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 Alabama Teen USA 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.
Only four former Miss Alabama Teen USA titleholders have competed at Miss USA, and only one since 2002! Two of the four made the semi-finals and Peyton Brown (2012) made the top five and won Miss Congeniality
Three 2000s former Teens and five from the 2010s have returned to compete at the state level, with only Peyton winning the title.
While I don’t have records of them competing in a Miss USA state pageant, news reports show that Teresa Chappell (1984) and Elizabeth Woodman (1987) both competed at Miss Alabama 1989 and Stephanie Gwaltney (1991) was second runner-up at Miss Alabama 1995 and third runner-up in 2016. I’d be interested to know if they ever did compete at Miss Alabama USA as well!
Top 5
1
Anna Mingus (1988)
Semi-finalist
2
Autumn Smith (1993), Tara Tucker (1997)
Non-finalist
1
Anna Mingus (1988)
1995
1
Anna Mingus (1988)
1997
1
Autumn Smith (1993)
2002
1
Tara Tucker (1997)
1980s
1
Anna Mingus (1988)
1990s
2
Autumn Smith (1993), Tara Tucker (1997)
2000s
0
2020s
0
Winners highlighted in italics. Stats may be inaccurate, especially for the 1980s & 1990s as I am reliant on newspaper archives which do not list all contestants.
1980s
1
Anna Mingus (1988)
1990s
3
Autumn Smith (1993), Jennifer Otts (1995), Tara Tucker (1997)
2000s
3
Katherine Whitlock (2003), Canden Jackson (2007), Ali Blansit (2009)
2010s
5
Ashlyn Alongi (2010), Barron Rae Williams (2011), Peyton Brown (2012), Lorin Holcombe (2013), Erin Snow (2016)
2020s
0
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee
2nd runner-up
1
Canden Jackson (2007)
3rd runner-up
1
Jennifer Otts (1995)
Top 15
1
Ali Blansit (2009)
Non-finalist
1
Katherine Whitlock (2003),
