# Miss Montana Teen USA

The Miss Montana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Montana in the Miss Teen USA pageant. From 1994 to 2007, it was directed by Carol Hirata and the Carlton Group, based in Bellvue, Colorado. In 2012, it was taken by Pageants NW Productions based in Puyallup, Washington. Since 2021, the pageant is based in Great Falls, Montana under directed by Lime Light Enterprises.
Montana is the least successful state at Miss Teen USA, placing only once in 2006 by Katie Blair from Billings, who went on to win the title Miss Teen USA 2006.
Julia Kunau of Lewistown was crowned Miss Montana Teen USA 2022 on September 12, 2021 at Red Lion Hotel Templin's on the River in Post Falls, Idaho. Kunau will represent Montana for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.

## Results summary
### Placements

* Miss Teen USAs: Katie Blair (2006)
* Top 20: Kailey Burress (2024)
Montana holds a record of 2 placements at Miss Teen USA.

## 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 | Notes |
| 2024 | Kailey Burress | Big Sky | 17 | Top 20 | |
| 2023 | Ava Williams | Billings | 18 | | |
| 2022 | Julia Kunau | Lewistown | 16 | | Later Miss Montana's Teen 2023 |
| 2021 | Katie Tooke | Ekalaka | 15 | | |
| 2020 | Morgan Pierce | Lewistown | 15 | | |
| 2019 | Megan Brewer | Melstone | 17 | | |
| 2018 | Elley Munson | Billings | 16 | | |
| 2017 | Elle Cook | Billings | 17 | | |
| 2016 | Jami Forseth | Huntley | 18 | | Later Miss Montana USA 2021 |
| 2015 | Miranda Youngren | Columbus | 17 | | |
| 2014 | Madyson Rigg | Kalispell | 17 | | Later Miss Montana USA 2023 |
| 2013 | Maurissa Gunn | Park City | 16 | | |
| 2012 | Danica Jansma | Manhattan | 15 | | |
| 2011 | Sibahn Doxey | Frenchtown | 18 | | Later Miss Montana USA 2016 |
| 2010 | Dakota Mackey | Missoula | 18 | | |
| 2009 | Haley Boyer | Stevensville | 17 | | |
| 2008 | Stacey Velasco | Dillon | 18 | | |
| 2007 | Chelsea Nelson | Billings | 17 | | |
| 2006 | Katie Blair | Billings | 18 | Miss Teen USA 2006 | She is the first Miss Montana Teen USA to make the semifinals at the national pageant. Later assumed the Miss California USA 2011 title. |
| 2005 | Kendall Powell | Missoula | 17 | | |
| 2004 | Autumn Muller | Harlowton | 17 | | Later Miss Montana USA 2012 |
| 2003 | Arielle Brown | Billings | 17 | | |
| 2002 | Meghan Minnick | Missoula | 15 | | |
| 2001 | Kristi Krings | Billings | 18 | | Won the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition for her original song "I Am Found." |
| 2000 | Renae Skogen | Conrad | 19 | | |
| 1999 | Raylene Miller | Great Falls | 18 | | |
| 1998 | Maggie Stoker | Bigfork | 18 | | Daughter of Mike Stoker from 1970s TV series Emergency! |
| 1997 | Coty Strickler | Dillon | 17 | | |
| 1996 | Grace Tubbs | Helena | 17 | | |
| 1995 | Christi Hanson | Helena | 17 | | |
| 1994 | Desiree Gravelle | Kalispell | 18 | | |
| 1993 | Angela Carter | Kalispell | 18 | | |
| 1992 | Aubrey Jo Hiller | Missoula | 19 | | Later Miss Montana 1996 |
| 1991 | Theresa Rosenbaum | Missoula | 18 | | |
| 1990 | Stephanie Wallace | Billings | 17 | | |
| 1989 | Jennifer Cook | Stevensville | 17 | | |
| 1988 | Kristen Anderson | Columbia Falls | 17 | | Later Miss Montana USA 1993 |
| 1987 | Andrea Madsen | Bozeman | 17 | | |
| 1986 | Karry Koslecki | Bozeman | 17 | | |
| 1985 | Katie Adams | Kalispell | 18 | | |
| 1984 | Pam Miller | Columbia Falls | 17 | | |
| 1983 | Leslie Lucas | Miles City | 17 | | |
$^1$ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant