Miss Teen USA 1989

Results

Placements

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Teen USA 1989	Idaho – Brandi Sherwood
1st Runner-up	Kentucky – Kristie Dawn Hicks
2nd Runner-up	Vermont – Kara Quinn
3rd Runner-up	Texas – Kristi Wright
4th Runner-up	North Dakota – Heidi Jo Langseth
Top 10	Alabama – Jeanie Plott New York – Beth Savage Oklahoma – Stacy Folsom South Dakota – Lisa Williamson Washington – Amy Travis

Special awards

Final competition scores

Historical significance

• Idaho wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 7th state who wins Miss Teen USA.
• Kentucky earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time.
• Vermont earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time.
• Texas earns the 3rd runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1985.
• North Dakota earns the 4th runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1987.
• States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Alabama, New York and Texas.
• New York placed for the fourth consecutive year.
• Alabama and Texas made their second consecutive placement.
• North Dakota and Oklahoma last placed in 1987.
• South Dakota last placed in 1986.
• Washington last placed in 1985.
• Kentucky last placed in 1983.
• Idaho placed for the first time.
• Vermont placed for the first time.
• Mississippi breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1987.
• Louisiana breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1986.

  Judges

• Dale Harimoto
• Miguel Nunez
• Steve Guback
• Jill Whelan
• Jane Pratt
• Richard Lawrence
• Patrick St. Clair
• Frank Dicopoulos
• Dr. Joy Brown
• Erin Gray

  Delegates

• Alabama - Jeannie Plott - Age: 17
• Alaska - Amy Allen
• Arizona - Leann Elston
• Arkansas - Susan Marshall
• California - Michealean Bonilla
• Colorado - Janna Durbin
• Connecticut - Suzanne Ianucci
• Delaware - Alison Wilson
• District of Columbia - Christina Patino
• Florida - Debbie Knox
• Georgia - Kim Malloy
• Hawaii - Paulette Dean
• Idaho - Brandi Sherwood - Age: 17
• Illinois - Kimberly Hannell
• Indiana - Jackie Hartt
• Iowa - Stacie Beckwith
• Kansas - Tracey Knopp
• Kentucky - Kristie Dawn Hicks - Age: 17
• Louisiana - Kim Clower
• Maine - Lisa Bailey
• Maryland - Stacey Harris
• Massachusetts - Molly Rihm
• Michigan - Betsy Cox
• Minnesota - Darcy Inglested
• Mississippi - Valarie Penn
• Missouri - April Smith
• Montana - Jennifer Cook
• Nebraska - Melissa Giddings
• Nevada - Stacey Bentley
• New Hampshire - Kerri Sossei
• New Jersey - Yvonne Christiano
• New Mexico - Shana Wilmont
• New York - Beth Savage - Age: 16
• North Carolina - Kelly Sheppard
• North Dakota - Heidi Jo Langseth - Age: 17
• Ohio - Missy Craw
• Oklahoma - Staci Fulsom
• Oregon - Catherine Dunnam
• Pennsylvania - Jennifer Gary
• Rhode Island - Deb Hodges
• South Carolina - Michelle Warner
• South Dakota - Lisa Williamson - Age: 17
• Tennessee - Amy Sims
• Texas - Kristi Wright - Age: 16
• Utah - Tracy Kennick
• Vermont - Kara Quinn - Age: 15
• Virginia - Stephanie Satterfield
• Washington - Amy Travis
• West Virginia - Jennifer Jo Dunn
• Wisconsin - Shannon Redman
• Wyoming - Gretchen Wathen

  Historical significance

• This was Idaho's first placement at Miss Teen USA and she went on to win the title.
• Kentucky recorded their highest placement in the pageant's history; this has yet to be equalled or surpassed.
• Vermont also placed for the first time, and only placed one more time in 1993, when Vermont won the title. Vermont later placed 3 more times in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
• This equalled North Dakota's highest placement since 1987, a record surpassed in 2006 when they placed second runner-up. Audra Mari surpassed the record at Miss Teen USA 2011 placing First Runner Up. Later equalling her placement at Miss USA 2014
• Washington placed for the first time since 1985.
• New York placed for the fourth consecutive year; South Dakota placed only for the second until 2017.

  Contestant notes

• Brandi Sherwood won the 1997 Miss Idaho USA title and competed in the 1997 Miss USA pageant, where she placed first runner-up to the eventual winner, Hawaii's Brook Mahealani Lee. Lee became Miss Universe 1997 a couple of months later, so Brandi assumed the Miss USA title. She is the only Miss Teen USA winner to hold the Miss USA title. She later became a Barker's Beauty model on the daytime game show The Price Is Right.
• Kristie Dawn Hicks later won the 1995 Miss Kentucky title and competed at Miss America 1996.
• Miss Nevada Teen USA 1989 was initially Heather McLeod, who was disqualified because she had competed at Miss California Teen USA the same year. McLeod was replaced by Stacey Bentley only days before the national pageant was held.
• Three other contestants later competed at Miss USA:
• *Tracy Kennick - Miss Utah USA 1996
• *Jana Durban - Miss Colorado USA 1993
• *Stephanie Satterfield - Miss Virginia USA 1993