- Miss Teen USA 1999
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Miss Teen USA 1999 Date August 24, 1999 Presenters Carson Daly, Ali Landry and Julie Moran Entertainment Britney Spears
N'SyncVenue Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana Broadcaster CBS Winner Ashley Coleman
Delaware
Congeniality Morgan Maholich Photogenic Lexie Kemper Miss Teen USA 1999, the 17th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Shreveport, Louisiana on 24 August 1999. At the conclusion of the final competition, Ashley Coleman of Delaware was crowned by outgoing queen Vanessa Minnillo of South Carolina.
The pageant was hosted by newcomer Carson Daly with color commentary by Ali Landry and Julie Moran for the second year. Landry held the Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1990, Miss Louisiana USA 1996 and Miss USA 1996 titles, making the semi-finals at Miss Teen USA 1990 pageant before winning Miss USA 1996.
During the pageant there were performances by Britney Spears and N'Sync. This was the second year that N'Sync provided entertainment.
Contents
Results
Placements
- Miss Teen USA 1999: Ashley Coleman (Delaware)
- The runners-up were:
- The other top five finalists were (in order of placement): Danielle Demski (Arizona), Sara Dusendang (Michigan)
- The remaining semi-finalists were (in order of placement): Lexie Kemper (Kentucky), Misty Giles (Texas), Rachel Boston (Tennessee), Kristi Lauren Glakas (Virginia), Kristen Walthers (Nevada )
Special awards
- Miss Congeniality: Morgan Maholich (New York)
- Miss Photogenic: Lexie Kemper (Kentucky)
- Style Award: Morgan O'Murray (Colorado)
- Best in Swimsuit: Ashley Coleman (Delaware)
Historical significance
- This was Louisiana's highest placement, and its first since 1994.
- Kentucky placed for the first time since 1995.
- This was only Delaware and Michigan's second placement, coming after success in 1996. Arizona and Michigan, both placing for the third time, also placed for the first time since 1996.
- Virginia placed for the third consecutive year, the first time this had occurred. This record was broken when Virginia placed consecutively from 2005-2008. Tori Hall placed in the top 10 at the Miss Teen USA 2005 pageant which was won by Allie LaForce. Samantha Casey placed 3rd runner up to Katie Blair of Montana. Emily Bruce continued these placements by placing in the top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2007. And finally, Megan Myrehn placed in the top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2008.
Scores
Country Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Average Delaware 9.73 9.65 9.77 9.71 Maryland 9.76 9.58 9.47 9.60 Michigan 9.57 9.46 9.73 9.58 Arizona 9.22 9.45 9.68 9.45 Louisiana 9.32 9.51 9.50 9.44 Kentucky 9.44 9.28 9.58 9.43 Texas 9.17 9.48 9.45 9.36 Tennessee 8.96 9.39 9.45 9.26 Virginia 9.06 9.36 9.34 9.25 Nevada 9.09 9.21 9.41 9.23 Delegates
The Miss Teen USA 1999 delegates were:
Alabama - Starla Smith
Alaska - Kjersti Marie Parker
Arizona - Danielle Demski
Arkansas - Sarah Moody
California - Marianne Kennedy
Colorado - Morgan O'Murray
Connecticut - Bethany McGlynn
Delaware - Ashley Coleman
District of Columbia - Shelby Braxton-Brooks
Florida - Michelle Schmotzer
Georgia - Keely Wright
Hawaii - Aureana Tseu
Idaho - Kimberly Weible
Illinois - Amber Dusak
Indiana - Jennifer Philips
Iowa - Teresa Moberg
Kansas - Grace Shibley
Kentucky - Lexie Kemper
Louisiana - Sarah Thornhill
Maine - Michelle Beaulieu
Maryland - Khosi Roy
Massachusetts - Jill Lynne Donahue
Michigan - Sara Marie Dusendang
Minnesota - Laura Beth Reier
Mississippi - Allison Bloodworth
Missouri - Andrea Elliott
Montana - Raylene Miller
Nebraska - Kiley Kempcke
Nevada - Kristen Walters
New Hampshire - Kristen Thurston
New Jersey - Nicole Marie Golas
New Mexico - Alina Ogle
New York - Morgan Maholich
North Carolina - Stephanie Holt
North Dakota - Natalie Larson
Ohio - Erika Moody
Oklahoma - Ashley Bowen
Oregon - Tracy Hackenmiller
Pennsylvania - Christina Cindrich
Rhode Island - Jodi Fournier
South Carolina - Hannah Grooms
South Dakota - Alexia Bonte
Tennessee - Rachel Boston
Texas - Misty Giles
Utah - Laurissa Solomon
Vermont - Jennifer Ripley
Virginia - Kristi Lauren Glakas
Washington - Dianna Carlson
West Virginia - Carrie Anne Fleshman
Wisconsin - Deanndra Deblack
Wyoming - Katie Rudoff
Contestant notes
- Kristi Lauren Glakas is one of only six women to be a Triple Crown titleholder, having competed at Miss Teen USA, Miss USA, and Miss America. After placing first runner-up for two consecutive years, Glakas won the Miss Virginia USA 2004 title and competed at Miss USA 2004. She later won the Miss Virginia 2005 title, and placed third runner-up at Miss America 2006.
- Morgan O'Murray of Colorado later won the Miss Colorado 2002 title and competed at Miss America. She later made two attempts to win the Miss Colorado USA title (in 2004 and 2005). Had she won the title, she would have become one of only a few women to win the Triple Crown.
- Others who later competed at Miss USA were:
- Alina Ogle (New Mexico) - Miss New Mexico USA 2003 (top ten at Miss USA 2003)
- Allison Bloodworth (Mississippi) - Miss Mississippi USA 2003
- Jennifer Ripley (Vermont) - Miss Vermont USA 2003
- Danielle Demski (Arizona) - Miss Arizona USA 2004 (top fifteen at Miss USA 2004)
- Kimberly Weible (Idaho) - Miss Idaho USA 2004 (top ten at Miss USA 2004)
- Katie Rudoff (Wyoming) - Miss Wyoming USA 2004
- Aureana Tseu (Hawaii)- Miss Hawaii USA 2009
- Khosi Roy (MD) and Keely Wright (GA) were originally the first runner up at their respective state pageants. Jane Kim won the title of Miss Georgia Teen USA 1999, but was disqualified in after it was discovered she was not a US citizen, but had been born in South Korea. Kristina Sisco was the original winner of the Maryland title, but resigned after gaining a part on the soap opera As the World Turns.
- Misty Giles (TX) went on to appear on the 12th season of the CBS reality show Survivor, this time set in Panama. She was the third contestant voted off.
External links
Miss Teen USA Miss Universe Organization · Award winners · Editions Categories:- Miss Teen USA
- 1999 beauty pageants
- 1999 in the United States
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