The Miss Indiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is currently produced by CROWN MOXIE, LLC headed by JScot Reid. It was formerly produced by MOXIE Media Productions and Sanders & Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia before MOXIE Media Productions.[1]
| Formation | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Carmel |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
| Leader | Executive State Director |
Key people | JScot Reid |
| Website | Official website |
Indiana had a slow start at Miss Teen USA, and did not place until 1991. That placement became the first of a four-year streak, which included three semi-finalist and one 1st runner-up placings.
Six Indiana teens have gone on to win the Miss Indiana USA crown, more than most other states. The most successful of these, Kelly Lloyd, who achieved Indiana's highest ever Miss Teen USA placement also went on to earn one of Miss Indiana USA's highest placements in 2002. Even more notable, Lloyd was a Triple Crown winner.
The current titleholder is KK Kokonaing of Huntertown and was crowned on April 10, 2022 at Noblesville High School in Noblesville. She will represent Indiana for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.
Results summary
Placements
- 1st runners-up: Kelly Lloyd (1993)
- 3rd runners-up: Paige Robinson (2017)
- 4th runners-up: Jillian Dornbush (2001)
- Top 10/12: Heather Hart (1991), Nicole Llewellyn (1992), Nicolette Van Hook (1994), Kera Boog (2000)
- Top 15: Jami Stallings (2003), Jessica Michelle Buch (2011), Zoe Parker (2014)
Indiana holds a record of 10 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Jillian Dornbush (2001), Lexi Gryszowka (2021)
Winners
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Aleah Dean | Southern Indiana | 17 | |||
| 2023 | Kinley Shoemaker | Indianapolis | 18 | |||
| 2022 | KK Kokonaing | Huntertown | 18 | First Burmese American Teen state titleholder in Miss Teen USA history | ||
| 2021 | Lexi Gryszowka | Bloomington | 17 | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 2020 | Jinnie Tomes | Indianapolis | 18 | |||
| 2019 | Catelyn Combellick | Carmel | 15 | Later Miss Indiana High School America 2020 | ||
| 2018 | Ella Harrison | New Albany | 16 | |||
| 2017 | Paige Robinson | Indianapolis | 19 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2016 | Lauren Boswell | Fishers | 17 | |||
| 2015 | Kassidy Tharp | Sullivan | 18 | 3rd runner up at Miss Indiana's Outstanding Teen 2014 | ||
| 2014 | Zoe Parker | Fort Wayne | 16 | Top 15 | ||
| 2013 | Darrian Arch | Chesterton | 17 | Later Miss Indiana USA 2018 | ||
| 2012 | Mackenzie Surber | Cicero | 19 | |||
| 2011 | Jessica Michelle Buch | Bedford | 16 | Top 15 | ||
| 2010 | Madeline Jean Plesac | Valparaiso | 17 | |||
| 2009 | Bailee Zimmerman | Brownsburg | 16 | |||
| 2008 | Morgan Abel | North Vernon | 17 | Later Miss Indiana USA 2016 | ||
| 2007 | Victoria Tomlinson | Anderson | 18 | |||
| 2006 | Halley Wallace | Evansville | 18 | |||
| 2005 | Kristina Ellis[2] | Vincennes | 17 | |||
| 2004 | Courtni Hall[3] | Crawfordsville | 18 | Later Miss Indiana USA 2009 | ||
| 2003 | Jami Stallings[4] | Evansville | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss Indiana USA 2007 | |
| 2002 | Melyssa Ramos[5] | Fort Wayne | 18 | |||
| 2001 | Jillian Dornbush | Indianapolis | 17 | 4th runner-up | Miss Photogenic | |
| 2000 | Kera Boog | Indianapolis | 16 | Top 10 | ||
| 1999 | Jennifer Phillips | Avon | 17 | |||
| 1998 | Tashina Kastigar[6] | West Terre Haute | 17 | |||
| 1997 | Amber Yoder | Indianapolis | 15 | |||
| 1996 | Misha Ivetich | Indianapolis | 18 | |||
| 1995 | Sarah McClary | Evansville | 16 | Later Miss Indiana USA 2001[4] | ||
| 1994 | Nicolette VanHook | Crawfordsville | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1993 | Kelly Lloyd | Indianapolis | 16 | 1st runner-up | Triple Crown winner, Later Miss Indiana 1999 and Miss Indiana USA 2002, 2nd runner up to Miss USA 2002; 2nd runner-up to National Sweetheart 1998; Previously served as the director of operations for the Miss Indiana USA and Miss Indiana Teen USA pageants[7] | |
| 1992 | Nicole Llewellyn | Munster | 16 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss Indiana USA 1998; She also won Mrs. Indiana 2001, Mrs. America 2001, and Mrs. World 2002 under her married name, Nicole Brink.[8] | |
| 1991 | Heather Hart | Newburgh | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss Indiana USA 1995[9] | |
| 1990 | Kristen Helm | Indianapolis | 17 | |||
| 1989 | Jackie Hartt | Indianapolis | 17 | |||
| 1988 | Deborah Lindboe | Martinsville | 16 | |||
| 1987 | Jennifer Larner (Most Photogenic) | Indianapolis | 16 | |||
| 1986 | Danielle Wayne[10] | Indianapolis | 17 | |||
| 1985 | Dianna Bullard[10] | Portage | 17 | |||
| 1984 | Christine Harrell | Rolling Prairie | 19 | Married Sean Astin in 1992 | ||
| 1983 | Julie James | Warsaw | 18 |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
- ^ "Who We Are: Pageant Associates". Miss Indiana USA® & Miss Indiana Teen USA®. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
- ^ Schneider, Ashley (2004-11-21). "Area Teens win Top Spots in Pageant". The Evansville Courier. p. B1.
- ^ "Jasper woman crowned Miss Indiana" (Press release). Associated Press. 2003-11-10.
- ^ a b Barry, Marilou (2003-08-03). "Miss Teen USA Contestant Gets Royal Send-off". The Evansville Courier. p. C8.
- ^ "Start Your Day/City teen captures state pageant crown". Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. 2001-11-19. p. 2A.
- ^ "West Terre Haute teen crowned Miss Indiana Teen USA" (Press release). Associated Press. 1998-04-25.
- ^ "Staff". Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
- ^ "Munster native wins Mrs. World crown" (Press release). Associated Press. 2001-12-26.
- ^ Barry, Marilou (1995-02-10). "TITLE CONTENDER Newburgh woman competes for Miss USA title tonight". The Evansville Courier. p. 1b.
- ^ a b Weyand, Cindy (2 December 1985). "Portage Girl takes teen title by storm". Vidette-Messenger of Porter County. Retrieved 19 February 2023.