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Formation | 1983 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Collierville |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Tennessee in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant is directed by Greenwood Productions under the ownership of Miss Tennessee USA 1989, Kimberly Payne Greenwood, since 1992. [1]
Tennessee is in the top 5 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements . In the 1990s, they were placed first . They have the third (equal) highest number of semi-finalist (or better) placings and are one of only five states to have received more than three awards . Also, Tennessee holds the record of being the closest state to achieve back to back win by placing 1st runner-up in 1998 after their 1997 win.
Six Tennessee teens have gone on to win the Miss Tennessee USA title and compete at Miss USA, including Lynnette Cole, who won the Miss USA title in 2000 and Rachel Smith, Miss USA 2007. Both Cole and Smith won Miss Photogenic awards at Miss Teen USA, each five years prior to their Miss USA win. This makes Miss Tennessee Teen USA the only state and pageant to have two Miss USAs win the Miss Photogenic award at Miss Teen USA.
Blye Allen was crowned Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2023 on March 11, 2022, at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. She will represent Tennessee for the title of Miss Teen USA 2023.
Tennessee holds a record of 24 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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2024 | Townsend Blackwell | Lakeland | 16 | 3rd runner-up | Best in Evening Gown | |
2023 | Blye Allen | Knoxville | 16 | Top 20 | ||
2022 | McKinley Farese | Germantown | 18 | 4th runner-up | ||
2021 | Annie Zhao | Memphis | 16 | Second Asian American Miss Tennessee Teen USA Later Miss Tennessee Teen Volunteer 2023 | ||
2020 | Ansley Ecker | Atoka | 18 | Top 16 | Previously Miss Tennessee High School America 2017, Miss Kansas High School America 2018, Miss Connecticut High School America 2019 | |
2019 | Bailey Guy | Hendersonville | 16 | Top 15 | Previously 1st runner-up at Miss Tennessee's Outstanding Teen 2018, Later USA National Teen 2021 | |
2018 | Sofie Rovenstine | Franklin | 18 | Top 10 | Later Victoria's Secret model | |
2017 | Megan Ski Hollingsworth | Lewisburg | 18 | Later 2nd runner-up at Miss Tennessee USA 2019 | ||
2016 | Savannah Chrisley | Nashville | 18 | Top 15 | Daughter of Todd Chrisley. Appears on Chrisley Knows Best . | |
2015 | Hannah Faith Greene | Chattanooga | 17 | 3rd runner-up | Previously 4th runner-up at Miss Tennessee's Outstanding Teen 2014 | |
2014 | Morgan Moseley | Johnson City | 15 | Top 15 | ||
2013 | Emily Suttle | Franklin | 16 | Top 16 | Later Miss Tennessee USA 2022, Top 12 at Miss USA 2022 | |
2012 | Shanese Brown | Madison | 16 | Originally first runner-up; assumed the title after Samara Ham's disqualification | ||
Samara Ham | Crossville | 17 | Did not compete | Honorably Resigned the title due to blackmail of topless photography and disqualified. First Asian/American to win title. | ||
2011 | Kaitlin White | Nashville | 18 | |||
2010 | Kristen Rose | Bristol | 18 | Top 15 | Later 1st runner-up at Miss Tennessee USA 2014 | |
2009 | Stormi Henley [2] | Crossville | 18 | Miss Teen USA 2009 | ||
2008 | Natalie Phillips [3] | Murfreesboro | 17 | |||
2007 | Macy Erwin [4] | Chattanooga | 17 | Top 15 [5] | Contestant on ABC's America's Prom Queen | |
2006 | Ashley Durham | Adamsville | 16 | Later Miss Tennessee USA 2011, 1st runner-up at Miss USA 2011 | ||
2005 | Tessa Reyes | Brentwood | 18 | |||
2004 | Tiffany Stroud | Limestone | 16 | 4th runner-up | ||
2003 | Alicia Selby | Sparta | 17 | 1st runner-up | ||
2002 | Rachel Renee Smith | Clarksville | 17 | Semi-finalist | Miss Photogenic | Later Miss Tennessee USA and Miss USA 2007 , 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 2007 |
2001 | Jessica Myers [6] | Maryville | 19 | |||
2000 | Casey Porter | McMinnville | 17 | Top 5 | Later 1st runner-up at Miss Tennessee USA 2006 | |
1999 | Rachel Boston | Chattanooga | 17 | Semi-finalist | Actress best known for her portrayal of Beth Pryor in the NBC series American Dreams | |
1998 | Bridgett Jordan | Collierville | 18 | 1st runner-up | Winner of Miss Oktoberfest 1999, Miss Teen All American 1996 | |
1997 | Shelly Moore | Knoxville | 18 | Miss Teen USA 1997 [7] | Best in Swimsuit | |
1996 | Adrienne Parker | Newport | 18 | |||
1995 | Lynnette Cole | Columbia | 17 | Top 6 | Miss Photogenic | Later Miss Tennessee USA and Miss USA 2000 and finished 5th at Miss Universe 2000, 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1998, Miss Teen All American 1997 |
1994 | Allison Alderson | Jackson | 17 | Top 6 | Triple Crown winner, later Miss Tennessee 1999 and Miss Tennessee USA 2002; Sister of Miss District of Columbia USA 1999, Amy Alderson | |
1993 | Jaime Dudney | Whites Creek | 17 | Semi-finalist | Daughter of Barbara Mandrell. Played Georgia Tucker on As the World Turns . | |
1992 | Angela Shoulders | Carthage | 16 | |||
1991 | Tris Sax | Memphis | 18 | |||
1990 | Kristen Cassell | Blountville | 18 | |||
1989 | Amy Sims | Sharon | 15 | |||
1988 | Missy Pierce | Reelfoot Lake | 17 | Miss Congeniality | ||
1987 | Shannon Castle | McMinnville | 17 | |||
1986 | Wendy Alaose | Elizabethton | 17 | |||
1985 | Cammy Jo Wood [8] | Bartlett | 18 | |||
1984 | Molly Brown | Loretto | 16 | 2nd runner-up | Later Miss Tennessee USA 1987 | |
1983 | Cheri Dotson | Waverly | 16 |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
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