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Miss Missouri Teen USA
Formation1983
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersShawnee
LocationKansas
MembersMiss Teen USA
Official language
English
Key people
John M. Vannatta
Jason Vannatta
Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher, State Pageant Director
WebsiteOfficial website
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Jeni Dixon, Miss Missouri Teen USA 2008

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.

Vegas Turner of Springfield was crowned Miss Missouri Teen USA on May 10, 2026, at The Mansion Theater for the Performing Arts in Branson, Missouri. She will represent Missouri at Miss Teen USA 2026.

Results summary

Placements

  • Miss Teen USAs: Marissa Whitley (2001), Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff (2017), Mailyn Marsh (2025)
  • 2nd runners-up: Audra Shurman (1991)
  • 4th runners-up: Rhonda Hoglen (1985), Sydnee Stottlemyre (2011)
  • Top 6: Tiffany Meyer (1994), Leah Sexton (1996)
  • Top 10: Caitlin McIntosh (2000), Vegas Turner (2026)
  • 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 19 placements at Miss Teen USA.

‡ Voted into Top 16 as America's Choice

Awards

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
2026 Vegas Turner Springfield 18 Miss Battlefield Teen Top 10 Previously National All-American Miss Teen 2024-2025
2025 Mailyn Marsh Ozark 17 Miss Ozark Teen Miss Teen USA 2025
2024 Shelby Welling Jefferson City 18 Miss Capital City Teen Top 20
2023 Madison Beck Barnhart Miss Jefferson County Teen
2022 Shae Addison Smith Bolivar 18 Miss Springfield Teen
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 Julieta 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
2014 Samantha Jo Bowers Harrisonville 18 Miss Cass County Teen
2013 Brenda Andrea Smith-Lezama Columbia 18 Miss Columbia Teen Top 16
2012 Jayde Ogle Liberty 17 Miss Stone County Teen
2011 Sydnee Nicole Stottlemyre St. Louis 17 Miss Gateway St. Louis Teen 4th runner-up
2010 Erica Danielle Sturdefant Springfield 16 Miss Metropolis Teen
2009 Sierra Drimak Cottleville 18 Miss Cottleville Teen Top 15
2008 Jeni Dixon Hartville 17 Miss Wright County Teen
2007 Lauren Petersen Farmington 16 Miss St. Francois Co. Teen
  • Later Miss Grand USA 2015
2006 Breanna Huellinghorst O'Fallon 16 Miss Black River Festival Teen
2005 Rachel Joy Woolard Naylor 17 Miss Black River Festival Teen Miss Congeniality
2004 Alissa Marie Reitmeier St. Charles 17 Miss Butler County Fair Teen Top 15
2003 Amber Marie Seyer Oran 17 Miss Scott County Teen
2002 Courtney Chilcutt Dexter 18 Miss Butler County Fair Teen
2001 Marissa Janine Whitley Springfield 17 Miss Glendale Teen Miss Teen USA 2001
2000 Caitlin Marie McIntosh New Haven 17 Miss New Haven Teen Top 10 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2002
1999 Andrea Camille Elliott Independence 18 Miss Kansas City Teen
1998 Brittany Paige McDonald Sikeston 17 Miss Sikeston Teen
1997 Larissa Meek St. Louis 17 Miss Gateway to the West Teen
1996 Leah Audrey Sexton Independence 17 Miss Three Trails Teen Top 6
1995 Melana Scantlin Gladstone 19 Miss Kansas City Teen Top 12
1994 Tiffany Tenille Meyer Parkville 18 Miss Platte Teen Top 6
1993 Melanie Jeanine Breedlove Mountain Grove 18 Miss South Central Missouri Teen Miss Photogenic
1992 Robin Swain Lilbourn 18
1991 Audra Lynn Sherman[1] Sikeston 18 2nd Runner-up
1990 Tavia Michelle Shackles Lee's Summit 18 Top 12
1989 April Renee Smith Raytown 17
1988 Beverly Boatright Republic 18
1987 Sherri Ann Gardner Kansas City 17
1986 Jennifer Tangora[2] Mexico 18
1985 Rhonda Hoglen Gladstone 18 4th runner-up
1984 Lee Ann Sydenstricker Mexico 17
1983 Lisa Yvette Logan Columbia 16

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

  1. ↑ "Miss Missouri Teen". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 25 August 1991. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "A trunk full". The Delaware Gazette. 7 January 1986. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
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