Miss Washington Teen USA

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Miss Washington Teen USA
Formation1983
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Puyallup
Location
Membership
Miss Teen USA
Official language
English
Website Official website

The Miss Washington Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss Teen USA pageant.

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Washington is one of the more successful states at Miss Teen USA, having placed on eight occasions. Their highest placement came in 1985, when Dru Homer placed 2nd runner-up to Kelly Hu of Hawaii. Their most successful decades have been the 1980s and 2000s. The state failed to place in the 1990s.

Alex Carlson-Helo is the first Miss Washington Teen USA who also won Miss Washington USA. Washington was the last state to have a Teen to Miss crossover. Two more former Teen winners later won the Miss state title, including one in Nevada.

Mackenzie Kuiken was crowned Miss Washington Teen USA 2023 on November 13, 2022 at Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center in Renton, Washington. She will represent Washington for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022. However much controversy has arisen after a video resurfaced of her using a [1] racial slur and making inappropriate statements on social media. Dixon said, "They coerced me into saying a racial slur. I told them ‘no, I don’t want to say that,’" said Kate. "I know that it’s not appropriate. And they told me ‘you have a free pass just this one time, it would be funny."

Results summary

Placements

Washington holds a record of 9 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

Winners

YearNameHometownAge1Placement at Miss Teen USASpecial awards at Miss Teen USANotes
2024 TBATBATBATBA
2023 Mackenzie Kuiken South Bend 16Top 20
2022 Kate Dixon Sammamish 17
2021 Novalee Lewis Tacoma 16Best State Costume – 3rd Place
2020 Marianne Bautista Renton 17 Miss Congeniality
2019 Lily Lloyd Orting 17
2018 Summer Keffeler Monroe 16
2017 Alyssa Williams Sumner 16
2016 Claire Wright Sammamish 18Voted Best Laugh at Miss Teen USA
  • Miss Washington Junior Teen 2013
  • National American Miss Jr. Teen 2013 (Top 10)
2015 Priya Gopal-Walker Seattle 17
2014 Starla Sampaco Bellevue 18
2013 Imani Blackmon Tacoma 17First African-American Miss Washington Teen USA

Later Miss Washington USA 2020. Miss Congeniality at Miss USA 2020

2012 Alex Carlson-Helo Everett 17Later Miss Washington USA 2017
2011 Cheyenne Van Tine Kennewick 171st runner up in the Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2009 & 2010 pageants.
2010 Camilla Cyr Kirkland 17Top 15
2009 Sadie Porter Selah 17Top 15Previously Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2004
2008 Mandy Schendel Newcastle 17Later Miss Washington 2012
2007 Shalane Larango Ridgefield 18Previously Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2005 (second runner up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2006 pageant). First Miss America's Outstanding Teen state titleholder to compete at Miss Teen USA.
2006 Kendra Timm Arlington 18
2005 Kaylee Moore Gig Harbor 17
2004 Danielle Jensen Lynnwood 17
2003 Jasmine Jorgensen Spanaway 17Top 10
2002 Maichal McJunkin Seattle 15
2001 Shannon Hulbert Lake Stevens 17Top 10
2000 Megan Munroe Monroe 16Top 10
1999 Dianna Carlson Federal Way 16
1998 Amber Lancaster Tacoma 18Model on The Price Is Right
1997 Emma DeSilets Seattle 15Contestant at National Sweetheart 2002
1996 Emily Ballard Seattle 19
1995 Summer Springer Bellevue 17
1994 Anjelie Eldredge Vancouver 18 Miss Photogenic
1993 Rebecca Vaughn Seattle 17
1992 Kaley O'Kelley East Wenatchee 17Co-host of KTVK's flagship show Good Morning Arizona
1991 Elizabeth Lee Seattle 17
1990 Paige Anderson Seattle 19
1989 Amy Travis Wenatchee 18Top 10
1988 Karen Petre Bellevue 18
1987 Johna Sainsbury Zillah 16
1986 Lisa Elliot Seattle 15
1985 Dru Homer Selah 172nd runner-up
1984 Charlene Walters Lynnwood 16
1983 Rhonda Monroe Lynnwood 15Top 10

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

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References

  1. "Miss Teen Washington USA responds to resurfaced video of her using racial slur". 8 February 2022.
  2. Schilling, Sara (July 10, 2018). "10 women vie for Miss Tri-Cities crown". Tri-City Herald.