- Miss Teen USA 1995
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Miss Teen USA 1995 Date August 15, 1995 Presenters Bob Goen, Maty Monfort Entertainment All-4-One Venue Century II Convention Center, Wichita, Kansas Broadcaster CBS Entrants 51 Placements 12 Winner Keylee Sue Sanders
KansasCongeniality Shelly Forest
OklahomaPhotogenic Lynnette Cole
TennesseeMiss Teen USA 1995, the 13th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on 15 August 1995. At the conclusion of the final competition, Keylee Sue Sanders of Kansas was crowned by outgoing queen Shauna Gambill of California.[1]
The pageant was hosted by Bob Goen for the second year, with color commentary by Maty Monfort and entertainment by All-4-One.[2] This was the only year that the pageant was held in Wichita, which also held the Miss USA pageant from 1990-1994, and it was the first time that a delegate won the Miss Teen USA title in her home state.
Contents
Results
Placements
Map showing placements by state
Final results Contestant Miss Teen USA 1995 1st runner-up 
Maine - Katie Aselton
2nd runner-up 
Utah - Loni Sorden
Top 6 - Tennessee - Lynnette Cole
Illinois - Anne-Marie Dixon
Delaware - Dawn Renee Huey
Top 12 
Iowa - Chelsey Ridge
Kentucky - Brittany Johnson
Minnesota - Michelle Borg
Florida - Corinna Clark
California - Kellie Foster Moore
Missouri - Melana Scantlin
Semifinal scores
State Preliminary Average Swimsuit Interview Evening Gown Semifinal Average Top 6 Finalists Kansas9.26 (2) 9.298 (8) 9.580 (4) 9.594 (3) 9.490 (3) 9.788 (1) Maine9.18 (6) 9.650 (1) 9.619 (3) 9.661 (2) 9.643 (1) 9.768 (2) Utah9.16 (8) 9.246 (12) 9.663 (1) 9.371 (10) 9.427 (5) 9.561 (3) Tennessee9.25 (3) 9.413 (3) 9.659 (2) 9.685 (1) 9.585 (2) 9.438 (4) Illinois9.23 (4) 9.250 (11) 9.475 (5) 9.508 (5) 9.411 (6) 9.319 (5) Delaware9.03 (12) 9.324 (7) 9.438 (7) 9.546 (4) 9.436 (4) 9.269 (6) Iowa9.18 (6) 9.263 (9) 9.475 (5) 9.486 (7) 9.408 (7) Kentucky9.07 (9) 9.406 (4) 9.288 (8) 9.506 (6) 9.400 (8) Minnesota9.04 (10) 9.575 (2) 9.225 (10) 9.350 (11) 9.383 (9) Florida9.27 (1) 9.386 (5) 9.233 (9) 9.480 (8) 9.366 (10) California9.04 (10) 9.369 (6) 9.180 (11) 9.431 (9) 9.327 (11) Missouri9.19 (5) 9.256 (10) 9.009 (12) 9.065 (12) 9.110 (12) - Winner
- First Runner-up
- Second Runner-up
- Top 6 Finalist
- Top 12 Semifinalist
- (#) Rank in each round of competition
Special awards
Award Contestant Miss Congeniality - Oklahoma - Shelly Forest
Miss Photogenic Style Award 
Indiana - Sarah McClary
Delegates
The Miss Teen USA 1995 delegates were:
Alabama - Jennifer Otts
Alaska - Heather Evans
Arizona - Brandy Leigh Campbell[3]
Arkansas - Natalie Fisher- California - Kellie Foster Moore
Colorado - Melissa Schuster
Connecticut - Tiffany-Anne Kosma- Delaware - Dawn Renee Huey
District of Columbia - Michelle Wright- Florida - Corinna Clark
Georgia - Gillian Nicholson
Hawaii - Sara Kirby
Idaho - Amy Jo Ambrose- Illinois - Anne-Marie Dixon[4]
- Indiana - Sarah McClary
- Iowa - Chelsey Ridge
- Kansas - Keylee Sue Sanders
- Kentucky - Brittany Johnson
Louisiana - Shawn Elizabeth Price[5]- Maine - Katie Aselton
Maryland - Jennifer Ritz
Massachusetts - Erika Ewald
Michigan - Kathleen McConnell- Minnesota - Michelle Borg
Mississippi - Meredith Joy Cash- Missouri - Melana Scantlin
Montana - Christi Hanson
Nebraska - Marlo McVea[6]
Nevada - Alicia Carnes[7]
New Hampshire - Denise Courtney Hill
New Jersey - Joyce Houseknecht
New Mexico - Shelby Phillips
New York - Tara Campbell[8]
North Carolina - Meredith Jackson[9]
North Dakota - Jessica Spier
Ohio - Amber Vaughan- Oklahoma - Shelly Forest
Oregon - Kirra O'Brien
Pennsylvania - Erika Lynn Shay[10]
Rhode Island - Carol Pedrosa
South Carolina - Garianne Phillips
South Dakota - Marty Eaton- Tennessee - Lynnette Cole
Texas - Mandy Jeffreys- Utah - Loni Sorden[11]
Vermont - Melissa Perron
Virginia - Kristel Jenkins
Washington - Summer Springer
West Virginia - Sarah Russell[12]
Wisconsin - Rebecca Rowe
Wyoming - Erica Lynn Williams
Preliminary scores
The following is the contestants average scores in the preliminary competition.
State Average Alabama 8.59 Alaska 8.67 Arizona 8.25 Arkansas 8.24 California 9.04 Colorado 8.08 Connecticut 8.89 Delaware 9.03 District of Columbia 8.70 Florida 9.27 Georgia 8.69 Hawaii 8.27 Idaho 8.67 Illinois 9.23 Indiana 8.83 Iowa 9.18 Kansas 9.26 Kentucky 9.07 Louisiana 8.80 Maine 9.18 Maryland 8.70 Massachusetts 8.62 Michigan 8.60 Minnesota 9.04 Mississippi 8.89 Missouri 9.19 Montana 8.95 Nebraska 8.46 Nevada 8.76 New Hampshire 8.11 New Jersey 8.89 New Mexico 8.78 New York 8.97 North Carolina 8.64 North Dakota 8.92 Ohio 8.80 Oklahoma 8.84 Oregon 8.74 Pennsylvania 8.34 Rhode Island 8.62 South Carolina 8.64 South Dakota 7.95 Tennessee 9.25 Texas 8.88 Utah 9.16 Vermont 8.53 Virginia 8.45 Washington 8.69 West Virginia 8.41 Wisconsin 8.93 Wyoming 8.31 - Winner
- First Runner-up
- Second Runner-up
- Top 6 Finalist
- Top 12 Semifinalist
Historical significance
- Kansas placed for the fifth of eight times, recording their highest placement ever.
- Iowa placed for the second time, following Jamie Solinger's win in 1992. They have only reached the semi-finals on one further occasion, waiting until 2003 until their third placement.
- Kentucky placed for the first time since 1990.
- Maine placed for the second time, recording their highest placement ever.
- Delaware, Utah and Minnesota recorded their first placements in the competition. Delaware only placed one other time in 1999, when Ashley Coleman won the title; Utah did not made the cut again until 2010; and Minnesota has gone on to place four more times (2002, 2004, 2005 and 2007).
Crossovers
- Contestants who later competed in the Miss USA pageant were:
- Anne-Marie Dixon (Illinois) - Miss Oklahoma USA 1998
- Amy Jo Ambrose (Idaho) - Miss Idaho USA 1999
- Alicia Carnes (Nevada) - Miss Nevada USA 2000
- Lynnette Cole (Tennessee) - Miss Tennessee USA and Miss USA 2000
- Kristel Jenkins (Virginia) - Miss Virginia USA 2001
- Sarah McClary (Indiana) - Miss Indiana USA 2001
- Melana Scantlin (Missouri) - Miss Missouri USA 2002
- Michelle Wright (District of Columbia) - Miss District of Columbia USA 2003
- Katie Aselton, first runner-up, became an actress. She is well known for her role of Jenny McArthur on The League, and has also appeared in The Puffy Chair and the fifth season of Undressed.
- Jessica Spier (North Dakota) is the younger sister of Juliette Spier, Miss North Dakota Teen USA 1992. Juliette would go on to win Miss North Dakota USA 1996.
References
- ^ "Homestate Favorite Named Miss Teen USA". Associated Press. 1995-08-15.
- ^ "Live from Wichita, it's Miss Teen USA". Dayton Daily News. 1995-07-19.
- ^ Wagner, Raina (1995-08-07). "Local teen is pageant veteran". The Arizona Daily Star. p. 4B.
- ^ Highland, Robert (1996-07-06). "Metro East teens winners in pageant: Highland girl set for Miss Teen USA". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
- ^ Moore, Elizabeth (1994-09-25). "Big Sister's patience pays off". The New Orleans Times-Picayune.
- ^ "Roncalli Senior, 17 Wins Teen Pageant". The Omaha World-Herald. 1994-11-28.
- ^ Przybys, John (1995-08-02). "Teen Queen: Miss Teen Nevada not afraid to admit her love for bowling". The Las Vegas Review-Journal. p. 1C.
- ^ Anderson, Dale (1994-11-07). "Clarence girl wins state teen competition". Buffalo News. p. C18.
- ^ Overton, Rod (1994-11-17). "Win propels teen to national competition". Greensboro News & Record.
- ^ "Teen pageant winners". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1994-09-19. p. B4.
- ^ Johnson, Jill (1995-05-05). "A beautiful year for Sorden". The Salt Lake Tribune.
- ^ "Teen ready for national event". Charleston Daily Mail. 1995-08-14.
External links
Miss Teen USA Miss Universe Organization · Award winners · Editions Categories:- Miss Teen USA
- 1995 beauty pageants
- 1995 in the United States
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