Miss America's Teen

Miss America's Teen is an American scholarship pageant. It is the sister program to the Miss America Opportunity, and it aims to "promote scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for America's teens." In order to be eligible to compete, participants must first compete and win at the local level and then win the state title. The competition consists of several parts of competition which consists of an eight-minute interview in front of a panel of judges, talent, lifestyle and wellness, evening wear, and an on-stage question. All competitors must be girls between the ages of 13 and 18 years of age.^[1]

Miss America's Teen

Type	Beauty pageant
Parent organization	Miss America Organization
Headquarters	Wellington, Florida
Country represented	United States
First edition	2006
Most recent edition	2024
Current titleholder	Hanley House North Carolina
CEO	Robin Ross-Fleming
Formerly called	Miss America’s Outstanding Teen
Language	English
Website	missamerica.org

More than $113,000 in scholarship grants were distributed among the 51 contestants in the pageant along with $29 Million in in-kind tuition with 7 universities, with a $30,000 scholarship being awarded to the winner. The chairwoman for the Miss America's Teen program is Miss America CEO, Robin Fleming.

The current titleholder is Hanley House of North Carolina, who was crowned in Orlando, Florida, on January 13, 2024.

In January 2023, the official name of the pageant was changed from Miss America’s Outstanding Teen to Miss America’s Teen.

History

The first competition was held in August 2005 in the Linda W. Chapin Theater at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Meghan Miller, who represented Texas, was the first to win the competition.

Winners

Year	Crowned	Winner	State	City	Age	Awards	Talent	Notes
2006	August 20, 2005	Meghan Miller[2][3]	Texas	Beaumont	17	Overall Talent Award[3] Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Preliminary Talent Award	Ventriloquism	Off Broadway actress in The Berenstain Bears LIVE! And national tour casts of Berenstain Bears and John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean Appeared on America's Got Talent[4]
2007	August 19, 2006	Maria DeSantis[5]	New York	Staten Island	17	Preliminary Talent Award	Vocal	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 pageant
2008	August 11, 2007	Caitlin Brunell[6][7]	Virginia	Great Falls	15	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award	En Pointe Dance, "Show Off" from The Drowsy Chaperone	Daughter of former New Orleans Saints quarterback, Mark Brunell[8][9] Later Miss Alabama 2014[6][10] Top 10 at Miss America 2015 pageant[11] Judge at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2020[12]
2009	August 16, 2008	Taylor Fitch[13]	South Carolina	Anderson	17		Musical Theater Dance
2010	August 15, 2009	Jeanette Morelan[14][15]	Wisconsin	Racine	15		Vocal, "Think of Me" from The Phantom of the Opera	Sister of Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen 2013, JamieNicole Morelan[16] Later Distinguished Young Woman of Wisconsin 2012[17] 4th runner-up at Miss Tennessee 2016 pageant[18]
2011	August 28, 2010	Lacey Russ[19]	Oklahoma	Cordell	16	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award	Piano, Bach’s "Prelude XXI" and Beethoven’s "Sonata Pathetique"
2012	August 20, 2011	Elizabeth Fechtel[20]	Florida	Leesburg	17	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award	Musical Theater Jazz Dance, "I Am What I Am"	Sister of Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2010 and Miss Florida 2015, Mary Katherine Fechtel Initially named Miss Florida 2014[21] Later dethroned from Miss Florida title after tabulation error, making her the 1st runner-up[22]
2013	August 18, 2012	Rachel Wyatt[23]	South Carolina	Piedmont	17		Dance	Later Miss South Carolina 2016[23] 1st runner-up at Miss America 2017 pageant[24] Former NFL cheerleader for the Dallas Cowboys[25]
2014	August 17, 2013	Leah Sykes[26]	Florida	Jacksonville	16		Vocal, “Someone Like You” by Adele
2015	August 2, 2014	Olivia McMillan[27]	Georgia	Centerville	17	Outstanding Vocalist Award[28] Preliminary Talent Award[28]	Classical Vocal, “Nessun dorma” from Puccini's opera, Turandot
2016	August 1, 2015	Allie Nault[29]	New Hampshire	Gilford	17	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award[30] Teens in Action Award[30]	Dance/Twirl
2017	August 6, 2016	Nicole Jia[31]	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	17	Outstanding Instrumentalist Award	Piano, Variations on Mozart's “Rondo Alla Turca”
2018	July 29, 2017	Jessica Baeder[32]	Alabama	Auburn	17	Teens in Action Award[33]	Ballet en pointe, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"	Daughter of Miss North Carolina 1984, Francesca Adler
2019	July 28, 2018	London Hibbs[34]	Texas	Tyler	17	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Preliminary Talent Award	Vocal, "Think of Me" from The Phantom of the Opera
2020	July 27, 2019	Payton May[35]	Washington	Vancouver	17	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award	Vocal, "Over the Rainbow"	Held title for two years since no competition was held in 2020
2021	No national pageant was held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	July 30, 2021	Marcelle LeBlanc[36]	Alabama	Birmingham	18	Teens in Action Finalist Preliminary Talent Award Top Interview Award (tie)	Broadway Vocal, "On My Own" from Les Miserables	Sister of Miss Alabama Teen USA 2024, Ava LeBlanc
2023	August 12, 2022	Morgan Greco[36]	Washington	Camas	16	Preliminary Talent Award Top Vocalist Award	Operatic Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust	Later crowned Miss Teen International USA 2024
2024	January 13, 2024	Hanley House	North Carolina	Cleveland	16	Preliminary Fitness Award Preliminary Evening Wear	Dance

