Miss Nevada Teen USA
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| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Las Vegas |
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| Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Shanna Moakler (executive director) |
| Website | Website |
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The Miss Nevada Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Contestants compete in interview, active wear, and evening gown. Winners have most commonly come from Las Vegas since the pageant began in 1983.
Cameron Reese of Las Vegas was crowned Miss Nevada Teen USA 2025 on July 29, 2025, at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. She represented Nevada at Miss Teen USA 2025.
Placements
- 2nd runners-up: Victoria Franklin (1998), Helen Salas (2004), Alexis Smith (2017), Erica Bonilla (2019)
- 4th runner-up: Carissa Morrow (2016)
- Top 10: Kimberly Cannon (1983), Kristen Walthers (1999), Cameron Reese (2025)
- Top 15/16: Ileri Tunrarebi (2009), Britney Barnhart (2018), Janae McIntosh (2022)
Nevada holds a record of 11 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Janae McIntosh (2022)
- Miss Photogenic: JJ Casper (1990)
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Placement at Miss Teen USA |
Special awards | Notes |
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| 2025 | Cameron Reese | Las Vegas | 18 | Miss Las Vegas Teen | Top 10 | ||
| 2024 | Courtney Clark | Las Vegas | 18 | Miss Area 51 Teen | |||
| 2023 | Emily Cox | Las Vegas | 18 | Miss Silver State Teen | |||
| 2022 | Janae McIntosh | Las Vegas | 19 | Miss Silver State Teen | Top 16 | Miss Congeniality | |
| 2021 | Noelani Mendoza | Las Vegas | 18 | Miss Red Rock Teen | |||
| 2020 | Montana Cencarik | Las Vegas | 18 | Miss Las Vegas Teen | |||
| 2019 | Erica Bonilla | Las Vegas | 18 | Miss Tivoli Teen | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2018 | Britney Barnhart | Las Vegas | 16 | Miss Las Vegas Teen | Top 15 | Sister of Miss Nevada Teen USA 2008 Lauren Hudman and daughter of Jill Liebmann Miss Oklahoma USA 1982 | |
| 2017 | Alexis Smith | Las Vegas | 16 | Miss Summerlin Teen | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2016 | Carissa Morrow[1] | Henderson[2] | 18[2] | Miss Seven Hills Teen | 4th runner-up | ||
| 2015 | Geovanna Hilton | Las Vegas[3] | 18[3] | Miss Clark County Teen | |||
| 2014 | Alexa Taylor[4] | Las Vegas[5] | 15[5] | Miss Summerlin Teen | |||
| 2013 | Amanda Jenkins | Reno[6] | 18[6] | Miss Sparks Teen | |||
| 2012 | Katie Eklund | Las Vegas[7] | 19[7] | Miss Las Vegas Teen | |||
| 2011 | Ashley Brown | Las Vegas | 18[8] | Miss Nellis AFB Teen | |||
| 2010 | Audrey Denison | Las Vegas[9] | 17[9] | Miss Green Valley Teen | Later converted to Mormonism and served mission for the LDS Church[10] | ||
| 2009 | Ileri Tunrarebi[11][12] | Henderson[13] | 19[13] | Miss Henderson Teen | Top 15[14] | Cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers[15] | |
| 2008 | Lauren Hudman | Henderson | 18 | Miss Henderson Teen | Daughter of Jill Barnhart (Miss Oklahoma USA 1982)[16] and sister of Miss Nevada Teen USA 2018 Britney Barnhart | ||
| 2007 | Danielle Hashimoto | Reno | 16[17] |
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| 2006 | Georgina Vaughan | Las Vegas | 18[18] |
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| 2005 | Kelli Crossley | Las Vegas | 17[19] | ||||
| 2004 | Helen Salas | Las Vegas | 18[20] | 2nd runner-up |
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| 2003 | Ashley Phelps | Las Vegas | 15[21] | ||||
| 2002 | Kathryn Bigler | Las Vegas | 18[22] | ||||
| 2001 | Tahnee Harrison | ||||||
| 2000 | Melissa Davis | Las Vegas[23] | 18[23] | ||||
| 1999 | Kristen Walthers | Las Vegas | 16 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1998 | Victoria Franklin | Las Vegas | 14 | 2nd runner-up |
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| 1997 | Kaci Thompson | Las Vegas | 19 | ||||
| 1996 | Cerina Vincent | Las Vegas | 18 | Actress, has appeared in Not Another Teen Movie, Cabin Fever and Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy | |||
| 1995 | Alicia Carnes[24] | Las Vegas | 17 |
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| 1994 | Heather Kittrel | Las Vegas | 15 | ||||
| 1993 | Tammie Rankin | Las Vegas | 16 |
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| 1992 | Jennifer Gassmann[25] | Las Vegas | 18 | ||||
| 1991 | Brooke Hammond | Las Vegas | 19 |
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| 1990 | JJ Casper | Las Vegas | 19 | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 1989 | Stacey L Bentley | Las Vegas | 19 | ||||
| 1988 | Erin Abernathy | Las Vegas | 19 | ||||
| 1987 | Terri Broca | Las Vegas | 19 | ||||
| 1986 | Wendy Stewart | Las Vegas | 15 | ||||
| 1985 | Leslye Peterson | Las Vegas | 16 | ||||
| 1984 | Rana Kirkland | Las Vegas | 17 | ||||
| 1983 | Kimberly Cannon | Las Vegas[26] | 18[26] | Semi-finalist[27] |
