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Formation | 1983 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Cincinnati |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Melissa Proctor-Pitchford, State Pageant Director |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is independently conducted and produced by Proctor Productions based in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was produced by Sanders & Associates, Inc., dba- Pageant Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia from 2001 to 2020. [1]
Pennsylvania has been reasonably successful at Miss Teen USA. Their best decade was the 1990s, when they ranked fifth-equal in terms of number and value of placements . All but three of this state's placements came in the 1990s, with only one placement in the 1980s and two in the 2000s. The placement in 2000 was their best, however, when Jillian Parry captured the Miss Teen USA crown.
Three Pennsylvania teens have crossed over to win the Miss Pennsylvania USA title and compete at Miss USA.
Alexandra Jones of Monongahela was crowned Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2022 on April 24, 2022 at Richland Performing Arts Center in Johnstown. She will represent Pennsylvania for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.
Pennsylvania holds a record of 12 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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2023 | Maggie Ross | Pittsburgh | 18 | 2nd runner-up | ||
2022 | Alexandra Jones | Monongahela | 18 | |||
2021 | Yvonne Burke | Doylestown | 18 | 3rd runner-up | ||
2020 | Kiara Lin | Cranberry Township | 17 | |||
2019 | Julia Meckley | Haverford | 17 | |||
2018 | Kailey Grill [2] [3] | Mars [2] | 18 [2] | World's Perfect Teen 2016 | ||
2017 | Lauren Ann Weaver [4] | Windber | 16 | |||
2016 | Sydney Dolanch | Pittsburgh | 18 | |||
2015 | Jasmine Daniels | Collegeville | 18 | Top 15 | Later Miss Pennsylvania USA 2023 | |
2014 | Sydney Robertson [5] | Williamsport | 16 | 2nd runner-up | Miss Congeniality | Later Miss Pennsylvania USA 2021 |
2013 | Eboné Jimerson [6] | North Wales | 18 | |||
2012 | Julia Belechak | Cranberry Township | 17 | |||
2011 | Madison Longstreth | Spring Grove | 16 | Top 15 | Originally first runner-up; assumed the title after Deana Chuzhinina resigned for personal reasons | |
Deana Chuzhinina | Doylestown | 16 | Did not compete | Resigned | ||
2010 | Elena LaQuatra [7] | Mount Lebanon | 18 | Deaf since age 4 due to bacterial meningitis [8] [9] Previously Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2007 [10] and 2nd runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2007 [8] Later Miss Pennsylvania USA 2016 [7] [11] | ||
2009 | Alexis Jahnke | Furlong | 16 | |||
2008 | Elliot Griffin | Wexford | 17 | Top 15 | ||
2007 | Kelsie Sinagra | Ross Township | 17 | |||
2006 | Inessa Rodriguez | Manheim | 17 | |||
2005 | Sarah Otey | Hershey | 18 | |||
2004 | Chelsea MacDougall | Huntsville | 17 | |||
2003 | Taylor Baker | Erie | 18 | |||
2002 | Julienne Shaw | Pittsburgh | 17 | |||
2001 | Rebecca Schlappich | Philadelphia | 16 | |||
2000 | Jillian Parry | Newtown | 18 | Miss Teen USA | ||
1999 | Christina Cindrich | Philadelphia | 18 | |||
1998 | Katherine Krause | Pittsburgh | 17 | |||
1997 | Ashley Witmer | Philadelphia | 19 | |||
1996 | Patricia Campbell | Philadelphia | 18 | 1st runner-up | Later won US$50,000 by winning Fear Factor | |
1995 | Erika Shay [12] | Altoona | 17 | Contestant on The Amazing Race 5 | ||
1994 | Nicole Bigham | Belle Vernon | 18 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss Pennsylvania USA 2002 | |
1993 | Ursula Abbott [13] | Harrisburg | 17 | 2nd runner-up [14] | ||
1992 | Tara Lavin | Philadelphia | 19 | |||
1991 | Kimberly Parkins | New Brighton | 18 | |||
1990 | Susan Barnett | Levittown | 17 | Top 6 | Later Miss Pennsylvania USA 1996 | |
1989 | Jennifer Gary | Philadelphia | 17 | |||
1988 | Desiree Fess | Latrobe | 18 | |||
1987 | Tracy Reed | Myerstown | 17 | |||
1986 | Melissa Forlini | Reading | 16 | Best State Costume | ||
1985 | Kari Bernowski | Philadelphia | 15 | |||
1984 | Robin Visk | Butler | 17 | |||
1983 | Diane Hoyes | Washington | 18 | Semi-finalist |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
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