Miss Teen USA 1986
Miss Teen USA 1986, the fourth Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Daytona Beach, Florida on January 21, 1986. At the conclusion of the final competition, Allison Brown of Oklahoma was crowned by outgoing queen Kelly Hu of Hawaii.
This was the first year the pageant was held in Daytona Beach, although it had been staged in Miami the previous year. The pageant was hosted by Michael Young, the host from 1983-1984 who returned from hosting after a break in 1985. Colour commentary was provided by Morgan Brittany, and there was entertainment from Kool and The Gang.
Results
Placements
Special awards
Final competition scores
| State |
Preliminaries |
Interview |
Swimsuit |
Evening Gown |
Average |
| Oklahoma |
8.977 |
9.488 |
9.488 |
9.533 |
9.503 |
| Texas |
8.851 |
9.333 |
9.411 |
9.500 |
9.414 |
| New York |
8.888 |
9.155 |
9.100 |
8.988 |
9.081 |
| South Dakota |
8.555 |
9.022 |
9.088 |
9.073 |
9.122 |
| Virginia |
8.910 |
9.162 |
8.911 |
8.966 |
9.013 |
| New Mexico |
8.906 |
8.900 |
8.911 |
9.133 |
8.981 |
| Louisiana |
8.644 |
8.755 |
8.744 |
9.177 |
8.705 |
| Florida |
8.647 |
8.600 |
8.666 |
8.744 |
8.670 |
| New Jersey |
8.292 |
8.811 |
8.503 |
8.488 |
8.518 |
| West Virginia |
8.607 |
8.000 |
8.533 |
8.666 |
8.399 |
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- Winner
- First runner-up
- Second runner-up
- Third runner-up
- Fourth runner-up
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Firsts
- New York placed for the first time since Ruth Zakarian won in 1983, and Virginia placed for the first time since 1983, when Tina Marocco was first runner-up to Zakarian.
- South Dakota placed for the first time. This is one of only two placements by South Dakotan teens.
- West Virginia, Louisiana, New Jersey and Florida also placed for the first time. Florida would not place again until 1994.
Delegates
The Miss Teen USA 1986 delegates were:
- Wendy Neuendorf (Georgia) later won the Miss Alabama 1990 and represented Alabama at Miss America 1991.
- Allison Brown competed in the Miss USA 1987 pageant as Miss Teen USA. At the time, Miss Teen USA winners were entitled to compete at Miss USA without winning state titles.
- Other contestants who later competed at Miss USA were
Judges
- Beverly Sassoon
- Tim Foli
- Susan Richardson
- Henry Polic II
- Beverly Johnson
- Allen Fawcett
- Randy Ronsfeld
- Marj Dusay
- Bobby To
- Cherise Haugen
- Hinton Battle
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