Miss Teen USA 1988 explained

Winner:Mindy Duncan
Represented:Oregon
Date:July 25, 1988
Venue:Orange Pavilion, San Bernardino, California
Entrants:51
Placements:10
Congeniality:Anna Mingus
Alabama
Missy Pierce
Tennessee
Photogenic:Kathleen McClellan
Illinois
Before:1987
Next:1989

Miss Teen USA 1988, the 6th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from San Bernardino, California on July 25, 1988. At the conclusion of the final competition, Mindy Duncan of Oregon was crowned by outgoing queen Kristi Addis of Mississippi.

This was the first of two years the pageant was held in San Bernardino. It was hosted by Dick Clark for the first time, He would later host the Miss USA Pageants from 1989 to 1993 and Miss Universe Pageants from 1990 to 1993 and returned to The Miss Teen USA Pageants in 1991 on CBS and remained as host until 1993, with color commentary from Tracy Scoggins.

This was also the last time the State Costume competition took place and would not return until thirty-three years later in 2021, under a different organization.

Results

Placements

Final ResultsContestant
Miss Teen USA 1988
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 10

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Congeniality
  • – Beth Waldron
  • – Missy Pierce
Miss Photogenic
  • – Kathleen McClellan
Best State costume
  • – Alison Moreno

Final competition scores

StateInterview Swimsuit Evening GownAverage
New York9.1559.3949.494 9.347
Illinois9.238 9.283 9.300 9.273
Louisiana9.2059.1318.9619.099
Alabama8.842 9.0729.3489.087
Oregon9.0729.0279.1229.073
Texas9.1338.916 9.072 9.040
New Jersey9.0169.0338.822 9.029
New Mexico9.205 9.0138.822 9.013
Mississippi8.872 8.966 8.794 8.877
West Virginia8.516 8.838 8.711 8.688

Winner

First runner-up

Second runner-up

Third runner-up

Fourth runner-up

Contestant notes

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Teen barred from pageant seen without chaperone // `She left her hallway, was reported missing' . The Orange County Register. James. Grimaldi. A03. 1988-05-27.