Miss Missouri Teen USA

The Miss Missouri Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Missouri in the Miss Teen USA pageant. It is directed by Vanbros and Associates, based in Shawnee, Kansas. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.
Missouri is in the top 10 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Ten Missouri teens have gone on to compete at Miss USA, although only eight as Miss Missouri USA. The other two represented [Miss Miss Kansas USA|Kansas USA|Kansas], another Vanbros state.
Two notable Miss Missouri Teen USAs are Larissa Meek and Melana Scantlin, who appeared on the reality TV show Average Joe, another one is Brenda Smith-Lezama who represent Panama in Miss Universe 2021.
Mailyn Marsh of Ozark was crowned Miss Missouri Teen USA 2025 on May 11, 2025 at The Mansion Theater for the Performing Arts in Branson, Missouri. She represented Missouri for the title of Miss Teen USA 2025, and subsequently won the title.

WWW missmissouriusa.com

Results summary

Placements

Miss Teen USAs: Marissa Whitley, Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff, Mailyn Marsh
2nd runners-up: Audra Shurman
4th runners-up: Rhonda Hoglan, Sydnee Stottlemyre
Top 6: Tiffany Meyer, Leah Sexton
Top 10: Caitlin McIntosh
Top 12: Tavia Shackles, Melana Scantlin
Top 15: Alissa Reitmeier, Sierra Drimak, Christina Stratton, Dallas Ezard
Top 16: Brenda Smith-Lezama ^‡, Anna Long
Top 20: Madison Beck

Missouri holds a record of 18 placements at Miss Teen USA.
‡ Voted into Top 16 as America's Choice

Awards

Miss Photogenic: Melanie Breedlove, Christina Stratton
Miss Congeniality: Rachel Woolard

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Local title	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2025	Mailyn Marsh	Ozark	17	Miss Ozark Teen	Miss Teen USA 2025		Daughter of Miss Kansas USA 1999 & Miss Kansas Teen USA 1996, Amanda Carraway
2024	Shelby Welling	Jefferson City	18	Miss Capital City Teen	Top 20
2023	Madison Beck	Barnhart	18	Miss Jefferson County Teen	Top 20
2022	Shae Smith	Bolivar	18	Miss Springfield Teen			Previously Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2019 *4th runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2020 Later Miss Missouri USA 2025
2021	Anna Long	Lake Winnebago	17	Miss Lake Winnebago Teen	Top 16
2020	Holly McDowell	Lee's Summit	15	Miss Greater Lee's Summit Teen
2019	Abilene Lortz	St. James	15	Miss Vienna Teen
2018	Chloe Bartlett	Liberal	18	Miss Truman Teen			Daughter of Miss Missouri USA 1990 Lori Suschnick
2017	Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff	Kansas City	16	Miss City of Fountain Teen	Miss Teen USA 2017
2016	Dallas Ezard	St. Louis	18	Miss Lake of the Ozark Teen	Top 15		Daughter of Miss Missouri USA 1993 Stephanie Nunn Ezard.
2015	Christina Stratton	Sedalia	15	Miss Sedalia Teen	Top 15	Miss Photogenic	Later Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2016 *Top 8 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2017
2014	Samantha Bowers	Harrisonville	18	Miss Cass County Teen
2013	Brenda Smith-Lezama	Columbia	18	Miss Columbia Teen	Top 16		Student at University of Missouri at the time of crowning Later Mexicana Universal Ciudad de México 2019 2nd runner up at Mexicana Universal 2020 Later Señorita Panamá 2021 Top 16 at Miss Universe 2021
2012	Jayde Ogle	Liberty	17	Miss Stone County Teen
2011	Sydnee Stottlemyre	St. Louis	17	Miss Gateway St. Louis Teen	4th runner-up		Previously Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2008 4th runner up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009 Later Miss Missouri USA 2016 Top 10 at Miss USA 2016
2010	Erica Sturdefant	Springfield	16	Miss Metropolis Teen			Later Miss Missouri USA 2014
2009	Sierra Drimak	Cottleville	18	Miss Cottleville Teen	Top 15
2008	Jeni Dixon	Hartville	17	Miss Wright County Teen
2007	Lauren Peterson	Farmington	16	Miss St. Francois County Teen			Later Miss Grand USA 2015
2006	Breanna Huellinghorst	O'Fallon	16
2005	Rachel Woolard	Naylor	17			Miss Congeniality
2004	Alissa Reitmeier	St. Charles	17		Top 15
2003	Amber Seyer	Oran	17				Later Miss Missouri USA 2007 *Top 10 Miss USA 2007
2002	Courtney Chilcutt	Dexter	18
2001	Marissa Whitley	Springfield	17		Miss Teen USA 2001
2000	Caitlin McIntosh	New Haven	18		Top 10		3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2002
1999	Andrea Camile Elliott	Independence	19
1998	Brittany McDonald	Sikeston	18	Miss Sikeston Teen
1997	Larissa Meek	St. Louis	17	Miss Getaway to the West Teen			Later Miss Missouri USA 2001 *Finished 5th at Miss USA 2001
1996	Leah Sexton	Independence	17		Top 6
1995	Melana Scantlin	Gladstone	19		Top 12		Later Miss Missouri USA 2002
1994	Tiffany Meyer	Parkville	19	Miss Platte Teen	Top 6		Later Miss Kansas USA 2000 *Finished 4th at Miss USA 2000 2nd runner-up at Miss Oktoberfest 2001 as Miss Missouri
1993	Melanie Breedlove	Mountain Grove	19			Miss Photogenic	Later Miss Missouri USA 1998 *2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1998
1992	Robin Swain	Lilbourn	18
1991	Audra Sherman	Sikeston	15		2nd Runner-up
1990	Tavia Shackles	Lee's Summit	18		Top 12		Later Miss Kansas USA 1993 *2nd runner up at Miss USA 1993 Later married Kansas City Chiefs owner and CEO Clark Hunt Mother of Gracie Hunt, Miss Kansas USA 2021 Daughter-in-law of Chiefs and AFL and MLS founder Lamar Hunt
1989	April Smith	Kansas City	15
1988	Beverly Boatright	Republic	19
1987	Sherri Garner	Kansas City	17
1986	Jennifer Tangora	Mexico	18
1985	Rhonda Hoglan	Kansas City	16		4th Runner-up		Later Miss Missouri USA 1989
1984	Leanne Sydenstricker	Mexico	17
1983	Lisa Logan	Columbia	18

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant