Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen

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Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen
Formation2003
Type Beauty pageant
Location
Membership
Miss America's Outstanding Teen
Official language
English
Key people
Stephenie Steers
Website Official website

The Miss Oregon's Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Oregon in the Miss America's Teen pageant.

Contents

Lena Larecy of Roseburg was crowned Miss Oregon's Teen on April 30, 2023 at the Liberty Theater in North Bend, Oregon. She will compete for the title of Miss America's Teen 2024 in January 2024.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Oregon'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.

Awards

Preliminary awards

  • Preliminary Evening Wear/On-Stage Question: Emma Ellis (2017)

Non-finalist awards

  • Non-finalist Evening Wear/On-Stage Question: Emma Ellis (2017)
  • Non-finalist Interview: Harley Emery (2014)

Winners

YearNameHometownAgeLocal titleTalentPlacement at MAO TeenSpecial scholarships at MAO TeenNotes
2023Lena Larecy [1] Roseburg 17Miss Douglas County's TeenJazz Dance
2022 Deja Fitzwater Portland 17Miss Evergreen's Outstanding TeenClassical Vocal
2021 Moira O'Bryan [2] Coos Bay 18Miss Coos County's Outstanding TeenMusical Theater Vocal
2019-20 Marin Gray [3] Roseburg 14Miss Umpqua Valley's Outstanding TeenBallet with Fan Veil, "Fire Dance"Previously Miss Oregon Junior High School 2017 [4]
2018 Kennedy Hjelte [5] Tualatin 16Miss Three Rivers Outstanding TeenVocal, "On My Own" from Les Misérables 1st runner-up at Miss Oregon Teen USA 2021
2017 Emma Ellis [6] Portland 17Miss Cascade's Outstanding TeenMusical Theatre Vocal, "Taylor the Latte Boy"Non-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ Award [7]

Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award [7]
Semi-finalist at Miss Oregon USA 2020 [8]
2016 Abigail Hoppe [9] Salem 17Miss Three Rivers' Outstanding TeenBallet en Pointe
2015 Hailey Kilgore [10] Happy Valley 16Miss Happy Valley's Outstanding TeenVocal, "Not For the Life of Me," from Thoroughly Modern Millie Previously National American Miss Oregon Pre-Teen [11]

Later cast as Ti Moune in the 2018 Broadway revival of Once on This Island [12]

Nominated for 2018 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for this role [13]
2014 Nicole Carter [14] Klamath Falls 17Miss Klamath County's Outstanding TeenVocal
2013 Harley Emery [15] Eugene 16Miss Lane County's Outstanding TeenPianoNon-finalist Interview Award [16] Later Miss Oregon 2017 [6] [17]
2012 Marli Martin [18] Central Point 14Miss Jackson County's Outstanding TeenVocal
2011 Alexi Provost-Shean [19] Medford 16Miss Southern Gem's Outstanding TeenDance
2010 Rakiyah Johnson [20] Portland 15Miss City of Roses' Outstanding Teen
2009 Amanda Gonzalez-Merrill [21] Springfield 16Miss Tri-Valley's Outstanding TeenVocal, “Think of Me”
2008 JoAnna Adkisson [22] Klamath Falls 17Miss Klamath County's Outstanding TeenLyrical Dance, "Stand in the Rain"
2007 Abigail Rodriguez [23] [24] Gresham 17Miss Portland's Outstanding Teen
2006 Kylee Willard [25] Grants Pass 17Miss Josephine County's Outstanding TeenLatin Dance
2005 Katie Ericson [26] North Bend 16Miss Coos County's Outstanding TeenClassical Piano
2004Megan Corey [20] No national pageant
2003Shelani Aiken [20]

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