Winners by state

State	Number of Titles Won	Year(s) Won
Alabama	2	2018, 2022
Florida		2012, 2014
Oklahoma		2011, 2017
South Carolina		2009, 2013
Texas		2006, 2019
Washington		2020, 2023
North Carolina	1	2024
Georgia		2015
New Hampshire		2016
New York		2007
Virginia		2008
Wisconsin		2010

See also

• Miss Teen USA
• Miss Teenage America
• Miss Teen America
• Distinguished Young Women (formerly America's Junior Miss)

References

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13. "Next in Line for Greatness". Pageantry Magazine. August 20, 2008.
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16. Bauter, Alison (August 21, 2013). "Racine's Miss Outstanding Teen makes national top 10". The Journal Times.
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18. "Miss Mid-South wins Miss Tennessee". The Jackson Sun. June 18, 2016.
19. Mendez, Angel-Anthony. "Full of Surprises". Pageantry Magazine.^{[permanent dead link]}
20. "Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2012 Rides In The University of Florida's Homecoming Parade". Tampa, FL: Miss America's Outstanding Teen. November 2012.
21. Campbell, Theresa (February 18, 2015). "Back-to-back pageant wins as Miss UF for Fechtel sisters". Daily Commercial. Leesburg, FL: New Media Investment Group.^{[permanent dead link]}
22. Hayes, Stephanie (June 27, 2014). "Miss Florida pageant crowns the wrong winner". St. Petersburg, Florida: Tampa Bay Times.
23. "Rachel Wyatt Wins Miss South Carolina". WLTX19. June 25, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
24. "Who Is Rachel Wyatt? The Miss America 2017 Runner-Up Still Wins Big". Bustle.com. September 11, 2016.
25. "Rachel W." DallasCowboys.com.
26. Holifield, Cindy (October 23, 2013). "Good News: Three scouts earn their Eagle award". The Florida Times-Union. As the first runner-up, Leah Roddenberry of Bradenton has been passed Sykes' title of Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen.
27. Pennell, Julie (November 1, 2014). "How This Teen Pageant Star Refused to Be Fat-Shamed and Went on to Win". Teen Vogue.
28. "2014 Scholarships". Miss America's Outstanding Teen.
29. Tracey, Sara (September 12, 2015). "Conversation with Miss America's Outstanding Teen, Allie Nault". Press of Atlantic City.
30. "2015 Scholarships". Miss America's Outstanding Teen.
31. Stewart, Kristen (August 8, 2016). "Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2017 Crowned in Orlando". PR Newswire.
32. Berson, Scott (31 July 2017). "Miss Smiths Station Jessica Baeder crowned Miss America's Outstanding Teen". The Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
33. "2017 Scholarships". Miss America's Outstanding Teen. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
34. "Tyler's London Hibbs is 2019's Miss America's Outstanding Teen". Tyler Morning Telegraph. July 31, 2018.
35. Middlewood, Erin (July 27, 2019). "Skyview senior wins Miss America's Outstanding Teen". The Columbian.
36. "Birmingham teen, actress wins Miss America's Outstanding Teen contest". al. 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-08-03.

External links

• Official Miss America's Teen web site