Miss California Teen USA

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The Miss California Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is part of the Miss Universe Organization, owned by Donald Trump^[1]

Historically, California is the sixth most successful state at Miss Teen USA [1]. They have also had the fifth highest number of placements (semi-finalist and above) [2].

The most successful Miss California Teen USA was Shauna Gambill, who won the Miss Teen USA crown. She later became the only Californian teen to cross over to the Miss California USA crown. At Miss USA 1998, Gambill placed first-runner up to Shawnae Jebbia of Massachusetts, in what is widely considered to be one of the closest and most controversial decisions in recent years. She was later named Miss World USA 1998 and was a semi-finalist at the 1998 Miss World pageant.

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.^[2] The pageant was later directed by Carolee Munger, and is currently directed K2 Productions, lead by former Miss Teen USA 1995 Keylee Sue Sanders. During the Munger era, the pageant was held in Fresno in early September, but after K2 Productions took over the state the 2006 pageant was staged in Palm Springs^[3] and the 2007 event in San Rafael.

The Miss California Teen USA system used to run various official local pageants that fed into the state pageant, but these were later replaced by unofficial local events. Local pageant winners compete alongside at-large delegates at the state events.^[4]

In recent years, Miss California Teen USA titleholders have been invited to red-carpet movie premieres, such as that for Santa Clause 3 attended by Kylee Lin,^[5] and She's the Man, attended by Jessica Powell.^[6]

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2007	Kylee Lin	San Rafael
2006	Jessica Powell	Barstow	18
2005	Stephanie Brink	Bellflower	18	4th runner-up
2004	Stacey Beltran		18
2003	Shannon Byrne		18
2002	Jennifer Morgan			1st runner-up
2001	Casey McClain^[7]			Semi-finalist
2000	Alexandra Thompson	Vacaville
1999	Marianne Kennedy	Long Beach	17
1998	Amanda O'Leary^[8]	Fullerton	19
1997	Kimberly Gloudemans	Bakersfield
1996	Michelle Cardamon	San Diego	18	2nd runner-up
1995	Kellie Foster-Moore	Fresno		Semi-finalist
1994	Shauna Gambill^[9]	Acton		Miss Teen USA		Later Miss California USA 1998 Represented the United States at Miss World 1998 (Top 10).
1993	Stafanie Sweeney
1992	Natasha Allas		18	Finalist		Later Miss World USA 1999,^[10] semi-finalist at Miss World 1999
1991	Jolene Fulkner	Yorba Linda	14			Youngest ever Miss California Teen USA^[11]
1990	Trisha Robey			Semi-finalist
1989	Michealean Bonilla
1988	Alison Moreno				Best State Costume	Disqualified from competing at the national pageant after she left her room without a chaperone, contrary to pageant rules.^[12]
1987	Angi Aylor^[13]	El Toro	14	Semi-finalist (6th)^[14]	Miss Photogenic (tie)
1986	Michelle Lowell
1985	Sharon Gunther
1984	Jodie Alvarez
1983	Shawn Gardner			Semi-finalist

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

[edit] References

^ McBride, Jennifer. "Life is more than pageants for Miss LG Teen", Los Gatos Weekly Times, 2005-11-02. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
^ Woodbury, Richard. "Profits In Poise and Pulchritude", Time Magazine, 1990-03-05. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
^ Riviera Resort (2005-09-04). Palm Springs Most Famous Resort is Now the Most Beautiful. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
^ Tompson, Renee. "County women hope to smile way to victories", CNN, 2000-09-01. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
^ Walt Disney Pictures. World Premiere THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE Sunday, October 29 at The El Capitan Theater. Press release.
^ Wireimage.com photo gallery. Retrieved 2007-01-26
^ Sheshadri, Triveni. "Beauty queen going for Miss Teen USA crown", The San Diego Union-Tribune, 2001-08-12.
^ "Fullerton Fast Facts / In the Know", Fullerton News Tribune, 1997-09-04, p. 03.
^ Smith, Sharon. "Highland Valedictorian wins Miss California Teen USA", Los Angeles Daily News, 1994-04-04, p. SC2.
^ PR Newswire (2000-07-31). Natasha Allas - Reigning Miss World USA - Available for Interviews at Republican Convention. Press release.
^ Gaede, Susan. "Yorba Linda teen is pride of California", The Orange County Register, 1991-05-23, p. 04.
^ Grimaldi, James. "Teen barred from pageant seen without chaperone // `She left her hallway, was reported missing'", The Orange County Register, 1988-05-27, p. A03.
^ Heffernan, Lillian. "Beauty is hard work // Angi Aylor is on the runway to success after taking time off from contests", The Orange County Register, 1987-05-12, p. 03.
^ Heffernan, Lillian. "Teen beauty queen from El Toro places sixth in national contest", The Orange County Register, 1987-07-23, p. 13.

[edit] External links

Official website

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