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Formation | 1983 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Coral Springs |
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Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Exec. Director | Barbara Ewald |
Budget | 300,000 |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Connecticut Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
The state pageant directors are:
Connecticut has been one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA. In 2002, Ashley Bickford's placement followed the 4th runner-up placement of Miss Connecticut USA Alita Dawson, who had previously been Miss Connecticut Teen-USA 1997. This was Connecticut's highest joint placement, and the highest joint placement of any state that year. Dawson was one of four Miss Connecticut Teen-USA titleholder to later win the Miss Connecticut-USA title.
The state has produced two Miss Teen USA winners: Logan West who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2012, and Kaliegh Garris who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2019.
Mya Xeller of New Haven was crowned Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2022 on April 10, 2022, at Marriott Airport Hotel in Windsor. She will represent Connecticut for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.
Connecticut holds a record of 5 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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2024 | Ava Celentano | North Haven | 14 | TBA | ||
2023 | Jade Ferdinand | Stamford | 19 | |||
2022 | Mya Xeller | New Haven | 17 | |||
2021 | Nikitha Kikanamada | South Windsor | 19 | First Indian American Miss Connecticut Teen USA | ||
2020 | Samantha Sarelli | Westport | 18 | Top 16 | ||
2019 | Kaliegh Garris | New Haven | 18 | Miss Teen USA 2019 | ||
2018 | Elle Sauli | Newtown | 17 | |||
2017 | Lana Coffey | New Canaan | 18 | |||
2016 | Katy Brown | Hebron | 18 | |||
2015 | Savannah Marie Giammarco | Middletown | 16 |
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2014 | Sydney West | Vernon | 16 |
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2013 | Kendall Leary | Wallingford | 17 | |||
2012 | Logan West [1] | Southington | 18 | Miss Teen USA 2012 [2] [3] |
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2011 | Samantha Mary Sojka | North Granby | 19 | |||
2010 | Alyssa Taglia | Cheshire | 16 | |||
2009 | Tiffany Ann Teixeira | Bridgeport | 17 |
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2008 | Brianne Hiltz | Shelton | 18 | |||
2007 | Olga Yurievna Litvinenko [5] | Greenwich | 17 |
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2006 | Kristen Heide | Madison | 18 | |||
2005 | Jennifer Brooks | Bristol | 17 |
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2004 | Kayla Salerno | New Britain | 16 | |||
2003 | Nina Musumeci | Hartford | 17 | |||
2002 | Ashley Bickford | Hartford | 17 | Semi-finalist | Triple Crown winner:
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2001 | Marie-Lynn Piscitelli | North Haven | 15 |
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2000 | Lisa DeLeo | Guilford | 17 | |||
1999 | Bethany McGlynn | Preston | 18 | |||
1998 | Natalie Perez | Meriden | 18 | |||
1997 | Alita Dawson | Hamden | 18 |
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1996 | Marissa Perez | Meriden | 18 |
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1995 | Tiffanyanne Kosma | Voluntown | ||||
1994 | Stacey Ann Raffone | New Haven | ||||
1993 | Cynthia Schneck | Wilton | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
1992 | Tiffany Selivonchik | New Milford | ||||
1991 | Allison Benusis | Ridgefield |
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1990 | Amy Raboin | Hartford | ||||
1989 | Suzanne Ianucci | West Haven | ||||
1988 | Bobbie-Jo Shanahan | East Hartford | ||||
1987 | Allison Barbeau-Diorio | Fairfield | Miss Congeniality |
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1986 | Karen Zawacki | Danbury | ||||
1985 | Kristine Kunst | Wallingford | 16 | |||
1984 | Monique Savery | Hartford | ||||
1983 | Beth Waldron | Hartford |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
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