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Formation | 1983 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Santa Monica |
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Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Website | www |
The Miss California Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss Teen USA pageant. It was formed in 1983. This pageant is part of the Miss USA Organization.[ citation needed ]
California is in the top five most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Miss California een USA titleholders have been invited to red-carpet movie premieres, such as that for Santa Clause 3 attended by Kylee Lin, [1] and She's the Man , attended by Jessica Powell. [2]
The current titleholder is Paige Gonor of San Diego, who is crowned on June 23, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency Orange County. Gonor represented California for the title of Miss Teen USA 2024.
In the 1980s, the pageant was directed by Richard Guy and Rex Holt, who also oversaw the Miss California USA, Miss Texas USA and Miss Texas Teen USA pageants. They lost the contract in 1990, when it came up for renewal. [3]
California holds a record of 24 placements at Miss Teen USA.
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Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Local Title | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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2024 | Paige Gonor | San Diego | 18 | Miss San Diego County Teen | |||
2023 | Taliya Ariana Peiris | San Ramon | 18 | Miss Bay Area Teen | Top 20 | ||
2022 | Cassidy Hill | Newport Beach | 18 | Miss Newport Beach Teen | Second runner-up | ||
2021 | Cameron Doan | Anaheim | 19 | Miss Anaheim Hills Teen | Top 16 |
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2020 | Zoe Hunt | Coronado | 17 | Miss Coronado Teen | Top 16 | ||
2019 | Alina Rae Carranza | Los Angeles | 17 | Miss Woodland Hills Teen | |||
2018 | Janeice Love [4] | Barstow | 17 | Miss Coastal Cities Teen | Top 15 | ||
2017 | Jaanu Patel [5] | Huntington Beach | 16 | Miss Huntington Beach Teen | Fourth runner-up | ||
2016 | Athenna Crosby [6] | San Jose | 17 | Miss Santa Monica Teen | Top 15 |
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2015 | Melanie Mitchell [7] | Anaheim | 16 | Miss Anaheim Hills Teen | First runner-up | ||
2014 | Bianca Vierra [8] | Hayward | 19 | Miss Brea Canyon Teen | Third runner-up |
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2013 | Chloe Hope Hatfield [9] [10] | Norco | 18 | Miss Malibu Teen | did not compete |
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Cassidy Wolf [10] | Temecula | 19 | Miss Greater San Diego Teen | Miss Teen USA 2013 | |||
2012 | Alexa Jones [11] | Ramona | 18 | Miss Orange County Teen |
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2011 | Alexis Swanstrom | San Diego | 17 | Miss San Diego Teen | Second runner-up |
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2010 | Emma Baker | Poway | 18 | Miss Poway Teen | Second runner-up |
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2009 | Chelsea Gilligan | Beaumont | 18 | Miss Beaumont Teen | Second runner-up | ||
2008 | Taylor Atkins | Piru | 17 | Miss Ventura County Teen | Top 15 | ||
2007 | Kylee Lin | San Rafael | 16 | Miss Marin Teen | |||
2006 | Jessica Powell | Barstow | 18 | Miss Barstow Teen | |||
2005 | Stephanie Brink | Bellflower | 18 | Fourth runner-up | |||
2004 | Stacey Beltran | Oxnard | 18 |
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2003 | Shannon Byrne | Vacaville | 18 | ||||
2002 | Jennifer Morgan | Alpine | 17 | First runner-up | |||
2001 | Casey McClain [12] | San Marcos | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
2000 | Alexandra Thompson | Vacaville | 15 | ||||
1999 | Marianne Kennedy | Long Beach | 17 | ||||
1998 | Amanda O'Leary [13] | Fullerton | 19 | ||||
1997 | Kimberly Gloudemans | Bakersfield | 16 | First runner-up to National Sweetheart 2001 | |||
1996 | Michelle Cardamon | San Diego | 18 | Second runner-up | |||
1995 | Kellie Foster-Moore | Fresno | 17 | Semi-finalist | |||
1994 | Shauna Gambill [14] | Acton | 17 | Miss Teen USA 1994 |
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1993 | Stefanie Sweeney | El Dorado Hills | 18 | Now Stevi McShane; owner of Crowned One Productions, a pageant production company, and director of the Miss California U.S. International Pageant and the Jr. Miss and Miss Teen and Miss California American Beauty Pageant. [15] She was also Mrs. California International, 2008. [16] | |||
1992 | Natasha Allas | Los Angeles | 18 | Finalist |
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1991 | Jolene Fulkner | Yorba Linda | 14 | Youngest ever Miss California Teen USA [18] | |||
1990 | Trisha Robey | Los Angeles | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
1989 | Michealean Bonilla | Los Angeles | 17 | ||||
1988 | Alison Moreno [19] | El Toro | 15 | Best State Costume | Disqualified from competing at the national pageant curfew violation, contrary to pageant rules. [19] | ||
1987 | Angi Aylor [20] | El Toro | 14 | Semi-finalist (6th) [21] | Miss Photogenic (tie) |
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1986 | Michelle Lowell | Ontario | 17 | ||||
1985 | Sharon Gunther | Clovis | 16 | ||||
1984 | Jodie Alvarez | San Pedro | 19 | ||||
1983 | Shawn Gardner | Modesto | 17 | Semi-finalist | Placed first runner-up in state pageant, assumed title when winner resigned title to get married. [22] | ||
Teresa St. Nicholas | Monterey | 17 | Resigned |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
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