Miss Kentucky Teen USA

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Miss Kentucky Teen USA
Formation1982;43 years ago (1982)
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Cincinnati
Location
Membership Miss Teen USA
Official language
English
Key people
Melissa Proctor-Pitchford, state pageant director
Website Official website
Tara Conner, Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002, Miss Kentucky USA 2006 & Miss USA 2006 TaraConneratWillowGrove3.jpg
Tara Conner, Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002, Miss Kentucky USA 2006 & Miss USA 2006

The Miss Kentucky Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss Teen USA pageant.

Contents

Although Kentucky has not produced a Miss Teen USA titleholder, five delegates have placed as Top 5 or Top 6: Krista Keith in 1983, Kristi Dawn Hicks in 1989, April Vaughn in 1990, Kristen Johnson in 2000 and Tara Conner in 2002. Their most recent placement was Taylor Hubbard who placed in the Top 15 in 2010.

Reese Burt of Lexington was crowned Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2025 on July 19, 2025, at The Vern Riffe Center for the Arts Shawnee State University in Portsmouth. She will represent Kentucky at Miss Teen USA 2025.

Eligibility

The participant must be a single, legally recognized female between the ages of 14 and 18 years old. Specifically, the contestant has to be under 19 years old before January 1 of the pageant year. Also, the applicant must have never been married, pregnant, or had a marriage annulled. A contestant can only be eligible if she is a United States citizen and remains a United States citizen throughout the competition at both a state and national level. She must have lived in the state she desires to compete in permanently, at least six months prior to the pageant date, or be a full-time student in the state with one semester completed by December 31 of the pageant year.

Results summary

Placement at Miss Teen USA

Kentucky holds a record of 11 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

Winners

YearNameHometownAge1Local titlePlacement at Miss Teen USASpecial awards at Miss Teen USANotes
2025 Reese Burt Lexington TBAMiss Keeneland TeenTBATBA
2024 Karlie Holmen Gilbertsville 17Miss Purchase District Teen
2023 MéShyia Bradshaw Elizabethtown 17Miss Hardin County Teen
2022 Gabriella Hembree Carrollton 18Miss Two Rivers City Teen
2021 Kennedy Mosley London 16Miss London Teen
2020 Mattie Barker Louisville 17Miss Southern Kentucky Teen
2019 Emma Johns Pikeville 16Miss Pikeville Teen
2018 Jordan Crozier [1] Somerset 18Miss Pulaski County Teen
2017 Olivia Prewitt [2] [3] Danville [2] 18 [2] Miss Danville Teen
2016 Christiaan Prince [4] Grayson [4] 15 [4] Miss Carter County Teen
2015 Caroline Ford Bowling Green 18Miss South Central Teen
2014 Megan Ducharm Shelbyville 18Miss Shelby County Teen
2013 Gracie Sapp Lexington 15Miss Fayette County Teen
2012 Tiffany Cline Georgetown 14Miss Scott County Teen
2011 Stephanie Jones Elizabethtown 18
2010 Taylor Hubbard [5] London [5] 15Top 15
2009 Jefra Bland Campbellsville 19Top 15Later contestant on Survivor: Cagayan [6]
2008 Shannen Reil West Van Lear 15
2007 Katrina Giannini Princeton 17
2006 Tiffany Withrow Ashland 17
2005 Sarah Bryan Withers Columbia 18Top 15
2004Megan Frank Greensburg 19
2003 Amanda Nunnelley Louisville 17Top 10
2002 Tara Conner [7] Russell Springs 162nd runner-upBody Glove Swimsuit Award
2001 Katherine Faulkner Hazard 17
2000 Kristen Johnson Slaughters 182nd runner-up Miss Photogenic
1999 Lexie Kemper [8] Louisville [8] 17 [8] Top 10Miss Photogenic [9]
1998 Elizabeth Arnold Columbia 18
1997 Kelli Jones Louisville 18
1996 Kelly Marie Sodan Berea 15
1995 Brittany Johnson Virgie 17Top 12
1994 Crystal Hayden Paducah [10] 16
1993 Holly RiggsPaducah [10] 15
1992 Heather BoggessPaducah [10] 17
1991 Christine Jackman Louisville 18
1990 April Vaughn Louisville 17Top 6
1989 Kristi Dawn Hicks [11] Bardstown 17 [11] 1st runner-up
1988 Marti Hendricks [12] Danville [12] 19 [12]
1987 Tracey Marsee Middlesboro 16
1986Amy Miller Louisville 15
1985 Leanne Gregory Lexington 15
1984 Suzy NeclerioGeorgetown18
1983 Krista Keith Louisville 162nd runner-up

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

  1. ↑ Harris, Chris (2018-02-06). "Two Pulaski girls fair well in Miss Teen Kentucky pageant". Commonwealth Journal. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  2. 1 2 3 "Danville Teen wins Miss Kentucky USA pageant". The Advocate-Messenger. 2017. pp. A01. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  3. ↑ Manouchehri, Kat (2017-07-24). "She's the first biracial Miss Teen Kentucky and next she'll be competing for Miss Teen USA". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  4. 1 2 3 Preston, Tim. "Miss Kentucky Teen USA juggles life, work and school". Journal-Times. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  5. 1 2 Dillard, Carrie (2012-10-19). "Trump has stake in Laurel teen's recovery". The Sentinel-Echo. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  6. ↑ "Survivor Cast: Jefra Bland". CBS. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  7. 1 2 "Former Miss USA describes life of drugs, alcohol and recovery". The Caroline Progress. 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  8. 1 2 3 "Winner of state's Miss Teen has options outside pageants". The Courier-Journal. 1999-06-30. p. 44. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  9. ↑ "Ballard Senior makes friends & memories at Miss Teen pageant". The Courier-Journal. 1999-09-08. p. 73. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  10. 1 2 3 Landini, Leigh (21 June 1994). "Reidland contestant wins Miss Kentucky Teen title". The Paducah Sun. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 "Miss Kentucky speaks out". The Courier-Journal. 1995-08-09. p. 35. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  12. 1 2 3 "Senior wins Miss Kentucky Teen". The Advocate-Messenger. 1988-05-12. p. 9. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
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