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{{short description|Beauty pageant}}
{{update|date=May 2025}}
'''Miss Teen America''' is an American [[Beauty Contest|beauty contest]] that serves as a training ground for many young American girls, many of whom go on to win other titles. Winners have had ongoing columns in Supermodels Unlimited and Pageantry magazines. Miss Teen America is not associated with the [[Miss America|Miss America Organization]] nor should it be confused with [[Miss Teen USA]]. In July 2010, Nikki Clark, President of Miss Teen America, Inc. became the new Executive Director of Miss Teen America. Miss Teen America 2020 has yet to be crowned.

==Winners==
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!Year
! Winner
! State
! Notes
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|1995-96||Bethany Logan||{{flag|Connecticut}}|| 
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|1997-98||Christella Carpenter||{{flag|Kentucky}}||
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|1999||Heather Konitshek|| {{flag|Connecticut}}||Now married and has her own photography business, Photographic Vision;<ref>[http://www.ctphotographicvision.com Ctphotographicvision.Com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Official Photographer of the International Junior Miss Pageant and Miss Teen America Pageant
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|2000||Amanda Zachary||{{flag|Illinois}}||Competed in the [[Miss Indiana]] and [[Miss Illinois]] systems and won preliminary titles
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|2001||Cara Hays||{{flag|Arkansas|1924}}||
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|2002||Lacey Minchew||{{flag|Georgia (U.S. state)|2001|name=Georgia}}||Later [[Miss Louisiana USA]] 2009
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|2003||[[Alysha Castonguay]]||{{flag|Rhode Island}}||Previously [[Miss Rhode Island Teen USA]] 2002 & Top 10 at [[Miss Teen USA 2002]];<ref>[http://www.pageant.com/teenusa2002/index.htm Pageant News Bureau – Miss Teen USA 2002<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107112409/http://www.pageant.com/teenusa2002/index.htm |date=2007-01-07 }}</ref> Cheerleader for the New England Patriots from 2006 to 2008;<ref>[http://www.patriots.com/cheerleaders/index.cfm?ac=photogallery&searchstring=castonguay New England Patriots CheerLeaders<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061103161602/http://www.patriots.com/cheerleaders/index.cfm?ac=photogallery&searchstring=castonguay |date=2006-11-03 }}</ref> Later Miss Teen Galaxy 2005 & [[Miss Rhode Island USA]] 2009
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|2004||Chelsea Fahey||{{flag|Illinois}}||Competed in the Galaxy System; Featured by ABC news health beat story<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/MedicalMinute/story?id=969021&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312/ ABC News: Former Miss Teen America Talks About Her Battle with Acne<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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|2005||Meghan Bryan||{{flag|North Carolina}}||
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|2006||Brittany Monico||{{flag|Connecticut}}|| 
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|2007||[[Brittany Dawn Brannon]]||{{flag|Arizona}}||Later [[Miss Arizona USA]] 2011
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|2008-09||Kaitlyn Tarpey||{{flag|New York}}||Later [[Miss Connecticut]] 2013
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|2010||Katie Himes||{{flag|Kentucky}}||
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|2011||Katarina Kneer||{{flag|New Jersey}}||
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|2012||Eleana Frangedis||{{flag|Florida}}||
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|2013||Lindsay Dobbs||{{flag|Georgia (U.S. state)|name=Georgia}}||Later contestant on [[The Bachelor (American season 26)|season 26]] of [[The Bachelor (American TV series)|''The Bachelor'']]
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|2014||Catherine Kirkland||{{flag|South Carolina}}||
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|2015||Summer Rogers||{{flag|South Carolina}}||
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|2016||Megan Whittaker||{{flag|Texas}}||
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|2017||Ciana Pelekai||{{flag|Hawaii}}||
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|2018||Olivia Occhingrossi||{{flag|Florida}}||
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|2019||Jillian Elliott||{{flag|Louisiana}}||
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==Notable national contestants==
*Marla Prete (Connecticut - 1997) - [[Miss Connecticut]] 2003
*Renelle Richardson (Connecticut - 1999) - [[Miss Connecticut]] 2000
*Tori Carter (Colorado & 4th RU at Nationals - 2001, Rocky Mountain State & 1st RU at Nationals - 2002) - [[Miss Colorado Teen USA]] 2004
*Christina Ellington (Connecticut - 2001 & 1st RU at Nationals) - [[Miss New York]] 2004 & Top 10 at [[Miss America 2005]]
*Candace Cragg (Florida - 2001 & 2nd RU at Nationals) - [[Miss Florida]] 2005 (resigned)
*Dana Daunis (Connecticut - 2002, Nutmeg State & Top 10 at Nationals - 2003) - [[Miss Connecticut]] 2007 & Preliminary Talent Winner at [[Miss America 2008]]
*[[Raquel Beezley]] (Southern California - 2002) - [[Miss California USA]] 2008 & Top 15 at [[Miss USA 2008]]
*[[Caressa Cameron]] (Commonwealth of Virginia - 2003 & 3rd RU at Nationals, Nation's Capitol - 2005) - [[Miss Virginia]] 2009 & [[Miss America 2010]]
*Jennifer Brooks (Connecticut - 2003 & Top 10 at Nationals) - [[Miss Connecticut Teen USA]] 2005
*[[Alla Ilushka]] (Minnesota - 2003) - [[Miss Minnesota Teen USA]] 2002, Top 10 at [[Miss Teen USA 2002]], & [[Miss Minnesota USA]] 2007
*Hope Wiseman (Chesapeake - 2006 & Top 10 at Nationals) - [[Miss America's Outstanding Teen state pageants#District of Columbia|Miss District of Columbia's Outstanding Teen]] 2009
*Savannah Schechter (New Jersey - 2008 & 1st RU at Nationals) - [[Miss New Jersey Teen USA]] 2011
*[[Brittany Dawn Brannon]] (Arizona - 2007 & Miss Teen America 2007) - [[Miss Arizona USA]] 2011
*[[Kaitlyn Tarpey]] (New York - 2008 & Miss Teen America 2008/09) - [[Miss Connecticut]] 2013
*Ciana Pelekai (Hawaii - 2017 Miss Teen America) - America's Got Talent Season 4 and Season 8 Finalist

==References==
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[[Category:Beauty pageants in the United States|Teen America]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in the United States]]
[[Category:American awards]]
[[Category:Beauty pageants for youth]]