Miss Alabama Teen USA
The Miss Alabama Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alabama in the Miss Teen USA pageant and the name of the title held by that winner.
Alabama's success at Miss Teen USA has improved in recent years, with eight teens making the cut, although none have placed higher than 4th runner-up until 2016. That placement went to Anna Mingus, who also won Miss Congeniality, Alabama's only special award until Erin Snow won Miss Photogenic in 2016. Mingus later took the title Miss Alabama USA in 1995, and is one of only three Alabama teens to win a Miss USA state title.
Until 2010 Miss and Teen Alabama was directed by the Premier Pageants group, and was the first state to be taken under this directorate. Dohn Dye and To Dye For was the Director for the 2010 and 2011 pageants, but were replaced by Paula Miles and RPM Productions in August 2011.
Katie Watts of Mobile was crowned Miss Alabama Teen USA 2020 on October 5, 2019 at Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University in Auburn. She will represent Alabama for the title of Miss Teen USA 2020 on the spring of 2020.
Results summary
Placements
- 3rd runners-up: Erin Snow
- 4th runners-up: Anna Mingus, Kalin Burt
- Top 6: Christine King
- Top 10: Jeannie Plott, Terra Moody, Canden Jackson
- Top 15: Courtney Parker, Ashlyn Alongi, Taylor Ryan Elliott
- Top 16: Peyton Brown, Lorin Holcombe
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Anna Mingus, Kennedy Cromeens
- Miss Photogenic: Sarah-Baskin Champion, Erin Snow
Winners
Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
2020 | Katie Watts | Mobile | 14 | TBA | TBA | |
2019 | Kalin Burt | Hoover | 18 | 4th runner-up | ||
2018 | Kennedy Cromeens | Birmingham | 16 | Miss Congeniality | ||
2017 | Claire Scott | Birmingham | 17 | |||
2016 | Erin Snow | Gadsden | 17 | 3rd runner-up | Miss Photogenic | |
2015 | Taylor Ryan Elliott | Trussville | 18 | Top 15 | ||
2014 | Sarah-Baskin Champion | Vestavia Hills | 18 | Miss Photogenic | ||
2013 | Lorin Holcombe | Alexander City | 17 | Top 16 | ||
2012 | Peyton Brown | Eufaula | 17 | Top 16 | Later Miss Alabama USA 2016 | |
2011 | Barron Rae Williams | Dadeville | 15 | |||
2010 | Ashlyn Alongi | Huntsville | 17 | Top 15 | ||
2009 | Alexandria Blansit | Fort Payne | 16 | |||
2008 | Courtney Parker | Daphne | 16 | Top 15 | ||
2007 | Canden Jackson | Fairhope | 17 | Top 10 | Contestant on Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls | |
2006 | Carla Baumann | Hueytown | 18 | |||
2005 | Kristen Bell | Aliceville | 17 | |||
2004 | Terra Moody | Birmingham | 17 | Top 10 | ||
2003 | Katherine Lauren Whitlock | Birmingham | 18 | |||
2002 | Hailey Capps | Dothan | 18 | |||
2001 | Rollins Albritton | Andalusia | 18 | |||
2000 | Alexis Dollar | Rehobeth | 18 | |||
1999 | Starla Smith | Rehobeth | 18 | Miss United States 2001 | ||
1998 | Heather Baugh | Woodville | 18 | |||
1997 | Tara Tucker | Pelham | 18 | Later Miss Alabama USA 2002, semi-finalist at Miss USA 2002 | ||
1996 | Luann Roberts | Brantley | 17 | |||
1995 | Jennifer Otts | Hoover | 17 | |||
1994 | Melanie McLin | Daleville | ||||
1993 | Autumn Smith | Chelsea | Later Miss Alabama USA 1997, semi-finalist at Miss USA 1997, daughter of racing driver Stanley Smith whom suffered a terrible crash at Talladega Superspeedway just days before | |||
1992 | Christine King | Prattville | 18 | Finalist | ||
1991 | Stephanie Gwantley | Huntsville | Contestant on season 13 of The Bachelor | |||
1990 | Candi Byrd | Birmingham | ||||
1989 | Jeannie Plott | Birmingham | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
1988 | Anna Mingus | Enterprise | 18 | 4th runner-up | Miss Congeniality | Later Miss Alabama USA 1995 |
1987 | Elizabeth Woodman | Pleasant Grove | 17 | |||
1986 | Gail Magee | Alexander City | ||||
1985 | Teresa Cain | Chelsea | ||||
1984 | Teresa Chappell | Westover | ||||
1983 | Jill Renee Johnson | Arley |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant