Miss Arizona Teen USA
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Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
in the Miss Teen USA
Miss Teen USA
Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant run by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. The reigning titleholder is Danielle Doty of Texas....
pageant.
Arizona has not had a great deal of success at Miss USA, with only five teens making the cut. They have, however, had two special awards.
Three Arizona teens have gone on to win the Miss Arizona USA
Miss Arizona USA
The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions...
title.
Placements
- Top 5: Danielle Demski (1999)
- Top 6: Courtney Hamilton (1996)
- Top 10: Emerald Zellers (2006)
- Top 12: Jeri-Lynn Beatty (1990)
- Top 15: Ashley Stainton (2008)
Awards
- Best State Costume: Julie Hodges (1987)
- Miss Photogenic: Kristi Vanney (1986)
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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| 2011 Miss Teen USA 2011 Miss Teen USA 2011 was the 29th Miss Teen USA pageant. It was held at the Grand Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas on July 16, 2011. Miss Teen USA 2010, Kamie Crawford, crowned her successor, Danielle Doty of Texas, as Miss Teen USA 2011 at the end of this event. The 50 states and... |
Molly Argue | Paradise Valley Paradise Valley, Arizona Paradise Valley is a small, affluent town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2005 Census Bureau, the population of the town was 14,558. Despite the town's relatively small area and population compared to other municipalities in the Phoenix metropolitan area, Paradise... |
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| 2010 Miss Teen USA 2010 Miss Teen USA 2010, the 28th edition of the Miss Teen USA pageant, was held at the Imperial Ballroom of the Atlantis Paradise Island, in the Bahamas on July 24, 2010. Stormi Henley, Miss Teen USA 2009, from Tennessee, crowned her successor, Maryland's Kamie Crawford, as Miss Teen USA 2010... |
Tori Vance | Ahwatukee | ||||
| 2009 Miss Teen USA 2009 Miss Teen USA 2009, the 27th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held at the Imperial Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on July 31, 2009. For the first time since 1986 the Miss Teen USA pageant was held earlier than the Miss Universe pageant... |
Whitney Nelson | Ahwatukee | 18 | |||
| 2008 Miss Teen USA 2008 Miss Teen USA 2008, the 26th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held on August 16, 2008 at Grand Ballroom in the Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas. This was the first Miss Teen USA pageant that was not televised, after Miss Universe Organization broadcast partner NBC failed to renew its contract,... |
Ashley Stainton | Ahwatukee | 17 | Top 15 | ||
| 2007 Miss Teen USA 2007 Miss Teen USA 2007, the 25th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held on August 24, 2007 in Pasadena, California. At the conclusion of the final night of the competition Hilary Cruz of Colorado was crowned Miss Teen USA 2007 by outgoing titleholder Katie Blair of Montana.This was the first time the pageant... |
Tiffany Martin | Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data... |
18 | Later Top 17 at Miss Arizona USA Miss Arizona USA The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions... 2011 |
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| 2006 Miss Teen USA 2006 Miss Teen USA 2006, the 24th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, California on August 15, 2006. The pageant was won by Katie Blair of Montana.... |
Emerald Zellers Emerald Zellers Emerald Zellers is a beauty queen from Scottsdale, Arizona who has competed at Miss Teen USA.Zellers won the Miss Arizona Teen USA 2006 title on November 6, 2005 at the Orpheum Theater in Phoenix, Arizona . She was the overall winner in swimsuit and was crowned by outgoing titleholder Elisa Soto... |
Scottsdale Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385... |
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| 2005 Miss Teen USA 2005 Miss Teen USA 2005 pageant, the 23rd Miss Teen USA competition, was televised live from Baton Rouge, Louisiana on August 8, 2005. At the conclusion of the final competition, Miss Ohio Teen USA Allie LaForce was crowned by outgoing queen Shelley Hennig of Louisiana.Prior to the live telecast, the... |
