# Miss Texas Teen USA

The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Texas in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is part of the Miss USA organization.
Texas is in the top 5 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Alongside Oregon they are the only two states to have produced three winners.
Dallyn Pesek of Shiner was crowned Miss Texas Teen USA 2024 on June 22, 2024, at Hilton Houston Post Oak in Houston. She represented Texas for the title of Miss Teen USA 2024 and placed in the Top 20.

## Background

Texas's best performance came in the 1980s, where they placed in all but one year and were runners-up on five occasions. Despite this, they still placed second to New York in that decade in terms of number and value of placements. Despite being on top overall, Texas has never been the best state in any particular decade.
Texas is one of the most successful states across all thirty-seven years of competition at Miss Teen USA. They have had seventeen semi-finalists, three more than any other state. They have won the crown three times (along with Oregon), in 1996 when Christie Lee Woods took the title (Woods later went on to star in The Amazing Race 5 and The Amazing Race 31) and 15 years later in 2011 when Danielle Doty won. Karlie Hay became the third Texan entrant to win the crown in 2016. Texas and the state of Oregon are the only states to have won Miss Teen USA three times. Texas has also won several awards, including Miss Photogenic in 2010.
While a number of Texas teens have competed for the Miss Texas USA title, only six have won both pageants. The most successful of these was Nicole O'Brian, who placed 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA and 2nd runner-up at Miss USA. O'Brien also competed alongside Woods on The Amazing Race 5. Woods was the first Miss Teen USA to not win a Miss title on her first attempt, and despite competing in a number of years never won the Miss Texas USA crown.

## Results summary
### Placements

* Miss Teen USAs: Christie Lee Woods (1996), Danielle Doty (2011), Karlie Hay (2016)
* 1st runners-up: Becky Pestana (1986), Nicole O'Brian (2000)
* 2nd runners-up: Landry Davis (2021)
* 3rd runners-up: Konae Wehle (1985), Kristi Wright (1989), Katherine Perello (2001), Haylee Elyse Puckett (2023)
* 4th runners-up: Sheri Scholz (1983), Charlene Molinar (1984)
* Top 6: Becky Fisher (1990)
* Top 10: Libby Pelton (1988), Christie Cole (1998), Misty Giles (1999)
* Top 12: Kara Williams (1991)
* Top 15: Tye Felan (2003), Magen Ellis (2004), Kellie Stewart (2014), Chloe Kembel (2015), Kirby Lindley (2017)
* Top 20: Dallyn Pesek (2024)
Texas holds a record of 23 placements at Miss Teen USA.

### Awards

* Style Award: Andria Mullins (1997)
* Swimsuit award: Nicole O'Brian (2000), Katherine Perello (2001)
* Miss Photogenic: Chelsea Morgensen (2010)

## Winners

* Declared as Winner
* Ended as runner-up
* Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age$^1$ | Local Title | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
| 2024 | Dallyn Pesek | Shiner | 17 | Miss Houston Teen | Top 20 | | |
| 2023 | Haylee Elyse Puckett | Houston | 16 | Miss Space City Teen | 3rd runner-up | | |
| 2022 | Chanel Williams | San Antonio | 15 | Miss Alamo Teen | | | |
| 2021 | Landry Davis | Dallas | 18 | Miss Metroplex Teen | 2nd runner-up | | |
| 2020 | Anissa Mendez | Laredo | 17 | Miss North Laredo Teen | | | Longest reigning Miss Texas Teen USA (1 year, 5 months, and 29 days) |
| 2019 | Kennedy Edwards | Houston | 17 | Miss Houston Teen | | | First African American Miss Texas Teen USA |
| 2018 | Brenna Flynn | Fort Worth | 18 | Miss Fort Worth Teen | | | |
| 2017 | Kirby Lindley | Cypress | 18 | Miss Dallas Teen | Top 15 | | |
| 2016 | Karlie Hay | Tomball | 18 | Miss Kemah Teen | Miss Teen USA 2016 | | |
| 2015 | Chloe Kembel | Denton | 18 | Miss North Central TX Teen | Top 15 | | |
| 2014 | Kellie Stewart | Fort Worth | 16 | Miss Dallas Teen | Top 15 | | |
| 2013 | Daniella Rodriguez | Laredo | 16 | Miss Central Laredo Teen | | | Later Miss Texas USA 2016 |
| 2012 | Madison Lee | Houston | 18 | Miss Bay Area Teen | | | |
| 2011 | Danielle Doty | Harlingen | 18 | Miss Harlingen Teen | Miss Teen USA 2011 | | |
| 2010 | Chelsea Morgensen | Laredo | 15 | Miss Laredo Teen | Miss Photogenic | | Later Miss Hooters International 2017 |
| 2009 | Kelli Harral | Fort Stockton | 16 | Miss Fort Stockton Teen | | | Later NFL Houston Texans Cheerleader May 2011-June 2014 |
| 2008 | Lauren Guzman | Laredo | 18 | Miss Laredo Teen | | | Later Miss Texas USA 2014 |
| 2007 | Sommer Isdale | Harker Heights | 16 | Miss Waco Teen | | | |
| 2006 | Raevan Valadez | Spicewood | 18 | Miss Austin Teen | | | |
| 2005 | April Ford | Texarkana | 18 | | | | |
| 2004 | Magen Ellis | Whitehouse | 17 | Miss Tyler Teen | Semi-finalist | | Later Miss Texas USA 2007 Top 10 at Miss USA 2007 |
| 2003 | Tye Felan | Tomball | 18 | Miss Houston Teen | Semi-finalist | | |
| 2002 | Brittany Tiner | Freeport | 16 | Miss Rice Belt | | | |
| 2001 | Katherine Perello | Lake Jackson | 16 | | 3rd runner-up | Body Glove Swimsuit Award | |
| 2000 | Nicole O'Brian | Friendswood | 17 | Miss Bay Area Teen | 1st runner-up | Swimsuit Award | Later Miss Texas USA 2003 2nd runner up at Miss USA 2003 contestant on The Amazing Race 5 |
| 1999 | Misty Giles | Killeen | 18 | | Semi-finalist | | Contestant on Survivor: Panama |
| 1998 | Christie Cole | Houston | 16 | | Semi-finalist | | |
| 1997 | Andria Mullins | Waco | 16 | Miss Lake Whitney Teen | | Style award | Contestant on The Starlet |
| 1996 | Christie Lee Woods | Huntsville | 18 | | Miss Teen USA 1996 | | Two-time contestant on The Amazing Race (seasons 5 and 31) |
| 1995 | Mandy Jeffreys | Midland | 17 | | | | Appeared on The Bachelor |
| 1994 | Jaqueline Pena | Corpus Christi | 18 | | | | |
| 1993 | Erin Burnett | Plano | 16 | | | | |
| 1992 | Carissa Blair | Columbus | 17 | | | | Later Miss Texas USA 1999 |
| 1991 | Kara Williams | Houston | 18 | | Semi-finalist | | Later Miss Texas USA 1996, Semifinalist at Miss USA 1996 |
| 1990 | Becky Fisher | Cypress | 18 | | Top 6 | | |
| 1989 | Kristi Wright | Del Rio | 16 | | 3rd runner-up | | |
| 1988 | Libby Pelton | Austin | 18 | | Semi-finalist | | |
| 1987 | Richelle Kesling | Spring | 15 | | | | |
| 1986 | Becky Pestana | San Antonio | 17 | | 1st runner-up | | |
| 1985 | Konae Wehle | Humble | 16 | | 3rd runner-up | | |
| 1984 | Charlene Molinar | El Paso | 18 | | 4th runner-up | | |
| 1983 | Sheri Scholz | Lubbock | 17 | | 4th runner-up | | |
$^1$ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant