Miss North Carolina Teen USA

Miss North Carolina Teen USA
Formation	1983
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Aiken
Location	South Carolina ;
Membership	Miss Teen USA
Official language	English
Website	Official website

Last updated January 21, 2024

Katie Coble, Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2007 & Miss North Carolina USA 2017

The Miss North Carolina Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Carolina in the Miss Teen USA pageant and is part of the RPM Productions group.

North Carolina has been moderately successful at Miss Teen USA, but has never won the title. Their best placement was in 1987, 2006 and 2016 when Peggy Blackwell, Melissa Lingafelt and Emily Wakeman placed first runner-up respectively. North Carolina's greatest success came from the mid-1980s to early 1990s. Their most recent placement came in 2018, when Kaaviya Sambasivam placed fourth runner-up. North Carolina, along with Illinois and Florida, has the most Miss Photogenic award winners in the pageant with three each.

Five Miss North Carolina Teen USA's has crossed over to win the Miss North Carolina USA title. The first was Chelsea Cooley, who went on to win the Miss USA title and place in the top 10 at Miss Universe. The second was Erin O' Kelley, Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2001 who made the top 15 at Miss USA 2007. The third was Julia Dalton who was a second runner up in Miss Teen USA 2008. However, she didn't place at Miss USA 2015. And the fourth was Katie Coble, a second runner up in Miss Teen USA 2007 and a non finalist in Miss USA 2017. The fifth was Jane Axhoj, a second runner up in Miss Teen USA 2015.

Kristen Dalton, who came in first-runner up at the 2005 Miss North Carolina Teen USA pageant to Nikkie Groat, went on to win Miss North Carolina USA in 2009, and won the title of Miss USA 2009. She represented the United States at the Miss Universe pageant in August 2009. Her younger sister Kenzie Dalton, who was first-runner up at the 2006 Miss North Carolina Teen USA pageant, became engaged to actor Chad Michael Murray the same year she placed first-runner up to Melissa Lingafelt (who placed first-runner to Katie Blair of Montana at Miss Teen USA 2006.) Their mother, Jeannie Dalton (Boger) was Miss North Carolina USA 1982, and their sister Julia Dalton was Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2008, and placed second-runner up to Stevi Perry of Arkansas at Miss Teen USA 2008. Julia was Miss North Carolina USA in 2015 and didn't place at the Miss USA 2015 pageant.

Gabby Ortega of Raleigh was crowned Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2022 on January 29, 2022, at High Point Theater in High Point. She will represent North Carolina for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.

Results summary

Placements

1st runners-up: Peggy Blackwell (1987), Melissa Lingafelt (2006), Emily Wakeman (2016)
2nd runners-up: Katie Coble (2007), Julia Dalton (2008), Jane Axhoj (2015)
4th runners-up: Kaaviya Sambasivam (2018)
Top 6: Holly Furman (1991), Rachel Adcock (1992), Ali Burr (1997)
Top 10: Tracey Kaggell (1984), Kimberly Jordan (1985)
Top 16: Kat Puryear (2012), Peyton Brown (2020), Gabriela Ortega (2022)

North Carolina holds a record of 15 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

Miss Congeniality: Holly Furman (1991)
Miss Photogenic: Rachel Adcock (1992), Melissa Lingafelt (2006), Gabriela Ortega (2022)

