Miss Rhode Island Teen USA

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Miss Rhode Island Teen USA
Formation1983[ citation needed ]
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Cranston
Location
Membership
Miss Teen USA
Official language
English
Key people
Deborah Miller
Cindy Provost

The Miss Rhode Island Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Rhode Island in the Miss Teen USA pageant and the name of the title held by that winner.

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Rhode Island has placed seven times at the Miss Teen USA Pageant, most recently in 2023 when Lola Paolissi made the top 20, it is the state's first placement since 2009. The state's first finalist was Shaelyn McNally in 2006. One of those semi-finalists was Shanna Moakler, who would later win the Miss New York USA pageant and takeover the Miss USA title when Chelsi Smith won Miss Universe.[ citation needed ]

Other notable Miss Rhode Island Teen USAs are:

Lola Paolissi of Cranston was crowned Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2023 on May 28, 2023, at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence. She represented Rhode Island at Miss Teen USA 2023 and placed in the top 20.

Results summary

Placements

Awards

Winners

YearNameHometownAge1Placement at Miss Teen USASpecial awards at Miss Teen USANotes
2024 Carissa Tillinghast Warwick TBATBA
2023 Lola Paolissi Cranston 16Top 20
2022 Julia Potts Richmond 18
2021 Sydney Jaiswal Cranston 17
2020 Sofia Ledoux Cranston 16
2019 Olivia Volpe Cranston 18
2018 Aliyah Moore[ citation needed ] Pawtucket 17
2017 Alexa Papigiotis North Providence 18Miss Congeniality
2016 Malia Cruz [3] [4] Warwick [4] 18 [5] Miss Congeniality
2015 Mary Malloy [6] Cumberland [7] 17 [7] Later Miss Rhode Island USA 2023
2014 Gabriella Maggiacomo [8] Hope [8] 17 [9]
2013 Elaine Collado [2] Providence [10] 18 [10] Later Miss Rhode Island USA 2022
2012 Livia Stencel [2] Warwick [11] 16 [11]
2011 Lindsey Bucci [2] Scituate [12] 18 [13]
2010 Erica Wright [2] Narragansett [14] 18 [14]
2009 Talia Turco [2] Lincoln [15] 18Top 15 [16]
2008 Tiondra Martinez [2] Woonsocket [17] 17 [17]
2007 Rochelle Rose Cranston [18] 15 [19] Top 10
2006 Shaelyn McNally [2] Lincoln [20] 18 [21] Top 10 [22]
2005 Dominique Lee [2] Westerly [23] 17 [23]
2004 Melissa Landry [2] Charlestown 16 [24]
2003 Kristina Primavera [2] Cranston 16 [25] Later Miss Rhode Island USA 2010 [2]
2002 Alysha Castonguay [2] [26] Woonsocket [27] 16 [28] Top 10Later Miss Rhode Island USA 2009 [29] (also Miss Teen America 2003 & Miss Teen Galaxy 2005); New England Patriots Cheerleader [26] [30] (2006–2008)
2001 Amy Diaz [31] Providence 16Later Miss Rhode Island USA 2008, [32] top 15 at Miss USA 2008. Winner of The Amazing Race 23 with her husband Jason. [31]
2000 Sienna Piccione [2] Cranston [33] 17 [33]
1999 Jodi Fournier [2] Burrillville 18
1998 Kristen Luneberg [2] Lincoln 17Later Miss North Carolina USA 2003 [34]
1997 Lauren Alviti [2] Cranston 18
1996 Kelly Dutra [2] Tiverton 17
1995 Carol Pedroso [2] Warwick 18
1994 Nicole Coletti [2] Cranston 17
1993 Alisha Currier [2] North Kingstown 19
1992 Shanna Moakler [2] [35] Barrington [36] 16Top 12Later Miss New York USA 1995 & Miss USA 1995, [35] [37] Miss Teen All American 1992; actress & reality television star; [35] [38] [39] [40] Current director of the Miss Nevada USA and Miss Nevada Teen USA pageants. [41] Previous co-director of the Miss California USA & Miss California Teen USA pageants [42]
1991 Gina Tognoni [2] Bristol [43] 17Top 12 [1] Miss Photogenic [1] [2]
1990 Claudia Jordan [2] East Providence 16Later Miss Rhode Island USA 1997, [2] top 10 at Miss USA 1997, suitcase model on Deal or No Deal , cast member on season 7 of The Real Housewives of Atlanta [44]
1989 Deb Hodges [2] East Greenwich 17
1988 Debbie Peters [2] North Providence 18
1987 Raye-Anne Johnson [2] Wakefield 16Miss Photogenic - tie [45] Later Miss Rhode Island USA 1994 [2]
1986 Lori Damiani [2] Cranston 18
1985 Chris Pavalli [2] Warwick 18
1984 Jennifer Amoroso [2] [46] Narragansett 17Later known by stage name Gianna Amore [46]
1983 Melissa Sciarra [47] Warwick [47] 16 [47]

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

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