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pageant and the name of the title held by that winner. Rhode Island has placed six times at the Miss Teen USA Pageant, most recently in 2009 when Talia Turco made the top 15. The state's first finalist was Shaelyn McNally in 2006. One of those semi-finalists was Shanna Moakler, who would later win the

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. Other notable Miss Rhode Island Teen USAs are: * Claudia Jordan - was also

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1997 and has appeared on ''

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was crowned Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2022 on May 29, 2022, at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in

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in October 2022.

Results summary

Placements

*Top 10: Alysha Castonguay (2002), Shaelyn McNally (2006),

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(2007) *Top 12: Gina Tognoni (1991), Shanna Moakler (1992) *Top 15: Talia Turco (2009) * Rhode Island holds a record of 6 placements at the Miss Teen USA.

Awards

*Miss Photogenic: Raye-Anne Johnson (1987 - tie), Gina Tognoni (1991) *Miss Congeniality: Malia Cruz (2016), Alexa Papigiotis (2017)

Winners

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

External links

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2016 Miss Rhode Island USA/Miss Rhode Island Teen USA Pageant

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Women in Rhode Island 1983 establishments in Rhode Island