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Miss New York Teen USA

Beauty pageant competition

Summary

Beauty pageant competition

Field	Value
name	Miss New York Teen USA
formation	1983
type	Beauty pageant
headquarters	Clermont
location	Florida
membership	Miss Teen USA
key_people	Deborah Miller
Cindy Provost
website

Cindy Provost

Catherine Muldoon, Miss New York Teen USA 2004

The Miss New York Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss Teen USA pageant. It is directed by D&D Productions. In 1983, New York became the 1st state ever that won the Miss Teen USA title for the first time.

New York is also one of only five states to have won the Miss Congeniality award at least two times.

Ginger Ragaishis of New York City was crowned Miss New York Teen USA 2025 on August 17, 2025, at the Hilton Albany in Albany. She represented New York at Miss Teen USA 2025, placing as 4th runner-up.

Results summary

Placements

Miss Teen USA: Ruth Zakarian (1983)
1st runners-up: Jessica Collins (1988), Gloria Almonte (2001), Stephanie Skinner (2023)
2nd runner-up: Claudia Liem (1986)
4th runner-up: Ginger Ragaishis (2025)
Top 6: Sarah Gore (1993)
Top 10: Michelle Kelenski (1987), Beth Savage (1989), Aiesha Hendrick (1996), Marley Delduchetto (2002), Catherine Muldoon (2004)
Top 15: Natascha Bessez (2005), Thatiana Diaz (2010), Geena Cardalena (2015), Isabella Griffith (2017)
Top 16: Sabrina Mastrangelo (2012), Nikki Orlando (2013)
Top 20: Valarie Goorahoo (2024) New York holds a record of 19 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

Miss Congeniality: Amber Evans (1992), Morgan Maholick (1999)
Miss Photogenic: Sana Idnani (2008)
People's Choice: Valarie Goorahoo (2024)

Winners

Declared as Winner
Ended as runner-up
Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Local title	Placement at MTUSA	Special awards at MTUSA	Notes
2025	Ginger Ragaishis	New York City	19	Miss Gotham City Teen	4th runner-up
2024	Valarie Goorahoo	Valley Stream	17	Miss Valley Stream Teen	Top 20	People's Choice
2023	Stephanie Skinner	Syracuse	19	Miss North New York Teen	1st runner-up
2022	Mahdiya Chowdhury	East Harlem	17
2021	Geanna Koulouris	Bethpage	19	Miss Bethpage Teen
2020	Maya Dominguez	Yonkers	19	Miss Yonkers Teen
2019	Hailey Germano	Smithtown	18
2018	Saige Guerin	Staten Island	17
2017	Isabella Griffith	Melville	16		Top 15
2016	Natalia Terrero	Commack	17
2015	Geena Cardalena	Floral Park	18		Top 15
2014	Corrin Stellakis	Bridgeport	16
2013	Nikki Orlando	Smithtown	16	Miss Long Island Teen	Top 16
2012	Sabrina Mastrangelo	Bellmore
2011	Lisa Drouillard	Brooklyn	19
2010	Thatiana Diaz	Bayside	17		Top 15
2009	Taylor Gildersleeve	Mattituck	17				Formerly on ABC daytime soap opera All My Children as "Sydney Harris" (2006-2007)
2008	Sana Idnani	Roslyn	18			Miss Photogenic
2007	Tatiana Pallagi	Avon	17
2006	Candace Kuykendall	Rochester	17
2005	Natascha Bessez	New York City	18		Semi-finalist
2004	Catherine Muldoon	Chappaqua	18		Top 10
2003	Adriana Diaz	Bronx	18
2002	Marley Delduchetto	Syracuse	18		Semi-finalist
2001	Gloria Almonte	Bronx	18		1st runner-up
2000	Tina Casciani	Wantagh	18				Successor to crown
Emily Pollak	Rochester	18		did not compete}}	Resigned prior to competing at Miss Teen USA.
1999	Morgan Maholick	New York City	17			Miss Congeniality
1998	Lindsay Fredette	Glens Falls	15				Sister of Sacramento Kings basketball player Jimmer Fredette and rapper TJ Fredette.
1997	Jessica-Lynn Ferdinand	New York City	17
1996	Aiesha Hendrick	New York City	17		Semi-finalist
1995	Tara Campbell	Clarence Center	19
1994	Kimberly Pressler	Franklinville	16
1993	Sara Rae Gore	Queensbury	17		Top 6
1992	Amber Evans	Rochester	17			Miss Congeniality
1991	Wendy Cooper	Rochester	19
1990	Catherine Bliss	New York City	15
1989	Beth Savage	New York City	16		Semi-finalist
1988	Jessica Collins	Amsterdam	17		1st runner-up		Actress
1987	Michelle Kelenski	Ballston Spa	18		Semi-finalist
1986	Claudia Liem	Glendale	15		2nd runner-up
1985	Shelly Lounge	Red House	18
1984	Denise Scalez	New York City	19
1983	Ruth Zakarian	Amsterdam	17		Miss Teen USA 1983

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

"Miss New York Teen USA Titleholder".
Liebeskind, Ken. (15 January 2012). "Miss Teen New York 2012 Crowned at Purchase PAC". The Harrison Daily Voice.
Bryant, Erica. (2007-08-04). "Avon girl seeks Miss Teen USA". Democrat & Chronicle.

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