Miss Vermont Teen USA

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Miss Vermont Teen USA
Formation1983
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Buckhannon
Location
Membership Miss Teen USA
Official language
English
Website Official website
Miss Vermont Teen USA 2015, Alexandra Marek, and Miss Vermont USA 2015, Jackie Croft. Alexandra Marek and Jackie Croft.jpg
Miss Vermont Teen USA 2015, Alexandra Marek, and Miss Vermont USA 2015, Jackie Croft.
Miss Vermont Teen USA 2004 Maggie Geha Maggie Geha 2017.jpg
Miss Vermont Teen USA 2004 Maggie Geha

The Miss Vermont Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Vermont in the Miss Teen USA pageant. It is formerly directed by Sanders & Associates, Inc., dba- Pageant Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia from 2004 to 2017 before GDB Theatre and Pageant Productions becoming the new directors of the stage pageant since 2018.

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Charlotte Lopez, Miss Vermont Teen USA 1993, was the first Vermont Teen to win the Miss Teen USA crown and the 10th state that won the title for the first time. Four Miss Vermont Teen USA titleholders have won the Miss Vermont USA title and competed at Miss USA.

Prior to 2022, no sisters had been held the Miss and Teen titles in a single state. Vermont became the first state to have biological sisters holding the statewide Miss USA and Miss Teen USA titles simultaneously, when Kenzie Golonka crowned Teen and her sister (and former Teen titleholder) Kelsey crowned Miss. [1]

Nadja Dacres of Colchester was crowned Miss Vermont Teen USA 2023 on March 25, 2023. She will represent Vermont for the title of Miss Teen USA 2023.

Fifteen-year old, Josslyn McKenna of Colchester was crowned Miss Vermont Teen USA 2024 on June 9, 2024. She represented Vermont for the title of Miss Teen USA at the 41st Annual Miss Teen USA on August 1, 2024 at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The last televised Miss Teen USA pageant was in 2007, which was the 25th anniversary of the pageant. The 2024 Miss Teen USA pageant was the first time the pageant was televised since 2007, airing on The CW. [2]


Results summary

Placements

Vermont holds a record of 5 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

Winners

YearNameHometownAge1Placement at Miss Teen USASpecial awards at Miss Teen USANotes
2024 Josslyn McKenna Colchester 15
2023 Nadja Dacres Colchester 16
2022 Kenzie Golonka Montpelier 16Sister of Kelsey Golonka, Miss Vermont Teen USA 2017 and Miss Vermont USA 2022
2021 Jamisyn Baker Rutland 15
2020 Kiera Pipeling West Rutland 17
2019 Jenna Howlett Bridport 16Later Miss Vermont USA 2023
2018 Alexandra Diehl [3] St. Albans 17Previously Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 2016
2017 Kelsey Golonka Montpelier 17Top 15Later Miss Vermont USA 2022, Top 12 at Miss USA 2022; sister of Kenzie Golonka, Miss Vermont Teen USA 2022
2016 Tammy Vujanovic Burlington 16Top 15
2015 Alexandra Marek Barre 16Top 15
2014 Madison Cota Bellows Falls 17
2013 Sophia Hadeka Fair Haven 15Previously Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 2011
2012 Karsen Woods Westford 17Miss Congeniality
2011 Bridget Martin Stowe 14
2010 Shelby Gregoire Barre 17
2009 Brittany Kelemen Jonesville 18
2008 Sydney Perry Middlesex 17Later Miss North Carolina USA 2012
2007 Olivia Hubbard Rutland 17
2006 Katharine Williams Richmond 17
2005 Jessica Fillion Williston 18
2004 Maggie Geha Brattleboro 16
2003 Jenna Lajeunesse Barre 17
2002 Melinda Karr Burlington 15
2001 Heather Moylan Derby 18
2000 JoAnna Velucci Burlington 17
1999 Jennifer Ripley Barre 19Later Miss Vermont USA 2003 and Mrs. Vermont America 2009 under her married name, Jennifer Bisson. [5]
1998 Dawn Carrow Vernon 18
1997 Mariah Billado Burlington 18
1996 Lavinia Magruder Burlington 17 Miss Congeniality
1995 Melissa Perron Barton 18
1994 Christel Marquardt Vergennes 17
1993 Charlotte Lopez Dorset 16Miss Teen USA 1993
1992 Lisa Robie Milton 18
1991 Anne-Marie Geroe Newport 17
1990 Gessica Tortolano Randolph 16
1989 Kara Quinn Rutland 152nd runner-up
1988 Andrea Varney South Hero 16
1987 Christy Beltrami Barre 18Later Miss Vermont USA 1994
1986 Holly Matava Brattleboro 17
1985 Wanda Minard South Burlington 17
1984 Darcy Hedrick Bennington 17
1983 Cindy Gentile Charlotte 17

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

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