Miss America's Teen is an Americanscholarshippageant. It is the sister program to theMiss America Opportunity, and it aims to "promote scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for America's teens." In order to be eligible to compete, participants must first compete and win at the local level and then win the state title. The competition consists of several parts of competition which consists of an eight-minute interview in front of a panel of judges, talent, lifestyle and wellness, evening wear, and an on-stage question. All competitors must be girls between the ages of 13 and 18 years of age.^[1]

More than $113,000 in scholarship grants were distributed among the 51 contestants in the pageant along with $29 Million in in-kind tuition with 7 universities, with a $30,000 scholarship being awarded to the winner. The chairwoman for the Miss America's Teen program is Miss America CEO, Robin Fleming.

The current titleholder is Peyton Bolling ofArkansas, who was crowned in Orlando, Florida, on January 4, 2025.

In January 2023, the official name of the pageant was changed from Miss America's Outstanding Teen to Miss America's Teen.

The first competition was held in August 2005 in theLinda W. Chapin Theater at theOrange County Convention Center inOrlando, Florida.Meghan Miller, who representedTexas, was the first to win the competition.

Year	Crowned	Winner	State	City	Age	Awards	Talent	Notes
2006	August 20, 2005	Meghan Miller[2][3]	Texas	Beaumont	17	Overall Talent Award[3] Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Preliminary Talent Award	Ventriloquism	Off Broadway actress in The Berenstain Bears LIVE! And national tour casts of Berenstain Bears and John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean Appeared onAmerica's Got Talent[4]
2007	August 19, 2006	Maria DeSantis[5]	New York	Staten Island	17	Preliminary Talent Award	Vocal	Contestant atNational Sweetheart 2012 pageant
2008	August 11, 2007	Caitlin Brunell[6][7]	Virginia	Great Falls	15	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award	En Pointe Dance, "Show Off" fromThe Drowsy Chaperone	Daughter of formerNew Orleans Saints quarterback,Mark Brunell[8][9] LaterMiss Alabama 2014[6][10] Top 10 atMiss America 2015 pageant[11] Judge atMiss America's Outstanding Teen 2020[12]
2009	August 16, 2008	Taylor Fitch[13]	South Carolina	Anderson	17		Musical Theater Dance
2010	August 15, 2009	Jeanette Morelan[14][15]	Wisconsin	Racine	15		Vocal, "Think of Me" fromThe Phantom of the Opera	Sister ofMiss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen 2013, JamieNicole Morelan[16] Later Distinguished Young Woman of Wisconsin 2012[17] 4th runner-up atMiss Tennessee 2016 pageant[18]
2011	August 28, 2010	Lacey Russ[19]	Oklahoma	Cordell	16	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award	Piano, Bach's "Prelude XXI" and Beethoven's "Sonata Pathetique"
2012	August 20, 2011	Elizabeth Fechtel[20]	Florida	Leesburg	17	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award	Musical Theater Jazz Dance, "I Am What I Am"	Sister ofMiss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2010 andMiss Florida 2015,Mary Katherine Fechtel Initially namedMiss Florida 2014[21] Later dethroned from Miss Florida title after tabulation error, making her the 1st runner-up[22]
2013	August 18, 2012	Rachel Wyatt[23]	South Carolina	Piedmont	17		Dance	LaterMiss South Carolina 2016[23] 1st runner-up atMiss America 2017 pageant[24] FormerNFL cheerleader for theDallas Cowboys[25]
2014	August 17, 2013	Leah Sykes[26]	Florida	Jacksonville	16		Vocal, "Someone Like You" byAdele
2015	August 2, 2014	Olivia McMillan[27]	Georgia	Centerville	17	Outstanding Vocalist Award[28] Preliminary Talent Award[28]	Classical Vocal, "Nessun dorma" fromPuccini's opera,Turandot
2016	August 1, 2015	Allie Nault[29]	New Hampshire	Gilford	17	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award[30] Teens in Action Award[30]	Dance/Twirl
2017	August 6, 2016	Nicole Jia[31]	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	17	Outstanding Instrumentalist Award	Piano, Variations on Mozart's "Rondo Alla Turca"
2018	July 29, 2017	Jessica Baeder[32]	Alabama	Auburn	17	Teens in Action Award[33]	Ballet en pointe, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"	Daughter ofMiss North Carolina 1984, Francesca Adler
2019	July 28, 2018	London Hibbs[34]	Texas	Tyler	17	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Preliminary Talent Award	Vocal, "Think of Me" fromThe Phantom of the Opera
2020	July 27, 2019	Payton May[35]	Washington	Vancouver	17	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award	Vocal, "Over the Rainbow"	Held title for two years since no competition was held in 2020
2021	No national pageant was held due to theCOVID-19 pandemic
2022	July 30, 2021	Marcelle LeBlanc[36]	Alabama	Birmingham	18	Teens in Action Finalist Preliminary Talent Award Top Interview Award (tie)	Broadway Vocal, "On My Own" fromLes Miserables	Sister ofMiss Alabama Teen USA 2024, Ava LeBlanc
2023	August 12, 2022	Morgan Greco[36]	Washington	Camas	16	Preliminary Talent Award Top Vocalist Award	Operatic Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust	Later crowned Miss Teen International USA 2024
2024	January 13, 2024	Hanley House	North Carolina	Cleveland	16	Preliminary Fitness Award Preliminary Evening Wear	Dance
2025	January 4, 2025	Peyton Bolling	Arkansas	Rogers	17		Jazz Dance, "Man of La Mancha"

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