Miss California Teen USA

Beauty pageant competition

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Miss California Teen USAFormation| 1983

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Type| Beauty pageant
Headquarters| Santa Monica
Location|

* California

Membership

| Miss Teen USA

Official language

| English
Website| www.misscaliforniausa.com

The  Miss California Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss Teen USA pageant. It was formed in 1983. This pageant is part of the Miss USA Organization, owned by Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart.[citation needed]

California is in the top five most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Miss California een USA titleholders have been invited to red-carpet movie premieres, such as that for Santa Clause 3 attended by Kylee Lin,[1] and She's the Man, attended by Jessica Powell.[2]

The current titleholder is Cassidy Hill of Newport Beach, who is crowned on June 5, 2022, at the Hyatt Regency Orange County. Hill represented California for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022 and was the second runner-up in the pageant.

## History

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In the 1980s, the pageant was directed by Richard Guy and Rex Holt, who also oversaw the Miss California USA, Miss Texas USA and Miss Texas Teen USA pageants. They lost the contract in 1990, when it came up for renewal.[3]

## Gallery of titleholders

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* Kylee Lin, Miss California Teen USA 2007, at the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End film premiere

* Miss California Teen USA 2009, Chelsea Gilligan, attending the "Beauty of California Dinner" at The Riviera Resort & Spa, Palm Springs, CA on Nov. 21, 2009

* Miss California Teen USA 2010, Emma Baker, on-stage at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA on Nov. 22, 2009

* Miss California Teen USA 2011, Alexis Swanstrom, Rancho Mirage, CA on Nov. 21, 2010

* Miss California Teen USA 2012 Alexa Jones, Irvine, California on June 16, 2012

* Miss California Teen USA 2013 and Miss Teen USA 2013, Cassidy Wolf, Irvine, California on January 4, 2014

* Miss California Teen USA 2014 Bianca Vierra, Long Beach, California on January 4, 2014

* Miss California Teen USA 2015 Melanie Mitchell, Corona, California on July 19, 2015

* Miss California Teen USA 2016 Athenna Crosby, Long Beach, California on December 6, 2015

* Miss California Teen USA 2019 Alina Carranza, Los Angeles, California on March 14, 2019

## Results summary

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### Placements

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* Miss Teen USAs: Shauna Gambill (1994), Cassidy Wolf (2013)
* 1st runners-up: Jennifer Morgan (2002), Melanie Mitchell (2015)
* 2nd runners-up: Michelle Cardamon (1996), Chelsea Gilligan (2009), Emma Baker (2010), Alexis Swanstrom (2011), Cassidy Hill (2022)
* 3rd runner-up: Bianca Vierra (2014)
* 4th runners-up: Stephanie Brink (2005), Jaanu Patel (2017)
* Top 6: Natasha Allas (1992)
* Top 10: Shawn Gardner (1983), Angi Aylor (1987), Casey McClain (2001)
* Top 12: Trisha Robey (1990), Kellie Foster-Moore (1995)
* Top 15/16/20: Taylor Atkins (2008), Athenna Crosby (2016), Janeice Love (2018), Zoe Hunt (2020), Cameron Doan (2021), Taliya Ariana Peiris (2023)

California holds a record of 24 placements at Miss Teen USA.

## Winners

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Color key

* 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 | Paige Gonor  | San Diego | 18  |  |  |
2023 | Taliya Ariana Peiris  | San Ramon | 18  | Top 20  |  |
2022 | Cassidy Hill  | Newport Beach | 18  | Second runner-up  |  |
2021 | Cameron Doan  | Anaheim | 19  | Top 16  |  |

* Previously Miss California's Outstanding Teen 2018
* Top 9 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2019

2020 | Zoe Hunt  | Coronado | 17  | Top 16  |  |
2019 | Alina Rae Carranza  | Los Angeles | 17  |  |  |
2018 | Janeice Love[4] | Barstow | 17  | Top 15  |  |
2017 | Jaanu Patel[5] | Huntington Beach | 16  | Fourth runner-up  |  |
2016 | Athenna Crosby[6] | San Jose | 17  | Top 15  |  |

* Top 15 at Miss Utah USA 2019

2015 | Melanie Mitchell[7] | Anaheim | 16  | First runner-up  |  |
2014 | Bianca Vierra[8] | Hayward | 19  | Third runner-up  |  |

* 1st runner-up at Miss California USA 2018

2013 | Chloe Hope Hatfield[9][10] | Norco | 18  | did not compete |

* 1st runner-up at Miss California Teen USA 2013; succeeded Cassidy Wolf when Wolf won Miss Teen USA 2013
* Later Miss Collegiate America 2016

Cassidy Wolf[10] | Temecula | 19  | Miss Teen USA 2013 |  |
2012 | Alexa Jones[11] | Ramona | 18  |  |  |

* First runner-up Miss Arizona USA 2014
* Top 20 Miss Arizona USA 2015-2016
* Miss California U.S. International 2016
* Top 20 Miss California USA 2017

2011 | Alexis Swanstrom  | San Diego | 17  | Second runner-up  |  |

* Third runner-up at Miss California USA 2014
* Top 10 at Miss California USA 2015

