The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of

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in the

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pageant. This pageant is part of the Miss USA organization. Texas is in the top 5 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Alongside

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they are the only two states to have produced three winners. Dallyn Pesek of Shiner was crowned Miss Texas Teen USA 2024 on June 22, 2024, at Hilton Houston Post Oak in

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. She represented Texas for the title of

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and placed in the Top 20.

Background

Texas's best performance came in the 1980s, where they placed in all but one year and were runners-up on five occasions. Despite this, they still placed second to

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in that decade in terms of number and value of placements. Despite being on top overall, Texas has never been the best state in any particular decade. Texas is one of the most successful states across all thirty-seven years of competition at

. They have had seventeen semi-finalists, three more than any other state. They have won the crown three times (along with

), in 1996 when

Christie Lee Woods Christie Lee Woods is an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. in 1996 she was the first Texan to capture the Miss Teen USA crown. Woods first came to prominence as a beauty queen, winning the titles of Miss Texas Teen USA and ...

took the title (Woods later went on to star in '' The Amazing Race 5'' and ''

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'') and 15 years later in 2011 when Danielle Doty won.

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became the third Texan entrant to win the crown in 2016. Texas and the state of Oregon are the only states to have won Miss Teen USA three times. Texas has also won several awards, including Miss Photogenic in 2010. While a number of Texas teens have competed for the

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title, only six have won both pageants. The most successful of these was Nicole O'Brian, who placed 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA and 2nd runner-up at

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. O'Brien also competed alongside Woods on '' The Amazing Race 5''. Woods was the first

to not win a Miss title on her first attempt, and despite competing in a number of years never won the Miss Texas USA crown.

Results summary

Placements

*Miss Teen USAs:

(1996), Danielle Doty (2011),

(2016) *1st runners-up: Becky Pestana (1986), Nicole O'Brian (2000) *2nd runners-up: Landry Davis (2021) *3rd runners-up: Konae Wehle (1985), Kristi Wright (1989), Katherine Perello (2001), Haylee Elyse Puckett (2023) *4th runners-up: Sheri Scholz (1983), Charlene Molinar (1984) *Top 6: Becky Fisher (1990) *Top 10: Libby Pelton (1988), Christie Cole (1998), Misty Giles (1999) *Top 12: Kara Williams (1991) *Top 15: Tye Felan (2003), Magen Ellis (2004), Kellie Stewart (2014), Chloe Kembel (2015), Kirby Lindley (2017) *Top 20: Dallyn Pesek (2024) Texas holds a record of 23 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

* Style Award:

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(1997) *Swimsuit award: Nicole O'Brian (2000), Katherine Perello (2001) *Miss Photogenic: Chelsea Morgensen (2010)

Winners

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

External links

Official website
{{Miss Teen USA state

Women in Texas