For the most recent competition, see Miss Teen USA 2023.
For the upcoming competition, see Miss Teen USA 2024.
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Miss Teen USA
Type
Beauty pageant
Parent organization
Miss Universe Organization
Headquarters
New York City
Country represented
United States
First edition
1983
Most recent edition
2023
Current titleholder
UmaSofia Srivastava New Jersey
Owners
Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip (2022 – Present)
Raul Rocha (2024 – Present)
President and CEO
Laylah Rose
Affiliates
Microsoft Sony Interactive Entertainment
Language/s
English
Website
missteenusa.com
Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant that has been run since 1983 by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. Unlike its sister pageants Miss Universe, which currently broadcasts on JKN18 and Miss USA, this pageant is webcast on the Miss Teen USA website and simulcast on mobile devices and video game consoles. The Miss Universe Organization previously operated Miss Teen USA, as well as Miss USA, until 2020 when the rights to produce both pageants were licensed to Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart prior to her suspension in October 2022, thus returning the said pageants to the Miss Universe Organization.[1] The parent company of all three pageants and the Miss Universe organization remains the same under the licensing agreement: JKN Metaverse Inc., a subsidiary of JKN Global Group.
Prior to 1983, a beauty contest bestowing the title of Miss Teen USA was first held in 1959 as a mail-in photo contest by Teen magazine.[2][3]
It next became an annual live stage event through the 1960s and in 1983, the pageant began being produced annually as part of the Miss Universe family of pageants.[4] It was broadcast live on CBS until 2002 and then on NBC from 2003 to 2007. In March 2007, it was announced that the broadcast of the Miss Teen USA pageant on NBC had not been renewed, and that Miss Teen USA 2007 would be the final televised event.[5]
From 2008 to 2015, the pageant was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort, located in Nassau, Bahamas. Since 2016, the pageant has been held in the United States once more, and since 2018, it is held concurrently with its sister Miss USA pageant in a single city a few days before the start of Miss USA final competition.[6]
Notable pageant winners include actresses Kelly Hu (1985, Hawaii), Bridgette Wilson (1990, Oregon), Charlotte Lopez-Ayanna (1993, Vermont), Vanessa Minnillo (1998, South Carolina) and Shelley Hennig (2004, Louisiana).
The current Miss Teen USA is UmaSofia Srivastava of New Jersey who was crowned on September 28, 2023 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada.
^"Exclusive: Crystle Stewart takes on new leadership role for Miss USA, Miss Teen USA". goodmorningamerica.com. New York City, New York: Good Morning America. December 30, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2021. The Miss Universe Organization is announcing that it is licensing both pageants to the former titleholder, actress and entrepreneur. ... Stewart is the first Black woman and person to ever hold the licensing rights to Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.
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^Hall, Sarah (March 29, 2007). "Trump and Miss Universe Stay in Bed with NBC". Retrieved March 29, 2007.
^"Kansas' Hailey Colborn Crowned Miss Teen USA 2018". PR Newswire. May 21, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
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