Nicole Briscoe (née Manske) (
Miss Illinois Teen USA The Miss Illinois Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Illinois in the Miss Teen USA pageant. It is directed by Vanbros and Associates and is previously directed by D&D Productions from 2001 to ...
1998) became a journalist and is currently an
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races on ESPN because of her husband
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Miss Massachusetts Teen USA Massachusetts has had a number of semi-finalist placings but is not one of the most successful states at Miss Teen USA. Their best placement was in 2001, when Marianna Zaslavsky placed 2nd runner-up to Marissa Whitley. The most notable Miss M ...
1996) became a reporter for ''
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1996) went on to become a successful model and actress, with many film and television credits to her name. Her most notable role being Maya, the Yellow Ranger in the television series ''
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'' (1999). * Shelley Hennig ( Miss Teen USA 2004) went on to have a career in television, starring in the series ''
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'' (2013–17). *
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( Miss Teen USA 1985) went on to have a career in movies, starring in ''
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( Miss Teen USA 2005) has had a career in television as a sports reporter for ''
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''. * Tammy Jo Hopkins (Miss Teen USA 1981) appeared on the first season of ''
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'' (as Tammy Hopkins) in the spokesmodel category competing against the eventual first season winner
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.


Broadcasting of the pageant


1983–2007: Viewership and later decline

The pageant's viewership peak was hit in 1988, when the pageant averaged over 22 million viewers on
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. Even as recently as 1999, the show managed to bring in over 10 million viewers. The 2006 airing was the second lowest rated in the pageant's 23-year history, with only 5.6 million viewers watching the live broadcast (the lowest: 2004, with 5.34 million). The 2007 telecast (25th Anniversary, scheduled for August 24, 2007) was the last time Miss Teen USA aired live on television.


2008–present: internet pageant

The 2008 pageant was held, untelevised, on August 16, 2008. One factor that prevented NBC from broadcasting was its prime time commitment to the
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in
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. Since then, it is broadcast over the
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on the Miss Teen USA website. It can be viewed worldwide, without any region restrictions via
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. Currently, it is hosted by
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(
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from 2008 to 2013). In addition, the webcast can be accessed on the pageant's
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page and on mobile devices using the official Miss Universe mobile app released during
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. In 2012, the pageant began to simulcast in selected regions on Microsoft's Xbox Live service, allowing owners of the
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(until 2017) and/or
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s to watch the pageant on a television screen. In 2017, the pageant was also broadcast on
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's
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service. The 2017 pageant was the first to include both a 360-video option for
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headsets and
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support for Xbox One S owners. The 2018 pageant featured support for
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audio and 4K video on the Xbox One S and X consoles.


Crossovers with Miss USA


Miss Teen USA at Miss USA

In the early years of Miss Teen USA, three winners represented the title "Miss Teen USA" at
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. The three queens were: Ruth Zakarian (1983), Cherise Haugen (1984), and Allison Brown (1986). This also made history because the Miss USA 1984 pageant had 53 delegates, the most ever in a Miss USA pageant. In 1987, Miss Teen USA 1986, Allison Brown participated in the 1987 Miss USA pageant. All three failed to make the cut at their respective Miss USA pageants. Only in the three years mentioned above did Miss Teen USA winners automatically gain representation at
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. Starting in 1988, if the Miss Teen USA winners want to compete at Miss USA, they first must win a Miss USA state crown. A total of seven Miss Teen USA winners have participated at Miss USA, with four winning their state Miss USA crowns first. The first of these was Kelly Hu, Miss Teen USA 1985, who won the Miss Hawaii USA 1993 title and represented Hawaii at Miss USA 1993. She finished as a finalist. The next was
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, Miss Teen USA 1992. She took the Miss Iowa USA 1998 title but failed to make the cut at the Miss USA pageant. Only two Miss Teen USA winners have made the top 3 of Miss USA.
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, Miss Teen USA 1989 won the
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1997 title. Succeeding Kelly, she took 1st runner up and later inherited the Miss USA crown, when
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of Hawaii won
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1997. She is the only Miss Teen USA winner to hold the title Miss USA.
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was close in winning the Miss USA 1998 title, but placed 1st runner up to Shawnae Jebbia,
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1998. However, to date it has never happened that the same woman had won the 2 separate pageants officially. There have been two years when two Miss Teen USA winners participated at Miss USA. The first was 1984, when Miss Teen USA 1983 and Miss Teen USA 1984 participated, the second was 1998, when Jamie Solinger competed as
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but went unplaced, and
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competed as
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and placed first runner-up. The first Miss Teen USA not to win a Miss USA state pageant on her first attempt was
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, Miss Teen USA 1996, of Texas, who placed third runner-up in the
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2002 pageant. She would also become the first Miss Teen USA to compete for, but never win a Miss USA state title (she also placed as a semi-finalist in 2003 and 2004). The second Miss Teen USA who did not win a Miss USA state title on her first attempt was Ashley Coleman, Miss Teen USA 1999, of Delaware, who competed in the
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2006 pageant and finished third runner-up. She is the first Miss Teen USA winner to compete in a different state from that where she won her Miss Teen USA crown.
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, Miss Teen USA 2003, competed at
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2009 as Miss Malibu USA, but failed to win the crown, placing first runner-up to
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. Farrell competed at Miss Teen USA as
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, and was one of the few Miss Teen USA winners to try for the state crown outside of the state she represented for Miss Teen USA. In a span of only two years later, Miss Teen USA 2006,
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also competed at
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2011. Representing the state of Montana at Miss Teen USA 2006, Blair is only the third Miss Teen USA to compete in a state other than the state she competed in Teen. Similarly to Coleman and Farrell, Blair placed 1st runner up in the pageant, to
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, who also competed in Miss Teen USA representing New Jersey. Campanella went on to win
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. Danielle Doty, Miss Teen USA 2011, competed at
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2018, who placed in the semifinals.


See also

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Miss Teenage America The Miss Teenage America Pageant was a United States beauty pageant started in 1961 as a pageant for high school girls. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was usually broadcast on the CBS network around November each year.Terrace, VincentTelevision Spe ...
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Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss America's Outstanding Teen is an American scholarship pageant. It is the sister program to the Miss America Organization, and it aims to "promote scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for ...
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Miss USA Miss USA is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1952 to select the entrant from United States in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operated both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA, until 2020, ...


References

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