Miss Alabama Teen USA

Miss Alabama Teen USA
Formation1983
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersAiken
Location
Membership
Miss Teen USA
Official language
English
WebsiteOfficial website
Courtney Parker, Miss Alabama Teen USA 2008

The Miss Alabama Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alabama in the Miss Teen USA pageant and the name of the title held by that winner.

Alabama's success at Miss Teen USA has improved in recent years, with eight teens making the cut, although none have placed higher than 4th runner-up until 2016. That placement went to Anna Mingus, who also won Miss Congeniality, Alabama's only special award until Erin Snow won Miss Photogenic in 2016. Mingus later took the title Miss Alabama USA in 1995, and is one of only three Alabama teens to win a Miss USA state title.

Until 2010 Miss and Teen Alabama was directed by the Premier Pageants group, and was the first state to be taken under this directorate. Dohn Dye and To Dye For was the Director for the 2010 and 2011 pageants, but were replaced by Paula Miles and RPM Productions in August 2011.

The current titleholder is Ava Marie LeBlanc of Columbiana, who was crowned on June 1, 2024 at Jay & Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center in Auburn, Alabama. She represented Alabama at the Miss Teen USA 2024 and placed in the Top 10.

Results summary

Placements

  • 3rd runners-up: Erin Snow (2016)
  • 4th runners-up: Anna Mingus (1988), Kalin Burt (2019)
  • Top 6: Christine King (1992)
  • Top 10: Jeannie Plott (1989), Terra Moody (2004), Canden Jackson (2007), Ava LeBlanc (2024)
  • Top 15/16: Courtney Parker (2008), Ashlyn Alongi (2010), Peyton Brown (2012), Lorin Holcombe (2013), Taylor Ryan Elliott (2015)

Alabama holds a record of 13 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Anna Mingus (1988), Kennedy Cromeens (2018)
  • Miss Photogenic: Sarah-Baskin Champion (2014), Erin Snow (2016)

Winners

  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Year Name Hometown Age[a] Local title Placement at Miss USA Special awards at Miss USA Notes
2024 Ava Marie LeBlanc Columbiana 18 Miss Shelby County Teen Top 10
2023 Kensey Collins Spanish Fort 15 Miss Spanish Fort Teen
2022 AnnaLee Story Auburn 18 Miss Tiger Town Teen
2021 Dailyn Swann Greenville 18 Miss Sherling Lake Teen
2020 Katie Watts[1] Mobile 14 Miss Mobile Teen
2019 Kalin Burt[2] Hoover 18 Miss Hoover Teen 4th runner-up[3]
2018 Kennedy Cromeens Birmingham 16 Miss Shelby County Teen Miss Congeniality
2017 Claire Scott Birmingham 17 Over The Mountain Teen
2016 Erin Snow[4][5] Gadsden 17 Miss Gadsden Teen 3rd runner-up[5] Miss Photogenic
2015 Taylor Ryan Elliott[6] Trussville[6] 18 Miss Trussville Teen Top 15
2014 Sarah-Baskin Champion[7] Vestavia Hills[7] 18 Miss Vestavia Hills Teen Miss Photogenic[7]
2013 Lorin Holcombe Alexander City 17 Miss Central Alabama Teen Top 16
2012 Peyton Brown[8] Eufaula 17 Miss Barbour County Teen Top 16
2011 Barron Rae Williams[10] Dadeville 15 Miss Lake Martin Teen
  • Later 1st runner-up at Miss Alabama USA 2016
  • Later 2nd runner-up at Miss Alabama USA 2017
2010 Ashlyn Alongi[11] Huntsville[11] 17 Top 15
2009 Alexandria Blansit Fort Payne 16
2008 Courtney Parker Daphne 16 Top 15
2007 Canden Jackson[12][13] Fairhope 17 Top 10
2006 Carla Baumann Hueytown 18
2005 Kristen Bell Aliceville 17
2004 Terra Moody Birmingham 17 Top 10
2003 Katherine Lauren Whitlock Birmingham 18
2002 Hailey Capps Dothan 18
2001 Rollins Albritton Andalusia 18
2000 Alexis Dollar Rehobeth 18
1999 Starla Smith Rehobeth 18
1998 Heather Baugh Woodville 18
1997 Tara Tucker Pelham 18
1996 Luann Roberts Brantley 17
1995 Jennifer Otts[14] Hoover[14] 17[14]
1994 Melanie McLin Daleville
1993 Autumn Smith Chelsea
1992 Christine King Prattville 18 Finalist
1991 Stephanie Gwantley Huntsville Contestant on season 13 of The Bachelor
1990 Candi Byrd Birmingham
1989 Jeannie Plott Birmingham 18 Semi-finalist
1988 Anna Mingus Enterprise 18 4th runner-up Miss Congeniality
1987 Elizabeth Woodman Pleasant Grove 17
1986 Gail Magee[15] Alexander City
1985 Teresa Cain Chelsea
1984 Teresa Chappell Westover
1983 Jill Renee Johnson Arley
  1. ^ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

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  10. ^ Bulls, Albert Clarence (10 November 2010). "Williams Crowned Miss Teen Alabama". Alex City Outlook.
  11. ^ a b Haskins, Shelly (3 November 2009). "Randolph School's Ashlyn Alongi named Miss Alabama Teen USA". AL.com.
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