Miss Arizona Teen USA

The Miss Arizona Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona in the Miss Teen USA pageant and the title held by that winner.

Miss Arizona Teen USA

Formation	1983
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Phoenix
Location	Arizona
Membership	Miss Teen USA
Official language	English
Key people	Britt Boyse (state pageant director)
Website	Official website

Alexa Zellars, Miss Arizona Teen USA 2012

Ashley Stainton, Miss Arizona Teen USA 2008

Tiffany Martin, Miss Arizona Teen USA 2007

The first Arizona Teen to place at Miss Teen USA was Jeri-Lynn Beatty who made the top 12 in 1990.^[1] Three more Arizona teens have gone on to win the Miss Arizona USA title, including Danielle Demski, one of only two to place in the top five or six at Miss Teen USA.^[2] Demski later built a career as a television presenter.

The current Miss Arizona Teen USA is MayaDenise Gaskin of Phoenix and was crowned in Gilbert on May 30, 2022. Gaskin will represent Arizona at Miss Teen USA 2022.

Miss Teen USA Placement Summary

Placements

• 2nd Runner-up: Rachel McLaen (2024)
• Top 5/6: Courtney Hamilton (1996), Danielle Demski^[2] (1999)
• Top 10/12: Jeri-Lynn Beatty (1990), Emerald Zellers (2006)
• Top 15/16: Ashley Stainton (2008), Savannah Wix (2014), Neda Danilovic (2015), Karly Riggs (2017), Molly Schwanz (2020), MayaDenise Gaskin (2022)

Arizona holds a record of 10 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

• Best State Costume: Julie Hodges (1987)
• Miss Photogenic: Kristi Vanney (1986)

Winners

•   Declared as Winner
•   Ended as runner-up
•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2024	Rachel Mclaen	Queen Creek	19	2nd Runner-up
2023	Peyton Stuewe	Phoenix	18
2022	MayaDenise Gaskin	Phoenix	18	Top 16
2021	McKenzi Lindhag	Peoria	16
2020	Molly Schwanz	Scottsdale	18	Top 16
2019	Jordan Waller	Phoenix	18
2018	Macy Kathryn Deak	Phoenix	15
2017	Karlina "Karly" Riggs	Scottsdale	17	Top 15
2016	Tristany Hightower	Paradise Valley	16
2015	Neda Danilovic	Phoenix	16	Top 15
2014	Savannah Wix	Paradise Valley	17	Top 15		Later Miss Arizona USA 2019[citation needed]
2013	Olivia Argue	Paradise Valley	17			Sister of Miss Arizona Teen 2011 - Molly Argue
2012	Alexa Zellers	Scottsdale	17			Sister of Miss Arizona Teen USA 2006 - Emerald Zellers
2011	Molly Argue	Paradise Valley	18			Sister of Miss Arizona Teen 2013 - Olivia Argue
2010	Tori Vance	Ahwatukee	17
2009	Whitney Nelson[3]	Ahwatukee	18
2008	Ashley Stainton	Ahwatukee	17	Top 15
2007	Tiffany Martin	Phoenix	18
2006	Emerald Zellers[4]	Scottsdale	15	Top 10		Sister of Miss Arizona Teen USA 2012- Alexa Zellers
2005	Elisa Soto	Mesa	16
2004	Allie Gilliland	Glendale	17
2003	Natalia Benenson	Phoenix	18
2002	Lynsie Ann Shackelford	Mesa	17
2001	Eva Marie St. Arnauld[5]	Mesa	18
2000	Sarah Wilkins	Gilbert	18
1999	Danielle Demski[2]	Chandler[2]	18[2]	Top 5[2]		Later Miss Arizona USA 2004 and top 15 at Miss USA 2004
1998	Kristy Kay Stover	Phoenix	18
1997	Julie Gulbrandsen	Gilbert	18
1996	Courtney Hamilton	Chandler	16	Top 6
1995	Brandy Leigh Campbell	Tucson
1994	Mistie Kline	Phoenix
1993	Dannielle Normandin	Phoenix
1992	Heather Keckler	Chandler	17			Later Miss Arizona USA 2000
1991	Christine Ciulla[6]	Phoenix	17[6]
1990	Jeri-Lynn Beatty[1]	Glendale[1]	19[1]	Semi-finalist[1]
1989	Leann Elston	Tucson	17			Originally Shannon Marketic was crowned Miss Arizona Teen USA 1989. It was later determined that there had been an auditing mistake and that Marketic was the first runner-up and Elston the winner.[7] Marketic went on to win the Miss USA title in 1992.[8]
1988	Kristen Peterson	Tucson
1987	Julie Hodges[9]	Glendale[9]	17[9]		Best State Costume
1986	Kristi Vanney	Tempe			Miss Photogenic
1985	Vanessa Steffens[10]	Scottsdale[10]	15[10]
1984	Shawn Andrews[11]	Mesa
1983	Kris Keim	Scottsdale	17			Later Miss Arizona USA 1988

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant