Miss Kentucky Teen USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Miss Kentucky Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Kentucky is ranked eight in terms of place and value of placements across all twenty-three years of competition at Miss Teen USA. When this is broken down to the six pageants 2000-2005, Kentucky places second [1]. They are one of only five states to have won more than won Photogenic award [2].
Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002 Tara Conner, who placed second runner-up to Vanessa Semrow at Miss Teen USA, later became Miss Kentucky USA 2006. She is one of three teens to cross over to the corresponding Miss title, although one went on to compete at Miss America.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Katrina Giannini | Princeton | 17 | |||
| 2006 | Tiffany Withrow | |||||
| 2005 | Sarah Bryan Withers | Columbia | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2004 | Megan Frank | 19 | ||||
| 2003 | Amanda Nunneley | Finalist | ||||
| 2002 | Tara Conner | Russell Springs | 16 | 2nd runner-up | Body Glove Swimsuit Award | Later Miss Kentucky USA 2006 and Miss USA 2006 |
| 2001 | Katherine Faulkner | |||||
| 2000 | Kristen Johnson | Slaughters | 18 | 2nd runner-up | Miss Photogenic | Later Miss Kentucky USA 2005 |
| 1999 | Jennifer Alexis "Lexie" Kemper | Semi-finalist | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 1998 | Elizabeth Arnold | Columbia | Later Miss Kentucky USA 2002 | |||
| 1997 | Kelli Jones | |||||
| 1996 | Kelly Marie Sodan | |||||
| 1995 | Brittany Johnson | Virgie | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1994 | Crystal Hayden | |||||
| 1993 | Holly Riggs | |||||
| 1992 | Heather Boggess | |||||
| 1991 | Christine Jaxman | |||||
| 1990 | April Vaughn | Finalist | ||||
| 1989 | Kristi Dawn Hicks | 1st runner-up | Later Miss Kentucky 1995 | |||
| 1988 | Marti Hendricks | |||||
| 1987 | Tracey Marsee | |||||
| 1986 | Amy Miller | |||||
| 1985 | Leanne Gregory | |||||
| 1984 | Suzy Neclerio | |||||
| 1983 | Krista Keith | 2nd runner-up |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
[edit] External links
| Kentucky Pageantry | |
|---|---|
| Miss America Miss Kentucky |
Miss USA Miss Kentucky USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Kentucky Teen USA |
| Miss Teen USA | State pageants |
|---|
| Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming |
