Miss Washington Teen USA
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| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Puyallup |
| Location | Washington |
| Members | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Maureen Francisco |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Washington Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Bella Seeden of Temecula, CA was appointed Miss Washington Teen USA on July 30th, 2026 after the open casting call from Thomas Brodeur, the new owner of the national pageant. She will represent Washington at Miss Teen USA 2026.
Results summary
[edit]Placements
[edit]- 2nd runner-up: Dru Homer (1985)
- Top 10: Rhonda Monroe (1983), Amy Travis (1989), Megan Munroe (2000), Shannon Hulbert (2001), Jasmine Jorgensen (2003)
- Top 15: Sadie Porter (2009), Camilla Cyr (2010)
- Top 20: Mackenzie Kuiken (2023)
Washington holds a record of 9 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards
[edit]- Miss Congeniality: Marianne Bautista (2020)
- Miss Photogenic: Anjelie Eldredge (1994)
- Best State Costume: Novalee Lewis (2021; 3rd place)
Winners
[edit]- 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 |
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| 2026 | Bella Seeden | Temecula, CA | 19 | Miss Temecula Teen | 1st runner-up to Miss California Teen USA 2026 | ||
| 2025 | Maliyah Van Hook | Gilroy, CA | 18 | ||||
| 2024 | Kendall Beasley | Kennewick | 17 | Miss Tri Cities Teen | |||
| 2023 | Mackenzie Kuiken | South Bend | 16 | Miss South Bend Teen | Top 20 | ||
| 2022 | Kate Dixon | Sammamish | 17 | ||||
| 2021 | Novalee Lewis | Tacoma | 16 | Best State Costume – 3rd Place |
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| 2020 | Marianne Bautista | Renton | 17 | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 2019 | Lily Lloyd | Orting | 17 | ||||
| 2018 | Summer Keffeler | Monroe | 16 |
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| 2017 | Alyssa Williams | Sumner | 16 | ||||
| 2016 | Claire Wright | Sammamish | 18 | Voted Best Laugh at Miss Teen USA |
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| 2015 | Priya Gopal-Walker | Seattle | 17 | ||||
| 2014 | Starla Sampaco | Bellevue | 18 | ||||
| 2013 | Imani Blackmon | Tacoma | 17 | First African-American Miss Washington Teen USA
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| 2012 | Alex Carlson-Helo | Everett | 17 |
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| 2011 | Cheyenne Van Tine | Kennewick | 17 | 1st runner up in the Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2009 & 2010 pageants. | |||
| 2010 | Camilla Cyr | Kirkland | 17 | Top 15 | |||
| 2009 | Sadie Porter | Selah | 17 | Top 15 |
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| 2008 | Mandy Schendel | Newcastle | 17 |
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| 2007 | Shalane Larango | Ridgefield | 18 |
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| 2006 | Kendra Timm | Arlington | 18 | ||||
| 2005 | Kaylee Moore | Gig Harbor | 17 | ||||
| 2004 | Danielle Jensen | Lynnwood | 17 | ||||
| 2003 | Jasmine Jorgensen | Spanaway | 17 | Top 10 | |||
| 2002 | Maichal McJunkin | Seattle | 15 | ||||
| 2001 | Shannon Hulbert | Lake Stevens | 17 | Top 10 | |||
| 2000 | Megan Munroe | Monroe | 16 | Top 10 | |||
| 1999 | Dianna Carlson | Federal Way | 16 | ||||
| 1998 | Amber Lancaster | Tacoma | 18 | Now a model on The Price Is Right | |||
| 1997 | Emma DeSilets | Seattle | 15 | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2002 | |||
| 1996 | Emily Ballard | Seattle | 19 | ||||
| 1995 | Summer Springer | Bellevue | 17 | ||||
| 1994 | Anjelie Eldredge | Vancouver | 18 | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 1993 | Rebecca Vaughn | Seattle | 17 | ||||
| 1992 | Kaley O'Kelley | East Wenatchee | 17 | Co-host of KTVK's flagship show Good Morning Arizona | |||
| 1991 | Elizabeth Lee | Seattle | 17 | ||||
| 1990 | Paige Anderson | Seattle | 19 | ||||
| 1989 | Amy Travis | Wenatchee | 18 | Top 10 | |||
| 1988 | Karen Petre | Bellevue | 18 | ||||
| 1987 | Johna Sainsbury | Zillah | 16 | ||||
| 1986 | Lisa M. Elliott[2] | Snohomish | 17 | ||||
| 1985 | Dru Homer | Selah | 17 | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1984 | Charlene Walters | Lynnwood | 16 | ||||
| 1983 | Rhonda Monroe | Lynnwood | 17 | Top 10 |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
[edit]- ↑ Schilling, Sara (July 10, 2018). "10 women vie for Miss Tri-Cities crown". Tri-City Herald.
- ↑ "BEACH BREAK". The Tyler Courier-Times. 16 January 1986. p. 30. Retrieved 13 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
