# Miss Nevada Teen USA

The Miss Nevada Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Contestants compete in interview, active wear, and evening gown. Winners have most commonly come from Las Vegas since the pageant began in 1983.
Janae McIntosh of Las Vegas was crowned Miss Nevada Teen USA 2022 on May 15, 2022 at South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa in Las Vegas. She will represent Nevada for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.

## Results summary
### Placements

* 2nd runners-up: Victoria Franklin (1998), Helen Salas (2004), Alexis Smith (2017), Erica Bonilla (2019)
* 4th runner-up: Carissa Morrow (2016)
* Top 10: Kimberly Cannon (1983), Kristen Walthers (1999)
* Top 15/16: Ileri Tunrarebi (2009), Britney Barnhart (2018), Janae McIntosh (2022)
Nevada holds a record of 10 placements at Miss Teen USA

### Awards

* Miss Congeniality: Janae McIntosh (2022)
* Miss Photogenic: JJ Casper (1990)

## Winners

| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards | Notes |
| 2024 | Courtney Clark | Las Vegas | 18 | | | |
| 2023 | Emily Cox | Las Vegas | 18 | | | |
| 2022 | Janae McIntosh | Las Vegas | 19 | Top 16 | Miss Congeniality | |
| 2021 | Noelani Mendoza | Las Vegas | 18 | | | |
| 2020 | Montana Cencarik | Las Vegas | 18 | | | |
| 2019 | Erica Bonilla | Las Vegas | 18 | 2nd runner-up | | |
| 2018 | Britney Barnhart | Las Vegas | 16 | Top 15 | | Sister of Miss Nevada Teen USA 2008 Lauren Hudman and daughter of Jill Liebmann Miss Oklahoma USA 1982 |
| 2017 | Alexis Smith | Las Vegas | 16 | 2nd runner-up | | |
| 2016 | Carissa Morrow | Henderson | 18 | 4th runner-up | | |
| 2015 | Geovanna Hilton | Las Vegas | 18 | | | |
| 2014 | Alexa Taylor | Las Vegas | 15 | | | |
| 2013 | Amanda Jenkins | Reno | 18 | | | |
| 2012 | Katie Eklund | Las Vegas | 19 | | | |
| 2011 | Ashley Brown | Las Vegas | 18 | | | |
| 2010 | Audrey Denison | Las Vegas | 17 | | | Later converted to Mormonism and served mission for the LDS Church |
| 2009 | Ileri Tunrarebi | Henderson | 19 | Top 15 | | Cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers |
| 2008 | Lauren Hudman | Henderson | 18 | | | Daughter of Jill Barnhart (Miss Oklahoma USA 1982) and sister of Miss Nevada Teen USA 2018 Britney Barnhart |
| 2007 | Danielle Hashimoto | Reno | 16 | | | Miss Nevada Junior Teen 2004 |
| 2006 | Georgina Vaughan | Las Vegas | 18 | | | Later Miss Nevada USA 2009 |
| 2005 | Kelli Crossley | Las Vegas | 17 | | | |
| 2004 | Helen Salas | Las Vegas | 18 | 2nd runner-up | | 1st runner-up at Miss Nevada USA 2007, later assumed the title after the original winner Katie Rees disqualified due to controversial past, 4th runner up at Miss USA 2007 |
| 2003 | Ashley Phelps | Las Vegas | 15 | | | |
| 2002 | Kathryn Bigler | Las Vegas | 18 | | | |
| 2001 | Tahnee Harrison | | | | | |
| 2000 | Melissa Davis | Las Vegas | 18 | | | |
| 1999 | Kristen Walthers | Las Vegas | 16 | Semi-finalist | | |
| 1998 | Victoria Franklin | Las Vegas | 14 | 2nd runner-up | | Later Miss Nevada USA 2004 |
| 1997 | Kaci Thompson | Las Vegas | 19 | | | |
| 1996 | Cerina Vincent | Las Vegas | 18 | | | Actress, has appeared in Not Another Teen Movie, Cabin Fever and Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy |
| 1995 | Alicia Carnes | Las Vegas | 17 | | | Later Miss Nevada USA 2000 |
| 1994 | Heather Kittrel | Las Vegas | 15 | | | |
| 1993 | Tammy Rankin | Las Vegas | 16 | | | Later Miss Nevada USA 1998 |
| 1992 | Jennifer Gassmann | Las Vegas | 18 | | | |
| 1991 | Brooke Hammond | Las Vegas | 19 | | | Later Miss Nevada USA 1995 |
| 1990 | JJ Casper | Las Vegas | 19 | | Miss Photogenic | |
| 1989 | Stacey L Bentley | Las Vegas | 19 | | | |
| 1988 | Erin Abernathy | Las Vegas | 19 | | | |
| 1987 | Terri Broca | Las Vegas | 19 | | | |
| 1986 | Wendy Stewart | Las Vegas | 15 | | | |
| 1985 | Leslye Peterson | Las Vegas | 16 | | | |
| 1984 | Rana Kirkland | Las Vegas | 17 | | | |
| 1983 | Kimberly Cannon | Las Vegas | 18 | Semi-finalist | | |