Miss Utah Teen USA

Miss Utah Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss Teen USA pageant. From 2001 to 2007, the pageant was produced by Red Curtain Productions. Casting Crowns Productions directed the pageant from 2007 to 2018 under the directorship of former Miss Missouri USA Britt Boyse. Smoak Productions became the new director for Miss and Teen pageants in 2019 under executive director and Miss USA 1995 Shanna Moakler.^[1]

Miss Utah Teen USA

Formation	1983
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Salt Lake City
Location	Utah
Membership	Miss Teen USA
Official language	English
Key people	Shanna Moakler (executive director)
Website	Official website

Kelsey Brigel, Miss Utah Teen USA 2007

Utah is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, having only placed nine times. The first placement came in 1995, when Loni Sorden placed 2nd runner-up to Keylee Sue Sanders of Kansas. Utah was the fourth-to-last state (equal) to place at Miss Teen USA. Utah's second placement was in 2009, with Tasha Smedley making the top 15. The third placement was the following year, when Angelia Layton placed 3rd runner-up. In 2012, Keilara McCormick finished in the top 16, in 2017 Rachel Bell placed in the top 15, and in 2018 Madilen Kellogg placed top 10.

Five Utah teens have won the Miss Utah USA title and competed at Miss USA. The most recent of these is Angelia Nichole Layton, Miss Utah Teen USA 2010 and Miss Utah USA 2014, who is also part of Red Curtain Productions. Three Miss Utah Teen USA winners who won the Miss Utah Teen USA titles went on to place at Miss USA like the Miss North Carolina USA titleholders.

Lianna Beltre of Provo was crowned Miss Utah Teen USA 2025 on July 11, 2025 at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center Jeanné Wagner Theatre in Salt Lake City. She will represent Utah for the title of Miss Teen USA 2025.

Results summary

Placements

• 2nd runners-up: Loni Sorden (1995)
• 3rd runners-up: Angelia Layton (2010)
• 4th runners-up: Ayzjiahna Wood (2021)
• Top 10: Madilen Kellogg (2018)
• Top 15: Tasha Smedley (2009), Rachel Bell (2017)
• Top 16: Keilara McCormick (2012)
• Top 20: Jocelyn Osmond (2023), Sofia Forrest-Turner (2024)

Utah holds a record of 9 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

• Best State Costume: Ayzjiahna Wood (2021)

Winners

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

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Local title	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2025	Lianna Beltre	Provo	TBA	Miss Provo Teen	TBA	TBA
2024	Sofia Forrest-Turner	Provo	18	Miss Provo Teen	Top 20
2023	Jocelyn Osmond	Alpine	16	Miss Timpanogos Teen	Top 20		Previously Miss Utah's Outstanding Teen 2022 Top 11 semifinalist at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2023 Daughter of Heather Henderson Osmond, Miss Utah Teen USA 1994 Granddaughter of Virl Osmond, and great-niece of Donny and Marie Osmond Originally first runner-up, assumed the title after Anjolie Karmen relinquished
	Anjolie Karmen	Salt Lake City	19	Miss Salt Lake City Teen	Did not compete		Relinquished the title on August 2, 2023 due to residency issues.
2022	Maizy Abbott	Pleasant View	19	Miss Northern Utah Teen
2021	Ayzjiahna Wood	Clearfield	16	Miss Northern Utah Teen	4th runner-up	Best State Costume	Later Miss Utah Teen Volunteer 2023 and Miss Teen Volunteer America 2023
2020	Brooklyn Baton	Corinne	17	Miss Box Elder County Teen
2019	Kaylyn Slevin	Salt Lake City	18	Miss Sundance Teen
2018	Madilen Kellogg	Layton	18	Miss Davis County Teen	Top 10
2017	Rachel Bell	Sandy	18	Miss Wasatch Front Teen	Top 15	Best Sense of Humor	Younger sister of Miss Utah USA 2012, Kendyl Bell
2016	AbbyJade Larson	Salt Lake City	16	Miss North Logan Teen
2015	Brooke Skabelund	Logan	17	Miss Logan Teen
2014	Savannah Lancaster	Salt Lake City	18	Miss Northern Utah Teen
2013	Chloe Crump	Highland	17	Miss Highland Teen
2012	Keilara McCormick	Lehi	17	Miss North Utah County Teen	Top 16
2011	Maqael Knight	Salt Lake City	17	Miss Sugarhouse Teen
2010	Angelia Layton	Manti	18	Miss Manti Teen	3rd runner-up		Later Miss Utah USA 2014 Contestant of Survivor: Philippines
2009	Tasha Smedley[2]	Syracuse	18	Miss North Davis Teen	Top 15[2]		Previously Miss Utah's Outstanding Teen 2006[3] Resigned from Utah Teen USA title for personal reasons on September 17, 2009
2008	Kate Feinstein	Centerville	17	Miss Centerville Teen			Later Miss Utah USA 2010
2007	Kelsey Brigel[4]	Draper	17
2006	Liz Leyda	Logan	18
2005	Julianne Burgener	Orem	18
2004	Honey Swift	Riverton	18
2003	Jessica Black	Farmington	18
2002	Marin Poole	Logan	18				Later Miss Utah USA 2005 Top 15 at Miss USA 2005
2001	Nicole Hansen	West Jordan	18
2000	Heather Crowther	American Fork	18
1999	Laurissa Solomon	Park City	17
1998	Trina Seymour	Santa Clara	18
1997	Amy Merrill	Layton	17
1996	Jodi Webb	Fruit Heights	18
1995	Loni Sorden	Virgin	18		2nd runner-up
1994	Heather Henderson	Provo	18				Later Mrs. Utah America 2007 and Top 15 semi-finalist at Mrs. America 2007 under her married name, Heather Osmond.[5] Mother of Jocelyn Osmond, Miss Utah's Outstanding Teen 2022 and Miss Utah Teen USA 2023
1993	Amy Carlson	Sandy	17
1992	Susan Kelly	Sandy	16
1991	Corinn Peterson	Logan	16
1990	Melissa Anderson	Salt Lake City	16				Later Miss Utah USA 1998 Top 5 at Miss USA 1998
1989	Tracy Kennick	Price	17				Later Miss Utah USA 1996 Top 10 at Miss USA 1996
1988	Kathleen Treadway	Salt Lake City	18
1987	Tiffany DeMille	Orem	17
1986	Michelle Montgomery	Salt Lake City	17
1985	Susan Nelson	Sandy	18
1984	Leslie Hunt	Fillmore	15
1983	Natalie DeGraw	Farmington	16

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant