Miss Teen USA 2026

Miss Teen USA 2026
DateAugust 26, 2026[1]
Presenters
VenueAdrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, Florida
BroadcasterQueen Beauty Network
Entrants51
Placements20
WinnerKiran Reddy
Georgia
CongenialityJasmine Jerke, South Dakota
Best State CostumeAlana Dixon, Tennessee
PhotogenicMaggie Peterson, Connecticut

Miss Teen USA 2026 was the 44th Miss Teen USA pageant, held at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida on August 26, 2026.

Mailyn Marsh of Missouri crowned Kiran Reddy of Georgia as her successor at the end of the event, marking the first title for the state in the pageant's history. For the first time, she will represent the United States at Miss Teen Universe 2026 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia this October.[2][3][4][5]

Background

Location

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, venue of the pageant

On March 5, 2026 it was announced that the competition will take place in Miami, Florida. A month later, it was announced the venue will be held at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.[1][6]

Broadcaster

On June 23, 2026, it was announced the pageant was originally to be aired on The CW on what would be its third time in four years after having previously signed a three-year deal in 2024. However, on August 20, a week before the pageant, The CW pulled off from the schedule along with concurrent Miss USA pageant in favor for the Queen Beauty Network streaming platform for its second consecutive year and still scheduled as planned.[7][8]

Selection of contestants

The selection of contestants for the state pageants taking place in May to July 2026. The first state pageant was Arkansas and held on May 3, 2026 the final state pageant is the tri-states of Maryland, New Jersey, and New York, scheduled to be held on July 26, 2026.[9]

Appointed contestants

As with the previous year, several states in the competition can not hold traditional state pageants due to state directorship contract issues and will get via an open casting call conducting by the national organization. On May 15, 2026, it was announced sixteen states will give an open casting call with applications in separate parts.

The first Open Call began voting in early June and those states are Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Vermont into three voting rounds each, the top two on each assigned group from the final voting round would make it to the judges round upon submitting their videos determining those hopefuls would select the eight women to appoint each of the eight state titles. The second Open call for the remaining eight states began voting at the end of June with the "Redemption Round" twist to have most of first batch eliminated hopefuls would have got a second chance, with new hopefuls will begin voting in mid-July; those states are Colorado, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming with the same format.[1][10]

Results

External videos
Miss Teen USA 2026 Finals
Youtube logo
video icon MISS TEEN USA 2026 - FINAL COMPETITION by Miss Teen USA
Miss Teen USA 2026 results.

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss Teen USA 2026
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
  • Texas – Chloe Bella Dietz
Top 10
Top 20

§ Voted into the Top 20 by viewers

Special awards

Award Contestant
Preliminary Best in Fitness & Activewear
Best in Interview
Best in State Costume
Miss Teen FLIXXE
People's Choice
Miss Photogenic
Miss Congeniality

Pageant

Judges

Contestants

As of July 2026, the confirmed contestants are competing for the title.

State/District Contestant Hometown Notes
Alabama Alabama Raiah Jolyn Dona Montgomery
Alaska Alaska Allison Kirksey Anchorage
Arizona Arizona Ella Hansen Tempe
Arkansas Arkansas Raquel Olea Maysville
California California Ava Grace Nichols La Jolla
Colorado Colorado Sophia Cespedes† Brighton
Connecticut Connecticut Maggie Peterson Hartford
Delaware Delaware Sydney Hayden Newark
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia Blake Hart Washington, D.C.
Florida Florida Sarah Duncan Crystal River
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Kiran Reddy† Douglas
Hawaii Hawaii Olivia Tom[12] Maui
Idaho Idaho Shayleena Wijerathna† Corona, CA
Illinois Illinois Scarlet Mcllrath Bureau
Indiana Indiana Kiersten Alvarado Indianapolis
Iowa Iowa Avery Bradley Muscatine
Kansas Kansas Dia Kearney Wichita
Kentucky Kentucky Taylor Moore† Louisville
Louisiana Louisiana Kadie Sumbler Baton Rouge
Maine Maine Sadie Coffey Ogunquit
Maryland Maryland Sophie Pittman Baltimore
Massachusetts Massachusetts Brooke Goodrich[13] Oxford
Michigan Michigan Mia Vanessa Prom† Tampa, FL 2nd runner-up at Miss Florida Teen USA 2026
Minnesota Minnesota Mya Gierman[14] Rogers
Mississippi Mississippi Mykala Donlon† Charleston, SC 1st runner-up at Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2026
Missouri Missouri Vegas Turner Springfield
Montana Montana Rowan Cross† Glendale, AZ
Nebraska Nebraska Brynlee Hansen Bennington
Nevada Nevada Ashley Salgado Las Vegas
New Hampshire New Hampshire Peyton Esp† Gurnee
New Jersey New Jersey Makenna Wayman Newark
New Mexico New Mexico Olivia Biggs White Sands
New York (state) New York Elisa Akin New York City
North Carolina North Carolina Trinity Locklear Lumberton
North Dakota North Dakota Audrey Emerson[15] Fargo
Ohio Ohio Emma Fossum† Dallas, TX
Oklahoma Oklahoma Chloe Braxton[16] Tulsa
Oregon Oregon Reagan Strazzeri† Marina del Rey, CA Semi-finalist, Miss Congeniality, and Miss Photogenic at Miss California Teen USA 2025
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Alheyda Guerra† Laredo, TX
Rhode Island Rhode Island Sienna Tandon Johnston
South Carolina South Carolina Isabella Brandt Charleston
South Dakota South Dakota Jasmine Jerke Sioux Falls
Tennessee Tennessee Alana Dixon† DeSoto, TX
Texas Texas Chloe Bella Dietz† Tomball
  • Previously Miss Texas High School America 2025
    • 2nd Runner-Up at Miss High School America 2025
Utah Utah Maizy Baldwin St. George
Vermont Vermont Payton Givens† Houston, TX
Virginia Virginia Madyson Blizzard Purcellville
Washington (state) Washington Bella Seeden† Temecula, CA 1st runner-up at Miss California Teen USA 2026
West Virginia West Virginia Gracia Knight Bridgeport[17]
Wisconsin Wisconsin Leia Rios[18] Brookfield
Wyoming Wyoming Joie Kennedy† Niwot, CO

† The chosen delegate was appointed from an Open Casting Call

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | The CW Network Named Exclusive Broadcast Partner For Both Miss USA and Miss Teen USA 2026 Competitions on August 26–27". The Next Miss USA. June 23, 2026. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Newly Crowned Miss Teen USA Hails From Georgia". KFI. August 27, 2026.
  3. ↑ Parent, Tabitha (August 27, 2026). "Miss Teen USA Crowns New Winner at 2026 Pageant". People (magazine).
  4. ↑ Jensen, Eric; Robledo, Anthony (August 27, 2026). "Miss Teen USA winner revealed. See who will compete for Miss Teen Universe". USA Today.
  5. ↑ "BDE Miss USA, LLC Secures Exclusive Rights in the United States for Miss Teen Universe". Miss USA & Miss Teen USA. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  6. ↑ "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |Miss USA Announces Adrienne Arsht Center as Miami 2026 Venue". The Next Miss USA. April 7, 2026. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
  7. ↑ White, Peter (June 23, 2026). "Miss USA Returns To The CW Following Pageant Ownership Change". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  8. ↑ Konstantindes, Anneta (August 20, 2026). "Miss USA has been dropped by The CW network a week before the pageant". Business Insider. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  9. ↑ "2026 STATE PAGEANTS". Miss USA. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  10. ↑ "2026 Open Call". Miss USA & Miss Teen USA. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Vulpo, Mike (August 24, 2026). "Meet the Hosts and Judges for Miss Teen and Miss USA 2026: Kelsey Swanson, Kylan Darnell and More (Exclusive)". US Weekly. Retrieved August 25, 2026.
  12. ↑ Kamoku, Keila; Unebasami, Trent (May 16, 2026). "Miss Hawaii USA 2026: Full list of winners". KHON-TV. Retrieved May 17, 2026.
  13. ↑ Odiah, Areta (June 23, 2026). "West Springfield native Kayshauna Montaño crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2026". WWLP. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Art teacher and mom crowned Miss Minnesota USA". KMSP-TV. June 19, 2026. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
  15. ↑ Larson, Chris (June 1, 2026). "From small town USA to Miss North Dakota USA, Hope's Sophia Richards to compete for Miss USA". WZFG. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
  16. ↑ Stogsdill, Sheila (June 17, 2026). "Ottawa County's Annamaria Thomas crowned Miss Oklahoma-USA". KODE-TV. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Bridgeport's Gracia Knight is Crowned Miss WV Teen USA". Connect-Bridgeport. June 16, 2026. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  18. ↑ Peters, Corey (June 3, 2026). "Viroqua agriculture teacher crowned 2026 Miss Wisconsin USA". WKBT-DT. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
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