The Miss Rhode Island's Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Rhode Island in the Miss America's Teen pageant.
Honisty Baker of Portsmouth was crowned Miss Rhode Island's Teen on April 25, 2026, at the Historic Park Theatre & Event Center in Cranston, Rhode Island. She competed for the title of Miss America's Teen 2027 on September 5, 2026, at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Results summary The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America's Teen competition the award/placement was garnered.
Placements Top 10: Ivy Shen (2012) Top 12: Macie Johnson (2019) Top 15: Selina Wang (2011), Heather Shen (2014)
Awards Preliminary awards Preliminary Evening Wear/On-Stage Question: Heather Shen (2014), Macie Johnson (2019) (tie) Preliminary Talent: Emily Luther (2010), Ivy Shen (2012)
Non-finalist awards Non-finalist Evening Wear/On-Stage Question: Caroline Parente (2020) Non-finalist Talent: Emily Luther (2010)
Other awards America's Choice: Macie Johnson (2019) Outstanding Instrumental Talent: Ivy Shen (2012) Scholastic Excellence Award: Heather Shen (2014) Spirit of America Award: Gillian Johnston (2023) Top 5 Interview: Ivy Shen (2012), Alexandra Coppa (2013)
Winners
Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Talent Placement at MAO Teen Special scholarships at MAO Teen Notes2026Honisty BakerPortsmouth17Miss Portsmouth's TeenPom Dance2025Ocean LombardWesterly16N/ADance2024Payton MaysCranston17Miss Cranston West's TeenVocal2023Mia DaleyEast Greenwich16At-LargeLater Miss Rhode Island 20262022Gillian JohnstonWarwick17DanceSpirit of America Award2021Alexa JohnsenNorth KingstownSaxophone2019–20Caroline ParenteSouth Kingstown16N/AMusical Theatre Vocal, "All Falls Down"Non-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ AwardLater Miss Rhode Island 2023 and 4th Runner Up at Miss America 20242018 Macie JohnsonWickford 16N/A Jazz Dance, "Wonder" Top 12 America's ChoicePreliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award (tie)2017 Caroline HollingsworthEast Greenwich 15 Piano, 3rd Movement from "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven2016 Kate DePetro 16 Miss West Bay's Outstanding Teen Comedic Monologue2015 Catarina GirardiCranston Miss Cranston's Outstanding Teen Dance2014 Grace RomanelloSouth Kingstown 15 Miss Southern Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen Vocal, "Hit Me With A Hot Note" by Duke Ellington2013 Heather ShenEast Greenwich 16 Miss Kent County's Outstanding Teen Classical Violin Top 15 Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ AwardScholastic Excellence Award Sister of Miss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen 2011, Ivy Shen2012 Alexandra CoppaCranston 16 Dance Top 5 Interview Award Later Miss Rhode Island 20182011 Ivy ShenEast Greenwich 16 Classical Violin Top 10 Outstanding Instrumental Talent AwardPreliminary Talent AwardTop 5 Interview Award Sister of Miss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen 2013, Heather Shen2010 Selina WangBarrington 17 Miss Barrington's Outstanding Teen Top 152009 Emily LutherWoonsocket 17 Vocal, "At Last" by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren Non-finalist Talent AwardPreliminary Talent Award Made viral YouTube cover of Adele's "Someone Like You" with Charlie Puth in 2011Appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with PuthBoth Puth and Luther were signed onto DeGeneres' label elevenelevenContestant on The Voice2008 Angela AngersBarrington2007 Molly Jacobson Previously Miss Teen Rhode Island International 20062006 Lindsay RogersLincoln 17 Vocal Previously National Miss Junior Teen America 20023rd runner-up at Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 20052005 Kacie FerraroWakefield 17 Tap Dance
References
External links Official website