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.

Heaven Riley Breaux of Lafayette was crowned Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2025 on September 20, 2025 at Bologna Performing Arts Center in Cleveland. She will represent Louisiana for the title of Miss Teen USA 2025.

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
• 
  Elle Evans, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2008
• 
  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	Local title	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special Awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2025	Heaven Riley Breaux	Lafayette	17	Miss Greater Baton Rouge Teen	TBA	TBA
2024	Ava Watson	New Orleans	17	Miss New Orleans Teen
2023	Averi Crawford	Baton Rouge	16	Miss St. Bernard Parrish Teen
2022	Ainsley Ross	Bossier City	18	Miss Bossier City Teen
2021	Gracie Petry	Lafayette	18	Miss Lafayette Teen	Top 16
2020	Sydney Taylor	Livingston	18	Miss Lafayette Teen	4th Runner Up		Later Miss Louisiana USA 2024
2019	Emma Brooks McAllister	Houma	16	Miss Bayou State Teen
2018	Lindsey Conque [2]	Lafayette	16 [2]	Miss Lafayette Teen	Top 10
2017	Hailey Crausby [3]	Lake Charles	18	Miss Northshore Teen
2016	Ellie Picone [4]	Mandeville	16	Miss Mandeville Teen	Top 15
2015	Katherine Haik	Franklinton	15	Miss Northshore Teen	Miss Teen USA 2015
2014	Mary Risener [5]	Houma [5]	18	Miss Florida Parishes Teen
2013	Bailey Hidalgo	Denham Springs	15	Miss Camellia City Teen	Top 16
2012	Marlee Henry	Lacassine	18	Miss Lakeshore Teen
2011	Elizabeth Heinen	Eunice	16
2010	Brianna Waguespack	Paulina	15
2009	Brittany Alyson Guidry	Houma	16		4th runner-up		Later Miss Louisiana USA 2014 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	Jonine Aimee “Nina” Moch	Shreveport	18		Semi-finalist
1999	Sarah Thornhill	Slidell	18		1st runner-up
1998	Jennifer Dupont	Plaquemine	17				Later Miss Louisiana USA 2000 Later 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 1996 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