Miss Alaska Teen USA

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Miss Alaska Teen USA
Formation1983
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Anchorage
Location
Membership Miss Teen USA
Official language
English
Website Official website
Victoria Ray, Miss Alaska Teen USA 2008 Victoria Ray headshot.png
Victoria Ray, Miss Alaska Teen USA 2008

Miss Alaska Teen USA is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss Teen USA pageant and the name of the title held by that winner.

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The pageant is part of the Miss Universe Organization which also holds the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants. The Miss Alaska Teen USA pageant is generally held in the late fall or early winter in Anchorage, Alaska together with the Miss Alaska USA. The pageant is currently directed by Simply Stunning LLC from 2015 until 2024. [1]

Alaska has never won Miss Teen USA title, [2] with only three teens making the semi-finals or better. However, Marla Johnson placed 1st runner-up to Bridgette Wilson of Oregon at Miss Teen USA 1990. The other two placements are recent, coming in 2003 and 2005. [1] [3] [4] Alaska has not won any special awards in Miss Teen USA. [4]

Three Alaska teens later won the Miss Alaska USA title. [4]

Josephine Herbert of Anchorage was crowned Miss Alaska Teen USA 2025 on August 3, 2025 at The University Of Alaska, Recital Hall in Anchorage. Herbert will represent Alaska at Miss Teen USA 2025.

Results summary

Placements

Alaska holds a record of 3 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Winners

YearName [4] HometownAge1Local titlePlacement at Miss Teen USASpecial awards at Miss Teen USANotes
2025Josephine HerbertTBATBAMiss North Star TeenTBATBA
2024 Nevaeh James Anchorage 16Miss Anchorage Teen
2023 Star Hunter Anchorage 16Miss South Anchorage Teen
2022 Madison Hines Eagle River 16Miss Eagle River Teen
2021 Ellie Smith Anchorage 18Daughter of Sarah Ann Smith, Miss Alaska Teen USA 1998
2020 Jadyn Fraser Fairbanks 15
  • Previously Miss Teen Earth Alaska 2018
2019 Meghan Scott [5] Eagle River 16
2018 McKinley Wooten Palmer 16
2017 Tana Bartels [6] Fairbanks [6] 18 [6]
2016 Nneamaka Isolokwu [7] Anchorage [8] 18 [8]
2015 Katelyn Cusack [9] [2] Anchorage [2] 17 [10]
2014 Whitney Williams Anchorage [11] 17 [11]
2013 Kimberly Agron Anchorage [12] 18 [12]
2012 Veronica Temple Eagle River [14] 18 [14]

Sister of Miss Alaska USA 2010 Sarah Temple

2011 Denali Whiting [15] [16] Kotzebue [16] 19First Inupiaq Eskimo to hold the title [16]
2010 Kali Scott Anchorage 17
2009 Zlata Sushchik [17] Anchorage [17] 19 [17]
2008 Victoria Ray Eagle River 18
2007 Muriel Clauson [18] Anchorage17
2006 Degen Kasper [19] Anchorage17
2005 Sonja GarnessAnchorage17Top 15Sister of Miss Alaska Teen USA 2002 [1]
2004Nina SutherlinAnchorage18
2003 Brittany Ann Jackson Wasilla 17Top 10
2002 Rachel Marie GarnessAnchorage15Sister of Miss Alaska Teen USA 2005 [1]
2001 Danielle SmithAnchorage18
Kaylen KelleyResigned title prior to national pageant.
2000 Christina Olejniczak Palmer 18
1999 Kjersti ParkerAnchorage18
1998 Sarah Ann SmithAnchorage16Mother of Elle Smith, Miss Alaska Teen USA 2021
1997 Laurie Ann MillerWasilla18
1996 Brandee McCoskeyAnchorage18
1995 Heather Evans Sitka
1994 Kristina BellamyAnchorage
1993 Christina ThorntonAnchorage
1992 Cindy Bridges Fairbanks
1991 Stacey StewartEagle River
1990 Marla JohnsonAnchorage181st runner-up
1989 Amy AllenFairbanks
1988 Joleen JeffcoatFairbanks
1987 Lauren StraubbWasilla
1986Bobbie MitchellFairbanks
1985 Debbie EasonFairbanks
1984 Dawn Goldi [20] Fairbanks 17
1983 Linda Kay Fickus FairbanksSister of Miss Alaska USA 1980 Debby Fickus [21] Died from breast cancer in 2008. [22]

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Directors". Miss Alaska USA & Teen USA.
  2. 1 2 3 Patil, Tulsi (December 7, 2014). "2015 winners for Miss Alaska USA and Miss Alaska Teen USA crowned Saturday". KTUU. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Teen Queen Named". Honolulu Advertiser. August 13, 2003.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Hall of Fame". Miss Alaska USA & Teen USA.
  5. ↑ "Congratulations to the new Miss Alaska Teen USA 2019, Meghan Scott!". Miss Alaska Teen USA via Facebook. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 Bohman, Amanda (February 10, 2017). "Fairbanks barista wins statewide teen beauty contest". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
  7. ↑ "Meet the new Miss Alaska USA and Miss Alaska Teen USA". KTVA Alaska. December 11, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Nneamaka Isolokwu". Miss Teen USA. Retrieved February 17, 2017. Age field on website is dynamic.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  9. ↑ "Meet Miss Alaska USA & Miss Alaska Teen USA". KTVA Alaska. December 12, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Katelyn Cusack". Miss Teen USA. Retrieved February 17, 2017. Age field on website is dynamic.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  11. 1 2 "Whitney Williams". Miss Teen USA. Retrieved February 17, 2017. Age field on website is dynamic.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  12. 1 2 "Kimberly Agron". Miss Teen USA. Retrieved February 17, 2017. Age field on website is dynamic.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  13. ↑ Weigle, Lauren (July 13, 2015). "Miss Oklahoma Olivia Jordan Crowned Winner of Miss USA 2015 Pageant". Heavy. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  14. 1 2 3 "Veronica Temple". Miss Teen USA. Retrieved February 17, 2017. Age field on website is dynamic.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  15. ↑ Barber, Victoria (December 11, 2010). "Denali Whiting wins Miss Alaska Teen USA". Arctic Sounder. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  16. 1 2 3 Rogers, Jillian (November 23, 2014). "Bringing Inupiat culture to the beauty pageant stage". Alaska Dispatch News. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  17. 1 2 3 "Miss Alaska, Miss Alaska Teen USA eager to share their experiences". Juneau Empire. August 16, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Alaskan Beauty Crowned". Anchorage Daily News. December 1, 2006. p. B2.
  19. ↑ "Beauty Pageant Winners". Anchorage Daily News. January 5, 2006. p. B2.
  20. ↑ "Solid Gold leap". The Commercial Appeal . April 4, 1984. p. 1. Retrieved October 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  21. ↑ Head, Terry (August 28, 1983). "A Day at Pageant Boot Camp". Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Obituary - Linda Kay Manns". Juneau Empire. August 24, 2008. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
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