# Miss Kansas' Outstanding Teen

The Miss Kansas' Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Kansas in the Miss America's Teen pageant.
Averie Mountain of Andover was crowned Miss Kansas' Teen on March 16, 2024, at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. She competed for the title of Miss America's Teen 2025 in January, 2025.
In January 2023, the official name of the pageant was changed from Miss Kansas’ Outstanding Teen, to Miss Kansas’ Teen, in accordance with the national pageant.

## Results summary

The year in parentheses indicates year of Miss America's Teen competition the award/placement was garnered.

### Awards
#### Preliminary awards

* Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Kristen Boxman (2014)

#### Non-finalist Awards

* Non-finalist Talent: Taylor Clark (2018)

#### Other awards

* Outstanding Instrumental Talent: Taylor Clark (2018)
* Random Acts of Kindness: Paige Kauffman (2017)
* Miracle Maker Runner-Up, raising $17,000 for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals: Tori Pedruzzi (2020)
* National Fundraiser Winner: Niomi Ndirangu (2023)

## Winners

| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Talent | Placement at MAO Teen | Special scholarships at MAO Teen | Notes |
| 2024 | Averie Mountain | Andover | | | Dance | | | |
| 2023 | Erin Rolfe | Wichita | 17 | | Vocal | | | |
| 2022 | Niomi Ndirangu | El Dorado | 16 | | Vocal | | National Fundraiser Winner Award | First African-American to be crowned Miss Kansas' Outstanding Teen |
| 2021 | Gracie Hendrickson | Wichita | 16 | Miss Johnson County's Outstanding Teen | Vocal, "Over the Rainbow" | | | Previously Princess of America Junior Ambassador 2018 Later Miss Kansas Teen USA 2022 |
| 2019 (2020*) | Tori Pedruzzi | Wichita | 14 | Miss Wichita's Outstanding Teen | Lyrical Dance, "Ashes" by Celine Dion | | Miracle Maker Runner-Up, raising $17,000 for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals | Titleholder term extended to a second full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2018 | Amelia Benjamin | Leawood | 16 | | Vocal, "God Bless America" | | | Previously USA National Miss Kansas Jr. Teen 2017 |
| 2017 | Taylor Clark | St. John | 17 | Miss Butler County's Outstanding Teen | Percussion, "Sing, Sing, Sing" and "In the Mood" | | Non-finalist Talent Award Outstanding Instrumental Talent Award | Later Miss Kansas 2021 |
| 2016 | Paige Kauffman | Hesston | 17 | Miss Harvey County's Outstanding Teen | Vocal | | Random Acts of Kindness Award | |
| 2015 | Ashley Pringle | Yates Center | 17 | Miss Hay Capital's Outstanding Teen | Vocal, "O Mio Babbino" | | | |
| 2014 | Megha Gangadhar | Wichita | 17 | Miss Asian Festival's Outstanding Teen | Bollywood Fusion Dance, "Jai Ho" by The Pussycat Dolls | | | |
| 2013 | Kristen Boxman | Arkansas City | 17 | Miss Cowley County's Outstanding Teen | Tap Dance, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" by Whitney Houston | | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
| 2012 | Stevie Mack | Wichita | 16 | Miss Heartland's Outstanding Teen | Musical Theatre Dance, "I Wanna Be a Rockette" | | | |
| 2011 | Caitlyn Webb | Manhattan | | Miss Manhattan's Outstanding Teen | Tae Kwon Do, "Stand Out" | | | |
| 2010 | Leslie Carrillo | Wichita | 17 | Miss Wooded Hills' Outstanding Teen | Vocal, "Kiss Me in the Rain" | | | Semifinalist at Miss Kansas USA 2013 competition |
| 2009 | Chelsea Chilcott | Derby | 16 | | Ventriloquism, "Coffee in a Cardboard Cup" | | | |
| 2008 | Alasyn Zimmerman | Derby | 14 | Miss Sunflower's Outstanding Teen | Dance, "So Much Better" from Legally Blonde | | | 1st runner-up at Miss Colorado 2014 pageant |
| 2007 | Maggie Delaney | Overland Park | 17 | Miss Johnson County's Outstanding Teen | Vocal | | | |
| 2006 | Erica Mahan | Neosho Rapids | 17 | Miss Capital City's Outstanding Teen | Flute | | | |
| 2005 | Lauren Susong | Wellington | 17 | | Vocal, "Gimme Gimme" from Thoroughly Modern Millie | | | |
| 2004 | Haley Hannah | Leawood | 16 | | Jazz Dance | No national pageant | No national pageant | |