Formation | 1999 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Fresno |
Location | |
Membership | Miss America's Outstanding Teen |
Official language | English |
Key people | Junann Smith (Executive Director) |
Website | Official website |
The Miss California's Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of California in the Miss America's Teen pageant.
Keira Bixler of Visalia was crowned Miss California's Outstanding Teen on June 18, 2024 at the Visalia Convention Center in Visalia, California. She will compete at Miss America's Teen 2025 in January 2025.
In January of 2023, the official name of the pageant was changed from Miss California’s Outstanding Teen, to Miss California’s Teen, in accordance with the national pageant.
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss California's Outstanding Teen titleholders presented in the table below. The year in parentheses indicates year of the Miss America's Outstanding Teen competition in which the placement and/or award was garnered.
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Talent | Placement at MAO Teen | Special scholarships at MAO Teen | Notes |
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2024 | Keira Bixler | 18 | Miss Fresno County's Teen | Ballet en Pointe | TBA | TBA | ||
2023 | Marlie Wright | San Diego | 18 | Miss San Diego's Teen | HERStory | |||
2022 | Olivia DeFrank | Los Angeles | 17 | Miss Anaheim's Outstanding Teen | Piano | Top 11 | Teens in Action 1st Runner-up | Younger sister of Miss Ohio's Outstanding Teen 2019-2020, Madison DeFrank |
2021 | Maya Alvarez-Coyne [1] | Irvine | 18 | Miss Canyon Hills' Outstanding Teen | Irish Fusion Dance | First Latina to win the title of Miss California's Outstanding Teen [1] | ||
2019-20 | Isabella Mills [2] | San Francisco | 15 | Miss Santa Clara's Outstanding Teen | Ballet en Pointe, "Tambourine Variation" from La Esmeralda | |||
2018 | Cameron Doan [3] | Anaheim | 16 | Miss Anaheim's Outstanding Teen | Baton Twirling, "Come Alive" | Top 9 [4] | Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award [4] | Later Miss California Teen USA 2021 |
2017 | Violet Joy Hansen [5] | El Dorado Hills | 17 | Miss Central California's Outstanding Teen | Vocal, "Olympia's Aria" from The Tales of Hoffmann | |||
2016 | Jenna Tower [6] | Garden Grove | 17 | Miss Garden Grove's Outstanding Teen [7] | Roller Skating | 3-time National Roller Skating Champion [6] | ||
2015 | Avery Grooms [8] [9] | Fresno | 17 | Miss Sierra Nevada's Outstanding Teen | Lyrical Dance | |||
2014 | Kyla Reed [10] | Tehachapi | 17 | Miss Orange County's Outstanding Teen | Piano | |||
2013 | Mikaela Harris [11] | Clovis | 16 | Miss Clovis' Outstanding Teen | Piano | 1st Runner Up at Miss California 2024 | ||
2012 | Grace Grant [12] | San Francisco | 17 | Miss Golden Gate's Outstanding Teen | Ballet | Top 12 [13] | ||
2011 | Jessa Carmack [14] | Santa Clara | 17 | Miss Mission City's Outstanding Teen | Dance | Top 15 | Later Miss California 2016 [15] Top 10 at Miss America 2017 pageant [16] | |
2010 | Shelby Sinkler [17] | Fremont | 17 | Miss East Bay Cities' Outstanding Teen | Tap Dance, “Fabulous Feet” | Community Service Award [18] | ||
2009 | Monica Stainer [19] [20] | Huntington Beach | 15 | Miss Teen City of Los Angeles | Classical Ballet | 4th runner-up [21] | Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Preliminary Talent Award | |
2008 | Crystal Lee [22] | San Francisco | 17 | Miss Teen San Francisco | Ballet en Pointe | Top 10 [23] | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Later Miss California 2013 [24] 1st runner-up at Miss America 2014 pageant [22] [25] |
2007 | Jordan Krinke [26] | Placentia | 16 | Miss Teen Placentia | Dance | Later National Sweetheart 2013 [27] | ||
2006 | Summer Clark [28] | Elk Grove | 16 | Miss Teen Elk Grove | Percussion | |||
2005 | Arianna Afsar [29] | San Diego | 13 | Miss Teen San Diego | Vocal, “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from Funny Girl | 1st runner-up [29] | Preliminary Talent Award [29] | Top 36 contestant on America Idol [30] Later Miss California 2010 [31] Top 10 at Miss America 2011 pageant [32] Starred as Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton in the Chicago production of Hamilton [33] [34] |
2004 | Elizabeth Tang [35] | Valencia | 15 | Miss Teen Culvur County | Piano | No national pageant | ||
Isabella Tang [35] | 15 | Miss Teen Los Angeles County | Piano | |||||
2003 | Devon Guthrie [35] | Vocal | ||||||
2002 | Katina Mitchell [36] | San Diego | Miss Teen San Diego | Vocal | ||||
2001 | Kendall Lewis [37] | |||||||
Ashley Newton[ citation needed ] | Vocal | |||||||
2000 | Jessica Kloor [38] | San Diego | Miss Teen San Diego | Vocal | ||||
1999 | Shirin Bakhshay [35] |
The Miss California competition selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss America competition.
Miss America's Teen is an American scholarship pageant. It is the sister program to the Miss America Opportunity, and it aims to "promote scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for America's teens." In order to be eligible to compete, participants must first compete and win at the local level and then win the state title. The competition consists of several parts of competition which consists of an eight-minute interview in front of a panel of judges, talent, lifestyle and wellness, evening wear, and an on-stage question. All competitors must be girls between the ages of 13 and 18 years of age.
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In June of 2016 Jenna was crowned Miss California's Outstanding Teen...
The 2014 winner, Kyla Reed of Tehachapi, crowned her replacement, Miss Sierra Nevada Avery Grooms.
Fremont student Shelby Sinkler has won the Miss California's Outstanding Teen Competition...
Monica Stainer, also a Huntington Beach resident, was named Miss California Outstanding Teen.