Elisa Soto | Mesa Mesa, Arizona According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was as follows:* White: 77.1% * Hispanic or Latino : 26.54%* Black or African American: 3.5%* Two or more races: 3.4%* Native American: 2.4%... |
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| 2004 Miss Teen USA 2004 Miss Teen USA 2004, the 22nd Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Palm Springs on 6 August 2004. At the conclusion of the final competition, Miss Louisiana Teen USA Shelley Hennig was crowned by outgoing queen Tami Farrell of Oregon.... |
Allie Gilliland | Glendale Glendale, Arizona Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, located about nine miles northwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to 2010 Census Bureau, the population of the city is 226,721.... |
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| 2003 Miss Teen USA 2003 Miss Teen USA 2003, the 21st Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Palm Springs on 12 August 2003. At the conclusion of the final competition, Miss Oregon Teen USA Tami Farrell was crowned by outgoing queen Vanessa Semrow of Wisconsin.... |
Natalia Benenson | Phoenix | 18 | Later 1st runner-up to Miss Arizona USA Miss Arizona USA The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions... 2007 |
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| 2002 Miss Teen USA 2002 Miss Teen USA 2002, the 20th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from South Padre Island, Texas on 28 August 2002. At the conclusion of the final competition, Miss Wisconsin Teen USA Vanessa Marie Semrow was crowned by outgoing queen Marissa Whitley of Missouri.This was the second... |
Lynsie Ann Shackelford | Mesa | 17 | |||
| 2001 Miss Teen USA 2001 Miss Teen USA 2001, the 19th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from South Padre Island, Texas on 26 August 2001. At the conclusion of the final competition, Marissa Whitley of Missouri was crowned by outgoing queen Jillian Parry of Pennsylvania.... |
Eva Marie St. Arnauld | Mesa | 18 | |||
| 2000 Miss Teen USA 2000 Miss Teen USA 2000, the 18th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from South Padre Island, Texas on August 26, 2000. At the conclusion of the final competition, Jillian Parry of Pennsylvania was crowned by outgoing queen Ashley Coleman of Delaware.... |
Sarah Wilkins | Gilbert Gilbert, Arizona -Demographics:As of July 1, 2009, Maricopa Association of Governments, Census 2000. United States Census Bureau. there were 217,521 people, 74,147 housing units, and 3.01 persons per household.... |
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| 1999 Miss Teen USA 1999 Miss Teen USA 1999, the 17th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Shreveport, Louisiana on 24 August 1999. At the conclusion of the final competition, Ashley Coleman of Delaware was crowned by outgoing queen Vanessa Minnillo of South Carolina.... |
Danielle Demski Danielle Demski Danielle Demski is a television presenter and beauty queen from Chandler, Arizona who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants.Demski won her first pageant title in 1998, when she was crowned Miss Arizona Teen USA 1999... |
Chandler Chandler, Arizona -Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%... |
17 | Finalist | Later Miss Arizona USA Miss Arizona USA The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions... 2004 and top 15 at Miss USA 2004 |
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| 1998 Miss Teen USA 1998 Miss Teen USA 1998, the 16th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Shreveport, Louisiana on 17 August 1998. At the conclusion of the final competition, Vanessa Minnillo of South Carolina was crowned by outgoing queen Shelly Moore of Tennessee.... |
Kristy Kay Stover | Phoenix | 18 | Later 1st runner-up to Miss Arizona USA Miss Arizona USA The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions... 2001 |
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| 1997 Miss Teen USA 1997 Miss Teen USA 1997, the 15th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from South Padre Island, Texas on 20 August, 1997. At the conclusion of the final competition, Shelly Moore of Tennessee was crowned by outgoing queen Christie Lee Woods of Texas.... |
Julie Gulbrandsen | Gilbert | 18 | |||
