Miss Teen USA 1988
| Miss Teen USA 1988 | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 25, 1988 |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Orange Pavilion, San Bernardino, California |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 51 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Winner | Mindy Duncan Oregon |
| Congeniality | Anna Mingus  Alabama Missy Pierce  Tennessee |
| Photogenic | Kathleen McClellan  Illinois |
Miss Teen USA 1988, the 6th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from San Bernardino, California on July 25, 1988. At the conclusion of the final competition, Mindy Duncan of Oregon was crowned by outgoing queen Kristi Addis of Mississippi.
This was the first of two years the pageant was held in San Bernardino. It was hosted by Dick Clark for the first time, He would later host the Miss USA Pageants from 1989 to 1993 and Miss Universe Pageants from 1990 to 1993 and returned to The Miss Teen USA Pageants in 1991 on CBS and remained as host until 1993, with color commentary from Tracy Scoggins.
This was also the last time the State Costume competition took place and would not return until thirty-three years later in 2021, under a different organization.
Results
Placements
| Final Results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Teen USA 1988 | |
| 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up | |
| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 10 |
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Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
| Miss Congeniality | |
| Miss Photogenic |
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| Best State costume |
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Final competition scores
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Historical significance
- Oregon wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 6th state who wins Miss Teen USA.
- New York earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time.
- Louisiana earns the 2nd runner-up position for the second time and matches the same position as the previous year.
- Illinois earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
- Alabama earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
- States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Louisiana, Mississippi and New York.
- Louisiana and New York placed for the third consecutive year.
- Mississippi made its second consecutive placement.
- New Jersey, New Mexico, Texas and West Virginia last placed in 1986.
- Illinois last placed in 1985.
- Oregon last placed in 1984.
- Alabama placed for the first time.
- Oklahoma breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1986.
Delegates
The Miss Teen USA 1988 delegates were:
Alabama - Anna Mingus
Alaska - Joleen Jeffcoat
Arizona - Kristen Peterson
Arkansas - Jessica Welch
California - Alison Moreno (disqualified)
Colorado - Leah Crawford
Connecticut - Bobbie Jo Shanahan
Delaware - Edith Senter
District of Columbia - Sabrina Curtis
Florida - Holly Nicholson
Georgia - Erin Nance
Hawaii - Michelle Wong
Idaho - Renee Griggs
Illinois - Kathleen McLelland
Indiana - Deborah Lindboe
Iowa - Stacy Horst
Kansas - Jennifer Eastes
Kentucky - Marti Hendricks
Louisiana - Amy Pietsch
Maine - Christine Despres
Maryland - Sherry Twilley
Massachusetts - Alicia Gawrys
Michigan - Melissa Sinkevics
Minnesota - Julie Ward
Mississippi - Honey East
Missouri - Beverly Boatright
Montana - Kristen Anderson
Nebraska - Pamela Brown
Nevada - Erin Abernathy
New Hampshire - Christa Jones
New Jersey - Michelle Knipfelberg
New Mexico - Jill Vasquez
New York - Jessica Collins
North Carolina - Michelle Moore
North Dakota - Jennifer Seminary
Ohio - Teresa Merola
Oklahoma - Linda Parsons
Oregon - Mindy Duncan
Pennsylvania - Desiree Fess
Rhode Island - Debbie Peters
South Carolina - Nicole Adams
South Dakota - Jillayne Fossum
Tennessee - Missy Pierce
Texas - Libby Pelton
Utah - Kathleen Treadway
Vermont - Andrea Varney
Virginia - Audra Wilks
Washington - Karen Petre
West Virginia - Wendy Stephens
Wisconsin - Jennifer Schwalenberg
Wyoming - Michele Apostoles
Contestant notes
- After competing in the preliminary competition and winning the Best State Costume award, Alison Moreno (California) was disqualified from the final competition after she left her room without a chaperone, contrary to pageant rules.[1]
- Delegates who later competed in the Miss USA pageant were:
- Jillayne Fossum (South Dakota) - Miss South Dakota USA 1991
- Erin Nance (Georgia) - Miss Georgia USA 1993 (first runner-up at Miss USA 1993)
- Jennifer Seminary (North Dakota) - Miss North Dakota USA 1993
- Kristen Anderson (Montana) - Miss Montana USA 1993
- Jill Vasquez (New Mexico) - Miss New Mexico USA 1994
- Anna Mingus (Alabama) - Miss Alabama USA 1995
- Audra Wilks (Virginia) - Miss Virginia USA 1997
- Jill Vasquez became one of the directors of the Miss California USA and Miss California Teen USA pageants in 2007.
- Jessica Collins became a successful actress who played Meredith Davies on Tru Calling.
Judges
- Roz Ryan
- Allison Brown - Miss Teen USA 1986 from Oklahoma
- Paul Kreppel
- Marina Sirtis
- Sean Hamilton
- Tatyanna
- Umberto
- Dean Butler
- Judy Zerafa
- Christy Fichtner - Miss USA 1986 from Texas
- Scott Hamilton
References
- ^ Grimaldi, James (1988-05-27). "Teen barred from pageant seen without chaperone // `She left her hallway, was reported missing'". The Orange County Register. p. A03.
External links
- Yahoo! TV Complete list of pageant judges, personnel, and production crew for the CBS broadcast