Miss District of Columbia Teen USA
The Miss District of Columbia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
With only three semi-finalist placings, the District of Columbia is one of the least successful jurisdictions at Miss Teen USA. One of those semi finalists, Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 2000 Tiara Christen Dews, was one of only three District of Columbia teens to win the Miss District of Columbia USA crown.
Sydney Jackson of Washington, D.C. was crowned Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 2020 on January 19, 2020 at the Carpenter Theater in Richmond, Virginia. She will represent District of Columbia for the title of Miss Teen USA 2020.
Results summary
Placements
- Top 10: Ni'Cole Bobbitt, Tiara Dews, Jacqueline Drakeford
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Shirelle Robinson
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
| 2020 | Sydney Jackson | Washington, DC | 18 | TBA | TBA | |
| 2019 | Jaclyn Davis | Washington, DC | 18 | Attending Towson University | ||
| 2018 | Madison Chambers | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 2017 | Karis Felton | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
| 2016 | Dylan Murphy | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
| 2015 | Niara Iman | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
| 2014 | Dominick Fink | Washington, DC | 17 | Previously Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2011; *Student at Old Dominion University | ||
| 2013 | Despina Ades | Washington, DC | 19 | *Student at George Washington University | ||
| 2012 | Sierra Hadley | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 2011 | Imani Bentham | Washington, DC | 19 | *Student at George Washington University | ||
| 2010 | Jeneffer Lopez | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
| 2009 | Jessica Nowlin | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
| 2008 | Ivana Grace | Washington, DC | 16 | |||
| 2007 | Jasmine Alexis | Washington, DC | 16 | Assumed the title after winner Ava Goldson relinquished title. Later Miss District of Columbia's Outstanding Teen 2008, Top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008. Crowned the first Miss Black USA Talented Teen 2009. | ||
| 2007 | Ava Goldson | Washington, DC | Resigned to attend Spelman College. | |||
| 2006 | Jasmine Niernberger | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
| 2005 | Danai Mattison | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 2004 | Nicole White | Washington, DC | 16 | Later Miss District of Columbia USA 2009 | ||
| 2003 | Natasha Prakash | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 2002 | Glovindria Burgess | Washington, DC | ||||
| 2001 | Jacqueline Drakeford | Washington, DC | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2000 | Tiara Christen Dews | Washington, DC | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss District of Columbia USA 2004; had a special relationship with the Clinton administration, which started when she was chosen to present flowers to President Clinton in 1993. | |
| 1999 | Shelly Braxton-Brooks | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1998 | Chartese De Quinta Day | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1997 | Cheri Vivette Alexander | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1996 | Shannan McCray | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1995 | Michelle Dollie Wright | Washington, DC | 18 | Later Miss District of Columbia USA 2003 | ||
| 1994 | Tamara Yvette McDowell | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1993 | Rebecca Marie Slobig | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1992 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1991 | Marja Allen | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1990 | Cherrelle Robinson | Washington, DC | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1989 | Christina Patino | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1988 | Sabrina Curtis | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1987 | Ni'Cole Bobbitt | Washington, DC | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1986 | Melissa Gilbert | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1985 | Meisha Hayes | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1984 | Suzi Simpson | Washington, DC | - | |||
| 1983 | Patricia Custis | Washington, DC |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant