Miss Nevada Teen USA

The Miss Nevada Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss Teen USA pageant.

Miss Nevada Teen USA

Formation	1983; 42 years ago (1983)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Las Vegas
Location	Nevada
Membership	Miss Teen USA
Official language	English
Key people	Shanna Moakler (executive director)
Website	Website

Ashley Brown, Miss Nevada Teen USA 2011

Lauren Hudman, Miss Nevada Teen USA 2008

Helen Salas, Miss Nevada Teen USA 2004

Cerina Vincent, Miss Nevada Teen USA 1996

Contestants compete in interview, active wear, and evening gown. Winners have most commonly come from Las Vegas since the pageant began in 1983.

Janae McIntosh of Las Vegas was crowned Miss Nevada Teen USA 2022 on May 15, 2022 at South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa in Las Vegas. She will represent Nevada for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.

Results summary

Placements

• 2nd runners-up: Victoria Franklin (1998), Helen Salas (2004), Alexis Smith (2017), Erica Bonilla (2019)
• 4th runner-up: Carissa Morrow (2016)
• Top 10: Kimberly Cannon (1983), Kristen Walthers (1999)
• Top 15/16: Ileri Tunrarebi (2009), Britney Barnhart (2018), Janae McIntosh (2022)

Nevada holds a record of 10 placements at Miss Teen USA

Awards

• Miss Congeniality: Janae McIntosh (2022)
• Miss Photogenic: JJ Casper (1990)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards	Notes
2024	Courtney Clark	Las Vegas	18
2023	Emily Cox	Las Vegas	18
2022	Janae McIntosh	Las Vegas	19	Top 16	Miss Congeniality
2021	Noelani Mendoza	Las Vegas	18
2020	Montana Cencarik	Las Vegas	18
2019	Erica Bonilla	Las Vegas	18	2nd runner-up
2018	Britney Barnhart	Las Vegas	16	Top 15		Sister of Miss Nevada Teen USA 2008 Lauren Hudman and daughter of Jill Liebmann Miss Oklahoma USA 1982
2017	Alexis Smith	Las Vegas	16	2nd runner-up
2016	Carissa Morrow[1]	Henderson[2]	18[2]	4th runner-up
2015	Geovanna Hilton	Las Vegas[3]	18[3]
2014	Alexa Taylor[4]	Las Vegas[5]	15[5]
2013	Amanda Jenkins	Reno[6]	18[6]
2012	Katie Eklund	Las Vegas[7]	19[7]
2011	Ashley Brown	Las Vegas	18[8]
2010	Audrey Denison	Las Vegas[9]	17[9]			Later converted to Mormonism and served mission for the LDS Church[10]
2009	Ileri Tunrarebi[11][12]	Henderson[13]	19[13]	Top 15[14]		Cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers[15]
2008	Lauren Hudman	Henderson	18			Daughter of Jill Barnhart (Miss Oklahoma USA 1982)[16] and sister of Miss Nevada Teen USA 2018 Britney Barnhart
2007	Danielle Hashimoto	Reno	16[17]			Miss Nevada Junior Teen 2004
2006	Georgina Vaughan	Las Vegas	18[18]			Later Miss Nevada USA 2009[12]
2005	Kelli Crossley	Las Vegas	17[19]
2004	Helen Salas	Las Vegas	18[20]	2nd runner-up		1st runner-up at Miss Nevada USA 2007, later assumed the title after the original winner Katie Rees disqualified due to controversial past, 4th runner up at Miss USA 2007
2003	Ashley Phelps	Las Vegas	15[21]
2002	Kathryn Bigler	Las Vegas	18[22]
2001	Tahnee Harrison
2000	Melissa Davis	Las Vegas[23]	18[23]
1999	Kristen Walthers	Las Vegas	16	Semi-finalist
1998	Victoria Franklin	Las Vegas	14	2nd runner-up		Later Miss Nevada USA 2004
1997	Kaci Thompson	Las Vegas	19
1996	Cerina Vincent	Las Vegas	18			Actress, has appeared in Not Another Teen Movie, Cabin Fever and Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy
1995	Alicia Carnes[24]	Las Vegas	17			Later Miss Nevada USA 2000
1994	Heather Kittrel	Las Vegas	15
1993	Tammy Rankin	Las Vegas	16			Later Miss Nevada USA 1998
1992	Jennifer Gassmann[25]	Las Vegas	18
1991	Brooke Hammond	Las Vegas	19			Later Miss Nevada USA 1995
1990	JJ Casper	Las Vegas	19		Miss Photogenic
1989	Stacey L Bentley	Las Vegas	19
1988	Erin Abernathy	Las Vegas	19
1987	Terri Broca	Las Vegas	19
1986	Wendy Stewart	Las Vegas	15
1985	Leslye Peterson	Las Vegas	16
1984	Rana Kirkland	Las Vegas	17
1983	Kimberly Cannon	Las Vegas[26]	18[26]	Semi-finalist[27]

See also

• Miss Nevada USA
• Miss Nevada