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Illinois

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 Illinois 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.

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Background

​Nine Miss Illinois Teen USA titleholders have competed at Miss USA, but the first to represent Illinois didn’t come until 2013 when Stacie Juris (2009) placed second runner-up at Miss USA. The following year she crowned her Teen successor Lexi Atkins as Miss Illiniois USA 2014! In 1984 Cherise Haugen became one of the few Miss Teen USA who had the chance to automatically compete at Miss USA.

Miss Illinois Teen USAs who have competed at Miss USA

Statistics

Miss USA placements & awards

Placements

2nd runner-up

1

Stacie Juris (2009)

3rd runner-up

1

Top 8/10/11/12*

1

Olivia Pura (2016)

Non-finalist

6

Cherise Haugen (1984), Terri Bollinger (1990), Anne-Marie Dixon (1995), Lacey Wilson (2002), Lexi Atkins (2010), Alex Plotz (2012)

* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6

Miss USA years competed at

1984

1

Cherise Haugen (1984)

1998

1

Anne-Marie Dixon (1995)

1999

1

Terri Bollinger (1990)

2010

1

Lacey Wilson (2002)

2013

1

Stacie Juris (2009)

2014

1

Lexi Atkins (2010)

2019

1

Alex Plotz (2012)

2020

1

Olivia Pura (2016)

2021

1

States competed for

Illinois

5

Stacie Juris (2009), Lexi Atkins (2010), Alex Plotz (2012), Olivia Pura (2016), Sydni Dion Bennett (2018)

Massachusetts

1

Lacey Wilson (2002)

Missouri

1

Terri Bollinger (1990)

Oklahoma

1

Anne-Marie Dixon (1995)

Winners per decade (Teen year)

1980s

0

1990s

2

Teri Bollinger (1990), Anne-Marie Dixon (1995)

2000s

2

Lacey Wilson (2002), Stacie Juris (2009)

2010s

4

Lexi Atkins (2010), Alex Plotz (2012), Olivia Pura (2016), Sydni Dion Bennett (2018)

2020s

0

Participation in Miss USA state pageants

Dyann Lowery

Miss Illinois Teen USA 1986

At Miss Illinois USA:

Kimberly Hannell

Miss Illinois Teen USA 1989

At Miss Illinois USA:

Terri Bollinger

Miss Illinois Teen USA 1990

Anne-Marie Dixon

Miss Illinois Teen USA 1995

Finalist at Miss Teen USA

Winner • Miss OK USA 1998

Autumn Waterbury

Miss Illinois Teen USA 1997

1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA

At Miss Illinois USA:

Nicole Manske

Miss Illinois Teen USA 1998

Semi-finalist at Miss Teen USA

At Miss Illinois USA:

Lacey Wilson

Miss Illinois Teen USA 2002

At Miss California USA:

Winner • Miss MA USA 2010

Brittany Acosta

Miss Illinois Teen USA 2000

At Miss Illinois USA:

3rd runner-up Miss IL USA 2010

Victoria Davis

Miss Illinois Teen USA 2007

Semi-finalist at Miss Teen USA

At Miss Illinois USA:

Semi-finalist Miss IL USA 2012

Nora Downs

Miss Illinois Teen USA 2008

At Miss New York USA:

At Miss Pennsylvania USA:

Non-finalist Miss NY USA 2014

Stacie Juris

Miss Illinois Teen USA 2009

Winner • Miss IL USA 2013
Winner • Miss IL USA 2014

Semi-finalist at Miss Teen USA

Winner • Miss IL USA 2019

At Miss Georgia USA:

Non-finalist​ Miss GA USA 2021

At Miss Illinois USA:

At Miss Wisconsin USA:

1st runner-up Miss WI USA 2023
Winner • Miss IL USA 2020
Winner • Miss IL USA 2021

State-level Statistics

Contestants per decade (Teen year)

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

2

Dyann Lowery (1986), Kimberly Hannell (1989)

1990s

4

Teri Bollinger (1990), Anne-Marie Dixon (1995), Autumn Waterbury (1997), Nicole Manske (1998)

2000s

5

Lacey Wilson (2002), Brittany Acosta (2004), Victoria Davis (2007), Nora Downs (2008), Stacie Juris (2009)

2010s

6

Lexi Atkins (2010), Alex Plotz (2012), Grayson Hodgkiss (2013), Miranda Fenzau (2014), Olivia Pura (2016), Sydni Dion Bennett (2018)

2020s

0

States competed in

Illinois, California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

Highest state Miss USA pageant placement

Winner

8

Teri Bollinger (1990), Anne-Marie Dixon (1995), Lacey Wilson (2002), Stacie Juris (2009), Lexi Atkins (2010), Alex Plotz (2012), Olivia Pura (2016), Sydni Bennett (2018)

1st runner-up

3

Kimberly Hannell (1989), Nicole Manske (1998), Miranda Fenzau (2014)

3rd runner-up

1

Brittany Acosta (2004)

4th runner-up

1

Dyann Lowery (1986)

Semi-finalist

3

Autumn Waterbury (1997), Victoria Davis (2007), Nora Downs (2008)

Non-finalist

1