Miss Tennessee Teen USA

Miss Tennessee Teen USA

Formation	1983
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Nashville
Location	Tennessee
Membership	Miss Teen USA
Official language	English
Website	Official website

Stormi Henley, Miss Tennessee Teen USA and Miss Teen USA 2009

Natalie Phillips, Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2008

Macy Erwin, Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2007

Rachel Smith, Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2002 and Miss USA 2007 (image taken in 2007)

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 .

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.

Aniston Leigh Barnette of Bristol was crowned Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2025 on June 28, 2025, at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. She will represent Tennessee for the title of Miss Teen USA 2025.

Results summary

Placements

• Miss Teen USAs: Shelly Moore (1997), Stormi Henley (2009)
• 1st runners-up: Bridgett Jordan (1998), Alicia Selby (2003)
• 2nd runners-up: Molly Brown (1984)
• 3rd runners-up: Hannah Faith Greene (2015)
• 4th runners-up: Tiffany Stroud (2004), McKinley Farese (2022)
• Top 5: Casey Porter (2000)
• Top 6: Allison Alderson (1994), Lynnette Cole (1995)
• Top 10: Rachel Boston (1999), Rachel Renee Smith (2002), Sofie Rovenstine (2018)
• Top 12: Jaime Dudney (1993)
• Top 15/16: Macy Erwin (2007), Kristen Rose (2010), Emily Suttle (2013), Morgan Moseley (2014), Savannah Chrisley (2016), Bailey Guy (2019), Ansley Ecker (2020)

Tennessee holds a record of 22 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

• Miss Congeniality: Missy Pierce (1988)
• Miss Photogenic: Lynnette Cole (1995), Rachel Renee Smith (2002)
• Best in Swimsuit: Shelly Moore (1997)

Winners

•   Declared as Winner
•   Ended as runner-up
•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Local title	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2025	Aniston Leigh Barnette	Bristol	TBA	Miss Bristol Teen	TBA	TBA
2024	Townsend Blackwell	Lakeland	16	Miss Lakeland Teen	3rd runner-up	Best in Evening Gown
2023	Blye Allen	Knoxville	16	Miss Marble City Teen	Top 20
2022	McKinley Farese	Germantown	18	Miss Memphis Teen	4th runner-up
2021	Annie Zhao	Memphis	16	Miss Greater Memphis Teen			First Asian American Miss Tennessee Teen USA Later Miss Tennessee Teen Volunteer 2023
2020	Ansley Ecker	Atoka	18	Miss Memphis Teen	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	Miss Greater Nashville Teen	Top 15		Previously 1st runner-up at Miss Tennessee's Outstanding Teen 2018 Later USA National Teen 2021
2018	Sofie Rovenstine	Franklin	18	Miss Historic Franklin Teen	Top 10		Later Victoria's Secret model
2017	Megan Ski Hollingsworth	Lewisburg	18	Miss Marshall County Teen			Later 2nd runner-up at Miss Tennessee USA 2019
2016	Savannah Chrisley	Nashville	18	Miss Greater Nashville Teen	Top 15		Daughter of Todd Chrisley. Appears on Chrisley Knows Best .
2015	Hannah Faith Greene	Chattanooga	17	Miss Scenic City Teen	3rd runner-up		Previously 4th runner-up at Miss Tennessee's Outstanding Teen 2014
2014	Morgan Moseley	Johnson City	15	Miss East Tennessee Teen	Top 15
2013	Emily Suttle	Franklin	16	Miss Historic Franklin Teen	Top 16		Later Miss Tennessee USA 2022 Top 12 at Miss USA 2022
2012	Shanese Brown	Madison	16	Miss Voice of Tennessee Teen			Originally first runner-up; assumed the title after Samara Ham's disqualification
	Samara Ham	Crossville	17	Miss Spirit of The South Teen	Did not compete		Dethroned the title due to topless photography and disqualified
2011	Kaitlin White	Nashville	18	Miss Southern Tennessee Teen
2010	Kristen Rose	Bristol	18	Miss East Tennessee Teen	Top 15		Later 1st runner-up at Miss Tennessee USA 2014
2009	Stormi Henley [2]	Crossville	18	Miss Cumberland County Teen	Miss Teen USA 2009
2008	Natalie Phillips [3]	Murfreesboro	17	Miss Middle Tennessee Teen
2007	Macy Erwin [4]	Chattanooga	17	Miss Hamilton County Teen	Top 15 [5]		Contestant on ABC's America's Prom Queen
2006	Ashley Durham	Adamsville	16	Miss Adamsville Teen			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 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 Miss USA 2000 Finished 5th at Miss Universe 2000 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1998 Miss Teen All American 1997
1994	Allison Alderson	Jackson	18		Top 6		Triple Crown winner Later Miss Tennessee 1999 Later 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 Lynn Castle [8]	McMinnville	17
1986	Wendy Alaose	Elizabethton	17
1985	Cammy Jo Wood [9]	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

References

1. "Kimbery Payne Greenwood named as Miss Tennessee USA Director" (Press release). Business Wire. 1992-05-28.
2. "Henley wins Miss Tennessee Teen USA pageant". Crossville Chronicle. October 30, 2008.
3. Dexter, Jamie (2007-10-06). "Natalie Phillips crowned Miss Tennessee Teen USA". The Leaf Chronicle.
4. "Tyner Academy student is Miss Tennessee Teen USA/Macy Erwin will represent state at Miss Teen USA pageant next August". Chattanooga Times. 2006-10-21.
5. King, Wendy (2007-08-24). "Macy Erwin Scores Top 15 Finish at Teen USA". The Chattanoogan.
6. "Crossville, Maryville natives win pageants". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. 2000-11-09. p. A2.
7. Lange, Linda (1997-09-30). "Portrait of a beauty queen; Shelly Moore is dazzled, and dazzling, as she begins her year as Miss Teen USA". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B1.
8. "Set for Miss Teen pageant". The Citizens' Voice . 13 July 1987. p. 11. Retrieved 8 October 2025– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Crowned". The Commercial Appeal. 20 Nov 1984. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

External links

• Official Website