Miss Nevada Teen USA

Miss Nevada Teen USA
Formation1983; 41 years ago (1983)
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersLas Vegas
Location
Membership
Miss Teen USA
Official language
English
Key people
Shanna Moakler (executive director)
WebsiteWebsite
Ashley Brown, Miss Nevada Teen USA 2011
Lauren Hudman, Miss Nevada Teen USA 2008
Helen Salas, Miss Nevada Teen USA 2004
Cerina Vincent, Miss Nevada Teen USA 1996

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

Contestants compete in interview, active wear, and evening gown. Winners have most commonly come from Las Vegas since the pageant began in 1983.

Janae McIntosh of Las Vegas was crowned Miss Nevada Teen USA 2022 on May 15, 2022 at South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa in Las Vegas. She will represent Nevada for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.

Results summary

Placements

  • 2nd runners-up: Victoria Franklin (1998), Helen Salas (2004), Alexis Smith (2017), Erica Bonilla (2019)
  • 4th runner-up: Carissa Morrow (2016)
  • Top 10: Kimberly Cannon (1983), Kristen Walthers (1999)
  • Top 15/16: Ileri Tunrarebi (2009), Britney Barnhart (2018), Janae McIntosh (2022)

Nevada holds a record of 10 placements at Miss Teen USA

Awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Janae McIntosh (2022)
  • Miss Photogenic: JJ Casper (1990)

Winners

Year Name Hometown Age Placement at
Miss Teen USA 		Special awards Notes
2024 Courtney Clark Las Vegas 18
2023 Emily Cox Las Vegas 18
2022 Janae McIntosh Las Vegas 19 Top 16 Miss Congeniality
2021 Noelani Mendoza Las Vegas 18
2020 Montana Cencarik Las Vegas 18
2019 Erica Bonilla Las Vegas 18 2nd runner-up
2018 Britney Barnhart Las Vegas 16 Top 15 Sister of Miss Nevada Teen USA 2008 Lauren Hudman and daughter of Jill Liebmann Miss Oklahoma USA 1982
2017 Alexis Smith Las Vegas 16 2nd runner-up
2016 Carissa Morrow[1] Henderson[2] 18[2] 4th runner-up
2015 Geovanna Hilton Las Vegas[3] 18[3]
2014 Alexa Taylor[4] Las Vegas[5] 15[5]
2013 Amanda Jenkins Reno[6] 18[6]
2012 Katie Eklund Las Vegas[7] 19[7]
2011 Ashley Brown Las Vegas 18[8]
2010 Audrey Denison Las Vegas[9] 17[9] Later converted to Mormonism and served mission for the LDS Church[10]
2009 Ileri Tunrarebi[11][12] Henderson[13] 19[13] Top 15[14] Cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers[15]
2008 Lauren Hudman Henderson 18 Daughter of Jill Barnhart (Miss Oklahoma USA 1982)[16] and sister of Miss Nevada Teen USA 2018 Britney Barnhart
2007 Danielle Hashimoto Reno 16[17] Miss Nevada Junior Teen 2004
2006 Georgina Vaughan Las Vegas 18[18] Later Miss Nevada USA 2009[12]
2005 Kelli Crossley Las Vegas 17[19]
2004 Helen Salas Las Vegas 18[20] 2nd runner-up 1st runner-up at Miss Nevada USA 2007, later assumed the title after the original winner Katie Rees disqualified due to controversial past, 4th runner up at Miss USA 2007
2003 Ashley Phelps Las Vegas 15[21]
2002 Kathryn Bigler Las Vegas 18[22]
2001 Tahnee Harrison
2000 Melissa Davis Las Vegas[23] 18[23]
1999 Kristen Walthers Las Vegas 16 Semi-finalist
1998 Victoria Franklin Las Vegas 14 2nd runner-up Later Miss Nevada USA 2004
1997 Kaci Thompson Las Vegas 19
1996 Cerina Vincent Las Vegas 18 Actress, has appeared in Not Another Teen Movie, Cabin Fever and Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy
1995 Alicia Carnes[24] Las Vegas 17 Later Miss Nevada USA 2000
1994 Heather Kittrel Las Vegas 15
1993 Tammy Rankin Las Vegas 16 Later Miss Nevada USA 1998
1992 Jennifer Gassmann[25] Las Vegas 18
1991 Brooke Hammond Las Vegas 19 Later Miss Nevada USA 1995
1990 JJ Casper Las Vegas 19 Miss Photogenic
1989 Stacey L Bentley Las Vegas 19
1988 Erin Abernathy Las Vegas 19
1987 Terri Broca Las Vegas 19
1986 Wendy Stewart Las Vegas 15
1985 Leslye Peterson Las Vegas 16
1984 Rana Kirkland Las Vegas 17
1983 Kimberly Cannon Las Vegas[26] 18[26] Semi-finalist[27]

See also

References

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  27. ^ Head, Terry (31 August 1993). "Miss New York is Teen Queen". Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
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