Miss Indiana Teen USA

The Miss Indiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is currently produced by CROWN MOXIE, LLC headed by JScot Reid. It was formerly produced by MOXIE Media Productions and Sanders & Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia before MOXIE Media Productions.^[1]

Miss Indiana Teen USA

Formation	1983
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Carmel
Location	Indiana
Membership	Miss Teen USA
Official language	English
Leader	Executive State Director
Key people	JScot Reid
Website	Official website

Bailee Zimmerman, Miss Indiana Teen USA 2009

Indiana had a slow start at Miss Teen USA, and did not place until 1991. That placement became the first of a four-year streak, which included three semi-finalist and one 1st runner-up placings.

Six Indiana teens have gone on to win the Miss Indiana USA crown, more than most other states. The most successful of these, Kelly Lloyd, who achieved Indiana's highest ever Miss Teen USA placement also went on to earn one of Miss Indiana USA's highest placements in 2002. Even more notable, Lloyd was a Triple Crown winner.

The current titleholder is KK Kokonaing of Huntertown and was crowned on April 10, 2022 at Noblesville High School in Noblesville. She will represent Indiana for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.

Results summary

Placements

• 1st runners-up: Kelly Lloyd (1993)
• 3rd runners-up: Paige Robinson (2017)
• 4th runners-up: Jillian Dornbush (2001)
• Top 10/12: Heather Hart (1991), Nicole Llewellyn (1992), Nicolette Van Hook (1994), Kera Boog (2000)
• Top 15: Jami Stallings (2003), Jessica Michelle Buch (2011), Zoe Parker (2014)

Indiana holds a record of 10 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

• Miss Photogenic: Jillian Dornbush (2001), Lexi Gryszowka (2021)

Winners

•   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	Aleah Dean	Southern Indiana	17
2023	Kinley Shoemaker	Indianapolis	18
2022	KK Kokonaing	Huntertown	18			First Burmese American Teen state titleholder in Miss Teen USA history
2021	Lexi Gryszowka	Bloomington	17		Miss Photogenic
2020	Jinnie Tomes	Indianapolis	18
2019	Catelyn Combellick	Carmel	15			Later Miss Indiana High School America 2020
2018	Ella Harrison	New Albany	16
2017	Paige Robinson	Indianapolis	19	3rd runner-up
2016	Lauren Boswell	Fishers	17
2015	Kassidy Tharp	Sullivan	18			3rd runner up at Miss Indiana's Outstanding Teen 2014
2014	Zoe Parker	Fort Wayne	16	Top 15
2013	Darrian Arch	Chesterton	17			Later Miss Indiana USA 2018
2012	Mackenzie Surber	Cicero	19
2011	Jessica Michelle Buch	Bedford	16	Top 15
2010	Madeline Jean Plesac	Valparaiso	17
2009	Bailee Zimmerman	Brownsburg	16
2008	Morgan Abel	North Vernon	17			Later Miss Indiana USA 2016
2007	Victoria Tomlinson	Anderson	18
2006	Halley Wallace	Evansville	18
2005	Kristina Ellis[2]	Vincennes	17
2004	Courtni Hall[3]	Crawfordsville	18			Later Miss Indiana USA 2009
2003	Jami Stallings[4]	Evansville	17	Semi-finalist		Later Miss Indiana USA 2007
2002	Melyssa Ramos[5]	Fort Wayne	18
2001	Jillian Dornbush	Indianapolis	17	4th runner-up	Miss Photogenic
2000	Kera Boog	Indianapolis	16	Top 10
1999	Jennifer Phillips	Avon	17
1998	Tashina Kastigar[6]	West Terre Haute	17
1997	Amber Yoder	Indianapolis	15
1996	Misha Ivetich	Indianapolis	18
1995	Sarah McClary	Evansville	16			Later Miss Indiana USA 2001[4]
1994	Nicolette VanHook	Crawfordsville	16	Semi-finalist
1993	Kelly Lloyd	Indianapolis	16	1st runner-up		Triple Crown winner, Later Miss Indiana 1999 and Miss Indiana USA 2002, 2nd runner up to Miss USA 2002; 2nd runner-up to National Sweetheart 1998; Previously served as the director of operations for the Miss Indiana USA and Miss Indiana Teen USA pageants[7]
1992	Nicole Llewellyn	Munster	16	Semi-finalist		Later Miss Indiana USA 1998; She also won Mrs. Indiana 2001, Mrs. America 2001, and Mrs. World 2002 under her married name, Nicole Brink.[8]
1991	Heather Hart	Newburgh	17	Semi-finalist		Later Miss Indiana USA 1995[9]
1990	Kristen Helm	Indianapolis	17
1989	Jackie Hartt	Indianapolis	17
1988	Deborah Lindboe	Martinsville	16
1987	Jennifer Larner (Most Photogenic)	Indianapolis	16
1986	Danielle Wayne[10]	Indianapolis	17
1985	Dianna Bullard[10]	Portage	17
1984	Christine Harrell	Rolling Prairie	19			Married Sean Astin in 1992
1983	Julie James	Warsaw	18

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

1. "Who We Are: Pageant Associates". Miss Indiana USA® & Miss Indiana Teen USA®. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
2. Schneider, Ashley (2004-11-21). "Area Teens win Top Spots in Pageant". The Evansville Courier. p. B1.
3. "Jasper woman crowned Miss Indiana" (Press release). Associated Press. 2003-11-10.
4. Barry, Marilou (2003-08-03). "Miss Teen USA Contestant Gets Royal Send-off". The Evansville Courier. p. C8.
5. "Start Your Day/City teen captures state pageant crown". Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. 2001-11-19. p. 2A.
6. "West Terre Haute teen crowned Miss Indiana Teen USA" (Press release). Associated Press. 1998-04-25.
7. "Staff". Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
8. "Munster native wins Mrs. World crown" (Press release). Associated Press. 2001-12-26.
9. Barry, Marilou (1995-02-10). "TITLE CONTENDER Newburgh woman competes for Miss USA title tonight". The Evansville Courier. p. 1b.
10. Weyand, Cindy (2 December 1985). "Portage Girl takes teen title by storm". Vidette-Messenger of Porter County. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

External links

• Official website