For the state pageant affiliated with Miss Teen USA, see Miss Illinois Teen USA
Formation | 2005 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Location | |
Membership | Miss America's Outstanding Teen |
Official language | English |
Key people | Claire Thorpe Klinskey (Executive Director) |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Illinois' Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Illinois in the Miss America's Teen pageant.
Isabella Waggoner of Ramsey was crowned Miss Illinois' Teen on June 10, 2023 at the Marion Cultural and Civic Center in Marion, Illinois. She will compete for the title of Miss America's Teen 2024 in January 2024.
In January of 2023, the official name of the pageant was changed from Miss Illinois’ Outstanding Teen, to Miss Illinois’ Teen, in accordance with the national pageant.
The year in parentheses indicated year of Miss America's Outstanding Teen competition the award/placement was garnered.
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Talent | Placement at MAO Teen | Special scholarships at MAO Teen | Notes |
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2023 | Isabella Waggoner [1] | Ramsey | 17 | Miss Capital City's Teen | Violin | |||
2022 | Mia Fritsch-Anderson | Chicago | 17 | Miss Chicago's Outstanding Teen | Irish Dance | |||
2021 | Kylie Ryder [2] | Sycamore | 18 | Miss Windy City's Outstanding Teen | Lyrical Dance, "Who You Are" | |||
2020 | Victoria Shore | Marion | 18 | Miss Land of Lincoln's Outstanding Teen 2019 | Vocal | N/A | Assumed title when Imani Muse stepped down after a year of service. Later became Miss Missouri Volunteer 2022. | |
2019 | Imani P. Muse [3] | Illinois City | 16 | Miss Chicago's Outstanding Teen | Vocal, "The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha | Non-finalist Interview Award | First African-American to be named Miss Illinois' Outstanding Teen Miss Birmingham 2024 | |
2018 | Peyton Newman [4] | Vernon Hills | 16 | Vocal, "Vienna" | Non-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ Award [5] | Previously National American Miss Junior Pre Teen 2012[ citation needed ] Previously Miss Illinois’ Outstanding Pre-Teen 2014
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2017 | Maddie Mazzella [7] | Chicago | 17 | Vocal “On my Way” | ||||
2016 | Christine Bryant [8] | Marion | 17 | Miss Southern Illinois' Outstanding Teen | Vocal, “Hallelujah” | |||
2015 | Peyton Tucker [9] | Moline | 17 | Miss Windy City's Outstanding Teen | Vocal | |||
2014 | Grace Etzkorn [10] | Lisle | 17 | Vocal | Competed at the Jimmy Awards in 2015 [11] 2nd runner-up at Miss Illinois 2018 pageant [12] | |||
2013 | Isabelle Hanson [13] | Glen Ellyn | 17 | Miss Northern Suburbs' Outstanding Teen | Violin | Dr. Glenn Harman Instrumental Talent Award | Later Miss Illinois 2021, Miss America 2022 Top 10 Finalist, Miss America 2022 Talent Preliminary Award Winner [14] | |
2012 | Grace Khachaturian [15] | Champaign | 15 | Miss Central Illinois' Outstanding Teen | Dance | Later Miss Illinois 2018 [12] [16] | ||
2011 | Summer Robbins [17] [18] | Coffeen | 16 | Miss Southern Illinois' Outstanding Teen | Violin, "Classical Gas" | Non-finalist Interview Award [19] Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award [19] | ||
2010 | Kaitlyn Wehr [20] | Moline | 16 | Miss Blackhawk Valley's Outstanding Teen | Jazz Dance | |||
2009 | Andrea Novak [21] | Arlington Heights | 17 | Miss Dupage County's Outstanding Teen | Dance/Twirl | |||
2008 | Emily Travis [22] | Metropolis | 17 | Miss Metropolis' Outstanding Teen | Piano | Diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome as an infant [23] | ||
2007 | MerrieBeth Cox [24] | Roselle | 16 | Miss Greater Woodfield's Outstanding Teen | Baton Twirling | Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Preliminary Talent Award | Later Purdue University's 27th Golden Girl [25] Later Miss Indiana 2012 [26] Top 12 at Miss America 2013 pageant [27] | |
2006 | Campbell Hunt [28] | Marion | Miss John A. Logan's Outstanding Teen | Vocal with American Sign Language interpretation, "The Rose" | ||||
2005 | Kathryn Strause [29] | Rock Island | 17 | Miss Blackhawk Valley's Outstanding Teen | Classical Piano |
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...Peyton Tucker, Miss Illinois' Outstanding Teen.
Emily Travis, Miss Illinois Outstanding Teen 2008, is a straight-A student in college, fluent in Spanish and a classical pianist.
Merriebeth Cox, 17, of Roselle, the reigning Miss Illinois Outstanding Teen 2007...
MerrieBeth placed in the Top 12 at Miss America 2012...
...joined by Rock Island High School junior Kathryn Strause, 17, who recently was named Miss Illinois Outstanding Teen.