Miss California Teen USA
California is in the top five most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Miss California een USA titleholders have been invited to red-carpet movie premieres, such as that for Santa Clause 3 attended by Kylee Lin, and She's the Man, attended by Jessica Powell.
The current titleholder is Paige Gonor of San Diego, who is crowned on June 23, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency Orange County. Gonor represented California for the title of Miss Teen USA 2024.
History
In the 1980s, the pageant was directed by Richard Guy and Rex Holt, who also oversaw the Miss California USA, Miss Texas USA and Miss Texas Teen USA pageants. They lost the contract in 1990, when it came up for renewal.
Gallery of titleholders
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Kylee Lin, Miss California Teen USA 2007, at the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End film premiere
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Miss California Teen USA 2009, Chelsea Gilligan, attending the "Beauty of California Dinner" at The Riviera Resort & Spa, Palm Springs, CA on Nov. 21, 2009
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Miss California Teen USA 2010, Emma Baker, on-stage at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA on Nov. 22, 2009
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Miss California Teen USA 2011, Alexis Swanstrom, Rancho Mirage, CA on Nov. 21, 2010
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Miss California Teen USA 2012 Alexa Jones, Irvine, California on June 16, 2012
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Miss California Teen USA 2013 and Miss Teen USA 2013, Cassidy Wolf, Irvine, California on January 4, 2014
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Miss California Teen USA 2014 Bianca Vierra, Long Beach, California on January 4, 2014
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Miss California Teen USA 2015 Melanie Mitchell, Corona, California on July 19, 2015
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Miss California Teen USA 2016 Athenna Crosby, Long Beach, California on December 6, 2015
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Miss California Teen USA 2019 Alina Carranza, Los Angeles, California on March 14, 2019
Results summary
Placements
- Miss Teen USAs: Shauna Gambill (1994), Cassidy Wolf (2013)
- 1st runners-up: Jennifer Morgan (2002), Melanie Mitchell (2015)
- 2nd runners-up: Michelle Cardamon (1996), Chelsea Gilligan (2009), Emma Baker (2010), Alexis Swanstrom (2011), Cassidy Hill (2022)
- 3rd runner-up: Bianca Vierra (2014)
- 4th runners-up: Stephanie Brink (2005), Jaanu Patel (2017)
- Top 6: Natasha Allas (1992)
- Top 10: Shawn Gardner (1983), Angi Aylor (1987), Casey McClain (2001)
- Top 12: Trisha Robey (1990), Kellie Foster-Moore (1995)
- Top 15/16/20: Taylor Atkins (2008), Athenna Crosby (2016), Janeice Love (2018), Zoe Hunt (2020), Cameron Doan (2021), Taliya Ariana Peiris (2023)
California holds a record of 24 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Winners
This section needs additional citations for verification. (February 2018) |
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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2024 | Paige Gonor | San Diego | 18 | Miss San Diego County Teen | |||
2023 | Taliya Ariana Peiris | San Ramon | 18 | Miss Bay Area Teen | Top 20 | ||
2022 | Cassidy Hill | Newport Beach | 18 | Miss Newport Beach Teen | Second runner-up | ||
2021 | Cameron Doan | Anaheim | 19 | Miss Anaheim Hills Teen | Top 16 |
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2020 | Zoe Hunt | Coronado | 17 | Miss Coronado Teen | Top 16 | ||
2019 | Alina Rae Carranza | Los Angeles | 17 | Miss Woodland Hills Teen | |||
2018 | Janeice Love | Barstow | 17 | Miss Coastal Cities Teen | Top 15 | ||
2017 | Jaanu Patel | Huntington Beach | 16 | Miss Huntington Beach Teen | Fourth runner-up | ||
2016 | Athenna Crosby | San Jose | 17 | Miss Santa Monica Teen | Top 15 |
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2015 | Melanie Mitchell | Anaheim | 16 | Miss Anaheim Hills Teen | First runner-up | ||
2014 | Bianca Vierra | Hayward | 19 | Miss Brea Canyon Teen | Third runner-up |
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2013 | Chloe Hope Hatfield | Norco | 18 | Miss Malibu Teen | did not compete |
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Cassidy Wolf | Temecula | 19 | Miss Greater San Diego Teen | Miss Teen USA 2013 | |||
2012 | Alexa Jones | Ramona | 18 | Miss Orange County Teen |
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2011 | Alexis Swanstrom | San Diego | 17 | Miss San Diego Teen | Second runner-up |
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2010 | Emma Baker | Poway | 18 | Miss Poway Teen | Second runner-up |
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2009 | Chelsea Gilligan | Beaumont | 18 | Miss Beaumont Teen | Second runner-up | ||
2008 | Taylor Atkins | Piru | 17 | Miss Ventura County Teen | Top 15 | ||
2007 | Kylee Lin | San Rafael | 16 | Miss Marin Teen | |||
2006 | Jessica Powell | Barstow | 18 | Miss Barstow Teen | |||
2005 | Stephanie Brink | Bellflower | 18 | Fourth runner-up | |||
2004 | Stacey Beltran | Oxnard | 18 |
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2003 | Shannon Byrne | Vacaville | 18 | ||||
2002 | Jennifer Morgan | Alpine | 17 | First runner-up | |||
2001 | Casey McClain | San Marcos | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
2000 | Alexandra Thompson | Vacaville | 15 | ||||
1999 | Marianne Kennedy | Long Beach | 17 | ||||
1998 | Amanda O'Leary | Fullerton | 19 | ||||
1997 | Kimberly Gloudemans | Bakersfield | 16 | First runner-up to National Sweetheart 2001 | |||
1996 | Michelle Cardamon | San Diego | 18 | Second runner-up | |||
1995 | Kellie Foster-Moore | Fresno | 17 | Semi-finalist | |||
1994 | Shauna Gambill | Acton | 17 | Miss Teen USA 1994 |
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1993 | Stefanie Sweeney | El Dorado Hills | 18 | Now Stevi McShane; owner of Crowned One Productions, a pageant production company, and director of the Miss California U.S. International Pageant and the Jr. Miss and Miss Teen and Miss California American Beauty Pageant. She was also Mrs. California International, 2008. | |||
1992 | Natasha Allas | Los Angeles | 18 | Finalist |
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1991 | Jolene Fulkner | Yorba Linda | 14 | Youngest ever Miss California Teen USA | |||
1990 | Trisha Robey | Los Angeles | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
1989 | Michealean Bonilla | Los Angeles | 17 | ||||
1988 | Alison Moreno | El Toro | 15 | Best State Costume | Disqualified from competing at the national pageant curfew violation, contrary to pageant rules. | ||
1987 | Angi Aylor | El Toro | 14 | Semi-finalist (6th) | Miss Photogenic (tie) |
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1986 | Michelle Lowell | Ontario | 17 | ||||
1985 | Sharon Gunther | Clovis | 16 | ||||
1984 | Jodie Alvarez | San Pedro | 19 | ||||
1983 | Shawn Gardner | Modesto | 17 | Semi-finalist | Placed first runner-up in state pageant, assumed title when winner resigned title to get married. | ||
Teresa St. Nicholas | Monterey | 17 | Resigned |
Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
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