# Miss Wyoming Teen USA

The Miss Wyoming Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wyoming in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Wyoming's highest placement was at Miss Teen USA 1985 when Emily Ernst placed first runner-up to Kelly Hu of Hawaii.
Five Miss Wyoming Teen USA winners have gone on to win the Miss Wyoming USA title and compete at Miss USA.

## Results summary
### Placements

Wyoming holds a record of 9 placements at Miss Teen USA:
* 1st runner-up: Emily Ernst (1985)
* Top 5: Gina DeBernardi (1998)
* Top 15/16: Mollie Smith (2007), Amy David (2009), Caroline Scott (2010), Sydney Graus (2012), Autumn Schieferstein (2017), Grace Turner (2019), Teryn Thatcher (2021)

## 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 | Aubree Kruger | Worland | 18 | | |
| 2023 | Victoria Salas | Evanston | 19 | | |
| 2022 | Nora Steinke | Laramie | 17 | | Cousin of Erin Shae Swanson, Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2019 |
| 2021 | Teryn Thatcher | Kemmerer | 18 | Top 16 | |
| 2020 | Baylee Drewry | Greybull | 16 | | |
| 2019 | Grace Turner | Jackson | 18 | Top 15 | |
| 2018 | Mackenzie Kern | Casper | 17 | | Later Miss Wyoming USA 2021 |
| 2017 | Autumn Schieferstein | Cheyenne | 15 | Top 15 | |
| 2016 | Shelly McRoberts | Cheyenne | 17 | | |
| 2015 | Payton Sanders | Casper | 16 | | Sister of Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2014 |
| 2014 | Karlie Sanders | Casper | 17 | | Sister of Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2015 |
| 2013 | Autumn Olson | Saratoga | 18 | | Later Miss Wyoming USA 2016 |
| 2012 | Sydney Graus | Jackson Hole | 17 | Top 15 | |
| 2011 | Ashley Golden | Gillette | 17 | | Previously Miss Wyoming's Outstanding Teen 2007 |
| 2010 | Caroline Scott | Cheyenne | 17 | Top 15 | Later Miss Wyoming USA 2015 |
| 2009 | Amy David | Pinedale | 17 | Top 15 | |
| 2008 | Callie Bishop | Casper | 18 | | Later Miss Wyoming USA 2018 |
| 2007 | Mollie Smith | Casper | 17 | Top 15 | |
| 2006 | Katy Lambert | Worland | 18 | | |
| 2005 | Brenna Mader | Gillette | 18 | | Sister of Jamie Mader, Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2002 Later Miss Tennessee USA 2013 |
| 2004 | Maddison Strasheim | Cheyenne | 18 | | |
| 2003 | Kasi Johnston | Cheyenne | 16 | | |
| 2002 | Jamie Mader | Gillette | 17 | | Sister of Brenna Mader, Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2005 and Miss Tennessee USA 2013 |
| 2001 | Natalie Koontz | Cody | 18 | | |
| 2000 | Kristin George | Casper | 18 | | Later Miss Wyoming USA 2006 |
| 1999 | Katie Rudoff | Green River | 16 | | Later Miss Wyoming USA 2004 |
| 1998 | Gina DeBernardi | Rock Springs | 18 | Top 5 | |
| 1997 | Esmeralda Gonzales | Green River | 18 | | |
| 1996 | Michelle Jefferson | Casper | 18 | | |
| 1995 | Erica Williams | Cheyenne | 16 | | |
| 1994 | Whitney Alstrom | Casper | 15 | | |
| 1993 | Lana Hansen | Gillette | 15 | | |
| 1992 | Dondi Bowman | Lingle | 15 | | |
| 1991 | Britta Lund | Sheridan | 15 | | |
| 1990 | Janet Poccup | Cheyenne | 18 | | |
| 1989 | Gretchen Wathen | Casper | 17 | | |
| 1988 | Michele Apostoles | Casper | 17 | | |
| 1987 | Kim Roberts | Rock Springs | 18 | | |
| 1986 | Julie Henry | Gillette | 17 | | |
| 1985 | Emily Ernst | Gillette | 17 | 1st runner-up | |
| 1984 | Allison Falk | Gillette | 19 | | |
| 1983 | Shanna Thompson | Casper | 16 | | |
$^1$ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant