Formation | 1983 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Anchorage |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Website | Official website |
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.
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 current directors are former titleholders and sisters Rachel Saldana (2002) and Sonja Garness (2005). [1]
There are three categories of competition which include Personality Interview, Swimsuit, and Evening gown. The fourth judging category is the on-stage impromptu question that is completed by the top five finalists.
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. [4]
Three Alaska teens later won the Miss Alaska USA title. [4]
Star Hunter of Anchorage was crowned Miss Alaska Teen USA 2023 on January 14, 2023 at Bartlett High School Auditorium in Anchorage. Hunter will represent Alaska at Miss Teen USA 2023.
Alaska holds a record of 3 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Year | Name [4] | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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2023 | Star Hunter | Anchorage | 16 | |||
2022 | Madison Hines | Eagle River | 16 | |||
2021 | Ellie Smith | Anchorage | 18 | Daughter 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] | Later Miss Alaska USA 2015 and congeniality winner at Miss USA 2015, tied with Miss Delaware USA Renee Bull [13] | ||
2012 | Veronica Temple | Eagle River [14] | 18 [14] | Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2009; [14] Sister of Miss Alaska USA 2010 Sarah Temple | ||
2011 | Denali Whiting [15] [16] | Kotzebue [16] | 19 | First 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] | Anchorage | 17 | |||
2006 | Degen Kasper [19] | Anchorage | 17 | |||
2005 | Sonja Garness | Anchorage | 17 | Top 15 | Sister of Miss Alaska Teen USA 2002 [1] | |
2004 | Nina Sutherlin | Anchorage | 18 | |||
2003 | Brittany Ann Jackson | Wasilla | 17 | Top 10 | ||
2002 | Rachel Marie Garness | Anchorage | 15 | Sister of Miss Alaska Teen USA 2005 [1] | ||
2001 | Danielle Smith | Anchorage | 18 | |||
Kaylen Kelley | Resigned title prior to national pageant. | |||||
2000 | Christina Olejniczak | Palmer | 18 | Later Miss Alaska USA 2002 | ||
1999 | Kjersti Parker | Anchorage | 18 | |||
1998 | Sarah Ann Smith | Anchorage | 16 | Mother of Elle Smith, Miss Alaska Teen USA 2021 | ||
1997 | Laurie Ann Miller | Wasilla | 18 | Later Miss Alaska USA 2000 | ||
1996 | Brandee McCoskey | Anchorage | 18 | |||
1995 | Heather Evans | Sitka | ||||
1994 | Kristina Bellamy | Anchorage | ||||
1993 | Christina Thornton | Anchorage | ||||
1992 | Cindy Bridges | Fairbanks | ||||
1991 | Stacey Stewart | Eagle River | ||||
1990 | Marla Johnson | Anchorage | 18 | 1st runner-up | ||
1989 | Amy Allen | Fairbanks | ||||
1988 | Joleen Jeffcoat | Fairbanks | ||||
1987 | Lauren Straubb | Wasilla | ||||
1986 | Bobbie Mitchell | Fairbanks | ||||
1985 | Debbie Eason | Fairbanks | ||||
1984 | Dawn Goldy | Fairbanks | ||||
1983 | Linda Kay Fickus | Fairbanks | Sister of Miss Alaska USA 1980 Debby Fickus [20] Died from breast cancer in 2008. [21] |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
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