Miss Virginia Teen USA


The Miss Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Virginia is one of the more successful states at Miss Teen USA, and is placed in the top twenty in terms of number and value of placements . Their most successful decade was the 1980s.
No Miss Virginia Teen USA has won the Miss Teen USA crown, but their highest placement came in the first year of competition, when Tina Marrocco placed 1st runner-up to Ruth Zakarian of New York.
Virginia ties the record for the most Teens to cross over to win the Miss Virginia USA title and compete at Miss USA with eleven in all, two others have later been crowned in other states, Indiana and North Carolina. One of these is Kristi Lauren Glakas, a Triple Crown winner who competed at Miss USA 2004 and placed 3rd runner-up at Miss America 2006.
The current titleholder is Emma McReynolds, was crowned on February 16, 2025, at Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel in Arlington. She represented Virginia at Miss Teen USA 2025.
WWW missvirginiausa.com

Results summary

Placements

  • 1st runner-up: Tina Marrocco
  • 3rd runners-up: Angela Thigpin, Samantha "Sam" Casey
  • Top 5: Misty Horn
  • Top 10: Kimberly "Kim" Grigsby, Kristi Lauren Glakas, Tori Hall, Emily Bruce
  • Top 12: Andrea Ballengee
  • Top 15: Megan Myrehn, Jacqueline Carroll
  • Top 20: Ashley Wang, Julia Allen
Virginia holds a record of 13 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Winners

YearNameHometownAge1Local titlePlacement at Miss Teen USASpecial awards at Miss Teen USANotes
2025Emma McReynoldsCoeburn18Miss Wise County Teen
2024Julia AllenLynchburg17Miss Spirit of Volunteer TeenTop 20
2023Ashley WangHerndon16Miss Herndon TeenTop 20First Chinese American Miss Virginia Teen USA
2022Hannah GrauFredericksburg17Miss Fredericksburg Teen
2021Alyssa MawyerBroadway18Miss Broadway Teen
  • Previously Miss High School America 2019
2020Amya CaldwellAshburn16Miss Old Dominion Teen
2019Morgan Brooke DutyLebanon16Miss Lebanon Teen
2018Himanvi Preeti PanidepuCentreville17Miss Central Virginia TeenFirst Asian American and first East Indian American Miss Virginia Teen-USA
  • Later Miss Virginia USA 2024
  • * Top 10 at Miss USA 2024
    • 2017Madison WalkerVirginia Beach16Miss Chesapeake Teen
    2016Gracyn BlackmoreBristol16
    2015Annie "Ann" KutynaHerndon15
    2014Olivia FletcherLouisa16
    2013Caelynn Miller-KeyesFredericksburg17
  • Later Miss North Carolina USA 2018
  • * First runner up at Miss USA 2018.
  • Contestant on season 23 of The Bachelor and season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise
    • 2012Elizabeth CoakleyAbingdon17
    2011Susie EvansPoquoson17
  • Later Miss Virginia USA 2020
  • Winner of season 26 of The Bachelor
    • 2010Jacqueline CarrollStanardsville16Top 15
  • Later Miss Virginia USA 2017
    • 2009Maggie LawsonBristol18
    2008Megan Leigh MyrehnCatharpin18Top 15
  • Later Miss Indiana USA 2012
    • 2007Emily BruceLynchburg17Top 10
    2006Samantha Evelyn "Sam" CaseyJeffersonton17Miss Jeffersonton Teen3rd runner-up
  • Later Miss Virginia USA 2010
  • * Second runner up at Miss USA 2010
    • 2005Victoria Marie "Tori" HallMidlothian18Top 10
  • Later Miss Virginia USA 2008
    • Cast member on Road Rules 2007: Viewers' Revenge
    2004Mally Paige GentHonaker18
    2003Amber Brooke CopleyAbingdon18
    2002Lauren Elizabeth BarnetteWise17
  • Later Miss Virginia USA 2007,
  • * Top 10 at Miss USA 2007
    • Model on NBC's Deal or No Deal
    2001Kathleen LighthiserStaunton16
    2000Jennifer HawkinsLynchburg17
    1999Kristi Lauren GlakasCentreville18Semi-finalistTriple Crown winner
    1998Misty Rene HornRichlands18Top 5
    1997Kimberly "Kim" GrigsbyRichmond18Semi-finalist
    1996Kandy MarshallRichmond16
    1995Kristel JenkinsVinton17
  • Later Miss Virginia USA 2001
    • 1994Christin Brooke WilsonBristol17
    1993Heather Dawn AndersonRichmond17
    1992Andrea BallengeeRichmond19Semi-finalist
  • Crowned Miss Virginia 1995 but was disqualified when it was discovered that she had embellished her academic record; later Mrs California 2006 and Mrs America 2006 married name Andrea Preuss.
    • 1991Linda OverhueRichmond16
    1990Yuranda HarrisRichmond19
    1989Stephanie SatterfieldVirginia Beach15
  • Later Miss Virginia USA 1993
    • 1988Audra Elizabeth WilksRichmond15
  • Later Miss Virginia USA 1997
    • 1987Kristi Renee PearceColonial Heights15
    1986Angela ThigpenPortsmouth153rd runner-up
    1985Alice RobinsonRichmond17
    1984Marcy BrickhouseVirginia Beach16
    1983Tina MarroccoMcLean161st runner-up
    1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant