Miss Ohio Teen USA

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

Miss Ohio Teen USA

Formation	1983
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Cincinnati
Location	Ohio
Membership	Miss Teen USA
Official language	English
Key people	Melissa Proctor-Pitchford, state pageant director
Website	http://www.missohiousa.com

Allie LaForce Miss Ohio Teen USA 2005 & Miss Teen USA 2005

Chelsie Folden, Miss Ohio Teen USA 2008

Stacy Offenberger, Miss Ohio Teen USA 1998 & Miss Ohio USA 2006

Rebecca Kleefisch, Miss Ohio Teen USA 1994

Most recently the pageant has been held in Springfield, Ohio and was previously held in Portsmouth for 14 years.^[1][2][3][4] Contestants compete in three competition segments: swimsuit, interview, and evening gown.^[5] Prizes include a scholarship to Lindenwood University.^[6]

Their first Miss Teen USA title came in 2005 Allie LaForce won the national crown, Ohio's first placement since 1993.^[7][8] LaForce went on to become a successful sports broadcaster.^[7]

The state has won one special award, Miss Congeniality in 1997.^[8] Ohio was one of the last ten states to make their first placement.^{[citation needed]} The most recent placement came in 2022, when Kylan Darnell placed in the top 16.^[9]

Only two Miss Ohio Teen USA titleholders have won the Miss Ohio USA title and competed at Miss USA.^[8] The most recent of these is Stacy Offenberger, who placed third runner-up in the Miss USA 2006 pageant.

Helyna Park of Cleaveland was crowned Miss Ohio Teen USA 2025 on July 19, 2025 at Vern Riffe Center for the Arts in Portsmouth. She will represent Ohio for the title of Miss Teen USA 2025.

Results summary

Placements at Miss Teen USA

• Miss Teen USA: Allie LaForce (2005)
• 4th runner-up: Kendall Fein (2012), Carolina Sola (2023)
• Top 12: Melissa Yust (1993)
• Top 15/16: Kelsey Stevens (2009), Olivia Turk (2016), Lily McLaughlin (2020), Kylan Darnell (2022)

Ohio holds a record of 8 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards at Miss Teen USA

• Miss Congeniality: Christina Todd (1997)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Local title	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2025	Helyna Barbara Park	Cleaveland	TBA	Miss Cleaveland Teen	TBA	TBA
2024	Mackenzie Gibson	Fairfield County	18	Miss Fairfield County Teen
2023	Carolina Sola	Gallipolis	17	Miss Ohio River Teen	4th runner-up
2022	Kylan Darnell	Wheelersburg	18	Miss North Central Teen	Top 16
2021	Grace-Anne Larschied	Lima	17	Miss Southeastern Ohio Teen
2020	Lily McLaughlin	Zanesville	17	Miss North Central Ohio Teen	Top 16
2019	Isabelle Jedra	Lexington	18	Miss Lexington Teen
2018	Sofia Durina	Columbiana	16	Miss Buckeye State Teen
2017	Emma Karle	Springfield Township	17	Miss Springfield Township Teen
2016	Olivia Turk	Dublin[10]	18[10]	Miss Emerald City Teen	Top 15
2015	Shelby Stapleton[11]	Hilliard[12]	16[12]	Miss Hilliard Teen
2014	Emma Rofkar[13]	Curtice[14]	17[14]	Miss Heart of Ohio Teen
2013	Brittany Reid[15][16]	Springfield[17]	18[17]	Miss Central Ohio Teen
2012	Kendall Fein[18]	Loveland[19]	17[19]	Miss Southern Ohio Teen	4th runner-up[9]
2011	Morgan Smigel[20]	Avon	16[21]	Miss Avon Teen
2010	Bridget Linton	Green[22]	18[22]	Miss Uniontown Teen
2009	Kelsey Stevens[23]	Aurora[24]	18[24]	Miss Aurora Teen	Top 15[25]		Sister of Miss Ohio Teen USA 2003 Amanda Stevens[23]
2008	Chelsie Folden	Wellston	16	Miss Wellston Teen			Later Miss Ohio World 2015 Top 22 at Miss World America 2015[citation needed]
2007	Rachel Epperly	Columbus	18[26]	Miss Columbus Teen
2006	Peyton McCormick	West Chester	17[27]	Miss West Chester Teen
2005	Allie LaForce[28]	Vermilion	16[29]	Miss Vermilion Teen	Miss Teen USA 2005[28]		Daughter of Miss Ohio USA 1977 - Lesa Rummell[7]
2004	Nicci Shannon	Cincinnati	18[30]	Miss Greater Cincinnati Teen
2003	Amanda Stevens	Aurora	17[31]				Sister of Miss Ohio Teen USA 2009 - Kelsey Stevens[23]
2002	Renee Jackson	Columbus	16[32]
2001	Angela Wilson	Columbus	17[33]
2000	Sarah Thompson	Columbus[34]	17[34]
1999	Erika Moody	Columbus
1998	Stacy Offenberger	Vincent					Later Miss Ohio USA 2006,[35] 3rd runner up at Miss USA 2006[36]
1997	Christina Todd	Columbus				Miss Congeniality[8]
1996	Tara Shaffer[37]	Columbus					1st runner-up to Miss Ohio USA 2005[38]
1995	Amber Vaughn	Marietta
1994	Rebecca Reed[39]	Waterville					Served as the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 2011 until 2019.
1993	Melissa Yust	Cincinnati			Top 12[8]
1992	Tiffany Chaney	Hillsboro
1991	Michelle Mouser	Huber Heights					Later Miss Ohio USA 1997[8]
1990	Heather Wilpert	Columbus
1989	Missy Crawford	Columbus
1988	Teresa Merola	Pickerington
1987	Christy Hoyt	New Concord
1986	Michele Beane	Englewood
1985	Meg Scranton	Columbus
1984	Stephanie Viah	Columbus
1983	Jamie Callarik	Columbus

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant