# Miss Alabama Teen USA

The Miss Alabama Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alabama in the Miss Teen USA pageant and the name of the title held by that winner.
Alabama's success at Miss Teen USA has improved in recent years, with eight teens making the cut, although none have placed higher than 4th runner-up until 2016. That placement went to Anna Mingus, who also won Miss Congeniality, Alabama's only special award until Erin Snow won Miss Photogenic in 2016. Mingus later took the title Miss Alabama USA in 1995, and is one of only three Alabama teens to win a Miss USA state title.
Until 2010 Miss and Teen Alabama was directed by the Premier Pageants group, and was the first state to be taken under this directorate. Dohn Dye and To Dye For was the Director for the 2010 and 2011 pageants, but were replaced by Paula Miles and RPM Productions in August 2011.
The current titleholder is Ava Marie LeBlanc of Columbiana, who was crowned on June 1, 2024 at Jay & Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center in Auburn, Alabama. She represented Alabama at the Miss Teen USA 2024 and placed in the Top 10.

## Results summary
### Placements

* 3rd runners-up: Erin Snow (2016)
* 4th runners-up: Anna Mingus (1988), Kalin Burt (2019)
* Top 6: Christine King (1992)
* Top 10: Jeannie Plott (1989), Terra Moody (2004), Canden Jackson (2007), Ava LeBlanc (2024)
* Top 15/16: Courtney Parker (2008), Ashlyn Alongi (2010), Peyton Brown (2012), Lorin Holcombe (2013), Taylor Ryan Elliott (2015)
Alabama holds a record of 13 placements at Miss Teen USA.

### Awards

* Miss Congeniality: Anna Mingus (1988), Kennedy Cromeens (2018)
* Miss Photogenic: Sarah-Baskin Champion (2014), Erin Snow (2016)

## Winners

* Declared as Winner
* Ended as runner-up
* Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2024 | Ava Marie LeBlanc | Columbiana | 18 | Miss Shelby County Teen | Top 10 | | Sister of Marcelle LeBlanc, Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen 2021 & Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2022 |
| 2023 | Kensey Collins | Spanish Fort | 15 | Miss Spanish Fort Teen | | | |
| 2022 | AnnaLee Story | Auburn | 18 | Miss Tiger Town Teen | | | |
| 2021 | Dailyn Swann | Greenville | 18 | Miss Sherling Lake Teen | | | |
| 2020 | Katie Watts | Mobile | 14 | Miss Mobile Teen | | | |
| 2019 | Kalin Burt | Hoover | 18 | Miss Hoover Teen | 4th runner-up | | |
| 2018 | Kennedy Cromeens | Birmingham | 16 | Miss Shelby County Teen | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 2017 | Claire Scott | Birmingham | 17 | Over The Mountain Teen | | | |
| 2016 | Erin Snow | Gadsden | 17 | Miss Gadsden Teen | 3rd runner-up | Miss Photogenic | Later 3rd runner-up at Miss Alabama USA 2020 Later 1st runner-up at Miss Georgia USA 2021 |
| 2015 | Taylor Ryan Elliott | Trussville | 18 | Miss Trussville Teen | Top 15 | | |
| 2014 | Sarah-Baskin Champion | Vestavia Hills | 18 | Miss Vestavia Hills Teen | | Miss Photogenic | |
| 2013 | Lorin Holcombe | Alexander City | 17 | Miss Central Alabama Teen | Top 16 | | Later 3rd runner-up at Miss Alabama USA 2018 Later 1st runner-up at Miss Georgia USA 2019 |
| 2012 | Peyton Brown | Eufaula | 17 | Miss Barbour County Teen | Top 16 | | Later Miss Alabama USA 2016 Top 5 at Miss USA 2016 |
| 2011 | Barron Rae Williams | Dadeville | 15 | Miss Lake Martin Teen | | | Later 1st runner-up at Miss Alabama USA 2016 Later 2nd runner-up at Miss Alabama USA 2017 |
| 2010 | Ashlyn Alongi | Huntsville | 17 | | Top 15 | | Later top 15 semifinalist at Miss Tennessee USA 2014 |
| 2009 | Alexandria Blansit | Fort Payne | 16 | | | | Later top 15 semifinalist at Miss Alabama USA 2012 |
| 2008 | Courtney Parker | Daphne | 16 | | Top 15 | | |
| 2007 | Canden Jackson | Fairhope | 17 | | Top 10 | | Later 2nd runner-up at Miss Alabama USA 2012 Contestant on Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls |
| 2006 | Carla Baumann | Hueytown | 18 | | | | |
| 2005 | Kristen Bell | Aliceville | 17 | | | | |
| 2004 | Terra Moody | Birmingham | 17 | | Top 10 | | |
| 2003 | Katherine Lauren Whitlock | Birmingham | 18 | | | | |
| 2002 | Hailey Capps | Dothan | 18 | | | | |
| 2001 | Rollins Albritton | Andalusia | 18 | | | | |
| 2000 | Alexis Dollar | Rehobeth | 18 | | | | |
| 1999 | Starla Smith | Rehobeth | 18 | | | | Later Miss United States 2001 |
| 1998 | Heather Baugh | Woodville | 18 | | | | |
| 1997 | Tara Tucker | Pelham | 18 | | | | Later Miss Alabama USA 2002 Semi-finalist at Miss USA 2002 |
| 1996 | Luann Roberts | Brantley | 17 | | | | |
| 1995 | Jennifer Otts | Hoover | 17 | | | | |
| 1994 | Melanie McLin | Daleville | | | | | |
| 1993 | Autumn Smith | Chelsea | | | | | Later Miss Alabama USA 1997 Semi-finalist at Miss USA 1997 Daughter of racing driver Stanley Smith whom suffered a terrible crash at Talladega Superspeedway just days before |
| 1992 | Christine King | Prattville | 18 | | Finalist | | |
| 1991 | Stephanie Gwantley | Huntsville | | | | | Contestant on season 13 of The Bachelor |
| 1990 | Candi Byrd | Birmingham | | | | | |
| 1989 | Jeannie Plott | Birmingham | 18 | | Semi-finalist | | |
| 1988 | Anna Mingus | Enterprise | 18 | | 4th runner-up | Miss Congeniality | Later Miss Alabama USA 1995 |
| 1987 | Elizabeth Woodman | Pleasant Grove | 17 | | | | |
| 1986 | Gail Magee | Alexander City | | | | | |
| 1985 | Teresa Cain | Chelsea | | | | | |
| 1984 | Teresa Chappell | Westover | | | | | |
| 1983 | Jill Renee Johnson | Arley | | | | | |
* ↑ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant