Miss Wyoming Teen USA
Beauty pageant competition
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The Miss Wyoming Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wyoming in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Savage |
| Location | Minnesota |
| Members | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Wyoming's highest placement was at Miss Teen USA 1985 when Emily Ernst placed first runner-up to Kelly Hu of Hawaii.[1]
Six Miss Wyoming Teen USA winners have gone on to win the Miss Wyoming USA title and compete at Miss USA.[2]
Joie Kennedy of Niwot, CO was appointed Miss Wyoming Teen USA on July 30th, 2026 after the open casting call from Thomas Brodeur, the new owner of the national pageant. She will represent Wyoming at Miss Teen USA 2026.
Results summary
Placements
- 1st runner-up: Emily Ernst (1985)[1]
- Top 5: Gina DeBernardi (1998)
- Top 15/16/20: Mollie Smith (2007), Amy David (2009), Caroline Scott (2010), Sydney Graus (2012), Autumn Schieferstein (2017), Grace Turner (2019), Teryn Thatcher (2021), Addison Hollensworth (2025), Joie Kennedy (2026)
Wyoming holds a record of 11 placements at Miss Teen USA
Awards
Miss Photogenic: Addison Hollensworth (2025)
Winners
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name[2] | Hometown[2] | Age1 | Local title | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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| 2026 | Joie Kennedy | Niwot, CO | 17 | Miss Boulder County Teen | Top 20 |
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| 2025 | Addison Hollensworth | Little Rock, AR | 18 | Miss Wye Mountain Teen | Top 20 | Miss Photogenic |
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| 2024 | Aubree Kruger | Worland | 18 | Miss Washakie County Teen | Miss Cass County (ND) 2027 | ||
| 2023 | Victoria Salas | Evanston | 19 | Miss Evanston Teen | |||
| 2022 | Nora Steinke[3] | Laramie | 17 | Miss Laramie Teen | Cousin of Erin Shae Swanson, Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2019 | ||
| 2021 | Teryn Thatcher | Kemmerer | 18 | Top 16 | |||
| 2020 | Baylee Drewry | Greybull | 16 |
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| 2019 | Grace Turner | Jackson | 18 | Top 15 | |||
| 2018 | Mackenzie Kern[4] | Casper[4] | 17 |
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| 2017 | Autumn Schieferstein[5] | Cheyenne[5] | 15[5] | Top 15[6] | |||
| 2016 | Shelly McRoberts[7] | Cheyenne[7] | 17[7] | ||||
| 2015 | Payton Sanders[8] | Casper[8] | 16[8] | Sister of Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2014[8] | |||
| 2014 | Karlie Sanders[9] | Casper[9] | 17[9] | Sister of Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2015[8] | |||
| 2013 | Autumn Olson[10] | Saratoga[10] | 18[10] |
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| 2012 | Sydney Graus | Jackson Hole | 17 | Top 15 | |||
| 2011 | Ashley Golden | Gillette | 17 |
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| 2010 | Caroline Scott[11] | Cheyenne | 17 | Top 15 |
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| 2009 | Amy David | Pinedale | 17 | Top 15 | |||
| 2008 | Callie Bishop | Casper | 18 |
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| 2007 | Mollie Smith | Casper | 17 | Top 15 | |||
| 2006 | Katy Lambert[13] | Worland | 18 | ||||
| 2005 | Brenna Mader | Gillette | 18 |
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| 2004 | Maddison Strasheim | Cheyenne | 18 | ||||
| 2003 | Kasi Johnston | Cheyenne | 16 | ||||
| 2002 | Jamie Mader[14] | Gillette | 17 | Sister of Brenna Mader, Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2005 and Miss Tennessee USA 2013 | |||
| 2001 | Natalie Koontz | Cody | 18 | ||||
| 2000 | Kristin George | Casper | 18 |
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| 1999 | Katie Rudoff | Green River | 16 |
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| 1998 | Gina DeBernardi | Rock Springs | 18 | Top 5 | |||
| 1997 | Esmerelda Trinidad Gonzales | Green River | 18 | ||||
| 1996 | Michelle Jefferson | Casper | 18 | ||||
| 1995 | Erica Williams | Cheyenne | 16 | ||||
| 1994 | Whitney Alstrom | Casper | 15 | ||||
| 1993 | Lana Hansen | Gillette | 15 | ||||
| 1992 | Dondi Bowman | Lingle | 15 | ||||
| 1991 | Britta Lund | Sheridan | 15 | ||||
| 1990 | Janet Poccup | Cheyenne | 18 | ||||
| 1989 | Gretchen Wathen | Casper | 17 | ||||
| 1988 | Michele Apostoles | Casper | 17 | ||||
| 1987 | Kim Roberts | Rock Springs | 18 | ||||
| 1986 | Julie Henry | Gillette | 17 | ||||
| 1985 | Emily Ernst[1] | Gillette[1] | 17[1] | 1st runner-up[1] | |||
| 1984 | Allison Falk | Gillette | 19 | ||||
| 1983 | Shanna Thompson | Casper | 15 |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant