Miss United States
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The Miss United States and Miss United States Teen pageants are beauty contests held in the United States for teenagers and young women between the ages of 15-20 (Teen) and 19-29 (Miss). The teen pageant has been held every year since 1992 and the Miss pageant since 2001.
Many delegates and winners in these pageants have either competed at or later went on to compete in other state and national pageants, particularly the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA systems. One of the most famous winners is Chelsea Cooley, who won the 2001 title after being Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2000, and later went on to become Miss North Carolina USA and Miss USA 2005. Another notable winner is Kari Ann Peniche, who was stripped of her title in 2003 after she posed nude for Playboy magazine.
Unlike many other pageants, the United States pageant has been contested among delegates of states, regions and cities. The program is particularly strong in the Carolinas, where the majority of winners have come from.
In the early years of the competition, the Teen winner was sent to competed in the Miss Teen International pageant. Two teen titleholders have later won the Miss title.
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[edit] Titleholders
| Year | Miss United States Teen | State | Other titles held | Miss United States | State | Other titles held | |
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| 1992 | Tara Killian | South Carolina | |||||
| 1993 | Kristi Sheffield | ||||||
| 1994 | Courtney Clark | ||||||
| 1995 | Katy Johnson | Vermont | Miss Oktoberfest 1998, Miss Vermont 1999, Miss Vermont USA 2001 | ||||
| 1996 | Anetta Burnetti | ||||||
| 1997 | Melissa Quesada | Florida | Miss Florida USA 1999 | ||||
| 1998 | Carrie Stroup | North Carolina | Miss United States World 2001 | ||||
| 1999 | Jill Nicholson | South Carolina | |||||
| 2000 | Starla Smith | Alabama | Miss Alabama Teen USA 1999 | ||||
| 2001 | Chelsea Cooley | Delaware [1] | Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2000, Miss North Carolina USA 2005, Miss USA 2005 | Starla Smith | Alabama | Miss Alabama Teen USA 2000, Miss United States Teen 2000 | |
| 2002 | Trinity Wright | Kansas | Lacie Lybrand | South Carolina | Miss South Carolina USA 2006 | ||
| 2003 | Kari Ann Peniche (stripped of title) | Oregon | Miss Oregon Teen USA 2002 | Julie Roberts | |||
| 2004 | Candace Huggins | Trinity Wright | Kansas | Miss United States Teen 2002 | |||
| 2005 | Elizabeth Carty | North Carolina | Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2004 | Anna Hanks | Miss South Carolina USA 2003 | ||
| 2006 | Hayley Swindell | Texas | Shannon Haggard | North Carolina |
[edit] Notable past delegates
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[edit] Trivia
- Miss United States was the title of the fictional pageant in the movie Miss Congeniality, although the contest depicted in that film is closer in substance to the Miss America pageant.
