Miss Virginia Teen USA
The Miss Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Virginia is one of the more successful states at Miss Teen USA, and is placed in the top twenty in terms of number and value of placements . Their most successful decade was the 1980s.
No Miss Virginia Teen USA has won the Miss Teen USA crown, but their highest placement came in the first year of competition, when Tina Marrocco placed 1st runner-up to Ruth Zakarian of New York.
Virginia ties the record for the most Teens to cross over to win the Miss Virginia USA title and compete at Miss USA with ten in all, two others have later been crowned in other states, Indiana and North Carolina. One of these is Kristi Lauren Glakas, a Triple Crown winner who competed at Miss USA 2004 and placed 3rd runner-up at Miss America 2006.
Amya Caldwell of Ashburn was crowned Miss Virginia Teen USA 2020 on January 19, 2020 at the Carpenter Theater in Richmond. She will represent Virginia for the title of Miss Teen USA 2020.
Results summary
Placements
- 1st runners-up: Tina Marrocco
- 3rd runners-up: Angela Thigpin, Samantha Casey
- Top 5: Misty Horn
- Top 10: Kimberly Grigsby, Kristi Lauren Glakas, Tori Hall, Emily Bruce
- Top 12: Andrea Ballengee
- Top 15: Megan Myrehn, Jacqueline Carroll
Winners
Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
2020 | Amya Caldwell | Ashburn | 16 | TBA | ||
2019 | Morgan Duty | Lebanon | 16 | |||
2018 | Himanvi Panidepu | Centreville | 17 | |||
2017 | Madison Walker | Virginia Beach | 16 | |||
2016 | Gracyn Blackmore | Bristol | 16 | |||
2015 | Annie Kutyna | Herndon | 15 | |||
2014 | Olivia Fletcher | Louisa | 16 | |||
2013 | Caelynn Miller-Keyes | Fredericksburg | 17 | Later Miss North Carolina USA 2018 and first runner up at Miss USA 2018. Contestant on The Bachelor | ||
2012 | Elizabeth Coakley | Abingdon | 17 | |||
2011 | Susie Evans | Poquoson | 17 | Later Miss Virginia USA 2020 | ||
2010 | Jacqueline Carroll | Stanardsville | 16 | Top 15 | Later Miss Virginia USA 2017 | |
2009 | Maggie Lawson | Bristol | 18 | |||
2008 | Megan Myrehn | Catharpin | 18 | Top 15 | Later Miss Indiana USA 2012 | |
2007 | Emily Bruce | Lynchburg | 17 | Top 10 | ||
2006 | Samantha Casey | Jeffersonton | 17 | 3rd runner-up | Later Miss Virginia USA 2010 and second runner up at Miss USA 2010 | |
2005 | Tori Hall | Midlothian | 18 | Top 10 | Later Miss Virginia USA 2008 Cast member on | |
2004 | Mally Gent | Honaker | 18 | |||
2003 | Amber Copley | Abingdon | 18 | Later Miss Virginia USA 2006 | ||
2002 | Lauren Barnette | Wise | 17 | Later Miss Virginia USA 2007, top 10 at Miss USA 2007, Model on NBC's Deal or No Deal | ||
2001 | Kathleen Lighthiser | Richmond | 18 | |||
2000 | Jennifer Hawkins | Lynchburg | 17 | |||
1999 | Kristi Lauren Glakas | Centreville | 18 | Semi-finalist | Triple Crown winner, Later Miss Virginia USA 2004 and Miss Virginia 2005, 3rd runner up to Miss America 2006 | |
1998 | Misty Horn | Richlands | 18 | Top 5 | ||
1997 | Kimberly Grigsby | Richmond | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
1996 | Kandy Marshall | Richmond | 16 | |||
1995 | Kristel Jenkins | Vinton | 17 | Later Miss Virginia USA 2001 | ||
1994 | Kristen Wilson | Richmond | 15 | |||
1993 | Heather Anderson | Richmond | 17 | |||
1992 | Andrea Ballengee | Richmond | 19 | Semi-finalist | Crowned Miss Virginia 1995 but was disqualified when it was discovered that she had embellished her academic record; later Mrs California 2006 and Mrs America 2006 married name Andrea Preuss. | |
1991 | Linda Overhue | Richmond | 16 | |||
1990 | Yoranda Harris | Richmond | 19 | |||
1989 | Stephanie Satterfield | Virginia Beach | 15 | Later Miss Virginia USA 1993 | ||
1988 | Audra Wilks | Richmond | 15 | Later Miss Virginia USA 1997 | ||
1987 | Kristi Pearce | Colonial Heights | 15 | |||
1986 | Angela Thigpin | Fort Smith | 15 | 3rd runner-up | ||
1985 | Alice Robinson | Richmond | 17 | - | ||
1984 | Marcy Brickhouse | Virginia Beach | 19 | |||
1983 | Tina Marrocco | McLean | 16 | 1st runner-up |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant