Miss New Mexico Teen USA

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

New Mexico has had little success at Miss Teen USA, with only five placements. Three of these came in the 1980s, and made New Mexico one of the more successful states in that decade. No New Mexico teen placed from 1988 until Brittany Toll made the finals in 2005.

Two New Mexico teens have gone on to win Miss New Mexico USA and compete at Miss USA. More unusually, two have also competed at Miss America. In 2003, former New Mexico teens held both the Miss New Mexico USA and Miss New Mexico (America) titles.

Results summary

Placements

• Top 10: Cheryl Douds (1984), Carolee Hanson (1986), Jill Vasquez (1988), Brittney Toll (2005)
• Top 15: Liz Kranz (2007)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2012	Jacqueline Cai	Las Cruces	17
2011	Alexa Castle	Albuquerque	18
2010	Faith Anneliese Cortez	Las Cruces	18
2009	Alexis Duprey	Alamogordo	18
2008	Victoria Padilla	Santa Fe	18
2007	Liz Kranz	Deming	17	Top 15
2006	Raquel Padilla	Santa Fe	18
2005	Brittany Toll	Las Cruces	18	Top 10		Later Miss New Mexico USA 2011
2004	Jocelyn Cruz	Las Cruces	17
2003	Courtney Clayshulte	Las Cruces	18
2002	Amber Evaro	Las Cruces	17
2001	Alaina Castillo	Las Cruces	18
2000	Raelene Aguilar	Sunland Park	18			Later Miss New Mexico USA 2008. Sister of Rosanne Aguilar, Miss New Mexico USA 2010.
1999	Alina Ogle	Albuquerque	17			Later Miss New Mexico USA 2003, top 10 at Miss USA 2003
1998	Rana Jones	Tatum	17			Later Miss New Mexico 2003; 1st runner-up to Miss New Mexico USA 2007
1997	Vicki Hughes	Las Cruces	19
1996	Whitni Zimmerman	Lovington	17
1995	Shelby Phillips	Deming
1994	Samantha Sengel	Albuquerque	18
1993	Lynette Ochoa	Deming
1992	Hillary Matkin	Deming
1991	Kimberly Apodaca	Albuquerque
1990	Beth Baskin
1989	Shana Wilmont	Albuquerque
1988	Jill Vasquez	Albuquerque		Top 10		Later Miss New Mexico USA 1994; Represented New Mexico in Miss Oktoberfest 1994, but did not place; Former co-director of the Miss California USA and Miss California Teen USA pageants under her married name, Jill Vasquez-Foley
1987	Samantha Owen	Albuquerque
1986	Carolee Hanson	Las Cruces		Top 10
1985	Teresa Rodriguiz	Clovis				Later Miss New Mexico 1988
1984	Cheryl Douds	Las Cruces	17	Top 10
1983	Eloisa Serna	Albuquerque

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant