Miss Wyoming Teen USA

The Miss Wyoming Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wyoming in the Miss Teen USA pageant.

Miss Wyoming Teen USA

Formation	1983
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Savage
Location	Minnesota
Membership	Miss Teen USA
Official language	English

Wyoming's highest placement was at Miss Teen USA 1985 when Emily Ernst placed first runner-up to Kelly Hu of Hawaii.^[1]

Five Miss Wyoming Teen USA winners have gone on to win the Miss Wyoming USA title and compete at Miss USA.^[2]

Results summary

Placements

Wyoming holds a record of 9 placements at Miss Teen USA:

• 1st runner-up: Emily Ernst (1985)^[1]
• Top 5: Gina DeBernardi (1998)
• Top 15/16: Mollie Smith (2007), Amy David (2009), Caroline Scott (2010), Sydney Graus (2012), Autumn Schieferstein (2017), Grace Turner (2019), Teryn Thatcher (2021)

Winners

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

Year	Name[2]	Hometown[2]	Age1	Placement at Miss Teen USA	Special awards at Miss Teen USA	Notes
2024	Aubree Kruger	Worland	18
2023	Victoria Salas	Evanston	19
2022	Nora Steinke[3]	Laramie	17			Cousin of Erin Shae Swanson, Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2019
2021	Teryn Thatcher	Kemmerer	18	Top 16
2020	Baylee Drewry	Greybull	16
2019	Grace Turner	Jackson	18	Top 15
2018	Mackenzie Kern[4]	Casper[4]	17			Later Miss Wyoming USA 2021
2017	Autumn Schieferstein[5]	Cheyenne[5]	15[5]	Top 15[6]
2016	Shelly McRoberts[7]	Cheyenne[7]	17[7]
2015	Payton Sanders[8]	Casper[8]	16[8]			Sister of Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2014[8]
2014	Karlie Sanders[9]	Casper[9]	17[9]			Sister of Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2015[8]
2013	Autumn Olson[10]	Saratoga[10]	18[10]			Later Miss Wyoming USA 2016
2012	Sydney Graus	Jackson Hole	17	Top 15
2011	Ashley Golden	Gillette	17			Previously Miss Wyoming's Outstanding Teen 2007
2010	Caroline Scott[11]	Cheyenne	17	Top 15		Later Miss Wyoming USA 2015[12]
2009	Amy David	Pinedale	17	Top 15
2008	Callie Bishop	Casper	18			Later Miss Wyoming USA 2018
2007	Mollie Smith	Casper	17	Top 15
2006	Katy Lambert[13]	Worland	18
2005	Brenna Mader	Gillette	18			Sister of Jamie Mader, Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2002 Later Miss Tennessee USA 2013
2004	Maddison Strasheim	Cheyenne	18
2003	Kasi Johnston	Cheyenne	16
2002	Jamie Mader[14]	Gillette	17			Sister of Brenna Mader, Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2005 and Miss Tennessee USA 2013
2001	Natalie Koontz	Cody	18
2000	Kristin George	Casper	18			Later Miss Wyoming USA 2006[15]
1999	Katie Rudoff	Green River	16			Later Miss Wyoming USA 2004
1998	Gina DeBernardi	Rock Springs	18	Top 5
1997	Esmeralda Gonzales	Green River	18
1996	Michelle Jefferson	Casper	18
1995	Erica Williams	Cheyenne	16
1994	Whitney Alstrom	Casper	15
1993	Lana Hansen	Gillette	15
1992	Dondi Bowman	Lingle	15
1991	Britta Lund	Sheridan	15
1990	Janet Poccup	Cheyenne	18
1989	Gretchen Wathen	Casper	17
1988	Michele Apostoles	Casper	17
1987	Kim Roberts	Rock Springs	18
1986	Julie Henry	Gillette	17
1985	Emily Ernst[1]	Gillette[1]	17[1]	1st runner-up[1]
1984	Allison Falk	Gillette	19
1983	Shanna Thompson	Casper	16

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant