Miss Kentucky Teen USA


The Miss Kentucky Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Mattie Barker of Louisville was crowned Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2020 on February 1, 2020 at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset. She will represent Kentucky for the title of Miss Teen USA 2020.

Eligibility

The participant must be a single, legally recognized female between the ages of 14–18 years old. Specifically, the contestant has to be under 19 years old before January 1 of the pageant year. Also, the applicant must have never been married, pregnant, or had a marriage annulled. A contestant can only be eligible if she is a United States citizen and remains a United States citizen throughout the competition at both a state and national level. She must have lived in the state she desires to compete in permanently, at least six months prior to the pageant date, or be a full-time student in the state with one semester completed by December 31 of the pageant year.

Results summary

Placement at Miss Teen USA

Kentucky holds a record of 11 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

YearNameHometownAge1Placement at Miss Teen USASpecial awards at Miss Teen USANotes
2020Mattie BarkerLouisville17TBA
2019Emma JohnsPikeville16
2018Jordan CrozierSomerset18
2017Olivia PrewittDanville18
2016Christiaan PrinceGrayson15
2015Caroline FordBowling Green18
2014Megan DucharmShelbyville18
2013Gracie SappLexington15
2012Tiffany ClineGeorgetown14
2011Stephanie JonesElizabethtown18
2010Taylor HubbardLondon15Top 15
2009Jefra BlandCampbellsville19Top 15Later contestant on
2008Shannen ReilWest Van Lear15
2007Katrina GianniniPrinceton17
2006Tiffany WithrowAshland17
2005Sarah Bryan WithersColumbia18Top 15
2004Megan FrankGreensburg19
2003Amanda NunnelleyLouisville17Top 10
2002Tara ConnerRussell Springs162nd runner-upBody Glove Swimsuit AwardLater Miss Kentucky USA 2006 and Miss USA 2006, 4th runner up at Miss Universe 2006
2001Katherine FaulknerHazard17
2000Kristen JohnsonSlaughters182nd runner-upMiss PhotogenicLater Miss Kentucky USA 2005, 2nd runner up at Miss USA 2005
1999Lexie KemperLouisville17Top 10Miss Photogenic
1998Elizabeth ArnoldColumbia18Later Miss Kentucky USA 2002
1997Kelli JonesLouisville18
1996Kelly Marie SodanBerea15
1995Brittany JohnsonVirgie17Top 12
1994Crystal HaydenLouisville16
1993Holly RiggsLouisville15
1992Heather BoggessLouisville17
1991Christine JackmanLouisville18
1990April VaughnLouisville17Top 6
1989Kristi Dawn HicksBardstown171st runner-upLater Miss Kentucky 1995
1988Marti HendricksDanville19
1987Tracey MarseeMiddlesboro16
1986Amy MillerLouisville15
1985Leanne GregoryLexington15
1984Suzy NeclerioGeorgetown18
1983Krista KeithLouisville162nd runner-up
1982Tamar JacksonLexington16Later Modeling Career 1983-2014 Acting Career 1984-2016

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant