Miss Teen USA 1986, the fourth 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, was televised live from Daytona Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, USA. According to 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,211. Daytona Beach is a principal city of the Deltona – Daytona Beach – Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which the census bureau estimated had...

 on January 21, 1986. At the conclusion of the final competition, Allison Brown

Allison Brown

Allison Brown is a beauty queen from Oklahoma who won the title Miss Teen USA 1986.Brown became the first Miss Oklahoma Teen USA to win at Miss Teen USA, when she won the title in the pageant held in Daytona Beach, Florida on January 21, 1986....

 of Oklahoma

Miss Oklahoma Teen USA

The Miss Oklahoma Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This state was taken over by Vanbros in 1997....

 was crowned by outgoing queen Kelly Hu

Kelly Hu

Kelly Ann Hu is an American actress and former fashion model. She was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993.-Early life:Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Juanita, an engineering drafter for Honolulu, and Herbert Hu, a salesman and exotic bird breeder; the two divorced during...

 of Hawaii

Miss Hawaii Teen USA

The Miss Hawaii Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Although Hawaii has made the cut fewer times than many states, they have achieved a number of high placings. They are ranked seventh in terms of placements won...

.

This was the first year the pageant was held in Daytona Beach, although it had been staged in Miami

Miami, Florida

Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...

 the previous year. The pageant was hosted by Michael Young, the host from 1983-1984 who returned from hosting after a break in 1985. Colour commentary was provided by Morgan Brittany

Morgan Brittany

Morgan Brittany is an American film and television actress. She is possibly best known for her role in the 1980s primetime soap opera Dallas, where she portrayed Katherine Wentworth, the scheming younger half-sister of Pamela Ewing and Cliff Barnes.-Early career:Under her birth name, Brittany...

, and there was entertainment from Kool and The Gang.

Placements

• Miss Teen USA 1986: Allison Brown
  Allison Brown
  Allison Brown is a beauty queen from Oklahoma who won the title Miss Teen USA 1986.Brown became the first Miss Oklahoma Teen USA to win at Miss Teen USA, when she won the title in the pageant held in Daytona Beach, Florida on January 21, 1986....
  
  (Oklahoma
  Miss Oklahoma Teen USA
  The Miss Oklahoma Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This state was taken over by Vanbros in 1997....
  
  )
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Becky Pestana(Texas
    Miss Texas Teen USA
    The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Texas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Texas is one of the most successful states across all twenty-seven years of competition at Miss Teen USA. They have had fifteen semi-finalists, three more than any...
    
    )
  • 2nd runner-up: Claudia Liem (New York
    Miss New York Teen USA
    The Miss New York Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Like the first Miss USA competition , the first Miss Teen USA competition was won by a Miss New York Teen USA. That winner was Ruth Zakarian, who went on to...
    
    )
  • 3rd runner-up: Angela Thigpen (Virginia
    Miss Virginia Teen USA
    The Miss Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant....
    
    )
  • 4th runner-up: Valerie Marsden (South Dakota
    Miss South Dakota Teen USA
    The Miss South Dakota Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Dakota in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant is directed by Future Productions....
    
    )

• The remaining semi-finalists were: Cara Lee Hanson (New Mexico
  Miss New Mexico Teen USA
  The Miss New Mexico Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss Teen USA pageant....
  
  ), Shasta St. Angelo (Louisiana
  Miss Louisiana Teen USA
  The Miss Louisiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant....
  
  ), Stefanie Smith (Florida
  Miss Florida Teen USA
  The Miss Florida Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Florida ties with Illinois for most Miss Photogenic awards...
  
  ), Rosalie Cuzo (New Jersey
  Miss New Jersey Teen USA
  The Miss New Jersey Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss Teen USA pageant....
  
  ), Jodi Caldwell (West Virginia).

Special awards

• Miss Congeniality: Dana Moody (Arkansas
  Miss Arkansas Teen USA
  The Miss Arkansas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.From 1986 until 2004, when Summer Thorn won Miss Photogenic, no Miss Arkansas Teen USA had placed or won an award at the national competition...
  
  )
• Miss Photogenic: Kristy Vanney (Arizona
  Miss Arizona Teen USA
  The Miss Arizona Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Arizona has not had a great deal of success at Miss USA, with only five teens making the cut...
  
  )
• Best State Costume: Melissa Forlini (Pennsylvania
  Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA
  The Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Sanders and Associates....
  
  )

Final competition scores

State	Preliminaries	Interview	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Average
Oklahoma	8.977	9.488	9.488	9.533	9.503
Texas	8.851	9.333	9.411	9.500	9.414
New York	8.888	9.155	9.100	8.988	9.081
South Dakota	8.555	9.022	9.088	9.073	9.122
Virginia	8.910	9.162	8.911	8.966	9.013
New Mexico	8.906	8.900	8.911	9.133	8.981
Louisiana	8.644	8.755	8.744	9.177	8.705
Florida	8.647	8.600	8.666	8.744	8.670
New Jersey	8.292	8.811	8.503	8.488	8.518
West Virginia	8.607	8.000	8.533	8.666	8.399

     Winner

     First runner-up

     Second runner-up

     Third runner-up

     Fourth runner-up

Firsts

• New York placed for the first time since Ruth Zakarian
  Ruth Zakarian
  Ruth Zakarian was the winner of the first ever Miss Teen USA pageant, held in 1983 in Lakeland, Florida. She went on to compete in Miss USA 1984 as Miss Teen USA 1983.-Miss Teen USA:...
  
   won in 1983, and Virginia placed for the first time since 1983, when Tina Marocco was first runner-up to Zakarian.
• South Dakota placed for the first time. This is one of only two placements by South Dakotan teens.
• West Virginia, Louisiana, New Jersey and Florida also placed for the first time. Florida would not place again until 1994.

Delegates

The Miss Teen USA 1986 delegates were:

Alabama

Miss Alabama Teen USA

The Miss Alabama Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alabama in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Alabama has not had a great deal of success at Miss Teen USA, with only four teens making the cut and none placing higher than 4th runner-up. That placement...

- Gail Magee Alaska

Miss Alaska Teen USA

The Miss Alaska Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Alaska has not had a great deal of success at Miss Teen USA, with only three teens making the cut. However, Marla Johnston placed 1st runner-up to Bridgette...

- Bobbie Mitchell Arizona

Miss Arizona Teen USA

The Miss Arizona Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Arizona has not had a great deal of success at Miss USA, with only five teens making the cut...

- Kristy Vanney Arkansas

Miss Arkansas Teen USA

The Miss Arkansas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.From 1986 until 2004, when Summer Thorn won Miss Photogenic, no Miss Arkansas Teen USA had placed or won an award at the national competition...

- Dana Moody California

Miss California Teen USA

The Miss California Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is part of the Miss Universe Organization, owned by Donald Trump....

- Michelle Lowell Colorado

Miss Colorado Teen USA

The Miss Colorado Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss Teen USA pageant. From 2007, the pageant has been directed by the Future Productions group which also directs pageants in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,...

- Raeanne Durkee Connecticut

Miss Connecticut Teen USA

The Miss Connecticut Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed Pageant Associates as of June, 2010....

- Sherry Durweckie Delaware

Miss Delaware Teen USA

The Miss Delaware Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Delaware in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed D&D Investments....

- Laura Hawthorne District of Columbia

Miss District of Columbia Teen USA

The Miss District of Columbia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Melissa Gilbert Florida

Miss Florida Teen USA

The Miss Florida Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Florida ties with Illinois for most Miss Photogenic awards...

- Stefanie Smith Georgia

Miss Georgia Teen USA

The Miss Georgia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed Greenwood Productions...

- Wendy Newendorf Hawaii

Miss Hawaii Teen USA

The Miss Hawaii Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Although Hawaii has made the cut fewer times than many states, they have achieved a number of high placings. They are ranked seventh in terms of placements won...

- Michelle Hardin Idaho

Miss Idaho Teen USA

The Miss Idaho Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Idaho in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Idaho has only placed twice and as such is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA...

- Katherine Comba Illinois

Miss Illinois Teen USA

The Miss Illinois Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Illinois in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Diane Lowery Indiana

Miss Indiana Teen USA

The Miss Indiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Sanders and Associates....

- Kristan Heck Iowa

Miss Iowa Teen USA

The Miss Iowa Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Iowa in the Miss Teen USA pageant, which is co-owned by the Miss Universe Organization, NBC Universal and Donald Trump...

- Stacy Horst Kansas

Miss Kansas Teen USA

The Miss Kansas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.This pageant has been part of the Vanbros organisation since 1992, and in 2006 celebrated their fifteen-year anniversary with a reunion of former titleholders at...

- Kimberlee Girrens Kentucky

Miss Kentucky Teen USA

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

- Amy Miller Louisiana

Miss Louisiana Teen USA

The Miss Louisiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Shasta St. Angelo Maine

Miss Maine Teen USA

The Miss Maine Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss Teen USA pageant. From 2007 the pageant will be directed by Mackenzie Davis, Miss Maine USA 2004....

- Linda King Maryland

Miss Maryland Teen USA

The Miss Maryland Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Maryland did not place at Miss Teen USA until 1992, but since then this state has been quite successful, including earning four runner-up placements, and a...

- Julie Stanford Massachusetts

Miss Massachusetts Teen USA

The Miss Massachusetts Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Massachusetts in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Michelle King Michigan

Miss Michigan Teen USA

The Miss Michigan Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Michigan in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is produced by Proctor Productions, including Melissa Pitchford who was Miss Ohio USA 1990....

- Sherry Turner Minnesota

Miss Minnesota Teen USA

The Miss Minnesota Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Future Productions....

- Jennifer Geckal Mississippi

Miss Mississippi Teen USA

The Miss Mississippi Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Mississippi in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Michelle Veshay Missouri

Miss Missouri Teen USA

The Miss Missouri Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Missouri in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant has been directed by Vanbros since 1993....

- Jennifer Sandgora
Montana

Miss Montana Teen USA

The Miss Montana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Montana in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Montana's first placement at Miss Teen USA occurred in 2006 at Miss Teen USA 2006...

- Karry Koslecki Nebraska

Miss Nebraska Teen USA

The Miss Nebraska Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nebraska in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant has been directed by Vanbros since 2002.Nebraska has had only two placements at Miss Teen USA...

- Elizabeth Beshay Nevada

Miss Nevada Teen USA

The Miss Nevada Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by The Atwell Group....

- Wendy Stuart New Hampshire

Miss New Hampshire Teen USA

The Miss New Hampshire Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Hampshire in the Miss Teen USA pageant.In terms of number of placements New Hampshire is one of the least successful states...

- Diane Dothan New Jersey

Miss New Jersey Teen USA

The Miss New Jersey Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Rosalie Cuzo New Mexico

Miss New Mexico Teen USA

The Miss New Mexico Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Cara Lee Hanson New York

Miss New York Teen USA

The Miss New York Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Like the first Miss USA competition , the first Miss Teen USA competition was won by a Miss New York Teen USA. That winner was Ruth Zakarian, who went on to...

- Claudia Liem North Carolina

Miss North Carolina Teen USA

The Miss North Carolina Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Carolina in the Miss Teen USA pageant and is part of the RPM Productions group....

- Denise Jacobs North Dakota

Miss North Dakota Teen USA

The Miss North Dakota Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Dakota in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Shannon Keiser Ohio

Miss Ohio Teen USA

The Miss Ohio Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Ohio is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, and has only placed three times. Most importantly, Allie LaForce won the Miss Teen USA crown in 2005,...

- Michele Beane Oklahoma

Miss Oklahoma Teen USA

The Miss Oklahoma Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This state was taken over by Vanbros in 1997....

 - Allison Brown

Allison Brown

Allison Brown is a beauty queen from Oklahoma who won the title Miss Teen USA 1986.Brown became the first Miss Oklahoma Teen USA to win at Miss Teen USA, when she won the title in the pageant held in Daytona Beach, Florida on January 21, 1986....

