Miss Teen USA 1992


Miss Teen USA 1992, the 10th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi on 25 August 1992.
At the conclusion of the final competition, Jamie Solinger of Iowa was crowned by outgoing queen Janel Bishop of New Hampshire. Jamie is the first Miss Teen USA from Iowa. This marks the first a candidate did not compete. In this case, Miss DC Teen USA was unable to go to Biloxi at the time being.
The pageant was hosted by Dick Clark for the third of four years, with color commentary by Leeza Gibbons in her third and final year, and Miss Teen USA 1990 Bridgette Wilson, for the only time. Music was provided by the Gulf Coast Teen Orchestra for the third consecutive year.

Host city

This was the third of five years that the pageant was held in Biloxi, and it was interrupted by the effects of Hurricane Andrew which devastated Florida and the Gulf Coast over the period the pageant was held.
Prior to the pageant, evacuation plans were in place for the pageant to evacuate to Mobile, Alabama or Jackson, Mississippi if weather conditions deteriorated.
The final competition was forced to be held early because of the hurricane threat, and the contestants were then bused further inland. This was the first time in the pageant's ten-year history that the event was not broadcast live. During the pre-recorded competition the crownings of both Jamie Solinger and first runner-up Angela Logan were filmed in an attempt to keep the result secret until the eventual broadcast of the event. Angela was told one hour before the evening telecast that Solinger had won and that she was the first runner-up. The taping of two crownings became known as the "hurricane option" and would nearly be repeated at Miss Teen USA 1998 because of a live presidential address by Bill Clinton.

Results

Placements

Final ResultsContestant
Miss Teen USA 1992
  • Iowa – Jamie Solinger
1st Runner-up
  • Oklahoma – Angela Logan
    • 2nd Runner-up
  • Kansas – Danielle Boatwright
    • Top 6
  • Alabama – Christine King
  • California – Natasha Allas
  • North Carolina – Rachel Lee Adcock
    • Top 12
  • Illinois – Julee Kleffman
  • Indiana – Nicole Llewellyn
  • Maryland – Vanessa Malinis
  • Mississippi – Arleen McDonald
  • Rhode Island – Shanna Moakler
  • Virginia – Andrea Ballengee

    • Special awards

    Scores

    StateSwimsuitInterviewEvening GownAverageFinalists
    Iowa9.2679.6519.6209.5139.800
    Oklahoma9.2269.3099.4879.3419.586
    Kansas9.2219.6009.6009.4749.486
    Alabama9.0109.3269.4499.2629.471
    North Carolina9.0799.2079.5009.2629.400
    California9.3409.5149.4869.4479.400
    Rhode Island9.0879.2799.3419.235-
    Maryland9.0219.2069.2719.166-
    Indiana8.9669.1039.3709.146-
    Virginia8.9849.1129.2799.125-
    Mississippi8.9179.2009.2479.121-
    Illinois8.8978.9699.2869.050-


    ;Legend

    Historical significance

    • Iowa wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 9th state who wins Miss Teen USA.
    • Oklahoma earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time.
    • Kansas earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time.
    • Alabama finishes as Top 6 for the first time.
    • California finishes as Top 6 for the first time.
    • North Carolina finishes as Top 6 for the second time and repeats the same placement as the last year.
    • States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Rhode Island. All of them made their second consecutive placement.
    • California last placed in 1990.
    • Alabama last placed in 1989.
    • Illinois and Mississippi last placed in 1988.
    • Virginia last placed in 1986.
    • Iowa placed for the first time.
    • Maryland placed for the first time.
    • Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts and Missouri break an ongoing streak of placements since 1990.
    • Texas breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1988.

      Delegates

    The Miss Teen USA 1992 delegates were:
    • Alabama - Christine King
    • Alaska - Cindy Bridges
    • Arizona - Heather Keckler
    • Arkansas - Stacy Freeman
    • California - Natasha Allas
    • Colorado - Brandi Bryant
    • Connecticut - Tiffany Selivonchik
    • Delaware - Justine Jones
    • Florida - Jennifer Sutter
    • Georgia - Kristie Harmon
    • Hawaii - Cameo DeCosta
    • Idaho - Amanda Greenway
    • Illinois - Julee Kleffman
    • Indiana - Nicole Llewellyn
    • Iowa - Jamie Solinger
    • Kansas - Danielle Boatwright
    • Kentucky - Heather Bogess
    • Louisiana - Evelyn Ellis
    • Maine - Angela Walker
    • Maryland - Vanessa Malinis
    • Massachusetts - Victoria Grinder
    • Michigan - WaLynda Sipple
    • Minnesota - Elizabeth Peters
    • Mississippi - Arleen McDonald
    • Missouri - Robin Swain
    • Montana - Aubrey Jo Hiller
    • Nebraska - Marney Monson
    • Nevada - Jennifer Gassmann
    • New Hampshire - Angela Etter
    • New Jersey - Lori Schmidt
    • New Mexico - Hillary Matkin
    • New York - Amber Evans
    • North Carolina - Rachel Lee Adcock
    • North Dakota - Juliette Spier
    • Ohio - Tiffany Chaney
    • Oklahoma - Angela Logan
    • Oregon - Maggie Molstrom
    • Pennsylvania - Tara Lavan
    • Rhode Island - Shanna Moakler
    • South Carolina - Shanen Pellerin
    • South Dakota - Brandi Bower
    • Tennessee - Angela Shoulders
    • Texas - Carissa Blair
    • Utah - Susan Kelly
    • Vermont - Lisa Robie
    • Virginia - Andrea Ballengee
    • Washington - Kaley O'Kelley
    • West Virginia - Kelly Humphrey
    • Wisconsin - Trina Landowski
    • Wyoming - Dondi Bowman
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