# Miss West Virginia Teen USA

The Miss West Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is independently conducted and produced by Empower2 Productions LLC. and is formerly directed by Sanders & Associates, Inc., dba- Pageant Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia.
Despite a relatively strong start in the 1980s, with two semi-finals finishes, no Miss West Virginia Teen USA placed from 1988 to 2005, when Andrea Turner placed 2nd runner-up to Allie LaForce of Ohio. After this, West Virginia had more success with more placements in 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2018.
Four Miss West Virginia Teen USA's have also won the Miss West Virginia USA title and competed at Miss USA.
Emma Kitchen of Buckhannon was crowned Miss West Virginia Teen USA 2022 on June 5, 2022 at Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts in West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon. She will represent West Virginia for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.

## Results summary
### Placements

* 1st runners-up: Elizabeth Sabatino (2012)
* 2nd runners-up: Andrea Turner (2005), Haley Holloway (2013)
* 4th runners-up: Chelsea Welch (2007), Olivia Travis (2024)
* Top 10: Jodi Caldwell (1986), Wendy Stephens (1988)
* Top 15: Susan Hines King (2011), Lexsey Marrara (2014), Olivia Hutchison (2017), Trinity Tiffany (2018)
West Virginia holds a record of 10 placements at Miss Teen USA.

### Awards

* Miss Congeniality: Jasmine Lemons of Wheeling (2020)
* Miss Photogenic: Cayton Carder of Masontown (2020)

## Winners

* Declared as Winner
* Ended as runner-up
* Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age$^1$ | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
| 2024 | Olivia Travis | Gerrardstown | 19 | 4th Runner-up | | |
| 2023 | Lakyn Campbell | Parkersburg | 18 | | | |
| 2022 | Emma Kitchen | Buckhannon | 18 | | | |
| 2021 | Brylee Knotts | Grafton | 18 | | | |
| 2020 | Sophia Isabella Martino | Bridgeport | 17 | | | |
| 2019 | Brennah Groves | Summersville | 17 | | | |
| 2018 | Trinity Tiffany | Huntington | 16 | Top 15 | | |
| 2017 | Olivia Hutchison | Huntington | 18 | Top 15 | | |
| 2016 | Cassy Trickett | St. Marys | 18 | | | |
| 2015 | Cora King | Hurricane | 16 | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 2014 | Lexsey Marrara | Morgantown | 17 | Top 15 | | |
| 2013 | Haley Holloway | Morgantown | 17 | 2nd runner-up | | Later Miss West Virginia USA 2019 |
| 2012 | Elizabeth Sabatino | Morgantown | 16 | 1st runner-up | | |
| 2011 | Susan Hines King | Fairmont | 16 | Top 15 | | |
| 2010 | Ally Grace Brandfass | Morgantown | 16 | | | |
| 2009 | Alysia Thompson | Ripley | 16 | | | |
| 2008 | Micah Michael | Morgantown | 17 | | | |
| 2007 | Chelsea Welch | West Union | 16 | 4th runner-up | | Later Miss West Virginia USA 2013 and Top 15 at Miss USA 2013 |
| 2006 | Lora Gallagher | Bridgeport | 18 | | | |
| 2005 | Andrea Turner | Benwood | 17 | 2nd runner-up | | |
| 2004 | Mary Ellen Wolfe | Huntington | 18 | | | Daughter of Mrs. America 1984- Deborah Wolfe |
| 2003 | Whitney Veach | Petersburg | 16 | | | Later Miss West Virginia USA 2011 |
| 2002 | Heather Estep | Hurricane | 18 | | | |
| 2001 | Tara Szersen | Wheeling | 17 | | | |
| 2000 | Ginneene Barone | Charleston | 18 | | | |
| 1999 | Carrie Anne Fleshman | Pinch/Charleston | 16 | | | |
| 1998 | Erica Bevins | Huntington | 18 | | | |
| 1997 | Amanda Burns | Charleston | 17 | | | Later Miss West Virginia USA 1999 and Mrs. West Virginia America 2004 under her married name, Amanda Duffy. |
| 1996 | Heather Gray | Charleston | 16 | | | |
| 1995 | Sarah Russell | Hurricane | 15 | | | |
| 1994 | Jonelle Spiker | Charleston | 17 | | | |
| 1993 | Jennifer Pringle | Charleston | 19 | | | |
| 1992 | Kelly Humphreys | Charleston | 15 | | | |
| 1991 | Tracey Rexroad | Weston | 18 | | | |
| 1990 | Mindy Green | Buckhannon | 18 | | | |
| 1989 | Jennifer Dunn | Buckhannon | 18 | | | |
| 1988 | Wendy Stephens | Parkersburg | 18 | Top 10 | | |
| 1987 | Cheryl Cullop | Beckley | 17 | | | |
| 1986 | Jodi Caldwell | Nitro | 15 | Top 10 | | |
| 1985 | Kelly Porterfield | Martinsburg | 16 | | Best State Costume | |
| 1984 | Trina Vertillo | Richwood | 15 | | | |
| 1983 | Kay Scadden | Newell | 17 | | | |
$^1$ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant