The Miss Arkansas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
The state pageant was directed by Premier Pageants from 2002 to 2007 before becoming part of the Vanbros organization, headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas. In 2007, Vanbros group took over the management of the pageant with the Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma pageants.
From 1986 until 2004, when Sarah French won , no Miss Arkansas Teen USA had placed or won an award at the national competition. From 2008 until 2010, Arkansas had placed at Miss Teen USA three consecutive years, including Stevi Perry winning their first Miss Teen USA title in 2008.
Eight Miss Arkansas Teen USA titleholders have gone on to win the Miss Arkansas USA title and three have won Miss America state titles, more than any other state.
The current Miss Arkansas Teen USA is Raquel Olea of Maysville who was crowned on May 3, 2026, at The Center for the Arts in Russellville. She will represent Arkansas at Miss Teen USA 2026.
Results summary Placements Miss Teen USA: Stevi Perry (2008) 1st runners-up: Raquel Olea (2026) Top 10: Angela Boyd (1983), Rhonda Heird (1985), Siyona Karkera (2024) Top 15/16: Allison Kusenberger (2009), Megan Burgess (2010), Abby Floyd (2013), Arynn Johnson (2015), Maggie Williams (2019), Anna Claire Hay (2020) Top 20: Jewelia Reece (2025) Arkansas holds a record of 12 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards Miss Congeniality: Angela Boyd (1983), Dana Mooney (1986) Miss Photogenic: Sarah French (2004)
Winners
Year Name HometownAge1 Local title Placement at Miss Teen USA Special awards at Miss Teen USA Notes 2026 Raquel Olea Maysville 18 Miss Washington County Teen 1st runner-up 2025 Jewelia Reece Lowell 17 Miss White River Teen Top 20 2024 Siyona Karkera Little Rock 19 Miss Pulaski County Teen Top 10 2023 Mackenzie Scott Fayetteville 19 Miss Fayetteville Teen 2022 Allie Shanks White River 16 Miss White River Teen 2021 Madeline Bohlman Fayetteville 19 Miss Northwest Arkansas Teen Eligible as a student of University of Arkansas at the time of crowning Later Miss Arkansas USA 2024 2020 Anna Claire Hay Little Rock 15 Miss White River Teen Top 16Later Miss Arkansas USA 2026 Later Miss International 2023 2019 Maggie Williams Piggott 17 Miss White River Teen Top 15 2018 Mackenzie Elizabeth Hinderberger Fayetteville 18 Miss Windsor Lake Teen Later Miss Arkansas USA 2023 Top 20 at Miss USA 2023 2017 Allison Tucker Clarksville 16 Miss Johnson County Teen 2016 Makenzie Sexton Cabot 16 Miss Cabot Teen Daughter of Tonya Snodgrass, Miss Missouri USA 1992 2015 Arynn Nicole Johnson Hot Springs 18 Miss Diamond State Teen Top 15 Later Miss Arkansas USA 2017 2014 Lauren Ashton Weaver Greenwood 17 Miss Greenwood Teen Later Miss Arkansas USA 2018 2013 Abby Elizabeth Floyd Searcy 17 Miss Searcy Teen Top 16 Later Miss Arkansas USA 2016 Top 10 at Miss USA 2016 2012 Amber Mitchell Sheridan 18 Miss Timberfest Teen 2011 Mary-Kate Hartley Hamburg 17 Miss Diamond State Teen 2010 Megan Michelle Burgess Hot Springs 18 Miss Hot Springs Teen Top 15 2009 Allison Kusenberger Little Rock 18 Miss Little Rock Teen Top 15 2008 Stevi Lauren Perry Hamburg 17 Miss Hamburg Teen Miss Teen USA 2008 2007 Tiffany Greenstreet Melbourne 18 2006 Taylor Wright White Hall 18 2005 Ashton Schmidt Batesville 17 2004 Sarah Sutton French Hot Springs 18 Later Miss Missouri 2006 2003 Brittany Celene Carpenter Conway 18 2002 Rachel Danielle Eggers North Little Rock 16 2001 Lauren Elizabeth Arnold Arkadelphia 18 2000 Paula Suzanne Taylor Carlisle 18 1999 Sarah Moody Pollard 17 Later competed three times at Miss Arkansas 1998 Joan Leigh Lucas Fayetteville 17 1997 Brandi Watkins Brinkley Later competed four times at Miss Arkansas 1996 Aimee Delatte Stuttgart Later 1st runner-up to Miss Arkansas USA 2001 & 2002 1995 Natalie Fisher Stuttgart 1994 Rebekah Hall Conway 17 1993 Tiffany Brooke Parks Cabot 17 Later Miss Arkansas USA 1996 1992 Stacy Freeman Sheridan Later Miss Arkansas 1997 1991 Paula Gaye Montgomery Cabot Later Miss Arkansas 1995 Second runner-up at Miss America 1996 1990 Karen Pugh Sherwood 18 Later Mrs. Arkansas International 2004 as Karen Pugh-Thompson 1989 Susan Marshall Cabot 18 1988 Jessica Welch Pine Bluff 17 1987 Paige Ann Yandell Greenwood Later Miss Arkansas USA 1989 1986 Dana Moody Batesville 1985 Rhonda Ann Heird Pine Bluff 17 Top 10 1984 Melissa Anne Staples Calion Later Miss Arkansas USA 1988 1983 Angela "Angie" Boyd Manila 18 Top 10 1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
External links Official website