Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA

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Kelsie Sinagra, Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2007

The Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Sanders and Associates.

Pennsylvania has been reasonably successful at Miss USA. Their best decade was the 1990s, when they ranked fifth-equal in terms of number and value of placements [1]. All but two of this state's placements came in the 1990s, with only one placement in the 1980s and one in the 2000s. The placement in 2000 was their best, however, when Jillian Parry captured the Miss Teen USA crown.

Two Pennsylvania teens have crossed over to win the Miss Pennsylvania USA title and compete at Miss USA.

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2008	Elliot Griffin	Wexford	17
2007	Kelsie Sinagra	Ross Township	17
2006	Inessa Rodriguez		17
2005	Sarah Otey	Hershey	18
2004	Chelsea MacDougall	Huntsville	17
2003	Taylor Baker		18
2002	Julienne Shaw
2001	Rebecca Schlappich
2000	Jillian Parry	Newtown		Winner
1999	Christina Cindrich
1998	Katherine Krause
1997	Ashley Witmer
1996	Patricia Campell		18	1st runner-up
1995	Erika Shay^[1]					Contestant on The Amazing Race 5
1994	Nicole Bigham	Belle Vernon		Semi-finalist		Later Miss Pennsylvania USA 2002
1993	Ursula Abbot^[2]			2nd runner-up^[3]
1992	Tara Lavin
1991	Kimberly Parkins
1990	Susan Barnett			Finalist		Later Miss Pennsylvania USA 1996
1989	Jennifer Gary
1988	Desiree Fess
1987	Tracy Reed
1986	Melissa Pourlini				Best State Costume
1985	Kari Bernowski
1984	Robin Visk
1983	Diane Hoyes			Semi-finalist

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

[edit] References

^ "Teen pageant winners", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1994-09-19, p. B4.
^ Gourley Karl, Lynn. "Winner did give pageant a second thought", The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg, 1993-08-08, p. G1.
^ "Local girl comes close to Miss Teen crown", The Harrisburg Patriot, 1993-08-11, p. B9.