Miss West Virginia Teen USA
| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Buckhannon |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official Website |
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, 2018 and 2024.
Four Miss West Virginia Teen USA's have also won the Miss West Virginia USA title and competed at Miss USA.
Baylee Jarrett of Craigsville was crowned Miss West Virginia Teen USA 2025 on July 27, 2025 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 2025.
Results summary
Placements
- 1st runners-up: Elizabeth Sabatino (2012)
- 2nd runners-up: Andrea Turner (2005), Haley Holloway (2013)
- 4th runners-up: Chelsea Welch (2007), Olivia Travis (2024)
- 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 11 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Jasmine Lemons of Wheeling (2020)
- Miss Photogenic: Cayton Carder of Masontown (2020)
Winners
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Local title | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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| 2025 | Baylee Jarret | Craigsville | TBA | Miss Pumpkin Festival Teen | TBA | TBA | |
| 2024 | Olivia Travis | Gerrardstown | 19 | Miss Barboursville Fall Festival Teen | 4th Runner-up |
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| 2023 | Lakyn Campbell | Parkersburg | 18 | Miss Parkersburg Teen | |||
| 2022 | Emma Kitchen | Buckhannon | 18 | Miss Williamstown Teen | |||
| 2021 | Brylee Knotts | Grafton | 18 | Miss Three Rivers Festival Teen | |||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
References
- ^ "3 area women make semi-finalist in Miss West Virginia USA pageants". Herald-Dispatch. October 31, 2011.
- ^ "Pageants". Herald-Dispatch. November 3, 2007.
- ^ West Virginia 2004 Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, TFTJ
- ^ "2004 Mrs America". Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2010.