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Miss New York Teen USA
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The Miss New York Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
New York is the fourth most successful state at Miss Teen USA across all twenty-five years of competition [1]. They were the most successful state in the 1980s [2], far less successful in the 1990s, and regained their position in the top three in the 2000s [3]. They have the third (equal) highest number of semifinalist placings (or better) [4]. New York is also one of only five states to have won the Miss Congeniality award at least two times.
Like the first Miss USA competition (which was won by Jackie Loughery, Miss New York USA), the very first Miss Teen USA competition was won by a Miss New York Teen USA. That winner was Ruth Zakarian, who went on to be an actress. Two New York teens have also placed 1st runner-up.
Five New York teens have also competed at Miss USA, which includes Zakarian who competed as Miss Teen USA in the Miss USA competition (a short-lived tradition gave Miss Teen USAs in the early 1980s this opportunity). Two won the Miss New York USA crown, and one won the Miss Vermont USA title. Adriana Diaz, Miss New York USA 2006, was the former Miss New York Teen USA 2003.
Perhaps the most successful "cross-over" was Kimberly Pressler, Miss New York Teen USA 1994. Pressler went unplaced at the Teen competition, which was won by Shauna Gambill of California but later won the Miss New York USA 1999 crown. She went on to win the Miss USA crown at the national pageant televised live from Branson, Missouri in February 1999, and later competed at Miss Universe.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Tatiana Pallagi | |||||
| 2006 | Candace Kuykendall | |||||
| 2005 | Natascha Bessez | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 2004 | Catherine Muldoon | Finalist | ||||
| 2003 | Adriana Diaz | Later Miss New York USA 2006 | ||||
| 2002 | Marley Delduchetto | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 2001 | Gloria Almonte | 1st runner-up | Later Miss New York USA 2007 | |||
| 2000 | Tina Casciani | |||||
| 1999 | Morgan Maholick | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1998 | Lindsay Fredette | |||||
| 1997 | Jessica-Lynn Ferdinand | |||||
| 1996 | Aiesha Hendrick | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1995 | Tara Campbell | |||||
| 1994 | Kimberly Pressler | Later Miss New York USA 1999 and Miss USA 1999 | ||||
| 1993 | Sarah Gore | Finalist | ||||
| 1992 | Amber Evans | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1991 | Wendy Cooper | |||||
| 1990 | Catherine Bliss | Later Miss Vermont USA 1998 | ||||
| 1989 | Beth Savage | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1988 | Jessica Collins | 1st runner-up | actress | |||
| 1987 | Michelle Kelenski | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1986 | Claudia Lim | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 1985 | Shelly Lounge | |||||
| 1984 | Denise Scalez | |||||
| 1983 | Ruth Zakarian | Winner | nonsemifinalist at Miss USA 1984 |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
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