Miss California Teen USA

The Miss California Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss Teen USA pageant. It was formed in 1983. This pageant is part of the Miss USA Organization, owned by Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart.^{[citation needed]}

Miss California Teen USA

Formation	1983
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Santa Monica
Location	California
Membership	Miss Teen USA
Official language	English
Website	www.misscaliforniausa.com

California is in the top five most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Miss California een USA titleholders have been invited to red-carpet movie premieres, such as that for Santa Clause 3 attended by Kylee Lin,^[1] and She's the Man, attended by Jessica Powell.^[2]

The current titleholder is Cassidy Hill of Newport Beach, who is crowned on June 5, 2022, at the Hyatt Regency Orange County. Hill represented California for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022 and was the second runner-up in the pageant.

History

In the 1980s, the pageant was directed by Richard Guy and Rex Holt, who also oversaw the Miss California USA, Miss Texas USA and Miss Texas Teen USA pageants. They lost the contract in 1990, when it came up for renewal.^[3]

Gallery of titleholders

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  Kylee Lin, Miss California Teen USA 2007, at the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End film premiere
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  Miss California Teen USA 2009, Chelsea Gilligan, attending the "Beauty of California Dinner" at The Riviera Resort & Spa, Palm Springs, CA on Nov. 21, 2009
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  Miss California Teen USA 2010, Emma Baker, on-stage at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA on Nov. 22, 2009
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  Miss California Teen USA 2011, Alexis Swanstrom, Rancho Mirage, CA on Nov. 21, 2010
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  Miss California Teen USA 2012 Alexa Jones, Irvine, California on June 16, 2012
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  Miss California Teen USA 2013 and Miss Teen USA 2013, Cassidy Wolf, Irvine, California on January 4, 2014
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  Miss California Teen USA 2014 Bianca Vierra, Long Beach, California on January 4, 2014
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  Miss California Teen USA 2015 Melanie Mitchell, Corona, California on July 19, 2015
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  Miss California Teen USA 2016 Athenna Crosby, Long Beach, California on December 6, 2015
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  Miss California Teen USA 2019 Alina Carranza, Los Angeles, California on March 14, 2019

Results summary

Placements

• Miss Teen USAs: Shauna Gambill (1994), Cassidy Wolf (2013)
• 1st runners-up: Jennifer Morgan (2002), Melanie Mitchell (2015)
• 2nd runners-up: Michelle Cardamon (1996), Chelsea Gilligan (2009), Emma Baker (2010), Alexis Swanstrom (2011), Cassidy Hill (2022)
• 3rd runner-up: Bianca Vierra (2014)
• 4th runners-up: Stephanie Brink (2005), Jaanu Patel (2017)
• Top 6: Natasha Allas (1992)
• Top 10: Shawn Gardner (1983), Angi Aylor (1987), Casey McClain (2001)
• Top 12: Trisha Robey (1990), Kellie Foster-Moore (1995)
• Top 15/16/20: Taylor Atkins (2008), Athenna Crosby (2016), Janeice Love (2018), Zoe Hunt (2020), Cameron Doan (2021), Taliya Ariana Peiris (2023)

California holds a record of 24 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Winners

