Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA

Alexis Jahnke, Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2009

Kelsie Sinagra, Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2007

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

Pennsylvania has been reasonably successful at Miss USA. Their best decade was the 1990s, when they ranked fifth-equal in terms of number and value of placements [1]. All but three of this state's placements came in the 1990s, with only one placement in the 1980s and two in the 2000s. The placement in 2000 was their best, however, when Jillian Parry captured the Miss Teen USA crown.

Two Pennsylvania teens have crossed over to win the Miss Pennsylvania USA title and compete at Miss USA.

Results summary

Placements

• Miss Teen USA's: Jillian Parry (2000)
• 1st runners-up: Patricia Campell (1996)
• 2nd runners-up: Ursula Abbot (1993)
• Top 6: Susan Barnett (1990)
• Top 10: Diane Hoyes (1983)
• Top 12: Nicole Bigham (1994)
• Top 15: Elliot Griffin (2008), Madison Longstreth (2011)

Awards

• Best State Costume: Melissa Forlini (1986)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2011	Madison Longstreth	Spring Grove	16	Top 15		Successor to Crown
	Deana Chuzhinina	Doylestown	16			Resigned
2010	Elena LaQuatra	Mount Lebanon	18			Previously Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2007 and 2nd runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2007
2009	Alexis Jahnke	Furlong	16
2008	Elliot Griffin	Wexford	17	Top 15
2007	Kelsie Sinagra	Ross Township	17
2006	Inessa Rodriguez	Manheim	17
2005	Sarah Otey	Hershey	18
2004	Chelsea MacDougall	Huntsville	17
2003	Taylor Baker	Erie	18
2002	Julienne Shaw	Pittsburgh
2001	Rebecca Schlappich
2000	Jillian Parry	Newtown		Winner
1999	Christina Cindrich
1998	Katherine Krause	Pittsburgh
1997	Ashley Witmer
1996	Patricia Campell		18	1st runner-up		Won 50,000 dollars by winning Fear Factor
1995	Erika Shay[1]	Altoona				Contestant on The Amazing Race 5
1994	Nicole Bigham	Belle Vernon		Semi-finalist		Later Miss Pennsylvania USA 2002
1993	Ursula Abbot[2]	Harrisburg		2nd runner-up[3]
1992	Tara Lavin
1991	Kimberly Parkins	New Brighton
1990	Susan Barnett	Levittown		Finalist		Later Miss Pennsylvania USA 1996
1989	Jennifer Gary	Philadelphia
1988	Desiree Fess	Latrobe
1987	Tracy Reed	Myerstown
1986	Melissa Forlini	Reading			Best State Costume
1985	Kari Bernowski
1984	Robin Visk	Butler
1983	Diane Hoyes	Washington		Semi-finalist

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

1. ^ "Teen pageant winners". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1994-09-19. p. B4. 
2. ^ Gourley Karl, Lynn (1993-08-08). "Winner did give pageant a second thought". The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg. p. G1. 
3. ^ "Local girl comes close to Miss Teen crown". The Harrisburg Patriot. 1993-08-11. p. B9. 

External links

• Official website