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Formation | 1993 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Location | |
Membership | Miss America's Teen |
Official language | English |
Key people | Don Humble |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Louisiana's Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Louisiana in the Miss America's Teen pageant. The pageant is held each April at the Brown Auditorium at the University of Louisiana at Monroe in Monroe, Louisiana.
Melissa Le of Ruston was crowned Miss Louisiana's Teen on April 7, 2024, at the ULM Brown Auditorium in Monroe, Louisiana. She will compete for the title of Miss America's Teen 2025 in January 2025.
In January 2023, the official name of the pageant was changed from Miss Louisiana's Outstanding Teen to Miss Louisiana's Teen in accordance with the national pageant.
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Louisiana's Outstanding Teen titleholders presented in the table below. The year in parentheses indicates year of the Miss America's Outstanding Teen competition in which the placement and/or award was garnered.
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Talent | Placement at MAO Teen | Special scholarships at MAO Teen | Notes |
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2024 | Melissa Le | Ruston | 16 | Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival's Teen | Piano | TBA | TBA | |
2023 | Laura Jane Kirkpatrick [1] | Baton Rouge | Miss Dixie Stockshow's Teen | Lyrical Dance | ||||
2022 | Mary Laura Hunt [2] | Ruston | Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival's Outstanding Teen | Lyrical Dance | ||||
2021 | Sophia Nawaz [3] | New Orleans | 17 | Miss Vieux Carré's Outstanding Teen | Pop Vocal, "C'est si Bon" | |||
2019-20 | Chanley Patterson | Ruston | 16 | Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival's Outstanding Teen | Piano, "El Cumbanchero" | Top 15 | Overall Instrumental Talent Award [4] | |
2018 | Gracie Reichman [5] | Colfax | 17 | Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival's Outstanding Teen | Contemporary Clogging, "Let's Get Loud" | Later Miss Louisiana 2022 [6] | ||
2017 | Alana Lewis [7] | Haughton | 17 | Vocal, "The Girl in 14G” | ||||
2016 | Sarah Katherine McCallum [8] [9] | Farmerville | 15 | Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival's Outstanding Teen | Vocal | 4th runner-up [10] | Top 5 Interview Award | Later Distinguished Young Woman of Louisiana 2019 [11] Top 8 at Distinguished Young Woman of America 2019 competition [11] |
2015 | Julia Claire Williams [12] | Kinder | 16 | Miss Holiday in Dixie's Outstanding Teen | Lyrical Dance | CMN Miracle Maker Award [13] | Later Miss Louisiana 2021 [14] | |
2014 | Meagan Crews [15] | Bossier City | 17 | Miss Dixie Gem Peach's Outstanding Teen | Vocal | Later Miss Louisiana 2019 [16] | ||
2013 | BayLea Huffman[ citation needed ] | Delhi | 16 | Miss Louisiana Port City's Outstanding Teen | Dance | |||
2012 | Deon Sumer[ citation needed ] | Zachary | 17 | Miss Acadiana's Outstanding Teen | ||||
2011 | Justine Ker [17] | Choudrant | 17 | Miss Spirit of Ruston's Outstanding Teen | Classical Piano | Outstanding Instrumental Talent Award [18] Scholastic Excellence Award [18] | Later Miss Louisiana 2016 [19] Top 15 at the Miss America 2017 pageant [20] | |
2010 | Brooke Hotard [21] | Port Allen | 16 | Miss Crescent City's Outstanding Teen | ||||
2009 | Kelly Bernard [22] | Hammond | 16 | Miss Monroe's Outstanding Teen | Vocal | Top 10 [23] | 2nd runner-up at Miss Louisiana 2014 pageant [24] Top 10 at the National Sweetheart 2014 pageant | |
2008 | April Nelson [25] | Mandeville | 16 | Miss Pineville's Outstanding Teen | Vocal | Later Miss Louisiana 2015 [26] 3rd runner-up at Miss America 2016 pageant [27] | ||
2007 | Mary Jane Hobgood [28] [29] | Shreveport | Miss Holiday in Dixie's Outstanding Teen | Ballet en Pointe, Rodeo by Aaron Copland | 3rd runner-up [30] | Preliminary Talent Award [30] | ||
2006 | Jeremeka Bradley [31] | Bossier City | 16 | Miss Bossier City's Outstanding Teen | Vocal | Overall Interview Award[ citation needed ] Spirit of America Award[ citation needed ] | ||
2005 | Bethany Moore [32] | Bastrop | 18 | Miss Louisiana Harvest Festival's Outstanding Teen | Vocal | |||
2004 | Whitney Breaux [33] | Baton Rouge | Greater Baton Rouge Teen | Harp | No national pageant Was previously an independent pageant with the winner earning the title of, "Miss Teen Louisiana" [33] Changed to current title after a national pageant was created by the Miss America Organization in 2005 | |||
2003 | Bethany Hejtmanek [34] | Shreveport | Holiday in Dixie Teen | Vocal | ||||
2002 | Blair Abene [35] | Tickfaw | Ark-La-Miss Fair Teen | Vocal | Later Miss Louisiana 2008 [36] | |||
2001 | Courtney Haynes [37] | West Monroe | 16 | Bossier City Teen | Vocal, "Stormy Weather" | Appeared on Star Search at age 6 3rd runner-up at Miss Louisiana 2009 pageant [22] | ||
2000 | Amie Bonomolo | Acadiana Teen | Lyrical Dance | 3rd runner-up at Miss Louisiana 2002 pageant [38] | ||||
1999 | Molly Causey | Ruston | Shreveport Teen | Piano | Later Miss Louisiana 2005 [39] [40] | |||
1998 | Melissa Clark | Ruston | Dixie Gem Peach Teen | Vocal | Later Miss Louisiana 2003 [41] | |||
1997 | Shantel Beauclair-Smith | Central Louisiana Teen | ||||||
1996 | Kati Guyton [37] | Bossier City | Holiday in Dixie Teen | Classical Vocal | Later Miss Louisiana 2001 [37] | |||
1995 | Casey Jo Crowder | Shreveport | River Cities Teen | Vocal | Later Miss Louisiana 2002 [38] [42] | |||
1994 | Nicole Barrett | Independence Bowl Teen | ||||||
1993 | Lyn Smith | Caddo Lake Teen |
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Nelson started in pageants as a teenager and was named Miss Louisiana Outstanding Teen in 2008.
Mary Jane Hobgood, of Shreveport, was named third runner up and preliminary talent winner...during the Miss America's Outstanding Teen competition...
...crowned by the 2006 Miss Louisiana's Outstanding Teen Jeremeka Bradley.
...Miss Teen Louisiana 2004 – America (now known as Miss Louisiana's Outstanding Teen)
...Bethany Hejtmanek – Miss Louisiana Teen 2003,...
Her pageant experience also includes successfully capturing the Miss Teen Louisiana title in 2002.