Miss Missouri Teen USA
| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Shawnee |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | John M. Vannatta Jason Vannatta Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher, State Pageant Director |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Missouri Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Missouri in the Miss Teen USA pageant. It is directed by Vanbros and Associates, based in Shawnee, Kansas. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.
Missouri is in the top 10 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Ten Missouri teens have gone on to compete at Miss USA, although only eight as Miss Missouri USA. The other two represented Kansas, another Vanbros state.
Two notable Miss Missouri Teen USAs (who first both later won the title Miss Missouri USA) are Larissa Meek and Melana Scantlin, who appeared on the reality TV show Average Joe, another one is Brenda Smith-Lezama who represent Panama in Miss Universe 2021.
Mailyn Marsh of Ozark was crowned Miss Missouri Teen USA 2025 on May 11, 2025 at The Mansion Theater for the Performing Arts in Branson, Missouri. She will represent Missouri for the title of Miss Teen USA 2025.
Results summary
Placements
- Miss Teen USAs: Marissa Whitley (2001), Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff (2017)
- 2nd runners-up: Audra Shurman (1991)
- 4th runners-up: Rhonda Hoglan (1985), Sydnee Stottlemyre (2011)
- Top 6: Tiffany Meyer (1994), Leah Sexton (1996)
- Top 10: Caitlin McIntosh (2000)
- Top 12: Tavia Shackles (1990), Melana Scantlin (1995)
- Top 15: Alissa Reitmeier (2004), Sierra Drimak (2009), Christina Stratton (2015), Dallas Ezard (2016)
- Top 16: Brenda Smith-Lezama (2013)‡, Anna Long (2021)
- Top 20: Madison Beck (2023)
Missouri holds a record of 17 placements at Miss Teen USA.
‡ Voted into Top 16 as America's Choice
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Melanie Breedlove (1993), Christina Stratton (2015)
- Miss Congeniality: Rachel Woolard (2005)
Winners
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Local title | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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| 2025 | Mailyn Marsh | Ozark | TBA | Miss Ozark Teen | TBA | TBA | Daughter of Miss Kansas USA 1999 & Miss Kansas Teen USA 1996 Amanda Carraway |
| 2024 | Shelby Welling | Jefferson City | 18 | Miss Capital City Teen | Top 20 | ||
| 2023 | Madison Beck | Barnhart | 18 | Miss Jefferson County Teen | Top 20 | ||
| 2022 | Shae Smith | Bolivar | 18 | Miss Springfield Teen |
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| 2021 | Anna Long | Lake Winnebago | 17 | Miss Lake Winnebago Teen | Top 16 | ||
| 2020 | Holly McDowell | Lee's Summit | 15 | Miss Greater Lee's Summit Teen | |||
| 2019 | Abilene Lortz | St. James | 15 | Miss Vienna Teen | |||
| 2018 | Chloe Bartlett | Liberal | 18 | Miss Truman Teen | Daughter of Miss Missouri USA 1990 Lori Suschnick | ||
| 2017 | Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff | Kansas City | 16 | Miss City of Fountain Teen | Miss Teen USA 2017 | ||
| 2016 | Dallas Ezard | St. Louis | 18 | Miss Lake of the Ozark Teen | Top 15 | Daughter of Miss Missouri USA 1993 Stephanie Nunn Ezard. | |
| 2015 | Christina Stratton | Sedalia | 15 | Miss Sedalia Teen | Top 15 | Miss Photogenic |
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| 2014 | Samantha Bowers | Harrisonville | 18 | Miss Cass County Teen | |||
| 2013 | Brenda Smith-Lezama | Columbia | 18 | Miss Columbia Teen | Top 16 |
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| 2012 | Jayde Ogle | Liberty | 17 | Miss Stone County Teen | |||
| 2011 | Sydnee Stottlemyre | St. Louis | 17 | Miss Gateway St. Louis Teen | 4th runner-up |
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| 2010 | Erica Sturdefant | Springfield | 16 | Miss Metropolis Teen |
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| 2009 | Sierra Drimak | Cottleville | 18 | Miss Cottleville Teen | Top 15 | ||
| 2008 | Jeni Dixon | Hartville | 17 | Miss Wright County Teen | |||
| 2007 | Lauren Peterson | Farmington | 16 | Miss St. Francois County Teen |
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| 2006 | Breanna Huellinghorst | O'Fallon | 16 | ||||
| 2005 | Rachel Woolard | Naylor | 17 | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 2004 | Alissa Reitmeier | St. Charles | 17 | Top 15 | |||
| 2003 | Amber Seyer | Oran | 17 |
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| 2002 | Courtney Chilcutt | Dexter | 18 | ||||
| 2001 | Marissa Whitley | Springfield | 17 | Miss Teen USA 2001 | |||
| 2000 | Caitlin McIntosh | New Haven | 18 | Top 10 | 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2002 | ||
| 1999 | Andrea Camile Elliott | Independence | 19 | ||||
| 1998 | Brittany McDonald | Sikeston | 18 | Miss Sikeston Teen | |||
| 1997 | Larissa Meek | St. Louis | 17 | Miss Getaway to the West Teen |
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| 1996 | Leah Sexton | Independence | 17 | Top 6 | |||
| 1995 | Melana Scantlin | Gladstone | 19 | Top 12 |
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| 1994 | Tiffany Meyer | Parkville | 19 | Miss Platte Teen | Top 6 |
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| 1993 | Melanie Breedlove | Mountain Grove | 19 | Miss Photogenic |
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| 1992 | Robin Swain | Lilbourn | 18 | ||||
| 1991 | Audra Sherman[1] | Sikeston | 15 | 2nd Runner-up | |||
| 1990 | Tavia Shackles | Lee's Summit | 18 | Top 12 |
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| 1989 | April Smith | Kansas City | 15 | ||||
| 1988 | Beverly Boatright | Republic | 19 | ||||
| 1987 | Sherri Garner | Kansas City | 17 | ||||
| 1986 | Jennifer Tangora[2] | Mexico | 18 | ||||
| 1985 | Rhonda Hoglan | Kansas City | 16 | 4th Runner-up |
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| 1984 | Leanne Sydenstricker | Mexico | 17 | ||||
| 1983 | Lisa Logan | Columbia | 18 |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
- ^ "Miss Missouri Teen". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 25 August 1991. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "A trunk full". The Delaware Gazette. 7 January 1986. Retrieved 24 May 2023.