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

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in the

Miss Teen USA Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant formerly run, since 1983, by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. Unlike its sister pageants Miss Universe, which currently broadcasts on Fox and Miss USA, this pageant is webcast on the Mis ...

pageant. The pageant is directed by Greenwood Productions under the ownership of Miss Tennessee USA 1989, Kimberly Payne Greenwood, since 1992. Tennessee is in the top 5 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placement

In the 1990s, they were placed firs

They have the third (equal) highest number of semi-finalist (or better) placings and are one of only five states to have received more than three award

Six Tennessee teens have gone on to win the

Miss Tennessee USA The Miss Tennessee USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Tennessee in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by Greenwood Productions under the ownership of Miss Tennessee USA 1989, Kimberly Pay ...

title and compete at

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, including

Lynnette Cole Lynnette Marie Cole-O'Nan (née Cole; born February 9, 1978) is an American television personality, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title Miss Tennessee USA in 2000. She went on to become the first woman from that state to win ...

, who won the

title in 2000 and

Rachel Smith Rachel Renee Smith (born April 18, 1985) is an American actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss USA 2007 and who previously had competed in the Miss Teen USA 2002 pageant. She represented the United States at Mis ...

2007. Both Cole and Smith won Miss Photogenic awards at Miss Teen USA, each five years prior to their Miss USA win. This makes Miss Tennessee Teen USA the only state and pageant to have two Miss USAs win the Miss Photogenic award at Miss Teen USA. McKinley Farese of

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was crowned Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2022 on March 12, 2022, at

Austin Peay State University Austin Peay State University () is a public university in Clarksville, Tennessee. Standing on a site occupied by a succession of educational institutions since 1845, the precursor of the university was established in 1927 and named for then-sitt ...

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. She represented Tennessee for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022, finished as 4th runner-up.

Results summary

Placements

*Miss Teen USAs:

Shelly Moore ''For other people with similar names, see Shelley Moore (disambiguation)'' Shelly Moore (born September 18, 1978) is an American beauty queen who won the Miss Teen USA 1997 title. In 1996, Moore won the Miss Northern Tennessee local title before ...

(1997),

Stormi Henley Stormi Bree Henley (born December 6, 1990), also known simply as Stormi Bree, is an American singer, actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. At age 18, she was crowned Miss Teen USA 2009, after previously winning Miss Tennessee Teen USA ...

(2009) *1st runners-up: Bridgett Jordan (1998), Alicia Selby (2003) *2nd runners-up: Molly Brown (1984) *3rd runners-up: Hannah Faith Greene (2015) *4th runners-up: Tiffany Stroud (2004), McKinley Farese (2022) *Top 5: Casey Porter (2000) *Top 6:

Allison Alderson Allison Leigh Alderson DeMarcus (born January 18, 1977) is an American actress, TV host and beauty queen who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss America pageants. Alderson is married to Jay DeMarcus, the bassist in the band Rascal ...

(1994),

(1995) *Top 10:

Rachel Boston Rachel Elizabeth Boston (born May 9, 1982) is an American actress and producer. Boston has had leading roles in a number of independent films, and was a regular cast member in several television series. She starred in the NBC drama series, ''Amer ...

(1999), Rachel Renee Smith (2002), Sofie Rovenstine (2018) *Top 12: Jaime Dudney (1993) *Top 15/16: Macy Erwin (2007), Kristen Rose (2010), Emily Suttle (2013), Morgan Moseley (2014), Savannah Chrisley (2016), Bailey Guy (2019), Ansley Ecker (2020) Tennessee holds a record of 22 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

*Miss Congeniality: Missy Pierce (1988) *Miss Photogenic:

(1995), Rachel Renee Smith (2002) *Best in Swimsuit:

(1997)

Winners

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

External links

Official Website
{{Miss Teen USA state

Women in Tennessee