Winners

Color key

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

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at MTUSA	Special awards at MTUSA	Notes
2023	Katie Setzer	Mountain View	19
2022	Gabriela Ortega	Raleigh	16	Top 16
2021	Madison Walker	Garner	18			Previously Miss Teen World America 2019
2020	Peyton Brown	Dunn	18	Top 16		1st runner-up at Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2018^[1] Previously Miss North Carolina World 2019
2019	Eliza Minor	Harrisburg	15
2018	Kaaviya Sambasivam	Winston-Salem	18	4th runner-up
2017	McKenzie Hansley^[2]	Hampstead	17			Previously Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2015;^[3] Later Miss North Carolina Collegiate America 2019 Later Miss District of Columbia Collegiate America 2020
2016	Emily Wakeman	Cornelius	18	1st runner-up		4th runner-up at Miss South Carolina 2021^[4]
2015	Jane Axhoj	Charlotte	16	2nd runner-up		Later Miss North Carolina USA 2020
2014	Pammy Peters	Raleigh	17
2013	Kelsey Barberio	Chapel Hill	18
2012	Kat Puryear^[5]	Thomasville	18	Top 16		Previously Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2009^[6] 3rd runner-up at the Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010 pageant^[7]
2011	Vanessa McClelland^[8]	Fayetteville	18
2010	Lauren Ashley Martz	Salisbury	16
2009	Scarlett Howell	Ansonville	16
2008	Julia Dalton	Wilmington	16	2nd runner-up		Later Miss North Carolina USA 2015. Daughter of Jeannie Dalton (Boger), Miss North Carolina USA 1982, Sister of Kristen Dalton, Miss USA 2009 (Miss North Carolina USA 2009)
2007	Katie Coble	Matthews	16	2nd runner-up^[9]		Later Miss North Carolina USA 2017
2006	Melissa Lingafelt	Concord	16	1st runner-up	Miss Photogenic
2005	Nikkie Groat	Matthews	17
2004	Elizabeth Carty	High Point	17			Miss United States Teen 2005
2003	Erin Hendricks	High Point	18
2002	Brittany Crews	Wake Forest				1st runner-up at Miss North Carolina USA 2008 pageant
2001	Erin O'Kelley	Asheville	15			Later Miss North Carolina USA 2007 Top 15 at Miss USA 2007 pageant
2000	Chelsea Cooley	Charlotte	16			Later Miss North Carolina USA and Miss USA 2005, 9th at Miss Universe 2005, Miss United States Teen 2001, 1st runner-up at Miss Teen International 2001 as Miss USA
1999	Stephanie Holt	Albemarle	18
1998	Lucy Parker	Denver	19
1997	Ali Burr	Stanfield	17	Finalist
1996	Tammy Ashton	Gastonia	19
1995	Meridith Jackson	High Point	18
1994	Valarie Beasley	Dunn	16
1993	Wendy Williams	Wade	15			Sister of Heidi Sue Williams, Miss North Carolina 1992^[10]
1992	Rachel Adcock	Conover	17	Top 6	Miss Photogenic
1991	Holly Furman	Boone	17	Top 6	Miss Congeniality
1990	Heather Simmons	Wilmington	16
1989	Kelly Sheppard	Leicester	17
1988	Michelle Moore	Fuquay-Varina	18
1987	Peggy Blackwell	Fayetteville	17	1st runner-up
1986	Denise Jenkins	Wilmington	16
1985	Kimberly Jordan	Wilmington	17	Top 10
1984	Tracey Kaggell	Waynesville	17	Top 10
1983	Janet Freeman	Asheville	19

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

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References

↑ "Meet the new Miss North Carolina". Star-News . June 25, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
↑ Mannion, Cory (July 19, 2017). "For Miss North Carolina Teen USA, pageantry is about more than a crown". Port City Daily.
↑ Ingram, Hunter (June 22, 2015). "Topsail senior named Miss N.C. Outstanding Teen". StarNews Online.
↑ "Julia Herrin crowned Miss South Carolina 2021". WSPA 7News. 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
↑ Wilkins, Jordan (December 7, 2011). "UNCW senior wins Miss North Carolina USA 2012". The Seahawk.
↑ "15-year-old named Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen". WRAL.com. June 28, 2009.
↑ "Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen, Jeanette Morelan, Wins Miss America's Outstanding Teen Competition". Miss America's Outstanding Teen. August 15, 2009. Archived from the original on January 29, 2010.
↑ "About Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2011". RPM Productions, Inc. 2010. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
↑ Price, Mark (2007-08-24). "Area teen places in Miss Teen USA top 5". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 2007-08-24.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ Womble, Jeffery (1993-03-06). "Fayetteville Teen Brings Home State Pageant Crown". The Fayetteville Observer.

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[1] "Meet the new Miss North Carolina". Star-News . June 25, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

[2] Mannion, Cory (July 19, 2017). "For Miss North Carolina Teen USA, pageantry is about more than a crown". Port City Daily.

[3] Ingram, Hunter (June 22, 2015). "Topsail senior named Miss N.C. Outstanding Teen". StarNews Online.

[4] "Julia Herrin crowned Miss South Carolina 2021". WSPA 7News. 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

[Puryear_TUSA-5] Wilkins, Jordan (December 7, 2011). "UNCW senior wins Miss North Carolina USA 2012". The Seahawk.

[Puryear-6] "15-year-old named Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen". WRAL.com. June 28, 2009.

[maot09-7] "Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen, Jeanette Morelan, Wins Miss America's Outstanding Teen Competition". Miss America's Outstanding Teen. August 15, 2009. Archived from the original on January 29, 2010.

[8] "About Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2011". RPM Productions, Inc. 2010. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2011.

[9] Price, Mark (2007-08-24). "Area teen places in Miss Teen USA top 5". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 2007-08-24.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[10] Womble, Jeffery (1993-03-06). "Fayetteville Teen Brings Home State Pageant Crown". The Fayetteville Observer.

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v t e North Carolina pageant winners
Miss North Carolina	Maria Fletcher (1961) Jeanne Swanner (1963) Deneen Graham (1983) Brooke McLaurin (2005) Elizabeth Horton (2006)
Miss North Carolina USA	Crystal McLaurin-Coney (1997) Chelsea Cooley (2005) Kristen Dalton (2009) Ashley Love-Mills (2013) Caelynn Miller-Keyes (2018) Cheslie Kryst (2019) Morgan Romano (2022)
Miss North Carolina Teen USA	Heather Simmons (1990) Chelsea Cooley (2000)
Miss North Carolina World	Elizabeth Safrit (2014)