Miss Virginia Teen USA explained

Miss Virginia Teen USA
Formation:1983
Type:Beauty pageant
Headquarters:Richmond
Location:Virginia
Membership:Miss Teen USA
Language:English
Key People:Kimberly Nicewonder-Johnson, Executive Director

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 terms of number and value of placements https://web.archive.org/web/20060502054907/http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-teen-usa/ranking/. Their most successful decade was the 1980s.

No Miss Virginia Teen USA has won the Miss Teen USA crown, but their highest placement came in the first year of competition, when Tina Marrocco placed 1st runner-up to Ruth Zakarian of New York.

Virginia ties the record for the most Teens to cross over to win the Miss Virginia USA title and compete at Miss USA with ten in all, two others have later been crowned in other states, Indiana and North Carolina. One of these is Kristi Lauren Glakas, a Triple Crown winner who competed at Miss USA 2004 and placed 3rd runner-up at Miss America 2006.

The current titleholder is Julia Allen, crowned June 23rd, 2024, at the Hilton Arlington National Landing in Arlington, Virginia, and placed in the Top 20 at Miss Teen USA 2024.

Results summary

Placements

Virginia holds a record of 13 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Winners

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2024Julia AllenLynchburg17Top 20
2023Ashley WangHerndon16Top 20First Chinese American Miss Virginia Teen USA[1]
2022Hannah GrauFredericksburg17
2021Alyssa Mawyer18Previously Miss High School America 2019
2020Amya CaldwellAshburn16
2019Morgan DutyLebanon16
2018Himanvi Preeti Panidepu 17First Asian American and first East Indian American Miss Virginia Teen-USA

Later Miss Virginia USA 2024

2017Madison WalkerVirginia Beach16
2016Gracyn BlackmoreBristol16
Annie KutynaHerndon15
Olivia FletcherLouisa16
2013Caelynn Miller-Keyes17Later Miss North Carolina USA 2018 and first runner up at Miss USA 2018. Contestant on season 23 of The Bachelor and season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise
2012Elizabeth Coakley17
2011Susie Evans17Later Miss Virginia USA 2020
Winner of season 26 of The Bachelor
2010Jacqueline CarrollStanardsville16Top 15Later Miss Virginia USA 2017
2009Maggie LawsonBristol18
Megan MyrehnCatharpin18Top 15Later Miss Indiana USA 2012
2007Emily BruceLynchburg17Top 10
2006Samantha CaseyJeffersonton173rd runner-upLater Miss Virginia USA 2010 and second runner up at Miss USA 2010
2005Tori HallMidlothian18Top 10Later Miss Virginia USA 2008Cast member on
2004Mally GentHonaker18
2003Amber CopleyAbingdon18Later Miss Virginia USA 2006
2002Lauren BarnetteWise17Later Miss Virginia USA 2007, top 10 at Miss USA 2007, Model on NBC's Deal or No Deal
2001Stephanie CardStaunton16
2000Jennifer HawkinsLynchburg17
1999Kristi Lauren GlakasCentreville18Semi-finalistTriple Crown winner, Later Miss Virginia USA 2004 and Miss Virginia 2005, 3rd runner up to Miss America 2006
1998Misty HornRichlands18Top 5
1997Kimberly GrigsbyRichmond18Semi-finalist
1996Kandy MarshallRichmond16
1995Kristel JenkinsVinton17Later Miss Virginia USA 2001
1994Kristen WilsonRichmond15
1993Richmond17
1992Andrea BallengeeRichmond19Semi-finalistCrowned Miss Virginia 1995 but was disqualified when it was discovered that she had embellished her academic record;[2] [3] later Mrs California 2006 and Mrs America 2006 (top ten at Mrs World 2006) married name Andrea Preuss.
1991Linda OverhueRichmond16
1990Yoranda HarrisRichmond19
1989Stephanie SatterfieldVirginia Beach15Later Miss Virginia USA 1993
1988Audra WilksRichmond15Later Miss Virginia USA 1997
1987Kristi PearceColonial Heights15
1986Angela ThigpinFort Smith153rd runner-up
1985Alice RobinsonRichmond17
1984Shannon Lea RundlePoquoson16
1983Tina MarroccoMcLean161st runner-up
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Oakton High Student Is First East Asian to Win Miss Virginia Teen USA . 1 June 2023 . NBC4.
  2. News: New Miss Virginia to Keep Crown. Charleston Daily Mail. 1995-07-07.
  3. News: Pageant Organizers Strip Miss Virginia of Crown . David. Reed. Associated Press. 2007-07-20.