Miss West Virginia Teen USA

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The Miss West Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is independently conducted and produced by Empower2 Productions LLC. and is formerly directed by Sanders & Associates, Inc., dba- Pageant Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia.

Despite a relatively strong start in the 1980s, with two semi-finals finishes, no Miss West Virginia Teen USA placed from 1988 to 2005, when Andrea Turner placed 2nd runner-up to Allie LaForce of Ohio. After this, West Virginia had more success with more placements in 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2018.

Four Miss West Virginia Teen USA's have also won the Miss West Virginia USA title and competed at Miss USA.

Emma Kitchen of Buckhannon was crowned Miss West Virginia Teen USA 2022 on June 5, 2022 at Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts in West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon. She will represent West Virginia for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.

Results summary

Placements

• 1st runners-up: Elizabeth Sabatino (2012)
• 2nd runners-up: Andrea Turner (2005), Haley Holloway (2013)
• 4th runners-up: Chelsea Welch (2007)
• Top 10: Jodi Caldwell (1986), Wendy Stephens (1988)
• Top 15: Susan Hines King (2011), Lexsey Marrara (2014), Olivia Hutchison (2017), Trinity Tiffany (2018)

West Virginia holds a record of 10 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

• Miss Congeniality: Jasmine Lemons of Wheeling (2020)
• Miss Photogenic: Cayton Carder of Masontown (2020)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2024	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
2023	Lakyn Campbell	Parkersburg	18
2022	Emma Kitchen	Buckhannon	18
2021	Brylee Knotts	Grafton	18
2020	Sophia Isabella Martino	Bridgeport	17
2019	Brennah Groves	Summersville	17
2018	Trinity Tiffany	Huntington	16	Top 15
2017	Olivia Hutchison	Huntington	18	Top 15
2016	Cassy Trickett	St. Marys	18
2015	Cora King	Hurricane	16		Miss Congeniality
2014	Lexsey Marrara	Morgantown	17	Top 15
2013	Haley Holloway	Morgantown	17	2nd runner-up		Later Miss West Virginia USA 2019
2012	Elizabeth Sabatino[1]	Morgantown	16	1st runner-up
2011	Susan Hines King	Fairmont	16	Top 15
2010	Ally Grace Brandfass	Morgantown	16
2009	Alysia Thompson	Ripley	16
2008	Micah Michael[2]	Morgantown	17
2007	Chelsea Welch	West Union	16	4th runner-up		Later Miss West Virginia USA 2013 and Top 15 at Miss USA 2013
2006	Lora Gallagher	Bridgeport	18
2005	Andrea Turner	Benwood	17	2nd runner-up
2004	Mary Ellen Wolfe	Huntington	18			Daughter of Mrs. America 1984- Deborah Wolfe[3]
2003	Whitney Veach	Petersburg	16			Later Miss West Virginia USA 2011
2002	Heather Estep	Hurricane	18
2001	Tara Szersen	Wheeling	17
2000	Ginneene Barone	Charleston	18
1999	Carrie Anne Fleshman	Pinch/Charleston	16
1998	Erica Bevins	Huntington	18
1997	Amanda Burns	Charleston	17			Later Miss West Virginia USA 1999 and Mrs. West Virginia America 2004 under her married name, Amanda Duffy.[4]
1996	Heather Gray	Charleston	16
1995	Sarah Russell	Hurricane	15
1994	Jonelle Spiker	Charleston	17
1993	Jennifer Pringle	Charleston	19
1992	Kelly Humphreys	Charleston	15
1991	Tracey Rexroad	Weston	18
1990	Mindy Green	Buckhannon	18
1989	Jennifer Dunn	Buckhannon	18
1988	Wendy Stephens	Parkersburg	18	Top 10
1987	Cheryl Cullop	Beckley	17
1986	Jodi Caldwell	Nitro	15	Top 10
1985	Kelly Porterfield	Martinsburg	16		Best State Costume
1984	Trina Vertillo	Richwood	15
1983	Kay Scadden	Newell	17

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

External links

• Official website

References