# Miss Teen USA 1990

Miss Teen USA 1990, the 8th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Mississippi, on July 16, 1990. At the conclusion of the final competition, Bridgette Wilson of Oregon was crowned by outgoing titleholder Brandi Sherwood of Idaho.
1990 marked the year that Oregon won the pageant for the second of three times in the history of the pageant. Oregon and Texas are the only states that have won more than two Miss Teen USA titles, Oregon: Mindy Duncan in 1988, Bridgette Wilson in 1990 and Tami Farrell in 2003. Texas: Christie Lee Woods in 1996, Danielle Doty in 2011, and Karlie Hay in 2016.
This was the first year the pageant was held at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, where it would be held for the following four years.
Sandy Duncan hosted the event for the only time, with color commentary by Leeza Gibbons and Miss Teen USA 1985 Kelly Hu. Music was provided by the Gulf Coast Teen Orchestra. Duncan was the first female host of an American beauty pageant.

## Results
### Placements

| Final Results | Contestant |
| Miss Teen USA 1990 | Oregon – Bridgette Wilson |
| 1st Runner-Up | Alaska – Marla Johnson |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Georgia – Holly Roehl |
| Top 6 | Kentucky – April Vaughan Pennsylvania – Susan Barnett Texas – Becky Fisher |
| Top 12 | Arizona – Jerilynn Beatty California – Tricia Roby Colorado – Shalon Pecosky Louisiana – Ali Landry Massachusetts – Nina Cammarata Missouri – Tavia Michelle Shackles |

### Final competition

| Nation | Preliminary Average | Interview | Swimsuit | Evening Gown | Semifinal Average |
| Oregon – Bridgette Wilson | 7.900 (5) | 9.271 (1) | 8.943 (3) | 9.300 (4) | 9.171 (2) |
| Alaska – Marla Johnson | 7.824 (7) | 9.151 (3) | 8.757 (7) | 9.200 (7) | 9.036 (6) |
| Georgia – Holly Roehl | 7.967 (4) | 9.214 (2) | 9.014 (2) | 9.386 (2) | 9.204 (1) |
| Texas – Becky Fisher | 8.048 (2) | 9.050 (5) | 8.930 (4) | 9.400 (1) | 9.126 (3) |
| Kentucky – April Vaughan | 7.776 (8) | 9.107 (4) | 8.857 (5) | 9.329 (3) | 9.097 (4) |
| Pennsylvania – Susan Barnett | 8.057 (1) | 8.757 (10) | 9.086 (1) | 9.286 (5) | 9.043 (5) |
| Louisiana – Ali Landry | 8.033 (3) | 8.857 (8) | 8.746 (8) | 9.214 (6) | 8.939 (7) |
| California – Tricia Roby | 7.705 (10) | 8.971 (6) | 8.543 (10) | 9.057 (8) | 8.857 (8) |
| Missouri – Tavia Michelle Shackles | 7.895 (6) | 8.743 (11) | 8.671 (9) | 9.014 (10) | 8.809 (9) |
| Massachusetts – Nina Cammarata | 7.724 (9) | 8.829 (9) | 8.543 (10) | 9.029 (9) | 8.800 (10) |
| Arizona – Jerilynn Beatty | 7.605 (12) | 8.957 (7) | 8.429 (12) | 8.929 (11) | 8.771 (11) |
| Colorado – Shalon Pecosky | 7.686 (11) | 8.529 (12) | 8.843 (6) | 8.843 (12) | 8.738 (12) |

### Special awards

| Award | Contestant |
| Miss Congeniality | District of Columbia – Shirelle Robinson |
| Miss Photogenic | Maryland – Mary Ann Cimino |

## Dolphin controversy

In a pre-taped segment for the pageant telecast on July 2, a small group of delegates was filmed playing with dolphins in a training pool at the Marine Life Oceanarium. This led to a probe by the National Marine Fisheries Service to investigate whether the oceanarium was in violation of its permit by allowing the delegates to swim with the dolphins. It was later decided that the segment would be edited so that it only showed the delegates feeding the mammals.