The Miss Kentucky Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss Teen USA pageant.

Although Kentucky has not produced a Miss Teen USA titleholder, five delegates have placed as Top 5 or Top 6: Krista Keith in 1983, Kristi Dawn Hicks in 1989, April Vaughn in 1990, Kristen Johnson in 2000 and Tara Conner in 2002. Their most recent placement was Taylor Hubbard who placed in the Top 15 in 2010.

Gabriella Hembree of Carrollton was crowned Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2022 on March 26, 2022, at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset. She represented Kentucky at Miss Teen USA 2022 in Reno, Nevada.

The participant must be a single, legally recognized female between the ages of 14 and 18 years old. Specifically, the contestant has to be under 19 years old before January 1 of the pageant year. Also, the applicant must have never been married, pregnant, or had a marriage annulled. A contestant can only be eligible if she is a United States citizen and remains a United States citizen throughout the competition at both a state and national level. She must have lived in the state she desires to compete in permanently, at least six months prior to the pageant date, or be a full-time student in the state with one semester completed by December 31 of the pageant year.

• 1st runners-up: Kristi Dawn Hicks (1989)
• 2nd runners-up: Krista Keith (1983), Kristen Johnson (2000), Tara Conner (2002)
• Top 6: April Vaughn (1990)
• Top 10: Lexie Kemper (1999), Amanda Nunnelley (2003)
• Top 12: Brittany Johnson (1995)
• Top 15: Sarah Withers (2005), Jefra Bland (2009), Taylor Hubbard (2010)

Kentucky holds a record of 11 placements at Miss Teen USA.

• Miss Photogenic: Lexie Kemper (1999), Kristen Johnson (2000)

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2024	Karlie Holmen	Gilbertsville	17
2023	MéShyia Bradshaw	TBA	17
2022	Gabriella Hembree	Carrollton	18
2021	Kennedy Mosley	London	16
2020	Mattie Barker	Louisville	17
2019	Emma Johns	Pikeville	16
2018	Jordan Crozier	Somerset	18
2017	Olivia Prewitt	Danville	18
2016	Christiaan Prince	Grayson	15
2015	Caroline Ford	Bowling Green	18
2014	Megan Ducharm	Shelbyville	18
2013	Gracie Sapp	Lexington	15
2012	Tiffany Cline	Georgetown	14
2011	Stephanie Jones	Elizabethtown	18
2010	Taylor Hubbard	London	15	Top 15
2009	Jefra Bland	Campbellsville	19	Top 15		Later contestant on Survivor: Cagayan
2008	Shannen Reil	West Van Lear	15
2007	Katrina Giannini	Princeton	17
2006	Tiffany Withrow	Ashland	17
2005	Sarah Bryan Withers	Columbia	18	Top 15
2004	Megan Frank	Greensburg	19
2003	Amanda Nunnelley	Louisville	17	Top 10
2002	Tara Conner	Russell Springs	16	2nd runner-up	Body Glove Swimsuit Award	Later Miss Kentucky USA 2006 and Miss USA 2006, 4th runner up at Miss Universe 2006
2001	Katherine Faulkner	Hazard	17
2000	Kristen Johnson	Slaughters	18	2nd runner-up	Miss Photogenic	Later Miss Kentucky USA 2005, 2nd runner up at Miss USA 2005
1999	Lexie Kemper	Louisville	17	Top 10	Miss Photogenic
1998	Elizabeth Arnold	Columbia	18			Later Miss Kentucky USA 2002
1997	Kelli Jones	Louisville	18
1996	Kelly Marie Sodan	Berea	15
1995	Brittany Johnson	Virgie	17	Top 12
1994	Crystal Hayden	Paducah	16
1993	Holly Riggs	Paducah	15
1992	Heather Boggess	Paducah	17
1991	Christine Jackman	Louisville	18
1990	April Vaughn	Louisville	17	Top 6
1989	Kristi Dawn Hicks	Bardstown	17	1st runner-up		Later Miss Kentucky 1995
1988	Marti Hendricks	Danville	19
1987	Tracey Marsee	Middlesboro	16
1986	Amy Miller	Louisville	15
1985	Leanne Gregory	Lexington	15
1984	Suzy Neclerio	Georgetown	18
1983	Krista Keith	Louisville	16	2nd runner-up

Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

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