Miss Connecticut Teen USA

Miss Connecticut Teen USA
Formation	1983
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Coral Springs
Location	Florida;
Membership	Miss Teen USA
Official language	English
Exec. Director	Barbara Ewald
Budget	300,000
Website	Official website

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

The state pageant directors are:

Crown Productions from 2003 to 2008
Sanders & Associates, Inc., dba- Pageant Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia from 2009 to 2017
Five Crown Pageant Productions based in Washington, D.C. from 2018 to 2019
Ewald Productions from 2020

Connecticut has been one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA. In 2002, Ashley Bickford's placement followed the 4th runner-up placement of Miss Connecticut USA Alita Dawson, who had previously been Miss Connecticut Teen-USA 1997. This was Connecticut's highest joint placement, and the highest joint placement of any state that year. Dawson was one of four Miss Connecticut Teen-USA titleholder to later win the Miss Connecticut-USA title.

The state has produced two Miss Teen USA winners: Logan West who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2012, and Kaliegh Garris who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2019.

Mya Xeller of New Haven was crowned Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2022 on April 10, 2022, at Marriott Airport Hotel in Windsor. She will represent Connecticut for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.

Results summary

Placements

Miss Teen USAs: Logan West (2012), Kaliegh Garris (2019)
Top 10: Ashley Bickford (2002)
Top 12: Cynthia Schneck (1993)
Top 16: Samantha Sarelli (2020)

Connecticut holds a record of 5 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

Miss Congeniality: Allison Barbeau-Diorio (1987)

Winners

Color key

Declared as Winner
Ended as runner-up
Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2024	Ava Celentano	North Haven	14
2023	Jade Ferdinand	Stamford	19
2022	Mya Xeller	New Haven	17
2021	Nikitha Kikanamada	South Windsor	19			First Indian American Miss Connecticut Teen USA
2020	Samantha Sarelli	Westport	18	Top 16
2019	Kaliegh Garris	New Haven	18	Miss Teen USA 2019
2018	Elle Sauli	Newtown	17
2017	Lana Coffey	New Canaan	18
2016	Katy Brown	Hebron	18
2015	Savannah Marie Giammarco	Middletown	16			Previously National American Miss Junior Teen 2012–13 1st runner-up at Miss Connecticut 2019 competition
2014	Sydney West	Vernon	16			Sister of Logan West, Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2012 and Miss Teen USA 2012
2013	Kendall Leary	Wallingford	17
2012	Logan West^[1]	Southington	18	Miss Teen USA 2012^[2]^[3]		Sister of Sydney West, Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2014 Previously Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen 2010^[4]
2011	Samantha Mary Sojka	North Granby	19
2010	Alyssa Taglia	Cheshire	16
2009	Tiffany Ann Teixeira	Bridgeport	17			Later Miss Connecticut USA 2016 Top 10 at Miss USA 2016
2008	Brianne Hiltz	Shelton	18
2007	Olga Yurievna Litvinenko^[5]	Greenwich	17			Emigrated from Ukraine to the US at age three Later Miss Connecticut USA 2017
2006	Kristen Heide	Madison	18
2005	Jennifer Brooks	Bristol	17			Top 10 at Miss Teen America 2003
2004	Kayla Salerno	New Britain	16
2003	Nina Musumeci	Hartford	17
2002	Ashley Bickford	Hartford	17	Semi-finalist		Triple Crown winner: Previously Miss Rhode Island 2007 and Preliminary Swimsuit Winner and Miss Photogenic at the Miss America 2008 pageant Later Miss Connecticut USA 2010
2001	Marie-Lynn Piscitelli	North Haven	15			Later Miss Connecticut USA 2012
2000	Lisa DeLeo	Guilford	17
1999	Bethany McGlynn	Preston	18
1998	Natalie Perez	Meriden	18
1997	Alita Dawson	Hamden	18			Later Miss Teen All American 1998 Later Miss Connecticut USA 2002 4th runner up at Miss USA 2002 pageant
1996	Marissa Perez	Meriden	18			Later Miss Connecticut 2001
1995	Tiffanyanne Kosma	Voluntown
1994	Stacey Ann Raffone	New Haven
1993	Cynthia Schneck	Wilton	17	Semi-finalist
1992	Tiffany Selivonchik	New Milford
1991	Allison Benusis	Ridgefield				Later Miss Connecticut USA 1993
1990	Amy Raboin	Hartford
1989	Suzanne Ianucci	West Haven
1988	Bobbie-Jo Shanahan	East Hartford
1987	Allison Barbeau-Diorio	Fairfield			Miss Congeniality	Later Miss Connecticut USA 1990
1986	Karen Zawacki	Danbury
1985	Kristine Kunst	Wallingford	16
1984	Monique Savery	Hartford
1983	Beth Waldron	Hartford

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

^ Chaiken, Mike (July 30, 2012). "CT's Logan West is now a 'retired' princess". Southington Observer.
^ Reiher, Andrea (July 28, 2012). "Miss Teen USA 2012 is Logan West of Connecticut". Zap2it. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012.
^ "Logan West crowned Miss Teen USA 2012". Bahamas Local News. 2012-07-30.
^ Bennett-Smith, Meredith (July 30, 2012). "Logan West, Miss Teen USA 2012, Overcame Bullying On The Way To Pageant Crown". Huffington Post. Logan West, the 18-year-old beauty queen, was named Connecticut's Outstanding Teen in 2010.
^ Shaw, Andrew (2007-08-01). "GHS student to compete for Miss Teen USA". Greenwich Time. Retrieved 2007-08-01. ^{[dead link]}

External links

Official website

[West_CT_2012-1] Chaiken, Mike (July 30, 2012). "CT's Logan West is now a 'retired' princess". Southington Observer.

[2] Reiher, Andrea (July 28, 2012). "Miss Teen USA 2012 is Logan West of Connecticut". Zap2it. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012.

[3] "Logan West crowned Miss Teen USA 2012". Bahamas Local News. 2012-07-30.

[West_2010-4] Bennett-Smith, Meredith (July 30, 2012). "Logan West, Miss Teen USA 2012, Overcame Bullying On The Way To Pageant Crown". Huffington Post. Logan West, the 18-year-old beauty queen, was named Connecticut's Outstanding Teen in 2010.

[5] Shaw, Andrew (2007-08-01). "GHS student to compete for Miss Teen USA". Greenwich Time. Retrieved 2007-08-01. ^{[dead link]}

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