Miss Missouri Teen USA

Miss Missouri Teen USA
Formation	1983
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Shawnee
Location	Kansas ;
Membership	Miss Teen USA
Official language	English
Key people	John M. Vannatta; Jason Vannatta; Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher, State Pageant Director
Website	Official website

Last updated May 16, 2025

Jeni Dixon, Miss Missouri Teen USA 2008

The Miss Missouri Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Missouri in the Miss Teen USA pageant. It is directed by Vanbros and Associates, based in Shawnee, Kansas. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.

Results summary

Placements

Miss Teen USAs: Marissa Whitley (2001), Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff (2017)
2nd runners-up: Audra Shurman (1991)
4th runners-up: Rhonda Hoglan (1985), Sydnee Stottlemyre (2011)
Top 6: Tiffany Meyer (1994), Leah Sexton (1996)
Top 10: Caitlin McIntosh (2000)
Top 12: Tavia Shackles (1990), Melana Scantlin (1995)
Top 15: Alissa Reitmeier (2004), Sierra Drimak (2009), Christina Stratton (2015), Dallas Ezard (2016)
Top 16: Brenda Smith-Lezama (2013)^‡, Anna Long (2021)
Top 20: Madison Beck (2023)

Missouri holds a record of 17 placements at Miss Teen USA.

‡ Voted into Top 16 as America's Choice

Awards

Miss Photogenic: Melanie Breedlove (1993), Christina Stratton (2015)
Miss Congeniality: Rachel Woolard (2005)

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	Mailyn Marsh	Ozark	TBA	Miss Ozark Teen	TBA	TBA	Daughter of Miss Kansas USA 1999 & Miss Kansas Teen USA 1996 Amanda Carraway
2024	Shelby Welling	Jefferson City	18	Miss Capital City Teen	Top 20
2023	Madison Beck	Barnhart	18	Miss Jefferson County Teen	Top 20
2022	Shae Smith	Bolivar	18	Miss Springfield Teen			Previously Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2019 4th runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2020 Later Miss Missouri USA 2025
2021	Anna Long	Lake Winnebago	17	Miss Lake Winnebago Teen	Top 16
2020	Holly McDowell	Lee's Summit	15	Miss Greater Lee's Summit Teen
2019	Abilene Lortz	St. James	15	Miss Vienna Teen
2018	Chloe Bartlett	Liberal	18	Miss Truman Teen			Daughter of Miss Missouri USA 1990 Lori Suschnick
2017	Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff	Kansas City	16	Miss City of Fountain Teen	Miss Teen USA 2017
2016	Dallas Ezard	St. Louis	18	Miss Lake of the Ozark Teen	Top 15		Daughter of Miss Missouri USA 1993 Stephanie Nunn Ezard.
2015	Christina Stratton	Sedalia	15	Miss Sedalia Teen	Top 15	Miss Photogenic	Later Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2016 Top 8 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2017
2014	Samantha Bowers	Harrisonville	18	Miss Cass County Teen
2013	Brenda Smith-Lezama	Columbia	18	Miss Columbia Teen	Top 16		Student at University of Missouri at the time of crowning Later Mexicana Universal Ciudad de México 2019 2nd runner up at Mexicana Universal 2020 Later Señorita Panamá 2021 Top 16 at Miss Universe 2021
2012	Jayde Ogle	Liberty	17	Miss Stone County Teen
2011	Sydnee Stottlemyre	St. Louis	17	Miss Gateway St. Louis Teen	4th runner-up		Previously Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2008 4th runner up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009 Later Miss Missouri USA 2016 Top 10 at Miss USA 2016
2010	Erica Sturdefant	Springfield	16	Miss Metropolis Teen			Later Miss Missouri USA 2014
2009	Sierra Drimak	Cottleville	18	Miss Cottleville Teen	Top 15
2008	Jeni Dixon	Hartville	17	Miss Wright County Teen
2007	Lauren Peterson	Farmington	16	Miss St. Francois County Teen			Later Miss Grand USA 2015
2006	Breanna Huellinghorst	O'Fallon	16
2005	Rachel Woolard	Naylor	17			Miss Congeniality
2004	Alissa Reitmeier	St. Charles	17		Top 15
2003	Amber Seyer	Oran	17				Later Miss Missouri USA 2007 Top 10 Miss USA 2007
2002	Courtney Chilcutt	Dexter	18
2001	Marissa Whitley	Springfield	17		Miss Teen USA 2001
2000	Caitlin McIntosh	New Haven	18		Top 10		3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2002
1999	Andrea Camile Elliott	Independence	19
1998	Brittany McDonald	Sikeston	18	Miss Sikeston Teen
1997	Larissa Meek	St. Louis	17	Miss Getaway to the West Teen			Later Miss Missouri USA 2001 Finished 5th at Miss USA 2001
1996	Leah Sexton	Independence	17		Top 6
1995	Melana Scantlin	Gladstone	19		Top 12		Later Miss Missouri USA 2002
1994	Tiffany Meyer	Parkville	19	Miss Platte Teen	Top 6		Later Miss Kansas USA 2000 Finished 4th at Miss USA 2000 2nd runner-up at Miss Oktoberfest 2001 as Miss Missouri
1993	Melanie Breedlove	Mountain Grove	19			Miss Photogenic	Later Miss Missouri USA 1998 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1998
1992	Robin Swain	Lilbourn	18
1991	Audra Sherman^[1]	Sikeston	15		2nd Runner-up
1990	Tavia Shackles	Lee's Summit	18		Top 12		Later Miss Kansas USA 1993 2nd runner up at Miss USA 1993 Later married Kansas City Chiefs owner and CEO Clark Hunt Mother of Gracie Hunt, Miss Kansas USA 2021 Daughter-in-law of Chiefs and AFL and MLS founder Lamar Hunt
1989	April Smith	Kansas City	15
1988	Beverly Boatright	Republic	19
1987	Sherri Garner	Kansas City	17
1986	Jennifer Tangora^[2]	Mexico	18
1985	Rhonda Hoglan	Kansas City	16		4th Runner-up		Later Miss Missouri USA 1989
1984	Leanne Sydenstricker	Mexico	17
1983	Lisa Logan	Columbia	18

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

↑ "Miss Missouri Teen". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 25 August 1991. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
↑ "A trunk full". The Delaware Gazette. 7 January 1986. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Miss Missouri Teen". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 25 August 1991. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

[2] "A trunk full". The Delaware Gazette. 7 January 1986. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

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