Oregon

Miss Oregon USA

The Miss Oregon USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oregon in the Miss USA pageant.Oregon has only had limited success at Miss USA and has never won the competition. The highest placed Miss Oregon USA was Gail Atchison who finished 2nd runner-up to...

- Dana Christiansen Pennsylvania

Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA

The Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Sanders and Associates....

- Melissa Forlini Rhode Island

Miss Rhode Island Teen USA

The Miss Rhode Island Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Rhode Island in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Lori Damiani South Carolina - Angela Shuler South Dakota

Miss South Dakota Teen USA

The Miss South Dakota Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Dakota in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant is directed by Future Productions....

- Valerie Marsden Tennessee

Miss Tennessee Teen USA

The Miss Tennessee Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Tennessee in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Wendy Alaose Texas

Miss Texas Teen USA

The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Texas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Texas is one of the most successful states across all twenty-seven years of competition at Miss Teen USA. They have had fifteen semi-finalists, three more than any...

- Becky Pestana Utah

Miss Utah Teen USA

The Miss Utah Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss Teen USA pageant.From 2006, the pageant will be produced by Red Curtain Productions, which includes a number of former Miss Utah Teen USAs and Miss Utah USAs.Utah is one of the least...

- Michelle Montgomery Vermont

Miss Vermont Teen USA

The Miss Vermont Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Vermont in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Vermont is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, having only placed twice...

- Holly Mickable Virginia

Miss Virginia Teen USA

The Miss Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Angela Thigpen Washington

Miss Washington Teen USA

The Miss Washington Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The Miss Teen USA pageant will be held in late July 2011, in the Bahamas....

- Lisa Elliot West Virginia

Miss West Virginia Teen USA

The Miss West Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant.The current titleholder is Miss Susan Hines King of Fairmont, West Virginia....

- Jodi Caldwell Wisconsin

Miss Wisconsin Teen USA

The Miss Wisconsin Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wisconsin in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Wisconsin is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, having only placed on two occasions...

- Lanae St.John Wyoming

Miss Wyoming Teen USA

The Miss Wyoming Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wyoming in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Wyoming is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, having only placed on four occasions...

- Julie Henry

• Wendy Neuendorf (Georgia) later won the Miss Alabama
  Miss Alabama
  The Miss Alabama competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Alabama in the Miss America pageant.Miss Alabamas have performed strongly at the Miss America pageant, particularly in the early 21st century, when the state produced their third Miss America, a first...
  
   1990 and represented Alabama 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...
  
   1991.
• Allison Brown competed in the Miss USA 1987 pageant as Miss Teen USA. At the time, Miss Teen USA winners were entitled to compete at Miss USA without winning state titles.
• Other contestants who later competed at 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...
  
   were
  • Angela Shuler (South Carolina) - Miss South Carolina USA
    Miss South Carolina USA
    The Miss South Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state South Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant has been produced by RPM Productions since 1980....
    
     1989
  • Julie Stanford (Maryland) - Miss Maryland USA
    Miss Maryland USA
    The Miss Maryland USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Maryland in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Investments....
    
     1990
  • Kimberlee Girrens (Kansas) - Miss Kansas USA
    Miss Kansas USA
    The Miss Kansas USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss USA pageant.Kansas did not place at Miss USA until 1973, the third-to-last state to make their first placement. From then, no delegate from Kansas made the cut until 1991, when Kelli...
    
     1992 (finalist at Miss USA 1992
    Miss USA 1992
    Miss USA 1992, the 41st Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on 7 February 1992.At the conclusion of the final competition, Shannon Marketic of California was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kelli McCarty of Kansas...
    
    )
  • Linda Marie Kiene (Maine) - Miss Maine USA
    Miss Maine USA
    The Miss Maine USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant has been directed by Mackenzie Davis, Miss Maine USA 2004, since 2007....
    
    1992

Judges

• Beverly Sassoon
• Tim Foli
• Susan Richardson
• Henry Polic II
• Beverly Johnson
• Allen Fawcett
• Randy Ronsfeld
• Marj Dusay
• Bobby To
• Cherise Haugen
• Hinton Battle