| 1996 Miss Teen USA 1996 Miss Teen USA 1996, the 14th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Las Cruces, New Mexico on 21 August 1996. At the conclusion of the final competition, Christie Lee Woods of Texas was crowned by outgoing queen Keylee Sue Sanders of Kansas.... |
Courtney Hamilton | Chandler | 16 | Finalist | ||
| 1995 Miss Teen USA 1995 Miss Teen USA 1995, the 13th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on 15 August 1995... |
Brandy Leigh Campbell | Tucson Tucson, Arizona Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200... |
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| 1994 Miss Teen USA 1994 Miss Teen USA 1994, the 12th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi on 16 August 1994... |
Mistie Kline | Phoenix | Imprisoned for nine months for stealing in 2001 | |||
| 1993 Miss Teen USA 1993 Miss Teen USA 1993, the eleventh Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi on 10 August 1993.... |
Dannielle Normandin | Phoenix | ||||
| 1992 Miss Teen USA 1992 Miss Teen USA 1992, the tenth Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi on 25 August 1992.... |
Heather Keckler Heather Keckler Heather Keckler is an American beauty pageant contestant and dancer. In 1984 she moved to Arizona where she won the title of Miss Arizona Teen USA in 1992. Two weeks after, she competed as a member of the Dance Team for USA in the Summer Olympics of Barcelona, Spain... |
Chandler | Later Miss Arizona USA Miss Arizona USA The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions... 2000 |
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| 1991 Miss Teen USA 1991 Miss Teen USA 1991, the ninth Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi on 19 August 1991.... |
Christine Ciulla | Phoenix | ||||
| 1990 Miss Teen USA 1990 Miss Teen USA 1990, the eighth Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Biloxi, Mississippi on July 16, 1990.At the conclusion of the final competition, Bridgette Wilson of Oregon was crowned by outgoing titleholder Brandi Sherwood of Idaho.... |
Jeri-Lynn Beatty | Glendale | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1989 Miss Teen USA 1989 Miss Teen USA 1989, the seventh Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from San Bernardino, California on July 25, 1989.At the conclusion of the final competition, Brandi Sherwood of Idaho was crowned by outgoing titleholder Mindy Duncan of Oregon. Brandi is the only Miss Teen USA from Idaho... |
Leann Elston | Tucson | ||||
| 1988 Miss Teen USA 1988 Miss Teen USA 1988, the sixth 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.... |
Kristen Peterson | Tucson | ||||
| 1987 Miss Teen USA 1987 Miss Teen USA 1987, the fifth Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from El Paso, Texas on July 21, 1987. At the conclusion of the final competition, Kristi Addis of Mississippi was crowned by outgoing queen Alison Brown of Oklahoma.... |
Julie Hodges | Phoenix | Best State Costume | |||
| 1986 Miss Teen USA 1986 Miss Teen USA 1986, the fourth Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Daytona Beach, Florida on January 21, 1986. At the conclusion of the final competition, Allison Brown of Oklahoma was crowned by outgoing queen Kelly Hu of Hawaii.... |
Kristi Vanney | Tempe Tempe, Arizona Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale... |
Miss Photogenic | |||
| 1985 Miss Teen USA 1985 Miss Teen USA 1985, the 3rd Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from the James L. Knight International Center Arena in Miami, Florida on 22 January 1985... |
Vanessa Stetson | Scottsdale Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385... |
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| 1984 Miss Teen USA 1984 Miss Teen USA 1984, the 2nd Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Memphis, Tennessee on 3 April, 1984. At the conclusion of the final competition, Cherise Haugen of Illinois was crowned by outgoing queen Ruth Zakarian of New York.... |
Shawn Andrews | Mesa | ||||
| 1983 Miss Teen USA 1983 Miss Teen USA 1983, the 1st ever Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from the Lakeland Civic Auditorium in Lakeland, Florida on 30 August 1983... |
Kris Keim | Scottsdale | Later Miss Arizona USA Miss Arizona USA The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions... 1988 |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant