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

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

 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.

Kentucky is ranked eight in terms of place and value of placements across all twenty-three years of competition at Miss Teen USA. When this is broken down to the six pageants 2000-2005, Kentucky places second http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-teen-usa/ranking/2000s.php. They are one of only five states to have won more than one Photogenic award http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-teen-usa/who-has-the-most.php.

Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002 Tara Conner

Tara Conner

Tara Elizabeth Conner is an American beauty queen and model, who was Miss USA 2006 and has also competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. Apart from her role as Miss USA, Conner has been employed as a model. She was a featured model on the HDNet series Bikini Fantasies in 2004,...

, who placed second runner-up to Vanessa Semrow

Vanessa Marie Semrow

Vanessa Marie Semrow is a beauty queen from Rhinelander, Wisconsin who held the Miss Teen USA 2002 title.Semrow won her first title, Miss Wisconsin Teen USA on October 15, 2001, in a pageant paying tribute to the events of September 11, 2001...

 at 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....

, later became Miss Kentucky USA

Miss Kentucky USA

The Miss Kentucky USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss USA pageant. The current director for the Miss Kentucky USA and Miss Kentucky Teen USA titles is Connie Clark Harrison. Mrs...

 2006. She is one of three teens to cross over to the corresponding Miss title, although one went on to compete at Miss America

Miss America

The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

.

Placement at Miss Teen USA

• First runners-up: Kristi Dawn Hicks (1989)
• Second runners-up: Krista Keith (1983), Kristen Johnson
  Kristen Johnson
  Kristen Lynn Johnson is a beauty queen who has represented Kentucky at both Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.-Miss Kentucky USA:Before Johnson returned to the USA pageant stage, she competed and won the title Miss Model of Kentucky....
  
   (2000), Tara Conner
  Tara Conner
  Tara Elizabeth Conner is an American beauty queen and model, who was Miss USA 2006 and has also competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. Apart from her role as Miss USA, Conner has been employed as a model. She was a featured model on the HDNet series Bikini Fantasies in 2004,...
  
   (2002)
• Top 6: April Vaughn (1990)
• Top 10: Lexie Kemper (1999), Amanda Nunnelley (2003)
• Top 12: Brittany Johnson (1995)
• Top 15: Sarah Withers (2005), Jefra Bland (2009), Taylor Hubbard (2010)

Awards

• Miss Photogenic: Lexie Kemper (1999), Kristen Johnson (2000)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
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...	Stephanie Jones	Elizabethtown Elizabethtown, Kentucky Elizabethtown is a city in and the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,531 at the 2010 census, making it the eleventh-largest city in the state...	18
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...	Taylor Hubbard	London London, Kentucky -Education:All of the following schools are administered by the Laurel County School District.-Primary schools:* * * * * * * * * * * * -High schools:* * -Colleges:* Laurel Technical College* * -Notable natives:...	15	Top 15
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...	Jefra Bland	Campbellsville Campbellsville, Kentucky Campbellsville is a city in Taylor County, Kentucky, United States. The population within city limits was 10,498 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Taylor County, and the home of Campbellsville University...	19	Top 15
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,...	Shannen Reil	West Van Lear Johnson County, Kentucky Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1843. As of 2000, the population was 23,445. Its county seat is Paintsville...	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...	Katrina Giannini	Princeton Princeton, Kentucky Princeton is a city in Caldwell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 6,329 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Caldwell County.-History:...	17
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....	Tiffany Withrow Tiffany Withrow Tiffany Rachelle Withrow is a beauty queen from Ashland, Kentucky who won the crown for Miss Kentucky Teen USA for 2006.Withrow was one of 80 contestants for the crown on November 25, 2006...	Ashland Ashland, Kentucky Ashland, formerly known as Poage Settlement, is a city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, nestled along the banks of the Ohio River. The population was 21,981 at the 2000 census. Ashland is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the...	17
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...	Sarah Bryan Withers	Columbia Columbia, Kentucky Columbia is a city in Adair County, Kentucky, United States, just above Russell Creek. The area was settled around 1802 by Daniel Trabue. The post office was opened on April 1, 1806 by John Field, who also ran a local store. The population was 4,014 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of...	18	Top 15
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....	Megan Frank	Greensburg Greensburg, Kentucky Greensburg is a city in Green County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,396 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Green County...	19
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....	Amanda Nunnelley	Louisville Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...	17	Top 10
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...	Tara Conner Tara Conner Tara Elizabeth Conner is an American beauty queen and model, who was Miss USA 2006 and has also competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. Apart from her role as Miss USA, Conner has been employed as a model. She was a featured model on the HDNet series Bikini Fantasies in 2004,...	Russell Springs Russell Springs, Kentucky Russell Springs is the largest city in Russell County, Kentucky, United States. Also is the Gateway to Lake Cumberland one of the largest man made lakes in the region, created by Wolf Creek Dam. The area has thrived since the 1850s as a health resort because of its location near a chalybeate spring...	16	2nd runner-up	Body Glove Swimsuit Award	Later Miss Kentucky USA Miss Kentucky USA The Miss Kentucky USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss USA pageant. The current director for the Miss Kentucky USA and Miss Kentucky Teen USA titles is Connie Clark Harrison. Mrs...  2006 and Miss USA Miss USA The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...  2006, 4 th Runner up at Miss Universe 2006 Miss Universe 2006 Miss Universe 2006, the 55th Miss Universe pageant, took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA. Unlike past events, it was broadcast live on NBC on a Sunday, July 23, 2006, almost two months later than usual....
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....	Katherine Faulkner	Hazard Hazard, Kentucky As of the census of 2000, there were 4,806 people, 1,946 households, and 1,266 families residing in the city. The population density was 684.6 people per square mile . There were 2,291 housing units at an average density of 326.4 per square mile...
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....	Kristen Johnson Kristen Johnson Kristen Lynn Johnson is a beauty queen who has represented Kentucky at both Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.-Miss Kentucky USA:Before Johnson returned to the USA pageant stage, she competed and won the title Miss Model of Kentucky....	Slaughters Slaughters, Kentucky Slaughters is a city in Webster County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 238 at the 2000 census. Slaughters lies just west of US 41 and 9 miles east of Dixon. According to local tradition, it was named for Gustavus G...	18	2nd runner-up	Miss Photogenic	Later Miss Kentucky USA Miss Kentucky USA The Miss Kentucky USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss USA pageant. The current director for the Miss Kentucky USA and Miss Kentucky Teen USA titles is Connie Clark Harrison. Mrs...  2005, 2nd runner up at Miss USA 2005
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....	Lexie Kemper	Louisville		Top 10	Miss Photogenic
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....	Elizabeth Arnold	Columbia Columbia, Kentucky Columbia is a city in Adair County, Kentucky, United States, just above Russell Creek. The area was settled around 1802 by Daniel Trabue. The post office was opened on April 1, 1806 by John Field, who also ran a local store. The population was 4,014 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of...				Later Miss Kentucky USA Miss Kentucky USA The Miss Kentucky USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss USA pageant. The current director for the Miss Kentucky USA and Miss Kentucky Teen USA titles is Connie Clark Harrison. Mrs...  2002
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....	Kelli Jones
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....	Kelly Marie Sodan	Berea Berea, Kentucky -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 9,851 people, 3,693 households, and 2,426 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,055.4 people per square mile . There were 4,115 housing units at an average density of 440.9 per square mile...
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...	Brittany Johnson	Virgie Virgie, Kentucky Virgie is an unincorporated community located along Kentucky Route 1469 in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. Virgie's post office was established as Clintwood on April 3, 1890, with James M. Damron as postmaster. It was later renamed "Virgie" after the daughter of local resident, W.O.B...		Top 12
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...	Crystal Hayden
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....	Holly Riggs
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 Boggess
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 Jackman	Louisville
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....	April Vaughn			Top 6
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...	Kristi Dawn Hicks	Bardstown Bardstown, Kentucky As of the census of 2010, there were 11,700 people, 4,712 households, and 2,949 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 5,113 housing units at an average density of...	17	1st runner-up		Later Miss Kentucky Miss Kentucky The Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss America pageant. Kentucky has once won the Miss America crown.- Winners :...  1995
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....	Marti Hendricks	Danville Danville, Kentucky Danville is a city in and the county seat of Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 16,218 at the 2010 census.Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Boyle and Lincoln counties....
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....	Tracey Marsee	Middlesboro
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....	Amy Miller
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...	Leanne Gregory	Lexington Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
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....	Suzy Neclerio	Georgetown Georgetown, Kentucky Georgetown is a city in Scott County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 29,098 at the 2010 census. The original settlement of Lebanon, founded by Rev. Elijah Craig, was renamed in 1790 in honor of President George Washington. It is the home of Georgetown College, a private liberal arts...
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...	Krista Keith			2nd runner-up

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

External links

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