Miss Teen USA 2023

Miss Teen USA 2023 will be the 41st Miss Teen USA pageant that will be held in 2023 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. Faron Medhi of Nebraska will crown her successor at the end of the event.

Miss Teen USA 2023
Date2023
VenueGrand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada
Entrants51

Since this year in 2023, the sportswear competition has been replaced by the Pink and Blue swimsuit competition.

Background

Location
Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, the host venue of the Miss USA 2023 competition

On July 14, 2022, it was reported that the competition would be held in Reno, Nevada, with the city securing a three-year deal to host the pageant from 2022 to 2024.[1] This will be the third time that the pageant is held in Reno, and a second consecutive year holding the pageant in the city, following Miss USA 2019 and 2022.[2][3] Miss USA organization president Crystle Stewart said the location was chosen to honor Cheslie Kryst, who had been crowned Miss USA 2019 in the same venue and had died of suicide in January 2022.[4]

On October 7, the Miss USA and its sister pageant, Miss Teen USA, were suspended and handed over their management to the Miss Universe Organization, due to allegations that the previous competition was rigged resulting Stewart suspended.[5]

Selection of contestants

Delegates from the 50 states and the District of Columbia are selected in state pageants which began in September 2022 and scheduled to conclude in August 2023, as the state pageant schedule can become very dense between the last state pageant held from 2022. The first state pageant was Idaho, held on September 11, 2022, and the last state pageant is New York, scheduled to be held on August 6, 2023.

Contestants

As of 15 May 2023, 31 state titleholders have been crowned.

State Contestant Age[lower-alpha 1] Hometown Placement Notes
Alabama Alabama Kensey Collins[6] 15 Spanish Fort
Alaska Alaska Star Hunter[7] 15 Anchorage
Arkansas Arkansas Mackenzie Scott 18 Fayetteville
Connecticut Connecticut Jade Ferdinand 19 Stamford
Delaware Delaware Molly Lavelle 19 Wilmington
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia Asia Chisley 17 Washington, D.C.
Florida Florida Sharlysse Nelson Destin
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Denim Lovett[8] 19 Bonaire
Hawaii Hawaii NoeLani Denisi[9] 18 Kahului
Idaho Idaho Angelina Ryan[10] 18 Boise
Kentucky Kentucky MeShyia Bradshaw[11][12] 16 Elizabethtown
Louisiana Louisiana Averi Blyss Crawford[13] 16 Baton Rouge
Maine Maine Jasmine Roy[14] 17 Bangor
Maryland Maryland Madelyn Posey 17 Newburg
Massachusetts Massachusetts Yanelyn Quintana[15] 16 Haverhill
Mississippi Mississippi Claire Ulmer[16] 18 Natchez
Montana Montana Ava Williams 18 Billings
Nebraska Nebraska Aubrie Charter[17] 18 North Platte
New Hampshire New Hampshire Marayssa Raimondo 18 Dover
New Jersey New Jersey UmaSofia Srivastava 15 Morris Plains
North Carolina North Carolina Katie Setzer 18 Hickory
Oklahoma Oklahoma Jaselyn Rossman 19 Sapulpa
Oregon Oregon Isabella Ellsworth[18] 18 Happy Valley
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Maggie Ross 18 Pittsburgh
South Carolina South Carolina Kenlee McVay[19] 17 Easley
Tennessee Tennessee Blye Allen[20] 16 Knoxville
Vermont Vermont Nadja Dacres 18 Colchester
Virginia Virginia Ashley Wang 16 Herndon
Washington (state) Washington Mackenzie Kuiken[21] 16 South Bend
Wisconsin Wisconsin Shelby Hohneke 19 Hudson
Wyoming Wyoming Victoria Salas Evanston

Upcoming state pageants
State Date Ref
Ohio Ohio May 20, 2023 [22]
Missouri Missouri May 21, 2023 [23]
Illinois Illinois May 28, 2023 [24]
Rhode Island Rhode Island [25]
Arizona Arizona May 29, 2023 [26]
Michigan Michigan June 3, 2023 [27]
New Mexico New Mexico June 4, 2023 [28]
West Virginia West Virginia [29]
North Dakota North Dakota June 11, 2023 [30]
South Dakota South Dakota [31]
California California June 18, 2023 [32]
Kansas Kansas [33]
Iowa Iowa June 24, 2023 [34]
Nevada Nevada June 25, 2023 [35]
Utah Utah July 8, 2023 [36]
Colorado Colorado July 16, 2023 [37]
Texas Texas [38]
Indiana Indiana July 17, 2023 [39]
Minnesota Minnesota July 30, 2023 [40]
New York (state) New York August 6, 2023 [41]

Notes
  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

References
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  36. "We have NEW DATE CHANGES for the Miss Utah USA and Miss Utah Teen USA 2023 pageants! SAVE THE DATE". Facebook. Miss Utah USA. November 10, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
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