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Miss Kentucky Teen USA
Beauty pageant competition
Beauty pageant competition
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Miss Kentucky Teen USA |
| formation | |
| type | Beauty pageant |
| headquarters | Cincinnati |
| location | Ohio |
| membership | Miss Teen USA |
| language | English |
| key_people | Melissa Proctor-Pitchford, state pageant director |
| website | Official website |
The Miss Kentucky Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Although Kentucky has not produced a Miss Teen USA titleholder, five delegates have placed as Top 5 or Top 6: Krista Keith in 1983, Kristi Dawn Hicks in 1989, April Vaughn in 1990, Kristen Johnson in 2000 and Tara Conner in 2002. Their most recent placement was Taylor Hubbard who placed in the Top 15 in 2010.
Reese Burt of Lexington was crowned Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2025 on July 19, 2025, at The Vern Riffe Center for the Arts Shawnee State University in Portsmouth. She represented Kentucky at Miss Teen USA 2025.
Eligibility
The participant must be single, legally recognized female, between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years old. Specifically, the contestant has to be under nineteen years old before January 1 of the pageant year. Also, the applicant must have never been married, pregnant, or had a marriage annulled. A contestant can only be eligible if she is a United States citizen and remains a United States citizen throughout the competition at both a state and national level. She must have lived in the state she desires to compete in permanently, at least six months prior to the pageant date, or be a full-time student in the state with one semester completed by December 31 of the pageant year.
Results summary
Placement at Miss Teen USA
- 1st runner-up: Kristi Dawn Hicks (1989)
- 2nd runners-up: Krista Keith (1983), Kristen Johnson (2000), Tara Conner (2002)
- Top 6: April Vaughn (1990)
- Top 10: Lexie Kemper (1999), Amanda Nunnelley (2003)
- Top 12: Brittany Johnson (1995)
- Top 15: Sarah Withers (2005), Jefra Bland (2009), Taylor Hubbard (2010) Kentucky holds a record of 11 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Lexie Kemper (1999), Kristen Johnson (2000)
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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Reese Burt | Lexington | 19 | Miss Keeneland Teen | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Karlie Holmen | Gilbertsville | 17 | Miss Purchase District Teen | ||||||||||
| 2023 | MéShyia Bradshaw | Elizabethtown | 17 | Miss Hardin County Teen | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Gabriella Hembree | Carrollton | 18 | Miss Two Rivers City Teen | ||||||||||
| 2021 | Kennedy Mosley | London | 16 | Miss London Teen | ||||||||||
| 2020 | Mattie Barker | Louisville | 17 | Miss Southern Kentucky Teen | ||||||||||
| 2019 | Emma Johns | Pikeville | 16 | Miss Pikeville Teen | ||||||||||
| 2018 | url=http://www.somerset-kentucky.com/news/two-pulaski-girls-fair-well-in-miss-teen-kentucky-pageant/article_35e493fa-0ad6-11e8-b389-2718aa1dffad.html | title=Two Pulaski girls fair well in Miss Teen Kentucky pageant | last=Harris | first=Chris | date=2018-02-06 | work=Commonwealth Journal | access-date=2018-02-18 | language=en}} | Somerset | 18 | Miss Pulaski County Teen | |||
| 2017 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17568716/ | title=Danville Teen wins Miss Kentucky USA pageant | date=2017 | work=The Advocate-Messenger | access-date=2018-02-18 | pages=A01}} | Danville | 18 | Miss Danville Teen | |||||
| 2016 | url=http://www.journal-times.com/news/local_news/miss-kentucky-teen-usa-juggles-life-work-and-school/article_137caba4-11fe-11e6-aa41-9bcbc23ede32.html | title=Miss Kentucky Teen USA juggles life, work and school | last=Preston | first=Tim | work=Journal-Times | access-date=2018-02-18 | language=en}} | Grayson | 15 | Miss Carter County Teen | ||||
| 2015 | Caroline Ford | Bowling Green | 18 | Miss South Central Teen | ||||||||||
| 2014 | Megan Ducharm | Shelbyville | 18 | Miss Shelby County Teen | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Gracie Sapp | Lexington | 15 | Miss Fayette County Teen | ||||||||||
| 2012 | Tiffany Cline | Georgetown | 14 | Miss Scott County Teen | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Stephanie Jones | Elizabethtown | 18 | |||||||||||
