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Miss Texas Teen USA
Formation1983
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersDallas
Location
Membership
Miss Teen USA
Official language
English
WebsiteOfficial website
Danielle Doty, Miss Texas Teen USA & Miss Teen USA 2011
Sommer Isdale, Miss Texas Teen USA 2007

The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Texas in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is part of the Miss USA organization.

Texas is in the top 5 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Alongside Oregon they are the only two states to have produced three winners.

Dallyn Pesek of Shiner was crowned Miss Texas Teen USA 2024 on June 22, 2024, at Hilton Houston Post Oak in Houston. She represented Texas for the title of Miss Teen USA 2024 and placed in the Top 20.

Background

Texas's best performance came in the 1980s, where they placed in all but one year and were runners-up on five occasions. Despite this, they still placed second to New York in that decade in terms of number and value of placements.[1] Despite being on top overall, Texas has never been the best state in any particular decade.

Texas is one of the most successful states across all thirty-seven years of competition at Miss Teen USA. They have had seventeen semi-finalists, three more than any other state. They have won the crown three times (along with Oregon), in 1996 when Christie Lee Woods took the title (Woods later went on to star in The Amazing Race 5 and The Amazing Race 31) and 15 years later in 2011 when Danielle Doty won. Karlie Hay became the third Texan entrant to win the crown in 2016. Texas and the state of Oregon are the only states to have won Miss Teen USA three times. Texas has also won several awards, including Miss Photogenic in 2010.

While a number of Texas teens have competed for the Miss Texas USA title, only six have won both pageants. The most successful of these was Nicole O'Brian, who placed 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA and 2nd runner-up at Miss USA. O'Brien also competed alongside Woods on The Amazing Race 5. Woods was the first Miss Teen USA to not win a Miss title on her first attempt, and despite competing in a number of years never won the Miss Texas USA crown.

Results summary

Placements

  • Miss Teen USAs: Christie Lee Woods (1996), Danielle Doty (2011), Karlie Hay (2016)
  • 1st runners-up: Becky Pestana (1986), Nicole O'Brian (2000)
  • 2nd runners-up: Landry Davis (2021)
  • 3rd runners-up: Konae Wehle (1985), Kristi Wright (1989), Katherine Perello (2001), Haylee Elyse Puckett (2023)
  • 4th runners-up: Sheri Scholz (1983), Charlene Molinar (1984)
  • Top 6: Becky Fisher (1990)
  • Top 10: Libby Pelton (1988), Christie Cole (1998), Misty Giles (1999)
  • Top 12: Kara Williams (1991)
  • Top 15: Tye Felan (2003), Magen Ellis (2004), Kellie Stewart (2014), Chloe Kembel (2015), Kirby Lindley (2017)
  • Top 20: Dallyn Pesek (2024)

Texas holds a record of 23 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

  • Style Award: Andria Mullins (1997)
  • Swimsuit award: Nicole O'Brian (2000), Katherine Perello (2001)
  • Miss Photogenic: Chelsea Morgensen (2010)

Winners

  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Year Name Hometown Age1 Local Title Placement at Miss Teen USA Special awards at Miss Teen USA Notes
2024 Dallyn Pesek Shiner 17 Miss Houston Teen Top 20
2023 Haylee Elyse Puckett Houston 16 Miss Space City Teen 3rd runner-up
2022 Chanel Williams San Antonio 15 Miss Alamo Teen
2021 Landry Davis Dallas 18 Miss Metroplex Teen 2nd runner-up
2020 Anissa Mendez Laredo 17 Miss North Laredo Teen Longest reigning Miss Texas Teen USA (1 year, 5 months, and 29 days)
2019 Kennedy Edwards Houston[2] 17 Miss Houston Teen First African American Miss Texas Teen USA
2018 Brenna Flynn Fort Worth 18 Miss Fort Worth Teen
2017 Kirby Lindley Cypress 18 Miss Dallas Teen Top 15
2016 Karlie Hay Tomball 18 Miss Kemah Teen Miss Teen USA 2016
2015 Chloe Kembel Denton 18 Miss North Central TX Teen Top 15
2014 Kellie Stewart Fort Worth 16 Miss Dallas Teen Top 15
2013 Daniella Rodriguez Laredo 16 Miss Central Laredo Teen
2012 Madison Lee Houston 18 Miss Bay Area Teen
2011 Danielle Doty Harlingen 18 Miss Harlingen Teen Miss Teen USA 2011
2010 Chelsea Morgensen Laredo 15 Miss Laredo Teen Miss Photogenic
  • Later Miss Hooters International 2017
2009 Kelli Harral Fort Stockton 16 Miss Fort Stockton Teen
  • Later NFL Houston Texans Cheerleader May 2011-June 2014
2008 Lauren Guzman Laredo 18 Miss Laredo Teen
2007 Sommer Isdale Harker Heights 16 Miss Waco Teen
2006 Raevan Valadez[3] Spicewood 18 Miss Austin Teen
2005 April Ford Texarkana 18
2004 Magen Ellis Whitehouse 17 Miss Tyler Teen Semi-finalist
2003 Tye Felan Tomball 18 Miss Houston Teen Semi-finalist
2002 Brittany Tiner[4] Freeport 16 Miss Rice Belt
2001 Katherine Perello[5] Lake Jackson 16 3rd runner-up Body Glove Swimsuit Award
2000 Nicole O'Brian Friendswood 17 Miss Bay Area Teen 1st runner-up Swimsuit Award
1999 Misty Giles[6] Killeen 18 Semi-finalist Contestant on Survivor: Panama
1998 Christie Cole[7] Houston 16 Semi-finalist
1997 Andria Mullins Waco 16 Miss Lake Whitney Teen Style award Contestant on The Starlet
1996 Christie Lee Woods Huntsville 18 Miss Teen USA 1996 Two-time contestant on The Amazing Race (seasons 5 and 31)
1995 Mandy Jeffreys Midland 17 Appeared on The Bachelor
1994 Jaqueline Pena Corpus Christi 18
1993 Erin Burnett Plano 16
1992 Carissa Blair Columbus 17
1991 Kara Williams Houston 18 Semi-finalist
1990 Becky Fisher Cypress 18 Top 6
1989 Kristi Wright Del Rio 16 3rd runner-up
1988 Libby Pelton[8] Austin 18 Semi-finalist
1987 Richelle Kesling Spring 15
1986 Becky Pestana San Antonio 17 1st runner-up
1985 Konae Wehle Humble 16 3rd runner-up
1984 Charlene Molinar El Paso 18 4th runner-up
1983 Sheri Scholz Lubbock 17 4th runner-up

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

  1. ^ "Miss Teen USA ranking". Archived from the original on May 2, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Miss Texas Teen USA | Miss Texas USA & Miss Texas Teen USA". www.misstexasusa.com. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  3. ^ Obernauer, Matthew (2006-01-06). "Austin student learning her role as Miss Texas Teen USA ; Life as beauty queen? Sometimes, it's work". Austin American-Statesman. p. B1.
  4. ^ "A tiara fit for a teen". Houston Chronicle. 2001-11-27.
  5. ^ Warren, Mike (2000-12-06). "Lake Jackson's Perello takes home title of Miss Texas Teen USA". Houston Chronicle.
  6. ^ Tavakoli, Brenda (1998-11-30). "Killeen student wins Miss Texas Teen USA". Houston Chronicle.
  7. ^ Berger, Eric (1997-12-01). "Houston teen wins pageant". Houston Chronicle. p. 2A.
  8. ^ Associated Press (1987-11-30). "Around Texas & Southwest/Austin girl crowned Miss Texas Teen-USA". The Dallas Morning News. p. 18A.