Miss Teen USA 1986

Results

Placements

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Teen USA 1986	Oklahoma – Allison Brown
1st Runner-up	Texas – Becky Pestana
2nd Runner-up	New York – Claudia Liem
3rd Runner-up	Virginia – Angela Thigpin
4th Runner-up	South Dakota – Valerie Marsden
Top 10	Florida – Stefanie Smith Louisiana – Shasta St. Angelo New Jersey – Rosalie Cecilia Cuozzo New Mexico – Kerali Hansen West Virginia – Jody Caldwell

Special awards

Final competition scores

Historical significance

• Oklahoma wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 4th state who wins Miss Teen USA.
• Texas earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time.
• New York earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time.
• Virginia earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
• South Dakota earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time and reaches its highest placement ever at the contest.
• The only state that placed in semifinals the previous year was Texas.
• Texas placed for the fourth consecutive year.
• New Mexico and Oklahoma last placed in 1984.
• New York and Virginia last placed in 1983.
• Florida placed for the first time.
• Louisiana placed for the first time.
• New Jersey placed for the first time.
• South Dakota placed for the first time.
• West Virginia placed for the first time.
• Hawaii, Illinois, North Carolina and North Dakota break an ongoing streak of placements since 1984.

  Judges

• Beverly Sassoon
• Tim Foli
• Susan Richardson
• Henry Polic II
• Beverly Johnson
• Allen Fawcett
• Randy Ronsfeld
• Marj Dusay
• Bobby To
• Cherise Haugen
• Hinton Battle

  Delegates

• Alabama - Dell McGhee
• Alaska - Bobbie Mitchell
• Arizona - Kristy Vanney
• Arkansas - Dana Moody
• California - Michelle Lowell
• Colorado - Raeanne Durkee
• Connecticut - Sherry Durweckie
• Delaware - Laura Hawthorne
• District of Columbia - Melissa Gilbert
• Florida - Stefanie Smith - Age: 16
• Georgia - Wendy Newendorf
• Hawaii - Michelle Hardin
• Idaho - Kathryn Comba
• Illinois - Diane Lowery
• Indiana - Kristan Heck
• Iowa - Kristin Hudson
• Kansas - Kimberlee Girrens
• Kentucky - Amy Miller
• Louisiana - Shasta St. Angelo
• Maine - Linda Kiene
• Maryland - Julie Stanford
• Massachusetts - Michelle King
• Michigan - Sherry Turner
• Minnesota - Jennifer Geckal
• Mississippi - Michelle Veshay
• Missouri - Jennifer Tangora
• Montana - Karry Koslecki
• Nebraska - Elizabeth Beshay
• Nevada - Wendy Stuart
• New Hampshire - Diane Dothan
• New Jersey - Rosalie Cuzo - Age: 17
• New Mexico - Kerali Hansen - Age: 17
• New York - Claudia Liem - Age: 15
• North Carolina - Denise Jenkins
• North Dakota - Shannon Keiser
• Ohio - Michele Beane
• Oklahoma - Allison Brown - Age: 17
• Oregon - Dana Christiansen
• Pennsylvania - Melissa Forlini
• Rhode Island - Lori Damiani
• South Carolina - Angela Shuler
• South Dakota - Valerie Marsden - Age: 17
• Tennessee - Wendy Alaose
• Texas - Becky Pestana - Age: 17
• Utah - Michelle Montgomery
• Vermont - Holly Mickable
• Virginia - Angela Thigpen - Age: 15
• Washington - Lisa Elliot
• West Virginia - Jodi Caldwell - Age: 15
• Wisconsin - Lanae Elizabeth St.John
• Wyoming - Julie Henry

  Historical significance

• Allison Brown competed in the 1987 Miss USA pageant as Miss Teen USA but did not place.
• New York placed for the first time since Ruth Zakarian won in 1983, and Virginia placed for the first time since 1983, when Tina Marocco was first runner-up to Zakarian.
• South Dakota placed for the first time. This is one of only two placements by South Dakotan teens.
• West Virginia, Louisiana, New Jersey and Florida also placed for the first time. Florida would not place again until 1994.
• Texas placed for the fourth consecutive time.