| 2010 | url=http://www.sentinel-echo.com/news/trump-has-stake-in-laurel-teen-s-recovery/article_82435832-2367-5e83-a0f4-579e5efcfd1e.html | title=Trump has stake in Laurel teen's recovery | last=Dillard | first=Carrie | date=2012-10-19 | work=The Sentinel-Echo | access-date=2018-02-18 | language=en}} | London | 15 | Top 15 | |||
| 2009 | Jefra Bland | Campbellsville | 19 | Later contestant on Survivor: Cagayan | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Shannen Reil | West Van Lear | 15 | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Katrina Giannini | Princeton | 17 | |||||||||||
| 2006 | Tiffany Withrow | Ashland | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Sarah Bryan Withers | Columbia | 18 | Top 15 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Megan Frank | Greensburg | 19 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | Amanda Nunnelley | Louisville | 17 | Top 10 | ||||||||||
| 2002 | url=http://www.carolineprogress.com/former-miss-usa-describes-life-with-drugs-alcohol-and-recovery/ | title=Former Miss USA describes life of drugs, alcohol and recovery | date=2013-12-03 | work=The Caroline Progress | access-date=2018-02-18 | language=en}} | Russell Springs | 16 | 2nd runner-up | Body Glove Swimsuit Award | ||||
| 2001 | Katherine Faulkner | Hazard | 17 | |||||||||||
| 2000 | Kristen Johnson | Slaughters | 18 | 2nd runner-up | Miss Photogenic | |||||||||
| 1999 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17568861/the_courierjournal/ | title=Winner of state's Miss Teen has options outside pageants | date=1999-06-30 | work=The Courier-Journal | access-date=2018-02-18 | pages=44}} | Louisville | 17 | Top 10 | Miss Photogenic | ||||
| 1998 | Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Arnold | Columbia | 18 | |||||||||||
| 1997 | Kelli Jones | Louisville | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | Kelly Marie Sodan | Berea | 15 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | Brittany Johnson | Virgie | 17 | Top 12 | ||||||||||
| 1994 | Crystal Hayden | Paducah | 16 | |||||||||||
| 1993 | Holly Riggs | Paducah | 15 | |||||||||||
| 1992 | Heather Boggess | Paducah | 17 | |||||||||||
| 1991 | Christine Jackman | Louisville | 18 | |||||||||||
| 1990 | April Vaughn | Louisville | 17 | Top 6 | ||||||||||
| 1989 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17569036/the_courierjournal/ | title=Miss Kentucky speaks out | date=1995-08-09 | work=The Courier-Journal | access-date=2018-02-18 | pages=35}} | Bardstown | 17 | 1st runner-up | |||||
| 1988 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17568825/the_advocatemessenger/ | title=Senior wins Miss Kentucky Teen | date=1988-05-12 | work=The Advocate-Messenger | access-date=2018-02-18 | pages=9}} | Danville | 19 | ||||||
| 1987 | Tracy Starr Marsee | Middlesboro | 15 | |||||||||||
| 1986 | Amy Miller | Louisville | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | Leanne Gregory | Lexington | ||||||||||||
| 1984 | Suzy Neclerio | Georgetown | 18 | |||||||||||
| 1983 | Krista Keith | Louisville | 16 | 2nd runner-up |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
References
- Harris, Chris. (2018-02-06). "Two Pulaski girls fair well in Miss Teen Kentucky pageant". Commonwealth Journal.
- (2017). "Danville Teen wins Miss Kentucky USA pageant". The Advocate-Messenger.
- Manouchehri, Kat. (2017-07-24). "She's the first biracial Miss Teen Kentucky and next she'll be competing for Miss Teen USA". Lexington Herald-Leader.
- Preston, Tim. "Miss Kentucky Teen USA juggles life, work and school". Journal-Times.
- Dillard, Carrie. (2012-10-19). "Trump has stake in Laurel teen's recovery". The Sentinel-Echo.
- "Survivor Cast: Jefra Bland".
- (2013-12-03). "Former Miss USA describes life of drugs, alcohol and recovery". The Caroline Progress.
- (1999-06-30). "Winner of state's Miss Teen has options outside pageants". The Courier-Journal.
- (1999-09-08). "Ballard Senior makes friends & memories at Miss Teen pageant". The Courier-Journal.
- (21 June 1994). "Reidland contestant wins Miss Kentucky Teen title". The Paducah Sun.
- (1995-08-09). "Miss Kentucky speaks out". The Courier-Journal.
- (1988-05-12). "Senior wins Miss Kentucky Teen". The Advocate-Messenger.
- (13 July 1987). "Set for Miss Teen pageant". [[The Citizens' Voice]].
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