Miss North Carolina Teen USA


The Miss North Carolina Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Carolina in the Miss Teen USA pageant and is part of the RPM Productions group.
North Carolina has been moderately successful at Miss Teen USA, but has never won the title. Their best placement was in 1987, 2006 and 2016 when Peggy Blackwell, Melissa Lingafelt and Emily Wakeman placed first runner-up respectively. North Carolina's greatest success came from the mid-1980s to early 1990s. Their most recent placement came in 2018, when Kaaviya Sambasivam placed fourth runner-up.
Five Miss North Carolina Teen USA's has crossed over to win the Miss North Carolina USA title. The first was Chelsea Cooley, who went on to win the Miss USA title and place in the top 10 at Miss Universe. The second was Erin O' Kelley, Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2001 who made the top 15 at Miss USA 2007. The third was Julia Dalton who was a second runner up in Miss Teen USA 2008. However, she didn't place at Miss USA 2015. And the fourth was Katie Coble, a second runner up in Miss Teen USA 2007 and a non finalist in Miss USA 2017. The fifth was Jane Axhoj, a second runner up in Miss Teen USA 2015 and will be pending to place in Miss USA 2020.
Kristen Dalton, who came in first-runner up at the 2005 Miss North Carolina Teen USA pageant to Nikkie Groat, went on to win Miss North Carolina USA in 2009, and won the title of Miss USA 2009. She represented the United States at the Miss Universe pageant in August 2009. Her younger sister Kenzie Dalton, who was first-runner up at the 2006 Miss North Carolina Teen USA pageant, became engaged to actor Chad Michael Murray the same year she placed first-runner up to Melissa Lingafelt Their mother, Jeannie Dalton was Miss North Carolina USA 1982, and their sister Julia Dalton was Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2008, and placed second-runner up to Stevi Perry of Arkansas at Miss Teen USA 2008. Julia was Miss North Carolina USA in 2015 and didn't place at the Miss USA 2015 pageant.
Peyton Brown of Dunn was crowned Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2020 on November 9, 2019 at High Point Theatre in High Point. She will represent North Carolina for the title of Miss Teen USA 2020.

Results summary

Placements

North Carolina holds a record of 13 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

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YearNameHometownAge1Placement at MTUSASpecial awards at MTUSANotes
2020Peyton BrownDunn18TBA1st runner-up at Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2018
Previously Miss North Carolina World 2019
2019Eliza MinorHarrisburg15
2018Kaaviya SambasivamWinston-Salem184th runner-up
2017McKenzie HansleyHampstead17Previously Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2015
2016Emily WakemanCornelius181st runner-up
2015Jane AxhojCharlotte162nd runner-upLater Miss North Carolina USA 2020
2014Pammy PetersRaleigh17
2013Kelsey BarberioChapel Hill18
2012Kat PuryearThomasville18Top 16Previously Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2009
3rd runner-up at the Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010 pageant
2011Vanessa McClellandFayetteville18
2010Lauren Ashley MartzSalisbury16
2009Scarlett HowellAnsonville16
2008Julia DaltonWilmington162nd runner-upLater Miss North Carolina USA 2015. Daughter of Jeannie Dalton, Miss North Carolina USA 1982, Sister of Kristen Dalton, Miss USA 2009
2007Katie CobleMatthews162nd runner-upLater Miss North Carolina USA 2017
2006Melissa LingafeltConcord161st runner-upMiss Photogenic
2005Nikkie GroatMatthews17
2004Elizabeth CartyHigh Point17Miss United States Teen 2005
2003Erin HendricksHigh Point18
2002Brittany CrewsWake Forest1st runner-up at Miss North Carolina USA 2008 pageant
2001Erin O'KelleyAsheville15Later Miss North Carolina USA 2007
Top 15 at Miss USA 2007 pageant
2000Chelsea CooleyCharlotte16Later Miss North Carolina USA and Miss USA 2005, 9th at Miss Universe 2005, Miss United States Teen 2001, 1st runner-up at Miss Teen International 2001 as Miss USA
1999Stephanie HoltAlbermarle18
1998Lucy ParkerDenver19
1997Ali BurrStanfield17Finalist
1996Tammy AshtonGastonia19
1995Meridith JacksonHigh Point18
1994Valarie BeasleyDunn16
1993Wendy WilliamsWade15Sister of Heidi Sue Williams, Miss North Carolina 1992
1992Rachel AdcockConover17Top 6Miss Photogenic
1991Holly FurmanBoone17Top 6Miss Congeniality
1990Heather SimmonsWilmington16
1989Kelly SheppardLeicester17
1988Michelle MooreFuquay-Varina18
1987Peggy BlackwellFayetteville171st runner-up
1986Denise JenkinsWilmington16
1985Kimberly JordanWilmington17Top 10
1984Tracey KaggellWaynesville17Top 10
1983Janet FreemanAsheville19

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant