Miss Georgia Teen USA

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Shannon Geraghty, Miss Georgia Teen USA 2008

Jena Sims, Miss Georgia Teen USA 2007

The Miss Georgia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed Greenwood Productions.

Georgia is the third most successful state at Miss Teen USA [1], and has had the second highest number of semifinalist placings (or better) [2]. Despite this, like their sister pageant, Miss Georgia USA, they have never won the competition despite having placed 2nd, 3rd, 4th,and 5th as well as several finalist and semi-finalist spots. They have never won any of the main awards, but did win Style awards in 1999 and 2000.

Three Georgia teens later won the Miss Georgia USA crown, and one other won the Miss Indiana USA title. Kelly Jerles, the first Miss Georgia Teen USA, became the first Teen titleholder to compete at Miss America, representing Georgia in 1987. Another Georgia teen also competed for Alabama at that pageant.

1 Results summary
- 1.1 Placements
- 1.2 Awards
2 Winners
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Results summary

[edit] Placements

First runners-up: Meredith Young (1991), Whitney Fuller (1994)
Second runners-up: Holly Roehl (1990)
Third runners-up: Kelly Jerles (1983)
Fourth runners-up: Kimberly Harlan (2002), Brittany Sharp (2006)
Top 5: Abby Vaillancourt (2000)
Top 6: Danesha Reid (1993)
Top 10: Meredith Brown (1985), Hope Allen (1987), Brandy Drake (2001), Katie Conkle (2005)
Top 15: Brooke Calhoun (2004)

[edit] Awards

Style Award: Abby Vaillancourt (2000), Brandy Drake (2001)

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2008	Shannon Geraghty	Norcross	15
2007	Jena Sims	Winder	17			Miss National Junior Teenager 2004
2006	Brittany Sharp	Roswell	15	4th runner-up
2005	Katie Conkle	Hampton	18	Finalist
2004	Brooke Calhoun	Roswell	18	Semi-finalist
2003	Cassady Lance	Savannah	18
2002	Kimberly Harlan^[1]	Marietta	18	4th runner-up		Later U.S. Miss World 2003, competed at Miss World 2003
2001	Brandy Drake		18	Semi-finalist	Clairol Style Award
2000	Abby Vaillancourt	Fayetteville	19	Finalist	Clairol Style Award
1999	Keely Wright
1999	Jane Kim					Dethroned after she failed citizenship requirements.^[2]
1998	Midori Thompson^[3]
1997	Cheri Wheeler
1996	Summer Newmann
1995	Gillian Nicholson
1994	Whitney Fuller	Sautee Nacoochee	16	1st runner-up
1993	Danesha Reid^[4]	Fayetteville	18	Finalist		Later Miss Georgia USA 1997
1992	Kristie Harmon					Later Miss World USA 1994, competed at Miss World 1994
1991	Meredith Young^[5]	Cairo	18	1st runner-up		Later Miss Georgia USA 1999
1990	Holly Roehl	Griffin	17	2nd runner-up		Accused the director of not giving her the prizes she was promised and claimed her third-place finish in the national pageant was a mistake and that judges meant to crown her Miss Teen USA;^[5] later Miss Indiana USA 1996 and top 10 at Miss USA 1996
1989	Kim Malloy
1988	Erin Nance	Calhoun				Later Miss Georgia USA 1993 and 1st runner at Miss USA 1993, 2nd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1994, Miss Teen All American 1991
1987	Hope Allen	Thomaston		Semi-finalist
1986	Wendy Newendorf	Atlanta				Later Miss Alabama 1990
1985	Meredith Brown			Semi-finalist
1984	Andrea Randall
1983	Kelly Jerles			3rd runner-up		Later Miss Georgia 1987

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

[edit] References

^ Associated Press (2001-10-28). "Miss Georgia, Miss Georgia Teen crowned". Press release.
^ Smith, Gita. "Beauty queen not of this realm Alpharetta girl has to give up Miss Georgia Teen USA crown because she's not an American citizen.", The Atlanta Journal - The Atlanta Constitution, 1999-06-26, p. A1.
^ Associated Press (1998-05-25). "Augustan crowned Miss Georgia Teen USA". Press release.
^ "Fayetteville teen captures crown at state pageant", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 1993-07-01, p. M/1.
^ ^a ^b "Living for that brief walk down the runway", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 1991-04-15, p. A/01.