One of my favourite site sections since I created Pageant Update, the top fives page (or top three, or four, or six!) is your place to compare the official “court” photos from each state. It’s a celebration of our winners and runners-up for each Miss Teen USA 2021 state pageant. The first 2020 Teen runners-up to win a Miss title were Katarina Spasojevic, second runner-up at Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2020, who won Miss Minnesota USA the following year and Samantha Keaton, first runner-up at Miss Texas Teen USA 2020 who won the Miss Wisconsin USA 2021 title.
Kennedy Whisenant (4RU), Natalie Robertson (2RU), Katie Watts (Miss AL Teen USA), Dailyn Swann (1RU), Raley Madison Pasibe (3RU)
Dailyn Swann – later Miss AL Teen USA 2021
Daly Dacus (3RU), Camryn Freeman (2RU), Anna Claire Hay (Miss AR Teen USA), Phoebe Harris (1RU), Gracie Hilker (4RU)
Alexandra Zacky (4RU), Jasmine Signorino (2RU), Zoe Hunt (Miss CA Teen USA), Rachel DeAngelis (1RU), Kassidy Betz (3RU)
Hailey Stepp (3RU), Ashlyn Drury (1RU), Yashi Uppalapati (Miss CO Teen USA), Grace Covney (2RU), Abi Lange (4RU)
Abi Lange – later Miss CO Teen USA 2021
Grace Covney – later Miss CO Teen USA 2023
Savannah Meaike (3RU), Samantha Sarelli (Miss CT Teen USA), Alanna Rondinone (2RU), Yana Baltsevych (4RU) • Not pictured: Sushmita Narayan (1RU)
Jacqueline McElroy (F), Sydney Jackson (Miss DC Teen USA), Joy Alicia Kramer (F)
Ava Barnd (1RU), Kaitlyn King (2RU), Rylie Spicker (Miss FL Teen USA), Breanna Myles (3RU), Gabi Purcell (4RU)
Breanna Myles – later Miss Teen USA 2021
Kennedy Whisenant (3RU), Elizabeth Greenberg (1RU), Shayla Jackson (Miss GA Teen USA), Ashlin Meadows (2RU), Myla Hadley (4RU)
Elizabeth Greenberg – later Miss GA Teen USA 2021
Alianna West (3RU), Haley Blount (1RU), Ki’ilani Arruda (Miss HI Teen USA), Naia Torres (2RU), Lehia Coloma (4RU)
Alexa Pafilas (3RU), Ellie Wolfe (1RU), Sabrina Ripley (Miss ID Teen USA), Hayli Gudenau (2RU), Emma Vogel (4RU)
Victoria Eakins (4RU), Havanna Heeg (2RU), Victoria Rhemrev (Miss IL Teen USA), Suliana Solano (1RU), Lauren Ridgway (3RU)
Natalie Heinemeyer (4RU), Caroline Parks (2RU), Jinnie Tomes (Miss IN Teen USA), Bella Meyer (1RU), Emma-Kate Moore (3RU)
Shayla Timm (4RU), Lydia Fisher (2RU), Hailey Parton (Miss IA Teen USA), Elle Sneller (1RU), Kenedy Wright (3RU)
Faith Jacobs (4RU), Samantha Elliott (3RU), Cyara Heredia Ruiz (Miss KS Teen USA), Rachel Hammons (2RU), Savana Grace Wilson (1RU)
Madalyne Kinnett* (3RU), Allison Fitzgerald (1RU), Mattie Barker (Miss KY Teen USA), Rachel Whitehouse (2RU), Courtney Rager (4RU)
Madalyne Kinnett – later Miss KY USA 2023
Gracie Petry (4RU), Abby Cramond (1RU), Sydney Taylor* (Miss LA Teen USA), Kylie Morgan (2RU), Ella Clark (3RU)
Gracie Petry – later Miss LA Teen USA 2021
