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Miss North Carolina Teen USA

Beauty contest

Miss North Carolina Teen USA
Summary

Beauty contest

FieldValue
nameMiss North Carolina Teen USA
formation1983
typeBeauty pageant
headquartersCharlotte
locationNorth Carolina
membershipMiss Teen USA
languageEnglish
websiteOfficial website
Katie Coble, Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2007 & Miss North Carolina USA 2017
Erin O'Kelley, Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2001 & Miss North Carolina USA 2007
Miss USA 2005 [[Chelsea Cooley]] from North Carolina, also Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2000

The Miss North Carolina Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Carolina in the Miss Teen USA pageant and is part of the RPM Productions group.

North Carolina has been moderately successful at Miss Teen USA, but has never won the title. Their best placement was in 1987, 2006 and 2016 when Peggy Blackwell, Melissa Lingafelt and Emily Wakeman placed first runner-up respectively. North Carolina's greatest success came from the mid-1980s to early 1990s. North Carolina, along with Illinois and Florida, has the most Miss Photogenic award winners in the pageant with three each.

Six Miss North Carolina Teen USA's has crossed over to win the Miss North Carolina USA title. The first was Chelsea Cooley, who went on to win the Miss USA title and place in the top 10 at Miss Universe. The second was Erin O' Kelley, Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2001 who made the top 15 at Miss USA 2007. The third was Julia Dalton who was a second runner up in Miss Teen USA 2008. However, she didn't place at Miss USA 2015. And the fourth was Katie Coble, a second runner up in Miss Teen USA 2007 and a non finalist in Miss USA 2017. The fifth was Jane Axhoj, a second runner up in Miss Teen USA 2015. The sixth was McKenzie Hansley in 2024 placing in the top 20.

Kristen Dalton, who came in first-runner up at the 2005 Miss North Carolina Teen USA pageant to Nikkie Groat, went on to win Miss North Carolina USA in 2009, and won the title of Miss USA 2009. She represented the United States at the Miss Universe pageant in August 2009. Her younger sister Kenzie Dalton, who was first-runner up at the 2006 Miss North Carolina Teen USA pageant, became engaged to actor Chad Michael Murray the same year she placed first-runner up to Melissa Lingafelt (who placed first-runner to Katie Blair of Montana at Miss Teen USA 2006.) Their mother, Jeannie Dalton (Boger) was Miss North Carolina USA 1982, and their sister Julia Dalton was Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2008, and placed second-runner up to Stevi Perry of Arkansas at Miss Teen USA 2008. Julia was Miss North Carolina USA in 2015 and didn't place at the Miss USA 2015 pageant.

Their most recent placement came in 2022, when Gabriela Ortega placed in the top 16.

Caroline Holmes of Mount Olive was crowned Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2025 on August 31, 2025, at The Twichell Auditorium in Spartanburg. She represented North Carolina at Miss Teen USA 2025.

Results summary

Placements

  • 1st runners-up: Peggy Blackwell (1987), Melissa Lingafelt (2006), Emily Wakeman (2016)
  • 2nd runners-up: Katie Coble (2007), Julia Dalton (2008), Jane Axhoj (2015)
  • 4th runner-up: Kaaviya Sambasivam (2018)
  • Top 6: Holly Furman (1991), Rachel Adcock (1992), Ali Burr (1997)
  • Top 10: Tracey Kaggell (1984), Kimberly Jordan (1985)
  • Top 16: Kat Puryear (2012), Peyton Brown (2020), Gabriela Ortega (2022) North Carolina holds a record of 15 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Holly Furman (1991)
  • Miss Photogenic: Rachel Adcock (1992), Melissa Lingafelt (2006), Gabriela Ortega (2022)

Winners

;Color key

  • Declared as Winner
  • Ended as runner-up
  • Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
YearNameHometownAge1Local titlePlacement at MTUSASpecial awards at MTUSANotes
2025Caroline HolmesChattanooga, TN17Miss Mount Olive Teen
2024Kaylee StavlasSmithfield17Miss City of Oaks Teen
2023Katie SetzerHickory17Miss Mountain View Teen
2022Gabriela OrtegaRaleigh16Miss Wake County TeenTop 16
2021Madison WalkerGarner18Miss Garner Teen
2020Peyton BrownDunn18Miss Tri-County TeenTop 161st runner-up at Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2018
2019Eliza MinorHarrisburg15Miss Harrisburg Teen
2018Kaaviya SambasivamWinston-Salem18Miss Forsyth County Teen4th runner-up
2017McKenzie HansleyHampstead17Miss Topsail Island Teen
2016Emily WakemanCornelius18Miss North Charlotte Teen1st runner-up4th runner-up at Miss South Carolina 2021
2015Jane AxhojCharlotte16Miss South Charlotte Teen2nd runner-up
2014Pammy PetersRaleigh17Miss Charlotte Teen
2013Kelsey BarberioChapel Hill18Miss Chapel Hill Teen
2012first=Jordanlast=Wilkinstitle=UNCW senior wins Miss North Carolina USA 2012work=The Seahawkurl=https://theseahawk.org/6425/news/uncw-senior-wins-miss-north-carolina-usa-2012/date=December 7, 2011}}Thomasville18Miss Thomasville TeenTop 16
2011Vanessa McClellandFayetteville18
2010Lauren Ashley MartzSalisbury16
2009Scarlett HowellAnsonville16
2008Julia DaltonWilmington162nd runner-up
2007Katie CobleMatthews162nd runner-up
2006Melissa LingafeltConcord161st runner-upMiss Photogenic
2005Nikkie GroatMatthews17
2004Elizabeth CartyHigh Point17
2003Erin HendricksHigh Point18
2002Brittany CrewsWake Forest1st runner-up at Miss North Carolina USA 2008 pageant
2001Erin O'KelleyAsheville15
2000Chelsea CooleyCharlotte16
1999Stephanie HoltAlbemarle18
1998Lucy ParkerDenver19
1997Ali BurrStanfield17Finalist
1996Tammy AshtonGastonia19
1995Meridith JacksonHigh Point18
1994Valarie BeasleyDunn16
1993Wendy WilliamsWade15Sister of Heidi Sue Williams, Miss North Carolina 1992
1992Rachel Lee CarterRachel AdcockConover17Top 6Miss Photogenic
1991Holly FurmanBoone17Top 6Miss Congeniality
1990Heather SimmonsWilmington16
1989Kelly SheppardLeicester17
1988Michelle MooreFuquay-Varina18
1987Peggy BlackwellFayetteville171st runner-up
1986Denise JenkinsWilmington16
1985Kimberly JordanWilmington17Top 10
1984Tracey KaggellWaynesville17Top 10
1983Janet FreemanAsheville19

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

References

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  3. Mannion, Cory. (July 19, 2017). "For Miss North Carolina Teen USA, pageantry is about more than a crown". Port City Daily.
  4. Ingram, Hunter. (June 22, 2015). "Topsail senior named Miss N.C. Outstanding Teen". StarNews Online.
  5. (2021-06-27). "Julia Herrin crowned Miss South Carolina 2021".
  6. Wilkins, Jordan. (December 7, 2011). "UNCW senior wins Miss North Carolina USA 2012". The Seahawk.
  7. (June 28, 2009). "15-year-old named Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen". WRAL.com.
  8. (August 15, 2009). "Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen, Jeanette Morelan, Wins Miss America's Outstanding Teen Competition". [[Miss America's Outstanding Teen]].
  9. (2010). "About Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2011". RPM Productions, Inc..
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  11. Womble, Jeffery. (1993-03-06). "Fayetteville Teen Brings Home State Pageant Crown". The Fayetteville Observer.
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