Miss Teen USA 1987

Miss Teen USA 1987, the 5th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from El Paso Civic Center, El Paso, Texas on July 21, 1987. At the conclusion of the final competition, Kristi Lynn Addis of Mississippi was crowned by outgoing queen Allison Brown of Oklahoma.^[1]

Miss Teen USA 1987
Date	July 21, 1987
Presenters	Michael Young Tracy Scoggins
Venue	El Paso Civic Center, El Paso, Texas
Broadcaster	CBS KDBC-TV
Entrants	51
Placements	10
Winner	Kristi Lynn Addis Mississippi
Congeniality	Allison Barbeau-Diorio Connecticut
Photogenic	Angi Aylor California Raye Anne Johnson Rhode Island
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Background

In March 1987, both El Paso County and the El Paso City Council voted to support a bid to host Miss Teen USA 1987, each contributing an equal share of the financial backing.^[2][3] El Paso provided over 300 volunteers, 3,000 hotel room nights, and $150,000 in funding to facilitate the event^[4] The expected return on their investment included 15 minutes of promotional footage of the El Paso area, broadcast to over 80 million viewers throughout the United States.^[5]

Richard Guy and Rex Holt, directors of the Miss Texas USA pageant at the time, were involved in bringing the pageant to El Paso and organising the event.^[6][7]

Event

A state 'gift' auction, featuring items donated by contestants from each state, along with a state costume competition, collectively raised over $3,800 for charities in El Paso.^[8] The state costume competition was won by Juli Hodges, Miss Arizona Teen USA, who appeared dressed as a gold thunderbird.^[8][9] Second place was Miss California Teen USA Angie Aylor and third place was Miss South Carolina Teen USA Carol Carver.^[9]

For the first time in the history of the Miss Teen USA pageant, the Miss Photogenic award resulted in a tie, with Raye-Anne Johnson of Rhode Island and Angie Aylor of California sharing the honor.^[10]

Actress Stephanie Kramer was due to host the pageant alongside Michael Young but had to withdraw due to an inner ear infection; Tracy Scoggins was brought in to replace her.^[11]

Judges

The celebrity panel of judges consisted of the following:^[12]

• Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner – World champion ice skaters and US Senior Pairs Champions
• Michael Maron – celebrity make up artist and hair stylist
• Kelly Hu - Miss Teen USA 1985 from Hawaii
• Michaeljohn – hair stylist
• Cptn. Terri Jones – model, businesswoman and commercially rated pilot
• John Brennan – actor, Another World
• Ramon Sheen – actor and son of Michael Sheen
• Adele Laufer – managing editor of BOP Magazine
• Dean Devlin – actor, L.A. Law and Hard Copy

Results

Placements

Map showing placements by state

The Miss Teen USA 1987 results were as follows:^[1]

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Teen USA 1987	Mississippi – Kristi Lynn Addis
1st Runner-Up	North Carolina – Peggy Blackwell
2nd Runner-Up	Louisiana – Bobbie Brown
3rd Runner-Up	Oklahoma – Raelynn Coffman
4th Runner-Up	North Dakota – DayNa Decker
Top 10	California – Angi Aylor District of Columbia – Ni’Cole Elayne Bobbitt Georgia – Melissa Hope Allen Massachusetts – Kristen Lee Mastroianni New York – Michelle Ann Kelenski

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Amity	Connecticut – Allison Barbeau-Diorio[13]
Miss Photogenic	California – Angi Aylor and Rhode Island - Raye-Anne Johnson[10]
Best state costume	Arizona – Julie Hodges

Delegates

The Miss Teen USA 1986 delegates were:

State/District	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown	Placement/Award	Notes	Ref.
Alabama	Elizabeth Woodman	17	Pleasant Grove			[14]
Alaska	Lauren Straubb					[15]
Arizona	Juli Hodges	17	Phoenix	Best state costume		[16]
Arkansas	Paige Yandell		Greenwood		Later Miss Arkansas USA 1989	[17]
California	Angie Aylor	15	El Toro	Semi-finalist & Miss Photogenic		[1]
Colorado	Nicki Anselmo
Connecticut	Allison Barbeau-Diorio		Fairfield	Miss Amity	Later Miss Connecticut USA 1990	[13]
Delaware	Cristi Griffin	16	Newark			[18]
District of Columbia	Ni'Cole Bobbitt	17	Washington, D.C.	Semi-finalist		[1]
Florida	Kimberlee Edwards	15	Key West			[19]
Georgia	Melissa Hope Allan	16	Thomaston	Semi-finalist		[1]
Hawaii	Leslie Ann Lum	16	Honolulu		Later assumed Miss Hawaii USA 1997 title	[20][21]
Idaho	Luanne Relyea	18	Meridian			[22][23]
Illinois	Danielle Reese	16	Riverwoods			[24]
Indiana	Terri Salmon	16	Hammond			[25]
Iowa	Jan Hoyer	17	Fort Madison		Later Miss Iowa USA 1993 and top ten at Miss USA 1993	[26][27]
Kansas	Stephanie Resnick	17	Whitewater			[28]
Kentucky	Tracy Marsee	15				[29]
Louisiana	Bobbie Brown	17	Baton Rouge	2nd runner-up		[1]
Maine	Donna Stevenson	17	Bangor			[30]
Maryland	Renee Rebstock	17	Pasadena		Later Miss Maryland USA 1992	[31]
Massachusetts	Kristen Mastroianni	16	Wilbraham	Semi-finalist	Later Miss Massachusetts USA 1995 and a semi-finalist at Miss USA 1995	[32][33]
Michigan	Elena Hall					[34]
Minnesota	Karin Hargroves	17	Shoreview			[35]
Mississippi	Kristi Addis		Holcomb	Miss Teen USA		[1]
Missouri	Sherri Gardner	17	Kansas City			[36]
Montana	Andrea Madsen		Bozeman			[37]
Nebraska	Susan Weikel	17	Elkhorn			[38]
Nevada	Terri Broca
New Hampshire	Cara Daras
New Jersey	Tara Eldridge	16	Voorhees			[39]
New Mexico	Samantha Romero Owen	17	Albuquerque			[40]
New York	Michelle Kelenski	18	Ballston Spa	Semi-finalist		[1]
North Carolina	Peggy Blackwell	17	Fayetteville	1st runner-up		[1]
North Dakota	DayNa Decker	17	Fargo	4th runner-up		[1]
Ohio	Christy Hoyt	17	New Concord			[41]
Oklahoma	Jannetta Kaufman	17	Oklahoma City	3rd runner-up		[1]
Oregon	Kasey Weisiger	17	Jacksonville			[42]
Pennsylvania	Tracy Reed	16	Myerstown			[43]
Rhode Island	Raye-Anne Johnson	17	Wakefield	Miss Photogenic	Later Miss Rhode Island USA 1994	[10][44]
South Carolina	Carol Carver	17	Hilton Head Island			[45]
South Dakota	Cammy Varland		Keldron			[4][46]
Tennessee	Shannon Castle	17	McMinnville			[29]
Texas	Richelle Kesling	15	Spring			[47][10]
Utah	Tiffany DeMille		Orem			[48]
Vermont	Christy Beltrami		Barre		Later Miss Vermont USA 1994	[49][50]
Virginia	Kristi Pearce	16	Colonial Heights			[51]
Washington	Johna Sainsbury
West Virginia	Cheryl Cullop
Wisconsin	Barbara Nelson	16	Oshkosh			[36]
Wyoming	Kim Roberts		Rock Springs			[52]

1. Ages at the time of the pageant