The Miss Arizona Teen USA competition is the
pageant
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that selects the representative for the state of
Arizona
Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
in the
Miss Teen USA
Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant that has been run since 1983 by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19 years old as of January 1st of the competition year. They must be US citizens, and cannot have been married, pregnant, or ...
pageant and the title held by that winner.
The first Arizona Teen to place at Miss Teen USA was Jeri-Lynn Beatty who made the top 12 in
1990
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.
Three more Arizona teens have gone on to win the
Miss Arizona USA
Miss Arizona USA is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. The pageant is directed by Casting Crown Productions.
Arizona's most successf ...
title, including
Danielle Demski
Danielle Demski is an American television presenter, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder, who competed in Miss Teen USA and Miss USA.
Pageantry
Demski won her first pageant, Miss Arizona Teen USA 1999 in 1998. She competed in Miss Teen US ...
, one of only two to place in the top five or six at Miss Teen USA.
Demski later built a career as a television presenter.
The current Miss Arizona Teen USA is MayaDenise Gaskin of
Phoenix and was crowned in
Gilbert on May 30, 2022. Gaskin will represent Arizona at
Miss Teen USA 2022
Miss Teen USA 2022 was the 40th Miss Teen USA pageant, held at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, United States, on October 1, 2022.
Breanna Myles of Florida crowned Faron Medhi of Nebraska as her successor at the end of the event.
Bac ...
.
Miss Teen USA Placement Summary
Placements
*2nd Runner-up: Rachel McLaen (2024)
*Top 5/6: Courtney Hamilton (1996), Danielle Demski
(1999)
*Top 10/12: Jeri-Lynn Beatty (1990), Emerald Zellers (2006)
*Top 15/16: Ashley Stainton (2008), Savannah Wix (2014), Neda Danilovic (2015), Karly Riggs (2017), Molly Schwanz (2020), MayaDenise Gaskin (2022)
Arizona holds a record of 10 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards
*Best State Costume: Julie Hodges (1987)
*Miss Photogenic: Kristi Vanney (1986)
Winners
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
External links
Official website
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Arizona
Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
Women in Arizona