2012 MISS TEEN USA STATE TITLEHOLDERS
>> competing in Miss USA & Miss state pageants

This page details the Miss Teen USA 2012 state titleholders who have competed at Miss USA or competed in Miss USA state pageants. 

Despite being eligible for two years, so far only three 2012 Teens have competed in Miss - compared to the ten 2011 Teens who had competed by 2014.  None of the three have won a title, although Alexa Jones (AZ) and Jessica Carter (MS) have both been first runner-up.

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Former Teens competing in Miss - by state
Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida
Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts
Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico
New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina
South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming

Former Teens competing in Miss - by year
1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017

More Miss Teen USA 2012 Coverage:
Almanac | Official pageant photos | 2012 Teens who came back for Miss | State Pageant Coverage

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2012 state titleholders who have competed/will compete at Miss USA (5)

AL - Peyton Brown (Semi-finalist) - Miss Alabama USA 2016  (Top 5 at Miss USA 2016)
GA - Courtney Smits (Semi-finalist)  - Miss Virginia USA 2019
IL - Alex Plotz (Semi-finalist)  - Miss Illinois USA 2019
NE - Sarah Rose Summers - Miss Nebraska USA 2018 (Miss USA 2018)
SD - Kalani Jorgensen - Miss South Dakota USA 2020
WA - Alex Carlson-Helo - Miss Washington USA 2017

(2016 - 1 | 2017 - 1 | 2018) (NF - 1 | T5 - 1 | Miss USA - 1)

AL Peyton Brown | T5 Miss USA 2016

GA Courtney Smits | NF Miss USA 2019

IL Alex Plotz | NF Miss USA 2019

NE | Sarah Rose Summers - Miss USA 2018

WA Alex Carlson-Helo | NF Miss USA 2017

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Participation in Miss USA state pageants (13)

AL - Peyton Brown (Semi-finalist) - Miss Alabama USA 2016
AZ - Alexa Zellers - 4RU MO USA 2017, 1RU AZ USA 2018
CA - Alexa Jones - 1RU AZ USA 2014, T20 2015, SF 2016, SF CA USA 2017, SF 2018, T10 AZ USA 2019, NF CA USA 2019
CO - Jacqueline Zuccherino - 3RU CO USA 2019
DC - Sierra Hadley - 3RU DC USA 2015, 3RU 2016
GA - Courtney Smits (Semi-finalist)  - Miss Virginia USA 2019
HI - Kathryn Teruya (Semi-finalist) - NF HI USA 2017
IL - Alex Plotz (Semi-finalist) - SF IL USA 2018, ​Miss Illinois USA 2019
LA - Marlee Henry - 1RU LA USA 2017, T10 2019
MS - Jessica Carter - 1RU NY USA 2015 
NE - Sarah Rose Summers - 2RU NE USA 2016, ​Miss Nebraska USA 2018
SD - Kalani Jorgensen - SF SD USA 2017, 1RU 2018, 2RU 2019, ​Miss South Dakota USA 2020
WA - Alex Carlson-Helo - Miss Washington USA 2017

Most recent competition photos for each delegate (where available):

AL Peyton Brown | Miss AL USA 2016

AZ Alexa Zellers | 1RU AZ USA 2018

CA Alexa Jones | T10 AZ USA 2019

CA Alexa Jones | T10 AZ USA 2019

DC Sierra Hadley | 3RU DC USA 2015

GA Courtney Smits | Miss VA USA 2019

HI Kathryn Teruya | NF HI USA 2017

IL Alex Plotz | Miss IL USA 2019

LA Marlee Henry | T10 LA USA 2019

MS Jessica Carter | 1RU NY USA 2015

NE Sarah Summers | 2RU NE USA 2016

SD Kalani Jorgensen | 2RU SD USA 2019

WA Alex Carlson-Helo | Miss WA USA 2017

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The following contestants are no longer eligible to compete 
(as they have either aged out (*), are engaged, got married and/or have kids)

AK - Veronica Temple 
NV - Katie Eklund 
ND - Tiffany Fletschock
OH - Kendall Fein (4th runner-up)
OK - Jessica Lee Morgan (3rd runner-up)
PA - Julia Belechak
RI - Livia Stencel
TX - Madison Lee
UT - Keilara McCormick (Semi-finalist)