Miss Teen USA 2023


Miss Teen USA 2023 was the 41st Miss Teen USA pageant, held on September 28, 2023 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. Faron Medhi of Nebraska crowned UmaSofia Srivastava of New Jersey as her successor at the end of the event. Her win was the first win for New Jersey and the first back-to-back titleholders with Indian ancestry in Miss Teen USA's history. Srivastava resigned the title on May 7, 2024. Following Srivastava's resignation, first runner-up Stephanie Skinner declined to take over the role, leaving the position vacant.
This was the first edition of the pageant to be held under the ownership of fashion designer Laylah Rose and was streamed on The CW website and mobile app.

Background

Location

On July 14, 2022, it was reported that the competition would be held in Reno, Nevada, with the city securing a three-year deal to host the pageant from 2022 to 2024. This will be the third time that the pageant is held in Reno, and a second consecutive year holding the pageant in the city, following Miss USA 2019 and 2022. Former Miss USA organization president Crystle Stewart said the location was chosen to honor Cheslie Kryst, who had been crowned Miss USA 2019 in the same venue and had died of suicide in January 2022.

Pageant

Preliminary competition

The delayed telecast of the 2023 Miss Teen USA preliminary competition was broadcast via Miss USA's official YouTube page on September 28 at 7 p.m. Las Vegas time.

Judges

Results

Placements

§ – Voted into Top 20 through the online vote.

Contestants

51 titleholders competed for the title.
ContestantAgeHometownPlacementNotes
AlabamaKensey Collins15Spanish Fort
AlaskaStar Hunter16Anchorage
ArizonaPeyton Stuewe18 Goodyear
ArkansasMackenzie Scott19 Fayetteville
CaliforniaTaliya Peiris18 San RamonTop 20
ColoradoGrace Covney19 Highlands Ranch
ConnecticutJade Ferdinand19 Stamford
DelawareMolly Lavelle19 Wilmington
District of ColumbiaAsia Chisley17Washington, DCTop 20
FloridaSharlysse Nelson15 Destin
GeorgiaDenim Lovett19 BonaireTop 20
HawaiiNoeLani Denisi18Kahului
IdahoAngelina Ryan18Boise
IllinoisVivica Lewandowski18BarringtonTop 20
IndianaKinley Shoemaker18Franklin
IowaMadeline Erickson19AnkenyTop 20
KansasRiley Steinman19Shawnee
KentuckyMeShyia Bradshaw17Elizabethtown
LouisianaAveri Blyss Crawford17Baton Rouge
MaineJasmine Roy17Bangor
MarylandMadelyn Posey17Newburg
MassachusettsYanelyn Quintana17Haverhill
MichiganAvery Hill16Farmington Hills
MinnesotaMikhala Rivers17Maple Grove
MississippiClaire Ulmer18Natchez
MissouriMadison Beck18BarnhartTop 20
MontanaAva Williams18Billings
NebraskaAubrie Charter18North Platte
NevadaEmily Cox18Las Vegas
New HampshireMarayssa Raimondo18Dover
New JerseyUmaSofia Srivastava16Morris PlainsMiss Teen USA 2023
New MexicoAsia Rose Simpson15Hobbs
New YorkStephanie Skinner19Syracuse1st Runner-upFormerly Miss High School America 2021
North CarolinaKatie Setzer18Hickory
North DakotaMorgan Schwindt19FargoTop 20
OhioCarolina Sola17Gallipolis4th Runner-up
OklahomaJaselyn Rossman19SapulpaTop 20
OregonIsabella Ellsworth18Happy Valley
PennsylvaniaMaggie Ross19Pittsburgh2nd Runner-up
Rhode IslandLola Paolissi16CranstonTop 20
South CarolinaKenlee McVay19EasleyTop 20
South DakotaLindsey Pfingston18Rapid City
TennesseeBlye Allen17KnoxvilleTop 20
TexasHaylee Puckett16Houston3rd Runner-up
UtahJocelyn Osmond16AlpineTop 20
VermontNadja Dacres16Colchester
VirginiaAshley Wang16HerndonTop 20
WashingtonMackenzie Kuiken16South BendTop 20
West VirginiaLakyn Campbell18Parkersburg
WisconsinShelby Hohneke19HudsonTop 20
WyomingVictoria Salas19Evanston