Miss Indiana Teen USA

Bailee Zimmerman, Miss Indiana Teen USA 2009

The Miss Indiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Sanders and Associates.

Indiana had a slow start at Miss Teen USA, and did not place until 1991. That placement became the first of a four-year streak, which included three semi-finalist and one 1st runner-up placings.

Six Indiana teens have gone on to win the Miss Indiana USA crown, more than most other states. The most successful of these, Kelly Lloyd, who achieved Indiana's highest ever Miss Teen USA placement also went on to earn one of Miss Indiana USA's highest placements in 2002. Even more notable, Lloyd was a Triple Crown winner.

Results summary

Placements

• First runners-up: Kelly Lloyd (1993)
• Fourth runners-up: Jillian Dornbush (2001)
• Top 10: Kera Boog (2000)
• Top 12: Heather Hart (1991), Nicole Llewellyn (1992), Nicolette Van Hook (1994)
• Top 15: Jami Stallings (2003), Jessica Michelle Buch (2011)

Awards

• Miss Photogenic: Jillian Dornbush (2001)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2011	Jessica Michelle Buch	Bedford	16	Top 15
2010	Madeline Jean Plesac	Valparaiso	17
2009	Bailee Zimmerman	Brownsburg	16
2008	Morgan Abel	North Vernon	17
2007	Victoria Tomlinson	Anderson	18
2006	Halley Wallace	Evansville	18
2005	Kristina Ellis[1]	Vincennes	17
2004	Courtni Hall[2]	Crawfordsville	18			Later Miss Indiana USA 2009
2003	Jami Stallings[3]	Evansville	17	Semi-finalist		Later Miss Indiana USA 2007
2002	Melyssa Ramos[4]	Ft. Wayne
2001	Jillian Dornbush			4th runner-up	Miss Photogenic
2000	Kera Boog			Top 10
1999	Jennifer Phillips	Brownsburg
1998	Tashina Kastigar[5]	West Terre Haute				Later Miss Indiana USA 2003, top 10 at Miss USA 2003
1997	Amber Yoder
1996	Misha Ivetich
1995	Sarah McClary	Evansville				Later Miss Indiana USA 2001[3]
1994	Nicolette VanHook	Crawfordsville		Semi-finalist
1993	Kelly Lloyd	Indianapolis		1st runner-up		Triple Crown winner, Later Miss Indiana 1999 and Miss Indiana USA 2002, 2nd runner up to Miss USA 2002; 2nd runner-up to National Sweetheart 1998; Current director of operations for the Miss Indiana USA and Miss Indiana Teen USA pageants[6]
1992	Nicole Llewellyn	Munster		Semi-finalist		Later Miss Indiana USA 1998; She also won Mrs. Indiana 2001, Mrs. America 2001, and Mrs. World 2002 under her married name, Nicole Brink.[7]
1991	Heather Hart	Newburgh		Semi-finalist		Later Miss Indiana USA 1995[8]
1990	Kristen Helm
1989	Jackie Hartt
1988	Deborah Lindboe	Martinsville
1987	Terri Salmon	Valparaiso
1986	Danielle Waize
1985	Diana Ballard	Portage
1984	Christine Harrell					Married Sean Astin in 1992
1983	Julie James	Warsaw

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

1. ^ Schneider, Ashley (2004-11-21). "Area Teens win Top Spots in Pageant". The Evansville Courier. p. B1. 
2. ^ "Jasper woman crowned Miss Indiana" (Press release). Associated Press. 2003-11-10. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Barry, Marilou (2003-08-03). "Miss Teen USA Contestant Gets Royal Send-off". The Evansville Courier. p. C8. 
4. ^ "Start Your Day/City teen captures state pageant crown". Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. 2001-11-19. p. 2A. 
5. ^ "West Terre Haute teen crowned Miss Indiana Teen USA" (Press release). Associated Press. 1998-04-25. 
6. ^ "Staff". http://www.missindianausa.com/staff.html. Retrieved July 10, 2010. 
7. ^ "Munster native wins Mrs. World crown" (Press release). Associated Press. 2001-12-26. 
8. ^ Barry, Marilou (1995-02-10). "TITLE CONTENDER Newburgh woman competes for Miss USA title tonight". The Evansville Courier. p. 1b. 

External links

• Official website