Miss Mississippi Teen USA
| Formation | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Jackson |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Kim Greenwood, State Pageant Director |
| Website | Official Website |
The Miss Mississippi Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Mississippi in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant was directed by Premier Pageants from 2001 to 2010, before becoming part of Greenwood Productions in 2010 under the ownership of Miss Tennessee USA 1989 Kim Greenwood.[1]
Mississippi has had two Miss Teen USA placements as of 2010. They have had one Miss USA and a Miss Teen USA in 1987 becoming the 5th state that won the Miss Teen USA title for the first time, and in 2014, Vaeda Mann was 1st runner-up. Six titleholders have competed at Miss USA.
McKenzie Cole of Vicksburg was crowned Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2022 on April 2, 2022 at Pearl River Resort in Philadelphia. She will represent Mississippi for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.
Results summary
Placements
- Miss Teen USAs: Kristi Addis (1987)
- 1st runners-up: Vaeda Mann (2014)
- 3rd runners-up: Kaylee Brooke McCollum (2019)
- 4th runners-up: Haley Sowers (2010)
- Top 10: Honey East (1988), Jennifer Reel (1998)
- Top 12: Arleen McDonald (1992), Angie Carpenter (1994)
- Top 16: Mattie Grace Morris (2021)
Mississippi holds a record of 9 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Shelly Wilson (1985), Anne Elise Parks (2007), Elizabeth Hollomon (2008)
Winners
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at MTUSA | Special awards at MTUSA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | McKenzie Cole | Vicksburg | 15 | |||
| 2021 | Mattie Grace Morris | Flowood | 17 | Top 16 | ||
| 2020 | Zoe Bigham | Louisville | 17 | |||
| 2019 | Kaylee Brooke McCollum | Amory | 18 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2018 | Julieanna Jackson | Mize | 15 | Former 2014 International Junior Miss Pre-teen | ||
| 2017 | Hannah Claire Chisolm | Collinsville | 17 | |||
| 2016 | Lauren Rymer | Natchez | 17 | |||
| 2015 | Andrea Davidson Hightower | Oxford | 17 | |||
| 2014 | Vaeda Mann | Hattiesburg | 16 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2013 | Madison Brock | Crystal Springs | 17 | |||
| 2012 | Jessica Carter | Petal | 18 | |||
| 2011 | Sarah Bobo | Corinth | 19 | |||
| 2010 | Haley Brooke Sowers | Collinsville | 16 | 4th runner-up | Later Miss Mississippi USA 2016 | |
| 2009 | Paromita Mitra | Hattiesburg | 17 | Later Miss Mississippi USA 2013 | ||
| 2008 | Elizabeth Hollomon | Madison | 18 | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2007 | Anne Elise Parks | New Albany | 18 | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2006 | Raegan Raulston | Clinton | 17 | |||
| 2005 | Kathleen Williams | Columbus | 18 | |||
| 2004 | Jessica McRaney | Byram | 18 | Later Miss Mississippi USA 2009 | ||
| 2003 | Krisi Nash | Amory | 18 | |||
| 2002 | Grace Gore | Grenada | 18 | Later Miss Tennessee 2007; top 16 at Miss America 2008 | ||
| 2001 | Ashley Buckman | Bay Springs | 17 | |||
| 2000 | Jennifer Duke | Pearl | 18 | |||
| 1999 | Allison Bloodworth | Grenada | 18 | Later Miss Mississippi USA 2003 | ||
| 1998 | Jennifer Reel | Olive Branch | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1997 | Cara Lewis | Heidelberg | 17 | |||
| 1996 | Brandee Loving | Southaven | 18 | |||
| 1995 | Merideth Cash | Biloxi | 17 | |||
| 1994 | Angie Carpenter | Lexington | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss Mississippi USA 2000 | |
| 1993 | Bridgette Cain | Jackson | 18 | |||
| 1992 | Arleen McDonald | Tupelo | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss Mississippi USA 1995 | |
| 1991 | Jimmy Ann Glenn | Amory | 17 | |||
| 1990 | Kim Faulkner | Jackson | 18 | |||
| 1989 | Valarie Penn | Clinton | 15 | |||
| 1988 | Honey East | Jackson | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1987 | Kristi Addis | Holcomb | 16 | Miss Teen USA 1987 | ||
| 1986 | Michelle Veshay | Jackson | 15 | |||
| 1985 | Shelly Wilson | Water Valley | 19 | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1984 | Mona Bryant | Gulfport | 19 | |||
| 1983 | Laura Zapponi | Leland | 16 |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
- ^ "Producers". Miss Mississippi USA/Teen USA Pageants. Retrieved August 27, 2010.