# Miss Missouri Teen USA

The Miss Missouri Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Missouri in the Miss Teen USA pageant. It is directed by Vanbros and Associates, based in Shawnee, Kansas. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.
Missouri is in the top 10 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Six Missouri teens have gone on to compete at Miss USA, although only four as Miss Missouri USA. The other two represented Kansas, another Vanbros state.
Two notable Miss Missouri Teen USAs (who both later won the title Miss Missouri USA) are Larissa Meek and Melana Scantlin, who appeared on the reality TV show Average Joe.
Shae Smith of Bolivar was crowned Miss Missouri Teen USA 2022 on May 1, 2022, at The Mansion Theater for the Performing Arts in Branson, Missouri. She will represent Missouri for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022 in the fall of 2022.

## Results summary
### Placements

* Miss Teen USAs: Marissa Whitley (2001), Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff (2017)
* 2nd runners-up: Audra Shurman (1991)
* 4th runners-up: Rhonda Hoglan (1985), Sydnee Stottlemyre (2011)
* Top 6: Tiffany Meyer (1994), Leah Sexton (1996)
* Top 10: Caitlin McIntosh (2000)
* Top 12: Tavia Shackles (1990), Melana Scantlin (1995)
* Top 15: Alissa Reitmeier (2004), Sierra Drimak (2009), Christina Stratton (2015), Dallas Ezard (2016)
* Top 16: Brenda Smith-Lezama (2013)$^‡$, Anna Long (2021)
* Top 20: Madison Beck (2023)
Missouri holds a record of 17 placements at Miss Teen USA.
‡ Voted into Top 16 as America's Choice

### Awards

* Miss Photogenic: Melanie Breedlove (1993), Christina Stratton (2015)
* Miss Congeniality: Rachel Woolard (2005)

## 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 | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
| 2024 | Shelby Welling | Jefferson City | 18 | Top 20 | | |
| 2023 | Madison Beck | Barnhart | 18 | Top 20 | | |
| 2022 | Shae Smith | Bolivar | 18 | | | Previously Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2019 4th runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2020 |
| 2021 | Anna Long | Lake Winnebago | 17 | Top 16 | | |
| 2020 | Holly McDowell | Lee's Summit | 15 | | | |
| 2019 | Abilene Lortz | St. James | 15 | | | |
| 2018 | Chloe Bartlett | Liberal | 18 | | | Daughter of Miss Missouri USA 1990 Lori Suschnick |
| 2017 | Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff | Kansas City | 16 | Miss Teen USA 2017 | | |
| 2016 | Dallas Ezard | St. Louis | 18 | Top 15 | | Daughter of Miss Missouri USA 1993 Stephanie Nunn Ezard. |
| 2015 | Christina Stratton | Sedalia | 15 | Top 15 | Miss Photogenic | Later Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2016 Top 8 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2017 |
| 2014 | Samantha Bowers | Harrisonville | 18 | | | |
| 2013 | Brenda Smith-Lezama | Columbia | 18 | Top 16 | | Student at University of Missouri at the time of crowning Later Mexicana Universal Ciudad de México 2019 2nd runner up at Mexicana Universal 2020 Later Señorita Panamá 2021 |
| 2012 | Jayde Ogle | Liberty | 17 | | | |
| 2011 | Sydnee Stottlemyre | St. Louis | 17 | 4th runner-up | | Previously Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2008 4th runner up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009 Later Miss Missouri USA 2016 Top 10 at Miss USA 2016 |
| 2010 | Erica Sturdefant | Springfield | 16 | | | Later Miss Missouri USA 2014 |
| 2009 | Sierra Drimak | Cottleville | 18 | Top 15 | | |
| 2008 | Jeni Dixon | Hartville | 17 | | | |
| 2007 | Lauren Peterson | Farmington | 16 | | | Later Miss Grand USA 2015 |
| 2006 | Breanna Huellinghorst | O'Fallon | 16 | | | |
| 2005 | Rachel Woolard | Naylor | 17 | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 2004 | Alissa Reitmeier | St. Charles | 17 | Top 15 | | |
| 2003 | Amber Seyer | Oran | 17 | | | Later Miss Missouri USA 2007 Top 10 Miss USA 2007 |
| 2002 | Courtney Chilcutt | Dexter | 18 | | | |
| 2001 | Marissa Whitley | Springfield | 17 | Miss Teen USA 2001 | | |
| 2000 | Caitlin McIntosh | New Haven | 18 | Top 10 | | 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2002 |
| 1999 | Andrea Camile Elliott | Independence | 19 | | | |
| 1998 | Brittany McDonald | Sikeston | 18 | | | |
| 1997 | Larissa Meek | St. Louis | 17 | | | Later Miss Missouri USA 2001 Finished 5th at Miss USA 2001 |
| 1996 | Leah Sexton | Independence | 17 | Top 6 | | |
| 1995 | Melana Scantlin | Gladstone | 19 | Top 12 | | Later Miss Missouri USA 2002 |
| 1994 | Tiffany Meyer | Parkville | 19 | Top 6 | | Later Miss Kansas USA 2000 Finished 4th at Miss USA 2000 2nd runner-up at Miss Oktoberfest 2001 as Miss Missouri |
| 1993 | Melanie Breedlove | Mountain Grove | 19 | | Miss Photogenic | Later Miss Missouri USA 1998 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1998 |
| 1992 | Robin Swain | Lilbourn | 18 | | | |
| 1991 | Audra Sherman | Sikeston | 15 | 2nd Runner-up | | |
| 1990 | Tavia Shackles | Lee's Summit | 18 | Top 12 | | Later Miss Kansas USA 1993 2nd runner up at Miss USA 1993 Later married Kansas City Chiefs owner and CEO Clark Hunt Mother of Gracie Hunt, Miss Kansas USA 2021 Daughter-in-law of Chiefs and AFL and MLS founder Lamar Hunt |
| 1989 | April Smith | Kansas City | 15 | | | |
| 1988 | Beverly Boatright | Republic | 19 | | | |
| 1987 | Sherri Garner | Kansas City | 17 | | | |
| 1986 | Jennifer Tangora | Mexico | 18 | | | |
| 1985 | Rhonda Hoglan | Kansas City | 16 | 4th Runner-up | | Later Miss Missouri USA 1989 |
| 1984 | Leanne Sydenstricker | Mexico | 17 | | | |
| 1983 | Lisa Logan | Columbia | 18 | | | |
$^1$ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant