Miss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen

The Miss Nebraska's Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Nebraska in the Miss America's Teen pageant.

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss Teen USA, see Miss Nebraska Teen USA.

Miss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen

Formation	2005
Type	Scholarship pageant
Location	North Platte, Nebraska
Membership	Miss America's Outstanding Teen
Official language	English
Key people	Director: Courtney Long
Website	Official website

Boston Pettera of North Platte was crowned Miss Nebraska's Teen on June 9, 2023 at the North Platte HS Performing Arts Center in North Platte, Nebraska. She will compete in the Miss America's Teen 2024 pageant in January 2024.

Results summary

The results of Miss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen as they participated in the national Miss America's Outstanding Teen competition. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America's Outstanding Teen competition the award/placement was garnered.

Placements

• 4th runners-up: Morgan Holen (2015), Rose Chen (2022)
• Top 10: Steffany Lien (2016)
• Top 15: Phoenix Stanford (2020)

Awards

Preliminary awards

• Preliminary Evening Wear/On Stage Question: Brooke Ludemann (2012), Hannah Miller (2017)

Non-finalist awards

• Non-finalist Evening Wear/On Stage Question: Hannah Miller (2017)
• Non-finalist Interview: Hannah Miller (2017)

Other awards

• Outstanding Dance Talent Award: Morgan Holen (2015)
• Top 5 Interview Award: Hannah Miller (2017), Phoenix Stanford (2020)
• Most Inspirational Award: Janae Harris (2025)

Winners

•   Declared as winner
•   Ended as a runner-up
•   Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local title	Talent	Placement at MAO Teen	Special scholarships at MAO Teen	Notes
2023	Boston Pettera[1]	North Platte		Miss Alliance's Teen	Baton Twirling
2022	Alexandra Thompson		14	Miss Alliance's Outstanding Teen	Vocal
2021	Rose Chen[2]	Scottsbluff	17	Miss Scotts Bluff County's Outstanding Teen	Piano, "Tarantella in A Minor"	4th runner-up[3]
2019-20	Phoenix Stanford[4]	Papillion	15	Miss Douglas County's Outstanding Teen	Vocal, "Dream On"	Top 15		First Asian-American to win Miss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen [citation needed]
2018	Kelsie Therkildsen[5]	Bennington	15	Miss Metro's Outstanding Teen	Jazz Dance, "Swing with Me"
2017	Carsyn Long[6]	Gering	17	Miss Kearney's Outstanding Teen	Vocal			3rd runner-up at Miss Nebraska 2019 competition[7]
2016	Hannah Miller[8]	Elkhorn		Miss Omaha's Outstanding Teen	Dance		Non-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ Award[9] Non-finalist Interview Award[9] Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award[9] Top 5 Interview Award
2015	Steffany Lien[10]	Omaha	17	Miss Douglas County's Outstanding Teen	Baton Twirl, "Hollywood" by Michael Bublé	Top 10[11]		Six-time world champion baton twirler[10] Later University of Louisville's Cardinal Girl Feature Twirler[11] Later Miss Nebraska 2022[12]
2014	Morgan Holen[13]	Omaha			Dance	4th runner-up[14]	Outstanding Dance Talent Award[14]	Daughter of Miss Nebraska 1988, Jodi Miller Holen[13] Later Distinguished Young Woman of Nebraska 2016[15] Top 10 at Distinguished Young Woman 2016 national finals[15] Later Miss Nebraska 2021[16]
2013	Samantha Washington[17]	Lincoln	15	Miss Omaha's Outstanding Teen	Vocal			First African American woman to hold title of Miss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen Later Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2017[17] First woman in Nebraska to hold teen titles in both the Miss America and Miss USA organizations[17] 2nd runner-up at Miss Nebraska USA 2019 and 2020 pageants
2012	Lianna Prill[18]	Holdrege	17	Miss Sandhills' Outstanding Teen	Vocal			2nd runner-up at Miss Nebraska 2016 pageant[19] 3rd runner-up at Miss Nebraska 2017 pageant[20]
2011	Brooke Ludemann[21]	North Platte	17	Miss Northwest's Outstanding Teen	Vocal		Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award[22]	2nd runner-up at Miss Nebraska 2015 pageant[23]
2010	Staci Craighead[24]	Omaha	17		Vocal			Daughter of former Nebraska state senator, Joni Craighead[25]
2009	JaCee Pilkington[26]	Minatare	17		Vocal			Later Miss Nebraska 2013[26]
2008	Rachel Foehlinger[27]	Ralston		Miss Omaha's Outstanding Teen	Baton Twirl			Sister of Christina Foehlinger, Miss Nebraska 2001[28] 1st runner-up at Miss Nebraska 2013 pageant[26] 2nd runner-up at Miss Nebraska 2012 and 2014 pageants[29][30] Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant
2007	Kayla Batt[31]	Alliance			Vocal		Spirit Award	Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant Later Miss Nebraska 2011[32]
2006	Sharla Schreiber[33]	Columbus	16		Jazz/Flag Dance
2005	Jessica States[34]	North Platte	17		Vocal, "I Am What I Am" from La Cage aux Folles