One of my favourite sections of the site (even if I’ve never settled on the perfect name for it!), a look at all the Miss Teen USA 1997 titleholders who’ve gone on to compete at Miss USA or in other state pageants. It’s always inspiring to see where their journeys have taken them — whether they won a crown early on, competed once or twice and then hung up the heels or kept showing up year after year, showing persistence in their quest to walk the Miss USA stage.
4th runner-up
3
Alita Dawson (CT), Cristin Duren (FL), Larissa Meek (MO)
Semi-finalist
1
Tara Tucker (AL)
Non-finalist
4
Laurie Ann Miller (AK), Cheryl Miller (DE), Amanda Penix (OK), Amanda Burns (WV)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Photogenic
1
Cristin Duren (FL)
1999
1
Amanda Burns (WV)
2000
2
Laurie Ann Miller (AK), Amanda Penix (OK)
2001
1
Larissa Meek (MO)
2002
2
Tara Tucker (AL), Alita Dawson (CT)
2003
1
Cheryl Miller (DE)
2006
1
Cristin Duren (FL)
