Miss New Mexico Teen USA

Miss New Mexico Teen USA
Formation	1981
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	El Paso
Location	Texas ;
Membership	Miss Teen USA
Official language	English
Website	Official website

Last updated January 21, 2024

The Miss New Mexico Teen USA competition is a pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the broader Miss Teen USA pageant. It is directed by Laura's Productions based in El Paso, Texas.

New Mexico has seen six state teens place in the Miss Teen USA pageant with three of these placements occurring during the 1980s, which and made New Mexico one of the more successful states in that decade. Not a single New Mexico teen had placed from 1988 until Brittany Toll made the finals in 2005.

Five New Mexico teens have triumphed at the Miss New Mexico USA and compete at Miss USA. More unusually, two have also competed at Miss America. In 2003, former New Mexico teens held both the Miss New Mexico USA and Miss New Mexico (America) titles.

Asia Simpson of Hobbs, New Mexico was crowned Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2022 on June 4, 2022 at the NMSU Center for the Arts in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She will now represent New Mexico for the title of Miss Teen USA 2023.

Results summary

Placements

Top 10: Cheryl Douds (1984), Carolee Hanson (1986), Jill Vasquez (1988), Brittany Toll (2005)
Top 16: Jacqueline Cai (2012)

New Mexico holds a record of 6 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

Best State Costume: Emily Lehr (2021; 2nd place)

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
2023	Asia Simpson	Hobbs	15
2022	Caroline Babcock	Farmington	17
2021	Emily Lehr	Alamogordo	16		Best State Costume – 2nd Place	Later Miss New Mexico's Teen 2023
2020	Isabella Bizzell	Albuquerque	17
2019	Angela Nañez	Clovis	14
2018	Madison Turner	Mosquero	18
2017	Kalina Hamilton	Albuquerque	16
2016	Margeaux Greene	Sandia Park	16
2015	Nicolette Pacheco	Rio Rancho	18
2014	Aundria Littlejohn	Las Cruces	17
2013	Addi Smith	Las Cruces	17
2012	Jacqueline Cai	Las Cruces	17	Top 16
2011	Alexa Castle	Albuquerque	18
2010	Faith Anneliese Cortez	Las Cruces	18
2009	Alexis Duprey	Alamogordo	18			Triple crown winner: Miss New Mexico USA 2015, Miss New Mexico 2013, Non-Finalist Interview Award at Miss America, 1st runner up Miss New Mexico Outstanding Teen 2008
2008	Victoria Padilla^[1]	Santa Fe	18
2007	Liz Kranz	Deming	19	Top 15
2006	Raquel Padilla	Santa Fe	18
2005	Brittany Toll	Las Cruces	18	Top 10		Later Miss New Mexico USA 2011 and top 16 at Miss USA 2011
2004	Jocelyn Cruz	Las Cruces	17
2003	Courtney Clayshulte	Las Cruces	18
2002	Amber Evaro	Las Cruces	17
2001	Alaina Castillo	Las Cruces	18
2000	Raelene Aguilar	Sunland Park	18			Later Miss New Mexico USA 2008. Sister of Rosanne Aguilar, Miss New Mexico USA 2010.
1999	Alina Ogle	Albuquerque	17			Later Miss New Mexico USA 2003, top 10 at Miss USA 2003
1998	Rana Jones	Tatum	17			Later Miss New Mexico 2003; 1st runner-up to Miss New Mexico USA 2007
1997	Vicki Hughes	Las Cruces	19
1996	Whitni Zimmerman	Lovington	17
1995	Shelby Phillips	Deming	18
1994	Samantha Sengel	Albuquerque	18
1993	Lynette Ochoa	Deming	19
1992	Hillary Matkin (Hillary Floren)	Deming	17			Later hosts abc 7's "Good Morning El Paso" in El Paso, Tx 1998-present
1991	Kimberly Apodaca	Albuquerque	18
1990	Beth Baskin	Albuquerque	18
1989	Shana Wilmont	Albuquerque	18
1988	Jill Vasquez	Albuquerque	18	Top 10		Later Miss New Mexico USA 1994; Former co-director of the Miss California USA and Miss California Teen USA pageants under her married name, Jill Vasquez-Foley. Former line captain of the NFL Arizona Cardinals Cheerleaders.
1987	Samantha Owen	Albuquerque	17
1986	Carolee Hanson	Las Cruces	18	Top 10
1985	Teresa Rodriguiz	Clovis	16			Later Miss New Mexico 1988
1984	Cheryl Douds	Las Cruces	17	Top 10
1983	Eloisa Serna	Albuquerque	15

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

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References

↑ Garduño, Eli (2008-05-08). "More than a Crown". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. GN-04.

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[1] Garduño, Eli (2008-05-08). "More than a Crown". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. GN-04.

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