Miss Teen USA 2024

Miss Teen USA 2024
Date	August 1, 2024
Presenters	Rachel Lindsay Justin Sylvester [1]
Venue	Peacock Theater, Los Angeles, California
Broadcaster	The CW
Entrants	51
Placements	20
Winner	Addie Carver Mississippi
Congeniality	Kayla Kosmalski (Delaware)
Photogenic	Sanjana Yendluri (Maryland)
←  2023

Miss Teen USA 2024 was the 42nd Miss Teen USA pageant, held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California on August 1, 2024. ^[2]

Addie Carver of Mississippi was crowned the winner by Miss USA 2023 Savannah Gankiewicz at the end of the event. This is their second title after Kristi Addis in 1987. ^[3]

For the first time since 2007, it was televised on The CW television network. ^[4]

Results

Placements

State placements for Miss Teen USA 2024

Placement	Contestant
Miss Teen USA 2024	Mississippi – Addie Carver [5]
1st Runner-Up	Georgia – Ava Colindres
2nd Runner-Up	Arizona – Rachael McLaen
3rd Runner-Up	Tennessee – Townsend Blackwell
4th Runner-Up	West Virginia – Olivia Travis
Top 10	Alabama – Ava LeBlanc  Arkansas – Siyona Karkera  Illinois – Arianna Thompson  Kansas – Brilee Garrett  Maryland – Sanjana Yendluri
Top 20 [6]	District of Columbia – Chelsea Chambers  Missouri – Shelby Welling  Montana – Kailey Burress  Nebraska – Maggie Wadginskie  New York – Valarie Goorahoo §  Rhode Island – Carissa Tillinghast  South Dakota – Olivia Odenbrett  Texas – Dallyn Pesek  Utah – Sofia Forrest-Turner  Virginia – Julia Allen

§ – Voted into the Top 20 by viewers.

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Photogenic	Maryland – Sanjana Yendluri [7]
Miss Congeniality	Delaware – Kayla Kosmalski [7]
Best in State Costume	Florida – Kennedie Clinton [8]
Best in Evening Gown	Tennessee – Townsend Blackwell [9]
Best in Activewear	Kansas – Brilee Garrett [10]
Best in Interview
Best in Social Media	Alabama – Ava LeBlanc [11]
People's Choice	New York – Valarie Goorahoo [7]

Pageant

Selection committee

• Francia Raisa – Actress ^[1]
• Rylee Arnold – Professional dancer ^[1]
• Alyssa Carson – Influencer ^[1]
• Kaliegh Garris – Miss Teen USA 2019 from Connecticut ^[1]
• Shree Saini – Model and Miss World America 2021 from Washington ^[1]

Contestants

51 titleholders competed for the title.

State/District	Contestant	Age [a]	Hometown	Placement	Notes	Ref.
Alabama	Ava LeBlanc	18	Columbiana	Top 10	Sister of Marcelle LeBlanc Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen 2021 & Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2022	[12]
Alaska	Nevaeh James	16	Anchorage			[ citation needed ]
Arizona	Rachael McLaen	19	Queen Creek	2nd Runner-up		[ citation needed ]
Arkansas	Siyona Karkera	19	Little Rock	Top 10		[13]
California	Paige Gonor	18	San Diego			[14]
Colorado	Reece Revious		Cherry Creek			[ citation needed ]
Connecticut	Ava Celentano	14	North Haven			[15]
Delaware	Kayla Kosmalski	18	Dover		First Miss Delaware Teen USA with Down syndrome	[16]
District of Columbia	Chelsea Chambers	19	Bloomingdale	Top 20		[17]
Florida	Kennedie Clinton	18	Plant City			[ citation needed ]
Georgia	Ava Colindres	17	Johns Creek	1st Runner-up		[18]
Hawaii	Hokuaoka'ale Emma Gilman	19	Haiku			[19]
Idaho	Aly Feely	19	Eagle			[20]
Illinois	Arianna Thompson	17	Oakland	Top 10		[21]
Indiana	Aleah Dean	17	Austin			[22]
Iowa	Grace Smithey	19	Polk City			[23]
Kansas	Brilee Garrett	17	Wichita	Top 10		[24]
Kentucky	Karlie Holman	17	Gilbertsville			[25]
Louisiana	Ava Watson	17	New Orleans			[26]
Maine	Abbey Hafer	15	Kennebunk			[27]
Maryland	Sanjana Yendluri	19	Germantown	Top 10		[28]
Massachusetts	Avery Turner	18	Reading		Daughter of Jennifer Krafve, Miss Massachusetts USA 1999	[29] [30]
Michigan	Maddison Kott	18	Troy			[31]
Minnesota	Grace Stahl	17	Minnetonka			[32]
Mississippi	Addie Carver	17	Monticello	Miss Teen USA 2024		[33]
Missouri	Shelby Welling	18	Jefferson City	Top 20		[34]
Montana	Kailey Burress	17	Big Sky	Top 20		[35]
Nebraska	Maggie Wadginski	19	Omaha	Top 20	Previously Miss Nebraska Teen Volunteer 2024	[ citation needed ]
Nevada	Courtney Clark	18	Las Vegas			[36]
New Hampshire	Tara Marshall	17	Hanover			[37]
New Jersey	Julia Livolsi	18	Glen Rock			[38]
New Mexico	Fernanda Gonzalez	19	Albuquerque			[39]
New York	Valarie Goorahoo	17	Valley Stream	Top 20		[40]
North Carolina	Kaylee Stavlas	17	Raleigh			[41]
North Dakota	Jaycee Parker	17	Minot Air Force Base			[42]
Ohio	Mackenzie Gibson	18	Canal Winchester			[43]
Oklahoma	Megan Lamza	18	Wright City			[44]
Oregon	Ashlyn Hart	17	Florence			[45]
Pennsylvania	Elliot Oliphant	19	South Park			[46]
Rhode Island	Carissa Tillinghast	19	Warwick	Top 20		[47]
South Carolina	Jules Grass	18	Clemson			[48]
South Dakota	Olivia Odenbrett	17	Brandon	Top 20	Previously Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2022	[49]
Tennessee	Townsend Blackwell	16	Lakeland	3rd Runner-up		[50]
Texas	Dallyn Pesek	17	Shiner	Top 20		[51]
Utah	Sofia Forrest Turner	18	Provo	Top 20		[ citation needed ]
Vermont	Josslyn McKenna	16	Colchester			[52]
Virginia	Julia Allen	17	Lynchburg	Top 20		[ citation needed ]
Washington	Kendall Beasley	17	Kennewick			[53]
West Virginia	Olivia Travis	19	Barboursville	4th Runner-up		[54]
Wisconsin	Olivia Negri	17	Park Falls			[55]
Wyoming	Aubree Kruger	18	Worland			[56]

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant

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External links

• Official website