Color key

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

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2024	Paige Gonor	San Diego	18
2023	Taliya Ariana Peiris	San Ramon	18	Top 20
2022	Cassidy Hill	Newport Beach	18	Second runner-up
2021	Cameron Doan	Anaheim	19	Top 16		Previously Miss California's Outstanding Teen 2018 Top 9 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2019
2020	Zoe Hunt	Coronado	17	Top 16
2019	Alina Rae Carranza	Los Angeles	17
2018	Janeice Love[4]	Barstow	17	Top 15
2017	Jaanu Patel[5]	Huntington Beach	16	Fourth runner-up
2016	Athenna Crosby[6]	San Jose	17	Top 15		Top 15 at Miss Utah USA 2019
2015	Melanie Mitchell[7]	Anaheim	16	First runner-up
2014	Bianca Vierra[8]	Hayward	19	Third runner-up		1st runner-up at Miss California USA 2018
2013	Chloe Hope Hatfield[9][10]	Norco	18	did not compete		1st runner-up at Miss California Teen USA 2013; succeeded Cassidy Wolf when Wolf won Miss Teen USA 2013 Later Miss Collegiate America 2016
Cassidy Wolf[10]	Temecula	19	Miss Teen USA 2013
2012	Alexa Jones[11]	Ramona	18			First runner-up Miss Arizona USA 2014 Top 20 Miss Arizona USA 2015-2016 Miss California U.S. International 2016 Top 20 Miss California USA 2017
2011	Alexis Swanstrom	San Diego	17	Second runner-up		Third runner-up at Miss California USA 2014 Top 10 at Miss California USA 2015
2010	Emma Baker	Poway	18	Second runner-up		Second runner-up at Miss Washington USA 2014
2009	Chelsea Gilligan	Beaumont	18	Second runner-up
2008	Taylor Atkins	Piru	17	Top 15
2007	Kylee Lin	San Rafael	16
2006	Jessica Powell	Barstow	18
2005	Stephanie Brink	Bellflower	18	Fourth runner-up
2004	Stacey Beltran	Oxnard	18			Miss California Teen International 2005
2003	Shannon Byrne	Vacaville	18
2002	Jennifer Morgan	Alpine	17	First runner-up
2001	Casey McClain[12]	San Marcos	18	Semi-finalist
2000	Alexandra Thompson	Vacaville	15
1999	Marianne Kennedy	Long Beach	17
1998	Amanda O'Leary[13]	Fullerton	19
1997	Kimberly Gloudemans	Bakersfield	16			First runner-up to National Sweetheart 2001
1996	Michelle Cardamon	San Diego	18	Second runner-up
1995	Kellie Foster-Moore	Fresno	17	Semi-finalist
1994	Shauna Gambill[14]	Acton	17	Miss Teen USA 1994		Later Miss California USA 1998, first runner up at Miss USA 1998 Represented the United States at Miss World 1998 (Top 10).
1993	Stefanie Sweeney	El Dorado Hills	18			Now Stevi McShane; owner of Crowned One Productions, a pageant production company, and director of the Miss California U.S. International Pageant and the Jr. Miss and Miss Teen and Miss California American Beauty Pageant.[15] She was also Mrs. California International, 2008.[16]
1992	Natasha Allas	Los Angeles	18	Finalist		Later Miss World USA 1999,[17] semi-finalist at Miss World 1999
1991	Jolene Fulkner	Yorba Linda	14			Youngest ever Miss California Teen USA[18]
1990	Trisha Robey	Los Angeles	18	Semi-finalist
1989	Michealean Bonilla	Los Angeles	17
1988	Alison Moreno[19]	El Toro	15		Best State Costume	Disqualified from competing at the national pageant curfew violation, contrary to pageant rules.[19]
1987	Angi Aylor[20]	El Toro	14	Semi-finalist (6th)[21]	Miss Photogenic (tie)	Second runner up in Miss World USA 1994
1986	Michelle Lowell	Ontario	17
1985	Sharon Gunther	Clovis	16
1984	Jodie Alvarez	San Pedro	19
1983	Shawn Gardner	Modesto	17	Semi-finalist		Placed first runner-up in state pageant, assumed title when winner resigned title to get married.[22]
	Teresa St. Nicholas	Monterey	17			Resigned

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

1. "World Premiere THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE Sunday, October 29 at The El Capitan Theater" (Press release). Walt Disney Pictures. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
2. Wireimage.com photo gallery Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2007-01-26
3. Woodbury, Richard (1990-03-05). "Profits In Poise and Pulchritude". Time Magazine. Archived from the original on November 21, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-27.
4. "Miss California and Miss Teen California to compete in national pageant -". McKinnon Broadcasting. May 9, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
5. Alteir, Nuran (December 22, 2016). "Pride and poise help Huntington Beach girl capture Miss California Teen title". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
6. "Miss California from Miss Teen USA 2016 Semifinalists". E! Online. July 30, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
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9. "Pageant contestants want to dispel stereotypes". Orange County Register. December 27, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
10. "CSULB Freshman Crowned Miss California Teen USA". Press Telegram. 27 August 2013.
11. Brainard, Karen. "Alexa Jones crowned Miss California Teen USA". Ramona Sentinel. No. January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
12. Sheshadri, Triveni (2001-08-12). "Beauty queen going for Miss Teen USA crown". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
13. "Fullerton Fast Facts / In the Know". Fullerton News Tribune. 1997-09-04. p. 03.
14. Smith, Sharon (1994-04-04). "Highland Valedictorian wins Miss California Teen USA". Los Angeles Daily News. p. SC2.
15. Franz, Chris (March 2014). ""The Pageant Director's Point of View": Interview with Stevie McShane Pageant Director". The Platform Magazine. p. 7. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
16. "Former Mrs. California International Titleholders". Mrs. California International. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
17. "Natasha Allas - Reigning Miss World USA - Available for Interviews at Republican Convention" (Press release). PR Newswire. 2000-07-31.
18. Gaede, Susan (1991-05-23). "Yorba Linda teen is pride of California". The Orange County Register. p. 04.
19. "Miss Teen California Official Questions Contestant's Disqualification". AP News. July 27, 1988. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
20. Heffernan, Lillian (1987-05-12). "Beauty is hard work // Angi Aylor is on the runway to success after taking time off from contests". The Orange County Register. p. 03.
21. Heffernan, Lillian (1987-07-23). "Teen beauty queen from El Toro places sixth in national contest". The Orange County Register. p. 13.
22. Williams, Walt (1983-07-19). "Modestan Dons Miss Teen Crown". The Modesto Bee.

External links

• Official website