Miss Texas Teen USA

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Sommer Isdale, Miss Texas Teen USA 2007

The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Texas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.

Texas is the most successful state across all twenty-three years of competition at Miss Teen USA. They have had fifteen semi-finalists, three more than any other state. Despite this, they have only won the crown on one occasion, in 1996 when Christie Lee Woods took the title (Woods later went on to star in The Amazing Race 5). Despite the vast number of semi-finalists, they have not won any major awards, although Andria Mullins did win a Style award in 1997.

Texas's best performance came in the 1980s, where they placed in all but one year and were runners-up on five occasions. Despite this, they still placed second to New York in that decade in terms of number and value of placements [1]. Despite being on top overall, Texas has never been the best state in any particular decade.

While a number of Texas teens have competed for the Miss Texas USA title, only four have won both pageants. The most successful of these was Nicole O'Brian, who placed 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA and 2nd runner-up at Miss USA. O'Brien also competed alongside Woods on The Amazing Race 5. Woods was the first Miss Teen USA to not win a Miss title on her first attempt, and despite competing in a number of years never won the Miss Texas USA crown. Andria Mullins was another who tried unsuccessfully to win the Miss Texas USA title on a number of occasions (she has also competed unsuccessfully at Miss New York USA and Miss California USA).

1 Results summary
- 1.1 Placements
- 1.2 Awards
2 Winners
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Results summary

[edit] Placements

Winners: Christie Lee Woods (1996)
First runners-up: Becky Pestana (1986), Nicole O'Brian (2000)
Third runners-up: Konae Wehle (1985), Kristi Wright (1989), Katherine Perello (2001)
Fourth runners-up: Sheri Scholz (1983), Charlene Molinar (1984),
Top 6: Becky Fisher (1990)
Top 10: Libby Pelton (1987), Christie Cole (1998), Misty Giles (1999)
Top 12: Kara Williams (1991)
Top 15: Tye Felan (2003), Magen Ellis (2004)

[edit] Awards

Style Award: Andria Mullins (1997)
Swimsuit award: Nicole O'Brian (2000), Katherine Perello (2001)

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2008	Lauren Guzman	Laredo	18
2007	Sommer Isdale	Harker Heights	16
2006	Raevan Valadez^[1]	Spicewood	18
2005	April Ford	Texarkana	18
2004	Magen Ellis	Whitehouse	17	Semi-finalist		Later Miss Texas USA 2007, top 10 at Miss USA 2007
2003	Tye Felan	Tomball	18	Semi-finalist
2002	Brittany Tiner^[2]	Freeport	16
2001	Katherine Perello^[3]	Lake Jackson	16	3rd runner-up	Body Glove Swimsuit Award
2000	Nicole O'Brian	Friendswood	17	1st runner-up	Swimsuit Award	Later Miss Texas USA 2003, 2nd runner up at Miss USA 2003, contestant on The Amazing Race 5
1999	Misty Giles^[4]	Killeen	18	Semi-finalist		Contestant on Survivor: Panama
1998	Christie Cole^[5]	Houston	16	Semi-finalist
1997	Andria Mullins	Waco	16		Style award	Competed at nine Miss USA state pageants, contestant on The Starlet
1996	Christie Lee Woods	Huntsville	18	Winner		Contestant on The Amazing Race 5
1995	Mandy Jeffreys	Midland	17			Appeared on The Bachelor
1994	Jaqueline Pena	Corpus Christi
1993	Erin Burnett	Plano
1992	Carissa Blair	Columbus				Later Miss Texas USA 1999
1991	Kara Williams	Houston		Semi-finalist		Later Miss Texas USA 1996, semifinalist at Miss USA 96, finished 9th at Miss USA 96
1990	Becky Fisher	Cypress		Finalist
1989	Kristi Wright	Del Rio		3rd runner-up
1988	Libby Pelton^[6]	Austin		Semi-finalist
1987	Richelle Kesling	Spring
1986	Becky Pestana	San Antonio		1st runner-up
1985	Konae Wehle	Humble		3rd runner-up
1984	Charlene Molinar	El Paso	18	4th runner-up
1983	Sheri Scholz	El Paso		4th runner-up

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

[edit] References

^ Obernauer, Matthew. "Austin student learning her role as Miss Texas Teen USA ; Life as beauty queen? Sometimes, it's work", Austin American-Statesman, 2006-01-06, p. B1.
^ "A tiara fit for a teen", Houston Chronicle, 2001-11-27.
^ Warren, Mike. "Lake Jackson's Perello takes home title of Miss Texas Teen USA", Houston Chronicle, 2000-12-06.
^ Tavakoli, Brenda. "Killeen student wins Miss Texas Teen USA", Houston Chronicle, 1998-11-30.
^ Berger, Eric. "Houston teen wins pageant", Houston Chronicle, 1997-12-01, p. 2A.
^ Associated Press. "Around Texas & Southwest/Austin girl crowned Miss Texas Teen-USA", The Dallas Morning News, 1987-11-30, p. 18A.