Miss New York Teen USA

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Tatiana Pallagi after winning the Miss New York Teen USA 2007 title

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 five 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.

Kimberly Pressler, Miss New York Teen USA 1994 went unplaced at the Teen competition, which was won by Shauna Gambill of California. She later won the Miss New York USA 1999 title and went on to win the Miss USA crown at the national pageant televised live from Branson, Missouri in February 1999. She later competed at Miss Universe 1999.

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2008	Sana Idnani	Roslyn	17
2007	Tatiana Pallagi^[1]	Avon	17
2006	Candace Kuykendall		17
2005	Natascha Bessez	New York City	18	Semi-finalist
2004	Catherine Muldoon	Chappaqua	18	Finalist
2003	Adriana Diaz	Bronx	18			Later Miss New York USA 2006
2002	Marley Delduchetto			Semi-finalist
2001	Gloria Almonte	Bronx		1st runner-up		Later Miss New York USA 2007
2000	Tina Casciani
2000	Emily Pollack					resigned
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	Amsterdam		1st runner-up		actress
1987	Michelle Kelenski	Balston Spa		Semi-finalist
1986	Claudia Lim			2nd runner-up
1985	Shelly Lounge
1984	Denise Scalez
1983	Ruth Zakarian			Winner		nonsemifinalist at Miss USA 1984