Miss Teen USA 2022 was the 40th Miss Teen USA pageant, held at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, United States, on October 1, 2022.
Breanna Myles of Florida crowned Faron Medhi of Nebraska as her successor at the end of the event.
Background Location
On July 14, 2022, it was reported that the competition, including Miss USA 2022, would be held in Reno, Nevada, with the city securing a three-year deal to host the pageants in 2022, 2023, and 2024. This will be the second time that the pageant is held in Reno, following Miss Teen USA 2019. The following day, it was confirmed that the pageant would be held at the Grand Sierra Resort on October 1 by Crystle Stewart who confirmed that the location was chosen to honor Cheslie Kryst, whom had been crowned Miss USA 2019 in the same venue and had died by suicide in January 2022.
Selection of contestants The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the duration between most of the state pageants from the previous year's competition, with previous year's state titleholders' reign being shortened to eight to eleven months, depending on state. Delegates from the 50 states and the District of Columbia are selected in state pageants which began in September 2021 and ended in July 2022, as the state pageant schedule can become very dense between the last state pageant held from 2021. The first state pageants were Idaho and Montana, held together on September 12, 2021, and the last state pageant was Colorado held on July 3, 2022.
Results Placements
Placement ContestantMiss Teen USA 2022 – Faron Medhi1st Runner-Up – Jenna Beckstrom2nd Runner-Up – Cassidy Hill3rd Runner-Up – Isabella Mosqueda4th Runner-Up – McKinley FareseTop 16 – MayaDenise Gaskin – Alyssa Khan – Courtney Ianna Smith – Malulani Paiste – Marisa Mathson – Gracie Hendrickson – Janae McIntosh – Gabriela Ortega – Kylan Darnell § – Haleigh Hurst – Sage Gundelly § – Voted into Top 16 through the online vote.
Special awards AwardContestantRef.Best State CostumeWinnerOklahoma – Haleigh HurstSecond PlaceNorth Carolina – Gabriela OrtegaThird PlaceWisconsin – Sage GundellyMiss CongenialityNevada – Janae McIntoshMiss PhotogenicNorth Carolina – Gabriela Ortega Order of Announcements
Top 16 Arizona Florida Kansas Nevada Iowa Ohio Georgia Wisconsin North Carolina Hawaii California Michigan Nebraska Idaho Tennessee Oklahoma Top 5 California Tennessee Michigan Idaho Nebraska
Pageant Judges Allan Aponte – Puerto Rican makeup artist Kaliegh Garris – Miss Teen USA 2019 from Connecticut Bob Hartnagel – American public affairs consultant Anita Krpata – American businesswoman and chief commercial officer (CCO) of SeneGence Tanya Memme – Canadian television host and Miss World Canada 1993 Keylee Sanders Helmich – Miss Teen USA 1995 from Kansas
Contestants All 51 titleholders have been crowned. State Contestant Age Hometown PlacementNotesAlabama AnnaLee Story 19 Auburn Alaska Madison Hines 17 Eagle River Arizona MayaDenise Gaskin 18 Phoenix Top 16 Previously Miss Arizona Collegiate America 2021Arkansas Allie Shanks 17 SpringdaleCalifornia Cassidy Hill 18 Newport Beach 2nd Runner-Up Colorado Chloe Fisher 18 SterlingConnecticut Mya Xeller 18 New HavenDelaware Ava MacMurray 18 Hockessin District of Columbia Asia Hickman 19 Washington, D.C. Previously Miss New York's Outstanding Teen 2017Florida Alyssa Khan 19 Cooper City Top 16 Georgia Courtney Ianna Smith 16 Atlanta Top 16Hawaii Malulani Paiste 19 Mililani Top 16 Idaho Jenna Beckstrom 18 Eagle 1st Runner-Up Illinois Dawn Parks 19 Chicago Indiana KK Kokonaing 18 Huntertown Iowa Marisa Mathson 17 Des Moines Top 16Kansas Gracie Hendrickson 17 Newton Top 16 Previously Miss Kansas' Outstanding Teen 2021Kentucky Gabriella Hembree 19 CarrolltonLouisiana Ainsley Ross 19 Bossier City Maine Madisson Higgins 16 BangorMaryland Soniya Krishan 19 WheatonMassachusetts Jillian Driscoll 18 Lynnfield Daughter of Jacquelyn Doucette Driscoll, Miss Massachusetts USA 1996.Michigan Isabella Mosqueda 19 Cedar Springs 3rd Runner-UpMinnesota Ava Ernst 17 North OaksPreviously Miss Minnesota High School America 2021Mississippi McKenzie Cole 16 Vicksburg Later Miss Mississippi USA 2025Missouri Shae Smith 19 Bolivar Previously Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2019 and later Miss Missouri USA 2025MontanaJulia Kunau 16LewistownNebraska Faron Medhi18Omaha Miss Teen USA 2022 Nevada Janae McIntosh18 Las Vegas Top 16New Hampshire Grace Paradise 18PlaistowNew Jersey Isabella Galan 17WayneNew Mexico Caroline Babcock 17 FarmingtonNew York Mahdiya Chowdhury 17 New York CityNorth Carolina Gabriela Ortega 17 Cary Top 16North Dakota Berkley Lundeen 18 Minot Cousin of Caitlyn Vogel, Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2019 and Miss North Dakota USA 2021Ohio Kylan Darnell 18 Franklin Furnace Top 16 Oklahoma Haleigh Hurst 19 Norman Top 16 Oregon Alaina McClanen-Clemons18PortlandPennsylvania Alexandra Jones 18 MonongahelaRhode Island Julia Potts 18 CharlestownSouth Carolina Katie Ward 19 Charleston South Dakota Bella Welker 17 HarrisburgTennessee McKinley Farese 18 Germantown 4th Runner-UpPreviously Miss Kentucky Junior High School America 2017, Miss Tennessee Junior High School America 2018Texas Chanel Williams 16 San AntonioUtah Maizy Abbott 19 Pleasant View Vermont Kenzie Golonka 17 Montpelier Sister of Kelsey Golonka, Miss Vermont Teen USA 2017 and Miss Vermont USA 2022Virginia Hannah Grau 17 FredericksburgWashington Kate Dixon 18 Sammamish Shortly after being crowned, a video of Dixon saying the N-word surfaced causing a controversy. Pageant organizers allowed Dixon to begin her reign.West Virginia Emma Kitchen 18 WilliamstownWisconsin Sage Gundelly 15 Mequon Top 16 Sister of Shreya Gundelly, Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2021Wyoming Nora Steinke 17 Laramie Cousin of Erin Shae Swanson, Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2019
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References
External links Miss Teen USA official website