Miss Alaska Teen USA
Beauty pageant competition
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Miss Alaska Teen USA is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss Teen USA pageant and the name of the title held by that winner.
| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Anchorage |
| Location | |
| Members | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
The pageant is part of the Miss Universe Organization which also holds the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants. The Miss Alaska Teen USA pageant is generally held in the late fall or early winter in Anchorage, Alaska together with the Miss Alaska USA. The pageant is currently directed by Simply Stunning LLC from 2015 until 2024.[1]
Alaska has never won Miss Teen USA title,[2] with only three teens making the semi-finals or better. However, Marla Johnson placed 1st runner-up to Bridgette Wilson of Oregon at Miss Teen USA 1990. The other two placements are recent, coming in 2003 and 2005.[1][3][4] Alaska has not won any special awards in Miss Teen USA.[4]
Three Alaska teens later won the Miss Alaska USA title.[4]
Josephine Herbert of Anchorage was crowned Miss Alaska Teen USA 2025 on August 3, 2025 at The University Of Alaska, Recital Hall in Anchorage. Herbert represented Alaska at Miss Teen USA 2025.
Results summary
Placements
- 1st runner-up: Marla Johnson (1990)
- Top 10: Brittany Jackson (2003)
- Top 15: Sonja Garness (2005)
Alaska holds a record of 3 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Winners
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name[4] | Hometown | Age1 | Local title | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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| 2025 | Josephine Herbert | Palmer | 18 | Miss North Star Teen | |||
| 2024 | Nevaeh James | Anchorage | 16 | Miss Anchorage Teen | |||
| 2023 | Star Hunter | Miss South Anchorage Teen | |||||
| 2022 | Madison Hines | Eagle River | Miss Eagle River Teen | ||||
| 2021 | Ellie Smith | Anchorage | 18 | Daughter of Sarah Ann Smith, Miss Alaska Teen USA 1998 | |||
| 2020 | Jadyn Fraser | Fairbanks | 15 |
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| 2019 | Meghan Scott[5] | Eagle River | 16 | ||||
| 2018 | McKinley Wooten | Palmer | 16 | ||||
| 2017 | Tana Bartels[6] | Fairbanks[6] | 18[6] | ||||
| 2016 | Nneamaka Isolokwu[7] | Anchorage[8] | 18[8] | ||||
| 2015 | Katelyn Cusack[9][2] | 17[10] | |||||
| 2014 | Whitney Williams | 17[11] | |||||
| 2013 | Kimberly Agron | 18[12] |
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| 2012 | Veronica Temple | Eagle River[14] | 18[14] |
Sister of Miss Alaska USA 2010 Sarah Temple
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| 2011 | Denali Whiting[15][16] | Kotzebue[16] | 19 | First Inupiaq Eskimo to hold the title[16] | |||
| 2010 | Kali Scott | Anchorage | 17 | ||||
| 2009 | Zlata Sushchik[17] | Anchorage[17] | 19[17] | ||||
| 2008 | Victoria Ray | Eagle River | 18 | ||||
| 2007 | Muriel Clauson[18] | Anchorage | 17 | ||||
| 2006 | Degen Kasper[19] | Anchorage | 17 | ||||
| 2005 | Sonja Garness | Anchorage | 17 | Top 15 | Sister of Rachel Garness, Miss Alaska Teen USA 2002[1] | ||
| 2004 | Nina Sutherlin | Anchorage | 18 | ||||
| 2003 | Brittany Ann Jackson | Wasilla | 17 | Top 10 | |||
| 2002 | Rachel Marie Garness | Anchorage | 15 | Sister of Sonja Garness, Miss Alaska Teen USA 2005[1] | |||
| 2001 | Danielle Smith | Anchorage | 18 | ||||
| Kaylen Kelley | Resigned title prior to national pageant | ||||||
| 2000 | Christina Olejniczak | Palmer | 18 |
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| 1999 | Kjersti Parker | Anchorage | 18 | ||||
| 1998 | Sarah Ann Smith | Anchorage | 16 | Mother of Elle Smith, Miss Alaska Teen USA 2021 | |||
| 1997 | Laurie Ann Miller | Wasilla | 18 |
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| 1996 | Brandee McCoskey | Anchorage | 18 | ||||
| 1995 | Heather Evans | Sitka | |||||
| 1994 | Kristina Bellamy | Anchorage | |||||
| 1993 | Christina Thornton | Anchorage | |||||
| 1992 | Cindy Bridges | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1991 | Stacey Stewart | Eagle River | |||||
| 1990 | Marla Johnson | Anchorage | 18 | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1989 | Amy Allen | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1988 | Joleen Jeffcoat | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1987 | Lauren Straubb | Wasilla | |||||
| 1986 | Bobbie Mitchell | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1985 | Debbie Eason | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1984 | Dawn Goldi[20] | Fairbanks | 17 | ||||
| 1983 | Linda Kay Fickus | Fairbanks | 18 | Sister of Miss Alaska USA 1980 Debby Fickus[21] Died from breast cancer in 2008.[22] |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant