Miss Louisiana Teen USA
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| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Aiken |
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Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Louisiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Louisiana is in the top 10 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Notable former Miss Louisiana Teen USA titleholders are Miss USA 1996 Ali Landry, Miss Teen USA 2004 Shelley Hennig, Miss Teen USA 2015 Katherine Haik, and Jennifer Dupont, who placed first runner-up at Miss America 2005. Landry and Hennig have gone on to successful acting careers. Candice Stewart, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2002 was a contestant on CBS's Big Brother 15 in 2013.
At 15, Haik is the youngest woman to win the Miss Teen USA title.[1]
Miss Louisiana Teen USA is produced by RPM Productions since 1990, which also produces the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA state pageants for Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Ainsley Ross of Bossier City was crowned Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2022 on February 20, 2022 at Lafon Performing Arts Center in Luling. She will represent Louisiana for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.
Gallery of titleholders
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Shelley Hennig, Miss Louisiana Teen USA and Miss Teen USA 2004 -
Logan Travis, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2007 -
Katherine Haik, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2015 and Miss Teen USA 2015
Results summary
Placements
- Miss Teen USAs: Shelley Hennig (2004), Katherine Haik (2015)
- 1st runners-up: Sarah Thornhill (1999)
- 2nd runners-up: Bobbie Brown (1987), Amy Pietsch (1988)
- 3rd runners-up: Lindsey Evans (2008)
- 4th runners-up: Brittany Guidry (2009), Sydney Taylor (2020)
- Top 6: Allison McIntyre (1991)
- Top 10: Shasta St. Angelo (1986), Nina Moch (2000), Paige Egan (2001), Lindsey Conque (2018)
- Top 12: Ali Landry (1990), Sarah Lowther (1994)
- Top 15/16: Bailey Hidalgo (2013), Ellie Picone (2016), Gracie Petry (2021)
Louisiana holds a record of 18 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Robin Swain (1984)
Winners
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA |
Special Awards at Miss Teen USA |
Notes |
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| 2024 | Ava Watson | New Orleans | 17 | |||
| 2023 | Averi Crawford | Baton Rouge | 16 | |||
| 2022 | Ainsley Ross | Bossier City | 18 | |||
| 2021 | Gracie Petry | Lafayette | 18 | Top 16 | ||
| 2020 | Sydney Taylor | Livingston | 18 | 4th Runner Up | ||
| 2019 | Emma Brooks McAllister | Houma | 16 | |||
| 2018 | Lindsey Conque[2] | Lafayette | 16[2] | Top 10 | ||
| 2017 | Hailey Crausby[3] | Lake Charles | 18 | |||
| 2016 | Ellie Picone[4] | Mandeville | 16 | Top 15 | ||
| 2015 | Katherine Haik | Franklinton | 15 | Miss Teen USA 2015 | ||
| 2014 | Mary Risener[5] | Houma[5] | 18 | |||
| 2013 | Bailey Hidalgo | Denham Springs | 15 | Top 16 | ||
| 2012 | Marlee Henry | Lacassine | 18 | |||
| 2011 | Elizabeth Heinen | Eunice | 16 | |||
| 2010 | Brianna Waguespack | Paulina | 15 | |||
| 2009 | Brittany Alyson Guidry | Houma | 16 | 4th runner-up | Later Miss Louisiana USA 2014 and 3rd runner-up at Miss USA 2014. | |
| 2008 | Lindsey Gayle Evans | Blanchard | 18 | 3rd runner-up | Dethroned October 21, 2008 due to arrest for theft and drug possession.[6] Posed in Playboy, seen in Blurred Lines | |
| 2007 | Logan Travis | Amite | 15 | |||
| 2006 | Kelsey Lawson | Baton Rouge | 17 | |||
| 2005 | Morgan Maulden | Prairieville | 18 | |||
| 2004 | Keisha Barras | Delcambre | 17 | Did not compete | Originally first runner-up; assumed the title after Hennig won Miss Teen USA 2004 | |
| Shelley Catherine Hennig | Destrehan | 17 | Miss Teen USA 2004 | |||
| 2003 | Megan Bologna | Covington | 19 | |||
| 2002 | Candice Dontrelle Stewart | Metairie | 18 | Later Miss Louisiana USA 2005 | ||
| 2001 | Paige Egan | New Orleans | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2000 | Nina Moch | Shreveport | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1999 | Sarah Thornhill | Slidell | 18 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1998 | Jennifer Dupont | Plaquemine | 17 | Miss Louisiana USA 2000 and Miss Louisiana 2004. First runner-up at Miss America 2005. | ||
| 1997 | Sarah Price | Mandeville | Sister of Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1995, Shawn Price | |||
| 1996 | Kimi Fairchild | Denham Springs | 15 | |||
| 1995 | Shawn Price | Mandeville | Sister of Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1997, Sarah Price | |||
| 1994 | Sarah Lowther | Covington | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1993 | Heather DuPree | Baton Rouge | 16 | Later Miss Louisiana 1998 | ||
| 1992 | Evelyn Ellis | Sulphur | 18 | |||
| 1991 | Allison McIntyre | Baton Rouge | 16 | Top 6 | ||
| 1990 | Ali Germaine Landry | Breaux Bridge | 16 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss Louisiana USA and Miss USA 1996, finished 6th at Miss Universe 1996 | |
| 1989 | Kim Clower | West Monroe | ||||
| 1988 | Amy Pietsch | Ringgold | 18 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1987 | Bobbie Jean Brown | Baton Rouge | 17 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1986 | Shasta St. Angelo | Baton Rouge | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1985 | Julie Scimeca | Baton Rouge | ||||
| 1984 | Robin Swain | Baton Rouge | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1983 | Vail Cavalier[7] | Houma[7] | 18[7] | |||
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
- ^ Chareunsy, Don (28 July 2016). "10 questions with 2015 Miss Teen USA Katherine Haik". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
- ^ a b "Miss Louisiana Teen USA".
- ^ Brasted, Chelsea (9 October 2016). "Miss Louisiana USA, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2017 crowned". The Times-Picayune.
- ^ Wartelle, Kris (26 October 2015). "Lake Charles native named Miss Louisiana USA". The Advertiser.
- ^ a b Warren, Rachel (5 November 2013). "Houma resident represents state as Miss Louisiana Teen USA". Houma Today.
- ^ "Miss Louisiana Teen USA loses crown after pot bust". Today. 22 October 2008.
- ^ a b c "A Look at Miss Teen USA". Lakeland Ledger. 28 August 1983.