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Formation | 1983 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Shawnee |
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Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | John M. Vannatta Jason Vannatta Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher, State Pageant Director |
Website | Official Website |
The Miss Oklahoma Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Vanbros and Associates, headquartered in Shawnee, Kansas. In 1997, Oklahoma joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.
Oklahoma is in the top 5 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Oklahoma's best performance came in the 1980s through the early 1990s. After Oklahoma was taken over by Vanbros there was a six-year lapse, before Nikki Carver brought the state back into the semi-finals in 2003. The state's most recent placement was in 2019, when Abigail Billings finished in the top 15. Oklahoma has produced one Miss Teen USA, Allison Brown, who won in 1986 becoming the 4th state that won the Miss Teen USA title for the first time.
Five Oklahoma teens have crossed over to win the Miss Oklahoma USA title and compete at Miss USA, with Morgan Woolard being the most successful with a 1st runner-up placement at Miss USA 2010.
Megan Lamza of Wright City, was crowned Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 2024 on April 14, 2024, at OCCC Performing Arts Center in Oklahoma. She will represent Oklahoma for the title of Miss Teen USA 2024.
Oklahoma holds a record of 21 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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2024 | Megan Lamza | Wright City | Miss Southeast Oklahoma Teen USA | 18 | TBA | ||
2023 | Jaselyn Rossman | Sapulpa | Miss Sapulpa Teen USA | 19 | Top 20 | ||
2022 | Haleigh Hurst | Norman | Miss University City Teen USA | 19 | Top 16 |
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2021 | Hunter Gorton | Glenpool | Miss South Tulsa Teen USA | 18 |
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2020 | Danika Christopherson | Lawton | Miss Southwest Oklahoma Teen USA | 18 | Top 16 |
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2019 | Abigail Billings [1] | Oklahoma City | Miss Woodward Teen USA | 17 | Top 15 | ||
2018 | Zoe Ferraro | Warr Acres | Miss Warr Acres Teen USA | 17 | |||
2017 | Baylee Ogle | Chickasha | Miss South Oklahoma City Teen USA | 18 | Top 15 | ||
2016 | Hellen Smith | Oklahoma City | Miss Oklahoma City Teen USA | 16 |
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2015 | Cherokee Pearce | Owasso | Miss Owasso Teen USA | 19 | Top 15 | ||
2014 | Brooklynne Bond | Tulsa | Miss Greater Tulsa Teen USA | 16 | Top 15 | ||
2013 | Graham Turner | Edmond | Miss Edmond Teen USA | 17 | Miss Photogenic | ||
2012 | Jessica Lee Morgan | Yukon | Miss Yukon Teen USA | 17 | 3rd runner-up | Miss Photogenic | |
2011 | Alma Sandoval | Oklahoma City | Miss Canadian County Teen USA | 18 | |||
2010 | Kandis Holt | Broken Bow | 16 | Top 15 | |||
2009 | Chelsea Colvard | Tulsa | Miss South Tulsa Teen USA | 17 |
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2008 | Taylor Gorton | Glenpool | Miss South Tulsa Teen USA | 16 | Top 15 |
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2007 | Paige Hill | Oklahoma City | Miss North Oklahoma Teen USA | 16 | |||
2006 | Morgan Woolard | Moore | Miss South Oklahoma Teen USA | 17 | Top 15 |
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2005 | Crystal Glidden | Noble | 18 | Top 10 | |||
2004 | Caitlin Graham | Edmond | 16 | ||||
2003 | Nikki Carver | Norman | 18 | Top 15 | |||
2002 | Joy Cometti | Coalgate | 18 | ||||
2001 | Lindsay Camp | Edmond | 17 | ||||
2000 | Kristin Vaughn | Broken Arrow | 17 | ||||
1999 | Ashley Bowen | Idabel | 18 | ||||
1998 | Tara Baker | Bixby | 17 | ||||
1997 | Amanda Penix | Shawnee | Miss Shawnee Teen USA | 18 | Top 6 |
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1996 | Latoya Farley | Tulsa | 15 | Top 10 | |||
1995 | Shelly Forrest | Moore | 17 | Miss Congeniality | |||
1994 | Summer Riley | Oklahoma City | 17 | ||||
1993 | Stacy Kane | Oklahoma City | 17 | ||||
1992 | Angela Logan | Oklahoma City | 18 | 1st runner-up | |||
1991 | Rachael Schilder | Oklahoma City | 16 | Top 12 | |||
1990 | Carmen James | Oklahoma City | 19 | ||||
1989 | Stacy Folsom [2] | Edmond | 17 | Top 10 | |||
1988 | Linda Parsons | Clinton | 18 | ||||
1987 | RaeLynn Coffman | Oklahoma City | 17 | 3rd runner-up | |||
1986 | Allison Brown | Edmond | 17 | Miss Teen USA 1986 | competed as "Miss Teen USA" at Miss USA 1987 | ||
1985 | Julie Khorey | Oklahoma City | 16 |
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1984 | Jaime Brashier | Oklahoma City | 17 | Top 10 | |||
1983 | Lorna Webb | Ada | 16 |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
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