The Miss Vermont Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Vermont in the Miss Teen USA pageant. It is formerly directed by Sanders & Associates, Inc., dba- Pageant Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia from 2004 to 2017 before GDB Theatre and Pageant Productions becoming the new directors of the stage pageant since 2018.
Charlotte Lopez, Miss Vermont Teen USA 1993, was the first Vermont Teen to win the Miss Teen USA crown and the 10th state that won the title for the first time. Five Miss Vermont Teen USA titleholders have won the Miss Vermont USA title and competed at Miss USA.
Prior to 2022, no sisters had been held the Miss and Teen titles in a single state. Vermont became the first state to have biological sisters holding the statewide Miss USA and Miss Teen USA titles simultaneously, when Kenzie Golonka crowned Teen and her sister (and former Teen titleholder) Kelsey crowned Miss.
Payton Givens of Houston, TX was appointed Miss Vermont Teen USA on June 30th, 2026 after the open casting call from Thomas Brodeur, the new owner of the national pageant. She will represent Vermont at Miss Teen USA 2026.
Results summary Placements Miss Teen USA: Charlotte Lopez (1993) 2nd runners-up: Kara Quinn (1989) Top 15: Alexandra Marek (2015), Tammy Vujanovic (2016), Kelsey Golonka (2017) Vermont holds a record of 5 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards Miss Congeniality: Lavinia Magruder (1996), Karsen Woods (2012)
Winners
Year Name HometownAge1 Local titlePlacement at Miss Teen USA Special awards at Miss Teen USA Notes 2026 Payton Givens Houston, TX TBA Miss Harris County Teen 2025 Alaina Barlock Pittsburgh, PA 19 Miss Mt. Lebanon Teen 2024 Josslyn McKenna Colchester 15 Miss Chittenden County Teen Later 2rd runner-up to Miss Vermont’s Teen 2026 2023 Nadja Dacres Colchester 16 Miss Colchester Teen 2022 Kenzie Golonka Montpelier 16 Miss Capitol City Teen Sister of Kelsey Golonka, Miss Vermont Teen USA 2017 and Miss Vermont USA 2022 2021 Jamisyn Baker Rutland 15 2020 Kiera Pipeling West Rutland 17 2019 Jenna Howlett Bridport 16 Later Miss Vermont USA 2023 2018 Alexandra Diehl St. Albans 17 Previously Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 20162017Kelsey GolonkaMontpelier17Top 15 Later Miss Vermont USA 2022 Top 12 at Miss USA 2022; sister of Kenzie Golonka, Miss Vermont Teen USA 20222016Tammy VujanovicBurlington16Top 152015Alexandra MarekBarre16Top 152014Madison CotaBellows Falls17Later Miss Vermont USA 2017 Semifinalist at Miss Massachusetts 20182013Sophia HadekaFair Haven15 Previously Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 20112012Karsen WoodsWestford17Miss Congeniality2011Bridget MartinStowe142010Shelby GregoireBarre172009Brittany KelemenJonesville18 2008Sydney PerryMiddlesex17 Later Miss North Carolina USA 20122007Olivia HubbardRutland172006Katharine WilliamsRichmond172005Jessica FillionWilliston182004Maggie GehaBrattleboro162003Jenna LajeunesseBarre172002Melinda KarrBurlington152001Heather MoylanDerby182000JoAnna VelucciBurlington171999Jennifer "Jen" RipleyBarre19 Later Miss Vermont USA 2003 and Mrs. Vermont America 2009 under her married name, Jennifer Bisson.1998Dawn CarrowVernon181997Mariah BilladoBurlington181996Lavinia MagruderBurlington17Miss Congeniality1995Melissa PerronBarton181994Christel Marquardt Vergennes171993Charlotte Anne LopezDorset16Miss Teen USA 19931992Lisa RobieMilton181991Anne-Marie GeroeNewport171990Gessica TortolanoRandolph161989Kara QuinnRutland152nd runner-up1988Andrea VarneySouth Hero161987Christy BeltramiBarre18 Later Miss Vermont USA 19941986Holly MatavaBrattleboro171985Wanda MinardSouth Burlington171984Darcy HedrickBennington17 1983 Cindy Gentile Charlotte 16 1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
External links Miss Vermont / Miss Teen Vermont USA Official website Miss Teen USA 2024 Official website Miss Vermont Teen USA Official Instagram
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