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Miss Connecticut Teen USA
Beauty pageant competition
Beauty pageant competition
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Miss Connecticut Teen USA |
| formation | 1983 |
| type | Beauty pageant |
| headquarters | Coral Springs |
| location | Florida |
| membership | Miss Teen USA |
| language | English |
| leader_title | Exec. Director |
| leader_name | Barbara Ewald |
| budget | 300,000 |
| website | Official website |
The ** Miss Connecticut Teen USA **competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
The state pageant directors are:
- Crown Productions from 2003 to 2008
- Sanders & Associates, Inc., dba- Pageant Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia from 2009 to 2017
- Five Crown Pageant Productions based in Washington, D.C. from 2018 to 2019
- Ewald Productions from 2020
Connecticut has been one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA. In 2002, Ashley Bickford's placement followed the 4th runner-up placement of Miss Connecticut USA Alita Dawson, who had previously been Miss Connecticut Teen-USA 1997. This was Connecticut's highest joint placement, and the highest joint placement of any state that year. Dawson was one of four Miss Connecticut Teen-USA titleholder to later win the Miss Connecticut-USA title.
The state has produced two Miss Teen USA winners: Logan West who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2012, and Kaliegh Garris who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2019.
Daviana Mary Plaza of Windham was crowned Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2025 on January 26, 2025, at Marriott Airport Hotel in Windsor. She represented Connecticut at Miss Teen USA 2025.
Results summary
Placements
- Miss Teen USAs: Logan West (2012), Kaliegh Garris (2019)
- Top 10: Ashley Bickford (2002)
- Top 12: Cynthia Schneck (1993)
- Top 16: Samantha Sarelli (2020) Connecticut holds a record of 5 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Allison Barbeau-Diorio (1987)
Winners
;Color key
- 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Daviana Mary Plaza | North Franklin | 18 | Miss Windham Teen | ||||||||
| 2024 | Ava Celentano | North Haven | 14 | Miss North Haven Teen | ||||||||
| 2023 | Jade Ferdinand | Stamford | 19 | Miss Stamford Teen | ||||||||
| 2022 | Mya Xeller | New Haven | 17 | Miss New Haven County Teen | ||||||||
| 2021 | Nikitha Kikanamada | South Windsor | 19 | Miss South Windsor Teen | First Indian American Miss Connecticut Teen USA | |||||||
| 2020 | Samantha Sarelli | Westport | 18 | Top 16 | ||||||||
| 2019 | Kaliegh Garris | New Haven | 18 | Miss Teen USA 2019 | ||||||||
| 2018 | Elle Sauli | Newtown | 17 | |||||||||
| 2017 | Lana Coffey | New Canaan | 18 | |||||||||
| 2016 | Katy Brown | Hebron | 18 | |||||||||
| 2015 | Savannah Marie Giammarco | Middletown | 16 | |||||||||
| 2014 | Sydney West | Vernon | 16 | |||||||||
| 2013 | Kendall Leary | Wallingford | 17 | |||||||||
| 2012 | first=Mike | last=Chaiken | title=CT’s Logan West is now a ‘retired’ princess | publisher=Southington Observer | url=http://southingtonobserver.com/2013/09/08/cts-logan-west-is-now-a-retired-princess/ | date=July 30, 2012}} | Southington | 18 | Miss Teen USA 2012 | |||
| 2011 | Samantha Mary Sojka | North Granby | 19 | |||||||||
| 2010 | Alyssa Taglia | Cheshire | 16 | |||||||||
| 2009 | Tiffany Ann Teixeira | Bridgeport | 17 | |||||||||
| 2008 | Brianne Hiltz | Shelton | 18 | |||||||||
| 2007 | Olga Yurievna Litvinenko | Greenwich | 17 | |||||||||
| 2006 | Kristen Heide | Madison | 18 | |||||||||
| 2005 | Jennifer Brooks | Bristol | 17 | |||||||||
| 2004 | Kayla Salerno | New Britain | 16 | |||||||||
| 2003 | Nina Musumeci | Hartford | 17 | |||||||||
| 2002 | Ashley Bickford | Hartford | 17 | Semi-finalist | Triple Crown winner: | |||||||
| 2001 | Marie-Lynn Piscitelli | North Haven | 15 | |||||||||
| 2000 | Lisa DeLeo | Guilford | 17 | |||||||||
| 1999 | Bethany McGlynn | Preston | 18 | |||||||||
| 1998 | Natalie Perez | Meriden | 18 | |||||||||
| 1997 | Alita Dawson | Hamden | 18 | |||||||||
| 1996 | Marissa Perez | Meriden | 18 | |||||||||
| 1995 | Tiffanyanne Kosma | Voluntown | ||||||||||
| 1994 | Stacey Ann Raffone | New Haven | ||||||||||
| 1993 | Cynthia Schneck | Wilton | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||||||||
| 1992 | Tiffany Selivonchik | New Milford | ||||||||||
| 1991 | Allison Benusis | Ridgefield | ||||||||||
| 1990 | Amy Raboin | Hartford | ||||||||||
| 1989 | Suzanne Ianucci | West Haven | ||||||||||
| 1988 | Bobbie-Jo Shanahan | East Hartford | ||||||||||
| 1987 | Allison Barbeau-Diorio | Fairfield | Miss Congeniality | |||||||||
| 1986 | Karen Zawacki | Danbury | ||||||||||
| 1985 | Kristine Kunst | Wallingford | 16 | |||||||||
| 1984 | Monique Savery | Hartford | ||||||||||
| 1983 | Beth Waldron | Hartford |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
References
- Chaiken, Mike. (July 30, 2012). "CT’s Logan West is now a ‘retired’ princess". Southington Observer.
- Reiher, Andrea. (July 28, 2012). "Miss Teen USA 2012 is Logan West of Connecticut". [[Zap2it]].
- (2012-07-30). "Logan West crowned Miss Teen USA 2012". Bahamas Local News.
- Bennett-Smith, Meredith. (July 30, 2012). "Logan West, Miss Teen USA 2012, Overcame Bullying On The Way To Pageant Crown". Huffington Post.
- Shaw, Andrew. (2007-08-01). "GHS student to compete for Miss Teen USA". Greenwich Time.
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