Miss Teen USA 2023

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Miss Teen USA 2023
DateSeptember 28, 2023 [lower-alpha 1]
Venue Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada
Broadcaster The CW (website and app only)
Entrants51
Placements20
Winner UmaSofia Srivastava (resigned)
New Jersey [1]
Best State CostumeUmaSofia Srivastava
New Jersey
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Miss Teen USA 2023 was the 41st Miss Teen USA pageant, held on September 28, 2023 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. Faron Medhi of Nebraska crowned UmaSofia Srivastava of New Jersey as her successor at the end of the event. Her win was the first win for New Jersey and the first back-to-back titleholders with Indian ancestry in Miss Teen USA's history. Srivastava resigned the title on May 7, 2024. Following Srivastava's resignation, first runner-up Stephanie Skinner declined to take over the role, leaving the position vacant. [2]

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This was the first edition of the pageant to be held under the ownership of fashion designer Laylah Rose [3] and was streamed on The CW website and mobile app. [4]

Background

Location

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Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, the venue of the Miss USA 2023 competition

On July 14, 2022, it was reported that the competition would be held in Reno, Nevada, with the city securing a three-year deal to host the pageant from 2022 to 2024. [5] This will be the third time that the pageant is held in Reno, and a second consecutive year holding the pageant in the city, following Miss USA 2019 and 2022. [6] [7] Former Miss USA organization president Crystle Stewart said the location was chosen to honor Cheslie Kryst, who had been crowned Miss USA 2019 in the same venue and had died of suicide in January 2022. [8]

Pageant

Preliminary competition

The delayed telecast of the 2023 Miss Teen USA preliminary competition was broadcast via Miss USA's official YouTube page on September 28 at 7 p.m. Las Vegas time. [9] [ non-primary source needed ]

Judges

Results

Placements [11] [12]

PlacementContestant
Miss Teen USA 2023
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
  • Texas – Haylee Puckett
4th Runner-Up
  • Ohio – Carolina Sola
Top 20

§ – Voted into Top 20 through the online vote.

Contestants

51 titleholders competed for the title.

StateContestantAge [lower-alpha 2] HometownPlacementNotes
Alabama Kensey Collins [13] 15 Spanish Fort
Alaska Star Hunter [14] 16 Anchorage
Georgia Denim Lovett [15] 19 Bonaire Top 20
Hawaii NoeLani Denisi [16] 18 Kahului
Idaho Angelina Ryan [17] 18 Boise
Kentucky MeShyia Bradshaw [18] [19] 17 Elizabethtown
Louisiana Averi Blyss Crawford [20] 17 Baton Rouge
Maine Jasmine Roy [21] 17 Bangor
Massachusetts Yanelyn Quintana [22] 17 Haverhill
Mississippi Claire Ulmer [23] 18 Natchez
Nebraska Aubrie Charter [24] 18 North Platte
New Jersey UmaSofia Srivastava [25] 16 Morris Plains Miss Teen USA 2023
Oregon Isabella Ellsworth [26] 18 Happy Valley
South Carolina Kenlee McVay [27] [28] 19 Easley Top 20
Tennessee Blye Allen [29] 17 Knoxville Top 20
Virginia Ashley Wang [30] 16 Herndon Top 20
Washington Mackenzie Kuiken [31] 16 South Bend Top 20
  1. ↑ Airing on September 29, the same day as Miss USA 2023
  2. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

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