2010 | Emma Baker  | Poway | 18  | Second runner-up  |  |

* Second runner-up at Miss Washington USA 2014

2009 | Chelsea Gilligan  | Beaumont | 18  | Second runner-up  |  |
2008 | Taylor Atkins  | Piru | 17  | Top 15  |  |
2007 | Kylee Lin  | San Rafael | 16  |  |  |
2006 | Jessica Powell  | Barstow | 18  |  |  |
2005 | Stephanie Brink  | Bellflower | 18  | Fourth runner-up  |  |
2004 | Stacey Beltran  | Oxnard | 18  |  |  | Miss California Teen International 2005
2003 | Shannon Byrne  | Vacaville | 18  |  |  |
2002 | Jennifer Morgan  | Alpine | 17  | First runner-up  |  |
2001 | Casey McClain[12] | San Marcos | 18  | Semi-finalist  |  |
2000 | Alexandra Thompson  | Vacaville  | 15  |  |  |
1999 | Marianne Kennedy  | Long Beach | 17  |  |  |
1998 | Amanda O'Leary[13] | Fullerton | 19  |  |  |
1997 | Kimberly Gloudemans  | Bakersfield | 16  |  |  | First runner-up to National Sweetheart 2001
1996 | Michelle Cardamon  | San Diego  | 18  | Second runner-up  |  |
1995 | Kellie Foster-Moore  | Fresno | 17  | Semi-finalist  |  |
1994 | Shauna Gambill[14] | Acton | 17  | Miss Teen USA 1994 |  | Later Miss California USA 1998, first runner up at Miss USA 1998

Represented the United States at Miss World 1998 (Top 10).

1993 | Stefanie Sweeney  | El Dorado Hills | 18  |  |  | Now Stevi McShane; owner of Crowned One Productions, a pageant production company, and director of the Miss California U.S. International Pageant and the Jr. Miss and Miss Teen and Miss California American Beauty Pageant.[15] She was also Mrs. California International, 2008.[16]
1992 | Natasha Allas  | Los Angeles | 18  | Finalist  |  | Later Miss World USA 1999,[17] semi-finalist at Miss World 1999
1991 | Jolene Fulkner  | Yorba Linda | 14  |  |  | Youngest ever Miss California Teen USA[18]
1990 | Trisha Robey  | Los Angeles | 18  | Semi-finalist  |  |
1989 | Michealean Bonilla  | Los Angeles | 17  |  |  |
1988 | Alison Moreno[19] | El Toro | 15  |  | Best State Costume  | Disqualified from competing at the national pageant curfew violation, contrary to pageant rules.[19]
1987 | Angi Aylor[20] | El Toro  | 14  | Semi-finalist (6th)[21] | Miss Photogenic (tie)  | Second runner up in Miss World USA 1994
1986 | Michelle Lowell  | Ontario | 17  |  |  |
1985 | Sharon Gunther  | Clovis | 16  |  |  |
1984 | Jodie Alvarez  | San Pedro | 19  |  |  |
1983 | Shawn Gardner  | Modesto | 17  | Semi-finalist  |  | Placed first runner-up in state pageant, assumed title when winner resigned title to get married.[22]
Teresa St. Nicholas  | Monterey | 17  |  |  | Resigned

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

## References

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1. ^ "World Premiere THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE Sunday, October 29 at The El Capitan Theater" (Press release). Walt Disney Pictures. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
2. ^ Wireimage.com photo gallery Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2007-01-26
3. ^ Woodbury, Richard (1990-03-05). "Profits In Poise and Pulchritude". Time Magazine. Archived from the original on November 21, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-27.
4. ^ "Miss California and Miss Teen California to compete in national pageant -". McKinnon Broadcasting. May 9, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
5. ^ Alteir, Nuran (December 22, 2016). "Pride and poise help Huntington Beach girl capture Miss California Teen title". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
6. ^ "Miss California from Miss Teen USA 2016 Semifinalists". E! Online. July 30, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
7. ^ "Winners of 2015 Miss California USA pageant crowned". fox5sandiego.com. January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
8. ^ "Brea Canyon entrant is Miss California Teen". Orange County Register. January 5, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
9. ^ "Pageant contestants want to dispel stereotypes". Orange County Register. December 27, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
10. ^ a b "CSULB Freshman Crowned Miss California Teen USA". Press Telegram. 27 August 2013.
11. ^ Brainard, Karen. "Alexa Jones crowned Miss California Teen USA". Ramona Sentinel. No. January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
12. ^ Sheshadri, Triveni (2001-08-12). "Beauty queen going for Miss Teen USA crown". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
13. ^ "Fullerton Fast Facts / In the Know". Fullerton News Tribune. 1997-09-04. p. 03.
14. ^ Smith, Sharon (1994-04-04). "Highland Valedictorian wins Miss California Teen USA". Los Angeles Daily News. p. SC2.
15. ^ Franz, Chris (March 2014). ""The Pageant Director's Point of View": Interview with Stevie McShane Pageant Director". The Platform Magazine. p. 7. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
16. ^ "Former Mrs. California International Titleholders". Mrs. California International. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
17. ^ "Natasha Allas - Reigning Miss World USA - Available for Interviews at Republican Convention" (Press release). PR Newswire. 2000-07-31.
18. ^ Gaede, Susan (1991-05-23). "Yorba Linda teen is pride of California". The Orange County Register. p. 04.
19. ^ a b "Miss Teen California Official Questions Contestant's Disqualification". AP News. July 27, 1988. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
20. ^ Heffernan, Lillian (1987-05-12). "Beauty is hard work // Angi Aylor is on the runway to success after taking time off from contests". The Orange County Register. p. 03.
21. ^ Heffernan, Lillian (1987-07-23). "Teen beauty queen from El Toro places sixth in national contest". The Orange County Register. p. 13.
22. ^ Williams, Walt (1983-07-19). "Modestan Dons Miss Teen Crown". The Modesto Bee.

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