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. Delaney Musgrave was the first to win a title, competing in and winning Miss New Jersey Teen USA just a few months after finishing third runner-up in Georgia. Fourteen 2021 runners-up won titles the following year and competed at Miss Teen USA 2022.
Mae Farmer (4RU), Natalie Robertson (2RU), Dailyn Swann (Miss AL Teen USA), Joi Williams (1RU), Jada Dudley (3RU)
Autumn Carlson (F), Nora Andrews (F), Ellie Smith (Miss AK Teen USA), Kamaya Fenton (1RU)
Paris Vogler (4RU), Tayland Stuhr (2RU), McKenzi Lindhag (Miss AZ Teen USA), Sophia VanVleet (1RU), Chloe Hiller (3RU)
Camryn Freeman (3RU), Kory Lynn Jennings (2RU), Madeline Bohlman (Miss AR Teen USA), Allie Shanks (4RU), Phoebe Harris (2RU)
Allie Shanks – later Miss AR Teen USA 2022
Kaitlyn Humphrey (3RU), Allison Carlson (1RU), Abi Lange (Miss CO Teen USA), Chloé Fisher (2RU), Ashlyn Drury (4RU)
Chloé Fisher – later Miss CO Teen USA 2022
Ava King (2RU), Ava Howard (1RU), Nikitha Kikanamada (Miss CT Teen USA), Mairead Spellacy (3RU), Monika Korbusieski (4RU)
Chamya Williams (3RU), Ariana Zavala (1RU), Sky Knox (Miss DE Teen USA), Makena Schmidt (2RU), Mia Scarangelli (4RU)
McKenzie Graham (4RU), Kayla Stern (1RU), Gracyn East (3RU), Taylor Morland (2RU), Avery Joy Zeitlin (5RU), Breanna Myles (Miss FL Teen USA)
Zaria Walker (1RU), Elizabeth Greenberg (Miss GA Teen USA), Myla Hadley (4RU), Delaney Musgrave (3RU), Denim Lovett (1RU)
Delaney Musgrave – later Miss NJ Teen USA 2021
Denim Lovett – later Miss GA Teen USA 2023
Alyssa Holwerda (3RU), Annette Mazzei (1RU), Gissell Bahena (Miss IL Teen USA), Morgan LeeBurton (2RU), Sofia Console (4RU)
Bella Meyer (4RU), Mae Farmer (2RU), Lexi Gryszowka (Miss IN Teen USA), Kinley Shoemaker (1RU), Kyra Jo Webster (3RU)
Kinley Shoemaker – later Miss IN Teen USA 2023
Shayla Timm (3RU), Alexis Peterson (4RU), Angel Strong (Miss IA Teen USA), Mackenzie Lorton (2RU), Kaylyn Peel (1RU)
Maggie Woodruff (4RU), Allison Fitzgerald (2RU), Kennedy Mosley (Miss KY Teen USA), Aryah Redmond (1RU), Shealyn Mason (3RU)
Sophie Cramond (3RU), Rachel Pizzolato (1RU), Gracie Petry (Miss LA Teen USA), Lexie Martin (2RU), Ashlyn Sins (4RU)
Angel Griffin (2RU), Madisson Higgins (1RU), Kyah Brown (Miss ME Teen USA), Isabelle Baumann (3RU), Teghan Halsey (4RU)
Madisson Higgins – later Miss ME Teen USA 2022
Vivian Bieter (3RU), Soniya Krishan (1RU), Maria Derisavi (Miss MD Teen USA), Amaya Reed (2RU), Kayla Willing (4RU)
Soniya Krishan – later Miss MD Teen USA 2022
Avery Turner (4RU), Kyla Lima (3RU), Shannon Malloy (Miss MA Teen USA), Rafaela De Oliveira (1RU), Annalisa Hair (2RU)
Beatrice Salazar (3RU), Jada Dudley (1RU), Jada Moylan (Miss MI Teen USA), Resha Sheth (2RU), Emma Hahn (4RU)
Kaiden Quirk (3RU), Meadow Gillispie (4RU), Annika Wiese (Miss MN Teen USA), Alexa Zuehl (1RU), Ava Ernst (2RU)
Ava Ernst – later Miss MN Teen USA 2022
Mackenzie Taylor (4RU), Evans Rhett (2RU), Mattie Grace Morris (Miss MS Teen USA), McKenzie Cole (1RU), Rachel Russell (3RU)
McKenzie Cole – later Miss MS Teen USA 2022
Alyssa Fuller (1RU), Emily Hernandez (3RU), Noelani Mendoza (Miss NV Teen USA), Dezirae Castillo (4RU), Alexandria Lash (2RU)