For the state pageant affiliated with Miss Teen USA, see Miss Iowa Teen USA
Formation | 2004 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Location | |
Membership | Miss America's Outstanding Teen |
Official language | English |
Key people | Lisa Durbin |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Iowa's Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative of the U.S. state of Iowa in the Miss America's Teen pageant.
Avery Bradley of Muscatine was crowned Miss Iowa's Teen on June 15, 2024, at the Davenport North High School in Davenport, Iowa. She will compete for the title of Miss America's Teen 2025 in January 2025 at the Walt Disney Theater in Orlando, Florida.
In January of 2023, the official name of the pageant was changed from Miss Iowa’s Outstanding Teen, to Miss Iowa’s Teen, in accordance with the national pageant.
The year in parentheses indicates 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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2024 | Avery Bradley | Muscatine | 14 | Miss Clinton County's Teen | Lyrical Dance | |||
2023 | Juliana Clark | Clinton | 17 | Miss Clinton County's Teen | Musical Theatre Vocal | |||
2022 | Emily Lerch | Fruitland | 17 | Miss Greater Des Moines' Outstanding Teen | Baton Twirling | |||
2021 | Maggie Leach [1] | Pella | 17 | Miss Cedar Valley's Outstanding Teen | Musical Theater Vocal, "You Will Be Found" from Dear Evan Hansen | Teens in Action Finalist | Previously Miss Iowa Teen America 2018 Previously Miss Iowa High School 2020 | |
2019-20 | Caitlin Crome [2] | Bettendorf | 17 | Miss Greater Des Moines’ Outstanding Teen | Jazz Dance, "That's Life" | |||
2018 | Cali Wilson [3] | Norwalk | 17 | Miss Central Iowa's Outstanding Teen | Dance, "Turn Your Face" by Little Mix | Non-finalist Talent Award [4] Outstanding Dance Talent Award [4] | ||
2017 | Lydia Fisher [5] | Wapello | 14 | Miss Muscatine's Outstanding Teen | Tap Dance | Top 9 [6] | 2nd runner-up at Miss Iowa Teen USA 2020 [7] | |
2016 | Julia Campbell [9] | DeWitt | 16 | Miss Clinton County's Outstanding Teen | Percussion | |||
2015 | Nina Yu [10] [11] | Cedar Rapids | 17 | Miss Metro's Outstanding Teen | Piano | Outstanding Instrumentalist Talent Award [12] | ||
2014 | Anna Masengarb [13] | Muscatine | 17 | Miss Scott County's Outstanding Teen | Vocal, "Gimme Gimme" from Thoroughly Modern Millie | |||
2013 | Emma Kate Wichman [14] | Bettendorf | 16 | Baton/Twirl | ||||
2012 | Savannah Necker [15] | DeWitt | 15 | Miss Clinton County's Outstanding Teen | Baton/Twirl | Teens in Action Award Finalist [15] | Former featured twirler at University of Northern Iowa [16] 1st runner-up in Miss Iowa Teen USA 2015 pageant [17]
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2011 | Francesca Lubecki-Wilde [18] | Iowa City | 15 | Miss Johnson County's Outstanding Teen | Top 5 Interview Award | |||
2010 | Aly Olson [19] | Des Moines | 17 | Miss Capital City's Outstanding Teen | Vocal | Non-finalist Interview Award [20] | Later Miss Iowa 2014 [21] Top 12 at Miss America 2015 pageant [22] | |
2009 | Jessica Baker [23] | Coralville | 16 | Miss Henry County's Outstanding Teen | Baton/Twirl | Academic Scholarship Award | ||
2008 | Jessica Jennings [9] | McCausland | 15 | Miss Scott County's Outstanding Teen | Dance | |||
2007 | Taylor Swartz [24] | Fremont | 16 | Miss Southern Iowa's Outstanding Teen | ||||
2006 | Erica Lester [25] | Muscatine | Miss Scott County's Outstanding Teen | Lyrical Jazz Dance | Academic Scholarship Award | |||
2005 | Amanda Sabin [26] | Walcott | 17 | Miss Louisa County's Outstanding Teen | Tap Dance | Later Mrs. Nebraska America 2014 (under married name, Amanda Reinert) [27] Later Mrs. Nebraska Universal 2016 [28] Later Mrs. USA Universal 2017 [29] Later Mrs. Universal 2017 [30] | ||
2004 | Ashlie Burroughs [31] | Muscatine | No national pageant |
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...and Miss Iowa's Outstanding Teen 2018 Cali Wilson will perform.
Amanda Reinert (Nebraska) won Mrs. Universal 2017
...Miss Iowa's Outstanding Teen pageant which began in 2004 with Ashlie Burroughs of Muscatine taking the first crown.