Sydney Taylor – later Miss LA USA 2024
Ashleigh Bolduc (3RU), Elizabeth Kervin* (2RU), Grace Morey (Miss ME Teen USA), Brooke Meserve (4RU), Alaina Christy (1RU)
Elizabeth Kervin – later Miss ME USA 2022
Valory Myers (3RU), Stevie Boykin (1RU), Heavyn McDaniels (Miss MD Teen USA), Emma Foraci (2RU), Jenna Zavoyna (4RU)
Jenny Gould (4RU), Judy Li (1RU), Annika Sharma* (Miss MA Teen USA), Taylor Marino (2RU), Jordon Hudson (3RU)
Annika Sharma – later Miss MA USA 2023
Jada Dudley (3RU), Jada Moylan (1RU), Aneesa Sheikh (Miss MI Teen USA), Aicha Chehmani (2RU), Alexis Jackson (4RU)
Jada Moylan – later Miss MI Teen USA 2021
Katarina Spasojevic (2RU), Madison Birk (3RU), Gwendolyn Buchanan (Miss MN Teen USA), Megan Jensen (3RU), Lauren Disher (4RU)
Katarina Spasojevic – later Miss MN USA 2021
Helen McDougald (3RU), Annie Grace Gibson (1RU), Zoe Bigham (Miss MS Teen USA), Claire Love (2RU), Mackenzie Taylor (4RU)
Anna Long (2RU), Lauren Everett (1RU), Holly McDowell (Miss MO Teen USA), Maggie Huffman (3RU), Isabella Ross (4RU)
Anna Long – later Miss MO Teen USA 2021
Dejana Ridens (4RU), Savannah Lockwood (3RU), Morgan Pierce (Miss MT Teen USA), Kenna Dudley (1RU), Ali Cunningham (2RU)
Baylee Renz (4RU), Daisy Sudderth (3RU), Audrey Eckert (Miss NE Teen USA), Mary Sickler (2RU), Hannah DeLashmutt (1RU)
Daisy Sudderth – later Miss NE Teen USA 2021
Tinley McWhorter (4RU), Mariel Valladares (2RU), Montana Cencarik (Miss NV Teen USA), Lenzie Taylor (1RU), Alyssa Fuller (3RU)
Asianah Gostyla (4RU), Elizabeth Gott (3RU), Samantha Lemay (Miss NH Teen USA), Olivia Lamper (2RU), Grace Paradise (1RU)
Grace Paradise – later Miss NH Teen USA 2022
Kaitlyn King (3RU), Carli Hernandez (1RU), JaeLynn Polanco (Miss NJ Teen USA), Natalie Orellana (2RU), Isabella Galan (4RU)
Isabella Galan – later Miss NJ Teen USA 2022
Brooke Vandekamp (3RU), Devin Wilson (1RU), Isabella Bizzell (Miss NM Teen USA), Cristina Valles (2RU), Annali Flores (4RU)
Sidney Bowers (3RU), Kamiylah Monroe (1RU), Maya Dominguez (Miss NY Teen USA), Ella Thomas-Montgomery (2RU), Sydney Tobin (4RU)
London Tucker (2RU), Gabriel Barnhart (1RU), Peyton Brown (Miss NC Teen USA), Ansley Minor (3RU), Olivia McLaughlin (4RU)
Sophia Richards (1RU), Elise Jacobson (2RU), Amanda Higginbotham (Miss ND Teen USA), Amorelle Upton (4RU), Gabriella Lilley (3RU)
Gabriella Morando (4RU), Grace-Anne Larschied (1RU), Lily McLaughlin (Miss OH Teen USA), Gracie Fusco (2RU), Shreya Samadder (3RU)
Grace-Anne Larschied – later Miss OH Teen USA 2021
Isabella Davis (4RU), Hunter Gorton (3RU), Danika Christopherson (Miss OK Teen USA), Anna Lunday (1RU), Mia-Lynne Smith (2RU)
Hunter Gorton – later Miss OK Teen USA 2021
Megan Kindle (3RU), Amanda Bishop (2RU), Shayla Montgomery (Miss OR Teen USA), Hallidae Hunt (1RU), Lauren Williams (4RU)