Miss Louisiana Teen USA

Miss Louisiana Teen USA

Formation	1983
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Aiken
Location	South Carolina
Membership	Miss Teen USA
Official language	English
Website	Official website

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

Louisiana is in the top 10 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Notable former Miss Louisiana Teen USA titleholders are Miss USA 1996 Ali Landry, Miss Teen USA 2004 Shelley Hennig, Miss Teen USA 2015 Katherine Haik, and Jennifer Dupont, who placed first runner-up at Miss America 2005. Landry and Hennig have gone on to successful acting careers. Candice Stewart, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2002 was a contestant on CBS's Big Brother 15 in 2013.

At 15, Haik is the youngest woman to win the Miss Teen USA title. ^[1]

Miss Louisiana Teen USA is produced by RPM Productions since 1990, which also produces the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA state pageants for Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Ainsley Ross of Bossier City was crowned Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2022 on February 20, 2022 at Lafon Performing Arts Center in Luling. She will represent Louisiana for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.

Gallery of titleholders

• 
  Ali Landry, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1990, Miss Louisiana USA 1996 and Miss USA 1996
• 
  Shelley Hennig, Miss Louisiana Teen USA and Miss Teen USA 2004
• 
  Logan Travis, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2007
• 
  Katherine Haik, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2015 and Miss Teen USA 2015

Results summary

Placements

• Miss Teen USAs: Shelley Hennig (2004), Katherine Haik (2015)
• 1st runners-up: Sarah Thornhill (1999)
• 2nd runners-up: Bobbie Brown (1987), Amy Pietsch (1988)
• 3rd runners-up: Lindsey Evans (2008)
• 4th runners-up: Brittany Guidry (2009), Sydney Taylor (2020)
• Top 6: Allison McIntyre (1991)
• Top 10: Shasta St. Angelo (1986), Nina Moch (2000), Paige Egan (2001), Lindsey Conque (2018)
• Top 12: Ali Landry (1990), Sarah Lowther (1994)
• Top 15/16: Bailey Hidalgo (2013), Ellie Picone (2016), Gracie Petry (2021)

Louisiana holds a record of 18 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

• Miss Congeniality: Robin Swain (1984)

Winners

•   Declared as Winner
•   Ended as runner-up
•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special Awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2024	Ava Watson	New Orleans	17
2023	Averi Crawford	Baton Rouge	16
2022	Ainsley Ross	Bossier City	18
2021	Gracie Petry	Lafayette	18	Top 16
2020	Sydney Taylor	Livingston	18	4th Runner Up
2019	Emma Brooks McAllister	Houma	16
2018	Lindsey Conque [2]	Lafayette	16 [2]	Top 10
2017	Hailey Crausby [3]	Lake Charles	18
2016	Ellie Picone [4]	Mandeville	16	Top 15
2015	Katherine Haik	Franklinton	15	Miss Teen USA 2015
2014	Mary Risener [5]	Houma [5]	18
2013	Bailey Hidalgo	Denham Springs	15	Top 16
2012	Marlee Henry	Lacassine	18
2011	Elizabeth Heinen	Eunice	16
2010	Brianna Waguespack	Paulina	15
2009	Brittany Alyson Guidry	Houma	16	4th runner-up		Later Miss Louisiana USA 2014 and 3rd runner-up at Miss USA 2014.
2008	Lindsey Gayle Evans	Blanchard	18	3rd runner-up		Dethroned October 21, 2008 due to arrest for theft and drug possession. [6] Posed in Playboy, seen in Blurred Lines
2007	Logan Travis	Amite	15
2006	Kelsey Lawson	Baton Rouge	17
2005	Morgan Maulden	Prairieville	18
2004	Keisha Barras	Delcambre	17	Did not compete		Originally first runner-up; assumed the title after Hennig won Miss Teen USA 2004
	Shelley Catherine Hennig	Destrehan	17	Miss Teen USA 2004
2003	Megan Bologna	Covington	19
2002	Candice Dontrelle Stewart	Metairie	18			Later Miss Louisiana USA 2005
2001	Paige Egan	New Orleans	18	Semi-finalist
2000	Nina Moch	Shreveport	18	Semi-finalist
1999	Sarah Thornhill	Slidell	18	1st runner-up
1998	Jennifer Dupont	Plaquemine	17			Miss Louisiana USA 2000 and Miss Louisiana 2004. First runner-up at Miss America 2005.
1997	Sarah Price	Mandeville				Sister of Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1995, Shawn Price
1996	Kimi Fairchild	Denham Springs	15
1995	Shawn Price	Mandeville				Sister of Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1997, Sarah Price
1994	Sarah Lowther	Covington	18	Semi-finalist
1993	Heather DuPree	Baton Rouge	16			Later Miss Louisiana 1998
1992	Evelyn Ellis	Sulphur	18
1991	Allison McIntyre	Baton Rouge	16	Top 6
1990	Ali Germaine Landry	Breaux Bridge	16	Semi-finalist		Later Miss Louisiana USA and Miss USA 1996, finished 6th at Miss Universe 1996
1989	Kim Clower	West Monroe
1988	Amy Pietsch	Ringgold	18	2nd runner-up
1987	Bobbie Jean Brown	Baton Rouge	17	2nd runner-up
1986	Shasta St. Angelo	Baton Rouge	17	Semi-finalist
1985	Julie Scimeca	Baton Rouge
1984	Robin Swain	Baton Rouge			Miss Congeniality
1983	Vail Cavalier [7]	Houma [7]	18 [7]

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

1. Chareunsy, Don (28 July 2016). "10 questions with 2015 Miss Teen USA Katherine Haik". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
2. "Miss Louisiana Teen USA".
3. Brasted, Chelsea (9 October 2016). "Miss Louisiana USA, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2017 crowned". The Times-Picayune.
4. Wartelle, Kris (26 October 2015). "Lake Charles native named Miss Louisiana USA". The Advertiser.
5. Warren, Rachel (5 November 2013). "Houma resident represents state as Miss Louisiana Teen USA". Houma Today.
6. "Miss Louisiana Teen USA loses crown after pot bust". Today. 22 October 2008.
7. "A Look at Miss Teen USA". Lakeland Ledger. 28 August 1983.

External links

• Official website