Miss Alaska Teen USA

Miss Alaska Teen USA
Formation	1983
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Anchorage
Location	Alaska;
Membership	Miss Teen USA
Official language	English
Website	Official website

Miss Alaska Teen USA is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss Teen USA pageant and the name of the title held by that winner.

The pageant is part of the Miss Universe Organization which also holds the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants. The Miss Alaska Teen USA pageant is generally held in the late fall or early winter in Anchorage, Alaska together with the Miss Alaska USA. The current directors are former titleholders and sisters Rachel Saldana (2002) and Sonja Garness (2005).^[1]

There are three categories of competition which include Personality Interview, Swimsuit, and Evening gown. The fourth judging category is the on-stage impromptu question that is completed by the top five finalists.

Alaska has never won Miss Teen USA title,^[2] with only three teens making the semi-finals or better. However, Marla Johnson placed 1st runner-up to Bridgette Wilson of Oregon at Miss Teen USA 1990. The other two placements are recent, coming in 2003 and 2005.^[1]^[3]^[4] Alaska has not won any special awards.^[4]

Three Alaska teens later won the Miss Alaska USA title.^[4]

Star Hunter of Anchorage was crowned Miss Alaska Teen USA 2023 on January 14, 2023 at Bartlett High School Auditorium in Anchorage. Hunter will represent Alaska at Miss Teen USA 2023.

Results summary

Placements

1st runners-up: Marla Johnson (1990)
Top 10: Brittany Jackson (2003)
Top 15: Sonja Garness (2005)

Alaska holds a record of 3 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Winners

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

Year	Name^[4]	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2024	Nevaeh James	Anchorage	TBA	TBA
2023	Star Hunter	Anchorage	16
2022	Madison Hines	Eagle River	16
2021	Ellie Smith	Anchorage	18		Daughter of Sarah Ann Smith, Miss Alaska Teen USA 1998
2020	Jadyn Fraser	Fairbanks	15		Previously Miss Teen Earth Alaska 2018
2019	Meghan Scott^[5]	Eagle River	16
2018	McKinley Wooten	Palmer	16
2017	Tana Bartels^[6]	Fairbanks^[6]	18^[6]
2016	Nneamaka Isolokwu^[7]	Anchorage^[8]	18^[8]
2015	Katelyn Cusack^[9]^[2]	Anchorage^[2]	17^[10]
2014	Whitney Williams	Anchorage^[11]	17^[11]
2013	Kimberly Agron	Anchorage^[12]	18^[12]		Later Miss Alaska USA 2015 and congeniality winner at Miss USA 2015, tied with Miss Delaware USA Renee Bull^[13]
2012	Veronica Temple	Eagle River^[14]	18^[14]		Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2009;^[14] Sister of Miss Alaska USA 2010 Sarah Temple
2011	Denali Whiting^[15]^[16]	Kotzebue^[16]	19		First Inupiaq Eskimo to hold the title^[16]
2010	Kali Scott	Anchorage	17
2009	Zlata Sushchik^[17]	Anchorage^[17]	19^[17]
2008	Victoria Ray	Eagle River	18
2007	Muriel Clauson^[18]	Anchorage	17
2006	Degen Kasper^[19]	Anchorage	17
2005	Sonja Garness	Anchorage	17	Top 15	Sister of Miss Alaska Teen USA 2002^[1]
2004	Nina Sutherlin	Anchorage	18
2003	Brittany Ann Jackson	Wasilla	17	Top 10
2002	Rachel Marie Garness	Anchorage	15		Sister of Miss Alaska Teen USA 2005^[1]
2001	Danielle Smith	Anchorage	18
2001	Kaylen Kelley				Resigned title prior to national pageant.
2000	Christina Olejniczak	Palmer	18		Later Miss Alaska USA 2002
1999	Kjersti Parker	Anchorage	18
1998	Sarah Ann Smith	Anchorage	16		Mother of Elle Smith, Miss Alaska Teen USA 2021
1997	Laurie Ann Miller	Wasilla	18		Later Miss Alaska USA 2000
1996	Brandee McCoskey	Anchorage	18
1995	Heather Evans	Sitka
1994	Kristina Bellamy	Anchorage
1993	Christina Thornton	Anchorage
1992	Cindy Bridges	Fairbanks
1991	Stacey Stewart	Eagle River
1990	Marla Johnson	Anchorage	18	1st runner-up
1989	Amy Allen	Fairbanks
1988	Joleen Jeffcoat	Fairbanks
1987	Lauren Straubb	Wasilla
1986	Bobbie Mitchell	Fairbanks
1985	Debbie Eason	Fairbanks
1984	Dawn Goldy	Fairbanks
1983	Linda Kay Fickus	Fairbanks			Sister of Miss Alaska USA 1980 Debby Fickus^[20] Died from breast cancer in 2008.^[21]

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

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