Miss Georgia Teen USA
| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Collierville |
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| Members | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Georgia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed Greenwood Productions under the ownership of Miss Tennessee USA 1989 Kim Greenwood. The pageant is hosted in McDonough, Georgia.[1]
Georgia is in the top 5 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. After countless runner-up and semi-finalist finishes, Kiran Reddy of Douglas was the first teen from Georgia to win the national title on August 26, 2026.
Seven Georgia teens later won the Miss Georgia USA crown, and two others won the Miss Indiana USA and Miss Virginia USA titles, respectively. Kelly Jerles, the first Miss Georgia Teen USA, became the first Teen titleholder to compete at Miss America, representing Georgia in 1987. Another Georgia teen also competed for Alabama at that pageant.
Kiran Reddy of Douglas was appointed Miss Georgia Teen USA 2026 on June 30th, 2026, after the open casting call from Thomas Brodeur, the new owner of the national pageant. She represented Georgia at Miss Teen USA 2026 and later won the title, marking the state's first title in the pageant's history.
Results summary
Placements
- Miss Teen USA: Kiran Reddy (2026)
- 1st runners-up: Meredith Young (1991), Whitney Fuller (1994), Brooke Fletcher (2009), Ava Colindres (2024)
- 2nd runners-up: Holly Roehl (1990), Shayla Jackson (2020)
- 3rd runners-up: Kelly Jerles (1983), Julia Martin (2013)
- 4th runners-up: Kimberly "Kim" Harlan (2002), Brittany Sharp (2006)
- Top 5/6: Denesha Reid (1993), Abby Vaillancourt (2000)
- Top 10: Meredith Brown (1985), Hope Allen (1987), Brandy Drake (2001), Katherine "Katie" Conkle (2005), Savannah Miles (2018), Kalysia Negron (2025)
- Top 15/16/20: Brooke Calhoun (2004), Kristen Robinson (2011), Courtney Smits (2012), Bentley Wright (2016), Liza Greenberg (2021), Courtney Smith (2022), Denim Lovett (2023)
Georgia holds a record of 26 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards
- Style Award: Abby Vaillancourt (2000), Brandy Drake (2001)
Winners
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Local title | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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| 2026 | Kiran Reddy | Douglas | 18 | Miss GA South Teen | Miss Teen USA 2026 | ||
| 2025 | Kalysia Negron | Atlanta | 19 | Miss Cobb County Teen | Top 10 | Previously Miss Georgia Teen Volunteer 2024
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| 2024 | Ava Colindres | Johns Creek | 17 | Miss Johns Creek Teen | 1st Runner-up | ||
| 2023 | Denim Lovett | Bonaire | 19 | Miss Greater Warner Robins Teen | Top 20 | ||
| 2022 | Courtney Ianna Smith | Atlanta | 15 | Miss GA South Teen | Top 16 |
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| 2021 | Elizabeth "Liza" Greenberg | Peachtree City | 19 | Miss Fayette County Teen | |||
| 2020 | Shayla Jackson | Valdosta | 17 | Miss Valdosta Teen | 2nd Runner-up |
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| 2019 | Isabella Bloedorn | Acworth | 15 | Miss North Paulding Teen | |||
| 2018 | Savannah Miles | Atlanta | 17 | Miss GA South Teen | Top 10 |
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| 2017 | Taylor Ward | Valdosta | 17 | Miss South GA Teen | |||
| 2016 | Bentley Wright | Vidalia | 18 | Miss Coastal GA Teen | Top 15 | Non finalist at Miss Georgia's Outstanding Teen 2013 | |
| 2015 | Mary Calkins | Augusta | 19 | Miss Augusta Teen | |||
| 2014 | Noelle Hughley | Lithonia | 17 | Miss Arabia Mountain Teen | |||
| 2013 | Julia Martin | Marietta | 18 | Miss Heart of Georgia Teen | 3rd runner-up |
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| 2012 | Courtney Smits | McDonough | 15 | Miss McDonough Teen | Top 16 |
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| 2011 | Kristen Robinson | Stone Mountain | 17 | Miss Stone Mountain Teen | Top 15 | ||
| 2010 | Caroline Wade | Acworth | 16 | Miss Dalton Teen | |||
| 2009 | Brooke Fletcher | Peachtree City | 17 | Miss Peachtree City Teen | 1st runner-up |
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| 2008 | Shannon Geraghty | Norcross | 16 | Miss Peachtree Corners Teen | |||
| 2007 | Jena Michelle Sims | Winder | 17 | Miss Barrow County Teen |
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| 2006 | Brittany Sharp | Roswell | 15 | Miss Greater Atlanta Teen | 4th runner-up |
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| 2005 | Katherine Marie "Katie" Conkle | Hampton | 18 | Top 10 | |||
| 2004 | Brooke Calhoun | Roswell | 18 | Top 15 | |||
| 2003 | Cassady Lance | Savannah | 18 |
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| 2002 | Kimberly Ann "Kim" Harlan[2] | Marietta | 18 | 4th runner-up |
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| 2001 | Brandy Drake | Danielsville | 18 | Semi-finalist | Clairol Style Award | ||
| 2000 | Abby Vaillancourt | Fayetteville | 19 | Top 5 | Clairol Style Award | ||
| 1999 | Keely Wright | Powder Springs | 17 | Originally first runner-up; assumed the title after Kim failed to obtain citizenship requirements. | |||
| Jane Kim | 16 | Did not compete | Dethroned after she failed citizenship requirements.[3] | ||||
| 1998 | Midori Thompson[4] | Augusta | 18 | ||||
| 1997 | Cheri Wheeler | Savannah | 17 | ||||
| 1996 | Summer Newmann | Richmond Hill | 17 | ||||
| 1995 | Gillian Nicholson | Colquitt | |||||
| 1994 | Whitney Fuller | Sautee Nacoochee | 16 | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1993 | Denesha Reid[5] | Fayetteville | 18 | Top 6 |
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| 1992 | Kristie Harmon | Conyers | 18 |
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| 1991 | Meredith Young[6] | Cairo | 18 | 1st runner-up |
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| 1990 | Holly Roehl | Griffin | 17 | 2nd runner-up |
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| 1989 | Kim Malloy | Columbus | |||||
| 1988 | Erin Nance | Calhoun | 16 |
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| 1987 | Hope Allen | Thomaston | 16 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1986 | Wendy Newendorf | Atlanta | 16 |
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| 1985 | Meredith Brown | Atlanta | 17 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1984 | Andrea Randall | Marietta | |||||
| 1983 | Kelly Ann Jerles | Perry | 16 | 3rd runner-up |
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References
- ↑ "Producers". Miss Georgia USA/Teen USA Pageants. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ↑ "Miss Georgia, Miss Georgia Teen crowned" (Press release). Associated Press. 2001-10-28.
- ↑ Smith, Gita (1999-06-26). "Beauty queen not of this realm Alpharetta girl has to give up Miss Georgia Teen USA crown because she's not an American citizen". The Atlanta Journal - The Atlanta Constitution. p. A1.
- ↑ "Augustan crowned Miss Georgia Teen USA" (Press release). Associated Press. 1998-05-25.
- ↑ "Fayetteville teen captures crown at state pageant". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 1993-07-01. p. M/1.
- ↑ "Living for that brief walk down the runway". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 1991-04-15. p. A/01.