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Beauty pageant competition

Miss Washington Teen USAFormation| 1983

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Type| Beauty pageant
Headquarters| Puyallup
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* Washington

Membership

| Miss Teen USA

Official language

| English

Key people

| Maureen Francisco
Website| Official website

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

Washington is one of the more successful states at Miss Teen USA, having placed on eight occasions. Their highest placement came in 1985, when Dru Homer placed 2nd runner-up to Kelly Hu of Hawaii. Their most successful decades have been the 1980s and 2000s. The state failed to place in the 1990s.

Alex Carlson-Helo is the first Miss Washington Teen USA who also won Miss Washington USA. Washington was the last state to have a Teen to Miss crossover. Two more former Teen winners later won the Miss state title, including one in Nevada.

Mackenzie Kuiken was crowned Miss Washington Teen USA 2023 on November 13, 2022 at Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center in Renton, Washington. She will represent Washington for the title of Miss Teen USA 2023.

## Results summary

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### Placements

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* 2nd runner-up: Dru Homer (1985)
* Top 10: Rhonda Monroe (1983), Amy Travis (1989), Megan Munroe (2000), Shannon Hulbert (2001), Jasmine Jorgensen (2003)
* Top 15: Sadie Porter (2009), Camilla Cyr (2010)
* Top 20: Mackenzie Kuiken (2023)

Washington holds a record of 9 placements at Miss Teen USA.

### Awards

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* Miss Congeniality: Marianne Bautista (2020)
* Miss Photogenic: Anjelie Eldredge (1994)
* Best State Costume: Novalee Lewis (2021; 3rd place)

## Winners

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* 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 | Kendall Beasley  | Kennewick | 17  |  |  |
2023 | Mackenzie Kuiken  | South Bend | 16  | Top 20  |  |
2022 | Kate Dixon  | Sammamish | 17  |  |  |
2021 | Novalee Lewis  | Tacoma | 16  |  | Best State Costume – 3rd Place  |

* Previously Miss Junior High School America 2016
* Previously Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2018[1]
* Previously Miss Rhode Island High School 2020

2020 | Marianne Bautista  | Renton | 17  |  | Miss Congeniality |
2019 | Lily Lloyd  | Orting | 17  |  |  |
2018 | Summer Keffeler  | Monroe | 16  |  |  |

* Sister of Stormy Keffeler, original titleholder of Miss Washington USA 2016
* Later Miss Washington Collegiate America 2020
* Miss Nevada USA 2022

2017 | Alyssa Williams  | Sumner | 16  |  |  |
2016 | Claire Wright  | Sammamish | 18  |  | Voted Best Laugh at Miss Teen USA  |

* Miss Washington Junior Teen 2013
* National American Miss Jr. Teen 2013 (Top 10)

2015 | Priya Gopal-Walker  | Seattle | 17  |  |  |
2014 | Starla Sampaco  | Bellevue | 18  |  |  |
2013 | Imani Blackmon  | Tacoma | 17  |  |  | First African-American Miss Washington Teen USA

Later Miss Washington USA 2020\. Miss Congeniality at Miss USA 2020

2012 | Alex Carlson-Helo  | Everett | 17  |  |  | Later Miss Washington USA 2017
2011 | Cheyenne Van Tine  | Kennewick | 17  |  |  | 1st runner up in the Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2009 & 2010 pageants.
2010 | Camilla Cyr  | Kirkland | 17  | Top 15  |  |
2009 | Sadie Porter  | Selah | 17  | Top 15  |  | Previously Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2004
2008 | Mandy Schendel  | Newcastle | 17  |  |  | Later Miss Washington 2012
2007 | Shalane Larango  | Ridgefield | 18  |  |  | Previously Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2005 (second runner up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2006 pageant). First Miss America's Outstanding Teen state titleholder to compete at Miss Teen USA.
2006 | Kendra Timm  | Arlington | 18  |  |  |
2005 | Kaylee Moore  | Gig Harbor | 17  |  |  |
2004  | Danielle Jensen  | Lynnwood | 17  |  |  |
2003 | Jasmine Jorgensen  | Spanaway | 17  | Top 10  |  |
2002 | Maichal McJunkin  | Seattle | 15  |  |  |
2001 | Shannon Hulbert  | Lake Stevens | 17  | Top 10  |  |
2000 | Megan Munroe  | Monroe | 16  | Top 10  |  |
1999 | Dianna Carlson  | Federal Way | 16  |  |  |
1998 | Amber Lancaster | Tacoma | 18  |  |  | Model on The Price Is Right
1997 | Emma DeSilets  | Seattle | 15  |  |  | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2002
1996 | Emily Ballard  | Seattle | 19  |  |  |
1995 | Summer Springer  | Bellevue | 17  |  |  |
1994 | Anjelie Eldredge  | Vancouver | 18  |  | Miss Photogenic |
1993 | Rebecca Vaughn  | Seattle | 17  |  |  |
1992 | Kaley O'Kelley  | East Wenatchee | 17  |  |  | Co-host of KTVK's flagship show Good Morning Arizona
1991 | Elizabeth Lee  | Seattle | 17  |  |  |
1990 | Paige Anderson  | Seattle | 19  |  |  |
1989 | Amy Travis  | Wenatchee | 18  | Top 10  |  |
1988 | Karen Petre  | Bellevue | 18  |  |  |
1987 | Johna Sainsbury  | Zillah | 16  |  |  |
1986 | Lisa Elliot  | Seattle | 15  |  |  |
1985 | Dru Homer  | Selah | 17  | 2nd runner-up  |  |
1984 | Charlene Walters  | Lynnwood | 16  |  |  |
1983 | Rhonda Monroe  | Lynnwood | 15  | Top 10  |  |

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

## References

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1. ^ Schilling, Sara (July 10, 2018). "10 women vie for Miss Tri-Cities crown". Tri-City Herald.

## External links

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* Official website

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