Miss Texas Teen USA
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The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Texas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Texas is the most successful state across all twenty-three years of competition at Miss Teen USA. They have had fifteen semi-finalists, three more than any other state. Despite this, they have only won the crown on one occasion, in 1996 when Christie Lee Woods took the title (Woods later went on to star in The Amazing Race 5). Despite the vast number of semi-finalists, they have not won any major awards, although Andria Mullins did win a Style award in 1997.
Texas's best performance came in the 1980s, where they placed in all but one year and were runners-up on five occasions. Despite this, they still placed second to New York in that decade in terms of number and value of placements [1]. Despite being on top overall, Texas has never been the best state in any particular decade.
While a number of Texas teens have competed for the Miss Texas USA title, only four have won both pageants. The most successful of these was Nicole O'Brian, who placed 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA and 2nd runner-up at Miss USA. O'Brien also competed alongside Woods on The Amazing Race 5. Woods was the first Miss Teen USA to not win a Miss title on her first attempt, and despite competing in a number of years never won the Miss Texas USA crown. Andria Mullens was another who tried unsuccessfully to win the Miss Texas USA title on a number of occasions (she has also competed unsuccessfully at Miss New York USA and Miss California USA).
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Sommer Isdale | Waco | 16 | |||
| 2006 | Raevan Valadez[1] | Spicewood | 18 | |||
| 2005 | April Ford | Texarkana | 18 | |||
| 2004 | Magen Ellis | Whitehouse | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss Texas USA 2007 | |
| 2003 | Tye Felan | Tomball | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2002 | Brittany Tiner[2] | Freeport | 16 | |||
| 2001 | Katherine Perello[3] | Lake Jackson | 16 | 3rd runner-up | Body Glove Swimsuit Award | |
| 2000 | Nicole O'Brian | Friendswood | 17 | 1st runner-up | Swimsuit Award | Later Miss Texas USA 2003, contestant on reality tv show The Amazing Race 5 |
| 1999 | Misty Giles[4] | Killeen | 18 | Semi-finalist | Contestant on reality tv show Survivor: Panama | |
| 1998 | Christie Cole[5] | Houston | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1997 | Andria Mullins | Waco | 16 | Style award | competed at nine Miss USA state pageants, contestant on reality tv show The Starlet | |
| 1996 | Christie Lee Woods | Huntsville | 18 | Winner | contestant on reality tv show The Amazing Race 5 | |
| 1995 | Mandy Jeffreys | Midland | 17 | Appeared on reality tv show The Bachelor | ||
| 1994 | Jaqueline Pena | Corpus Christi | ||||
| 1993 | Erin Burnett | Plano | ||||
| 1992 | Carissa Blair | Columbus | Later Miss Texas USA 1999 | |||
| 1991 | Kara Williams | Houston | Semi-finalist | Later Miss Texas USA 1996 | ||
| 1990 | Becky Fisher | Cypress | Finalist | |||
| 1989 | Kristi Wright | Del Rio | 3rd runner-up | |||
| 1988 | Libby Pelton[6] | Austin | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1987 | Richelle Kesling | Spring | ||||
| 1986 | Becky Pestana | San Antonio | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1985 | Koney Wheeling | Humble | 3rd runner-up | |||
| 1984 | Charlene Molinar | El Paso | 18 | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1983 | Sheri Scholz | El Paso | 4th runner-up |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
[edit] References
- ^ Obernauer, Matthew. "Austin student learning her role as Miss Texas Teen USA ; Life as beauty queen? Sometimes, it's work", Austin American-Statesman, 2006-01-06, p. B1.
- ^ "A tiara fit for a teen", Houston Chronicle, 2001-11-27.
- ^ Warren, Mike. "Lake Jackson's Perello takes home title of Miss Texas Teen USA", Houston Chronicle, 2000-12-06.
- ^ Tavakoli, Brenda. "Killeen student wins Miss Texas Teen USA", Houston Chronicle, 1998-11-30.
- ^ Berger, Eric. "Houston teen wins pageant", Houston Chronicle, 1997-12-01, p. 2A.
- ^ Associated Press. "Around Texas & Southwest/Austin girl crowned Miss Texas Teen-USA", The Dallas Morning News, 1987-11-30, p. 18A.
[edit] External links
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