Miss Michigan Teen USA

The Miss Michigan Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Michigan in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is produced by Proctor Productions, including Melissa Pitchford who was Miss Ohio USA 1990.

In terms of number of placements, Michigan is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, having only placed six times. Their greatest success has been in the 2000s, with two runner-up placements. The states highest placement was in 2005, when Catherine Laurion was 1st runner-up to Allie LaForce of Ohio.

Results summary

Placements

• First runners-up: Catherine Laurion (2005)
• Second runners-up: Alicia Jaros (2003)
• Top 5: Sara Dusendang (1999)
• Top 10: Tamika Thomas (1996)
• Top 15: Raquel McClendon (2006), Kristen Danyal (2009)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2012	Courtney Pizzimenti	Oakland Township	17
2011	Taylor Sherman[1]	Dearborn Heights	17
2010	Catherine McGhee	Ortonville	16
2009	Kristen Danyal	Sterling Heights	19	Top 15		Later Miss Michigan USA 2012
2008	Elizabeth Hawthorne	Clarkston	17
2007	Caitlin Klug	Eau Claire	18
2006	Raquel McClendon	Kincheloe	17	Top 15
2005	Catherine Laurion	West Branch	17	1st Runner-up
2004	Yelena Crawford	Brooklyn	18
2003	Alicia Jaros	Riverview	17	2nd Runner-up
2002	Kyleen Krstich	Troy	18
2001	Chelsea-Lyn Rudder	Rochester Hills	17
2000	Kylie Rhew	Bridgman	17
1999	Sara Dusendang	Paris	18	Top 5		Later Mrs. Michigan America 2008 under her married name, Sara Dusendang-Moylan.[2]
1998	Elizabeth Mathis	Detroit	18
1997	Che'vonne Burton	Detroit	15			Later Miss Michigan 2000, and top 10 at Miss America 2001
1996	Tamika Thomas	Detroit	18	Top 10
1995	Kathleen McConnell	Trenton	18
1994	Melissa Jackson	Wixom
1993	Ashley Whitt	Jackson
1992	WaLynda Lou Sipple	Berrien Springs				Later Miss Nebraska USA 1999
1991	Lori Hahnbomb	Chelsea
1990	Erica Weber	Birmingham
1989	Betsy Cox	Edwardsburg
1988	Melissa Sinkevics	Dearborn Heights
1987	Elena Hall	Warren
1986	Terri Turner	Clawson
1985	Tracy Shaw	St. Clair
1984	Michelle Downing	South Haven
1983	Cathy McBride	Farmington Hills

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

External links

• Official website

References

1. ^ Miller, Jana (September 21, 2010). "MANCHESTER: Junior at high school competes in Miss Michigan Teen USA pageant in Ann Arbor". The Manchester Enterprise. http://www.heritage.com/articles/2010/09/21/manchester_enterprise/news/doc4c912f383f5a0734932836.txt. Retrieved October 5, 2010. 
2. ^ "2008 Mrs America". http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2008. Retrieved July 9, 2010.