The Miss Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of
Virginia
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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.
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 placement
Their most successful decade was the 1980s.
No Miss Virginia Teen USA has won 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 ...
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
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.
Virginia ties the record for the most Teens to cross over to win the
Miss Virginia USA
The Miss Virginia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss USA pageant.
Virginia has been only moderately successful in terms of number of semi-finalists. They have had two Miss USAs. ...
title and compete at
Miss USA
Miss USA is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1952 to select the entrant from United States in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operated both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA, until 2020. ...
with eleven in all, two others have later been crowned in other states,
Indiana
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and
North Carolina
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. 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
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2006.
The current titleholder is Emma McReynolds, was crowned on February 16, 2025, at Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel in
Arlington Arlington most often refers to:
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. She will represent Virginia for the title of
Miss Teen USA 2025.
Results summary
Placements
*1st runners-up: Tina Marrocco (1983)
*3rd runners-up: Angela Thigpin (1986), Samantha Casey (2006)
*Top 5: Misty Horn (1998)
*Top 10: Kimberly Grigsby (1997), Kristi Lauren Glakas (1999),
Tori Hall
Victoria Marie Hall (born December 20, 1986) is an American beauty queen and reality television personality from Midlothian, Virginia who competed in Miss Teen USA 2005, placing in the Top 10, and Miss USA 2008. She is also known for being part of ...
(2005), Emily Bruce (2007)
*Top 12: Andrea Ballengee (1992)
*Top 15: Megan Myrehn (2008), Jacqueline Carroll (2010)
*Top 20: Ashley Wang (2023), Julia Allen (2024)
Virginia holds a record of 13 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Winners
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
External links
Official website
{{Miss Teen USA state
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
Women in Virginia