Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss Teen USA, see Miss Oregon Teen USA.

Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen

Formation	2003
Type	Beauty pageant
Location	Seaside, Oregon
Membership	Miss America's Outstanding Teen
Official language	English
Key people	Stephenie Steers
Website	Official website

The Miss Oregon's Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Oregon in the Miss America's Teen pageant.

Lena Larecy of Roseburg was crowned Miss Oregon's Teen on April 30, 2023 at the Liberty Theater in North Bend, Oregon. She will compete for the title of Miss America's Teen 2024 in January 2024.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen titleholders presented in the table below. The year in parentheses indicates year of the Miss America's Outstanding Teen competition in which the placement and/or award was garnered.

Awards

Preliminary awards

• Preliminary Evening Wear/On-Stage Question: Emma Ellis (2017)

Non-finalist awards

• Non-finalist Evening Wear/On-Stage Question: Emma Ellis (2017)
• Non-finalist Interview: Harley Emery (2014)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local title	Talent	Placement at MAO Teen	Special scholarships at MAO Teen	Notes
2023	Lena Larecy[1]	Roseburg	17	Miss Douglas County's Teen	Jazz Dance
2022	Déja Fitzwater [1]	Portland	17	Miss Evergreen's Outstanding Teen	Classical Vocal, "Les Filles de Cadix"			Portland Rose Festival's Queen of Rosaria 2023 [2]
2021	Moira O'Bryan[2]	Coos Bay	18	Miss Coos County's Outstanding Teen	Musical Theater Vocal
2019-20	Marin Gray[3]	Roseburg	14	Miss Umpqua Valley's Outstanding Teen	Ballet with Fan Veil, "Fire Dance"			Previously Miss Oregon Junior High School 2017[4]
2018	Kennedy Hjelte[5]	Tualatin	16	Miss Three Rivers Outstanding Teen	Vocal, "On My Own" from Les Misérables			1st runner-up at Miss Oregon Teen USA 2021
2017	Emma Ellis[6]	Portland	17	Miss Cascade's Outstanding Teen	Musical Theatre Vocal, "Taylor the Latte Boy"		Non-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ Award[7] Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award[7]	Semi-finalist at Miss Oregon USA 2020[8]
2016	Abigail Hoppe[9]	Salem	17	Miss Three Rivers' Outstanding Teen	Ballet en Pointe
2015	Hailey Kilgore[10]	Happy Valley	16	Miss Happy Valley's Outstanding Teen	Vocal, "Not For the Life of Me," from Thoroughly Modern Millie			Previously National American Miss Oregon Pre-Teen[11] Later cast as Ti Moune in the 2018 Broadway revival of Once on This Island[12] Nominated for 2018 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for this role[13]
2014	Nicole Carter[14]	Klamath Falls	17	Miss Klamath County's Outstanding Teen	Vocal
2013	Harley Emery[15]	Eugene	16	Miss Lane County's Outstanding Teen	Piano		Non-finalist Interview Award[16]	Later Miss Oregon 2017[6][17]
2012	Marli Martin[18]	Central Point	14	Miss Jackson County's Outstanding Teen	Vocal
2011	Alexi Provost-Shean[19]	Medford	16	Miss Southern Gem's Outstanding Teen	Dance
2010	Rakiyah Johnson[20]	Portland	15	Miss City of Roses' Outstanding Teen
2009	Amanda Gonzalez-Merrill[21]	Springfield	16	Miss Tri-Valley's Outstanding Teen	Vocal, “Think of Me”
2008	JoAnna Adkisson[22]	Klamath Falls	17	Miss Klamath County's Outstanding Teen	Lyrical Dance, "Stand in the Rain"
2007	Abigail Rodriguez[23][24]	Gresham	17	Miss Portland's Outstanding Teen
2006	Kylee Willard[25]	Grants Pass	17	Miss Josephine County's Outstanding Teen	Latin Dance
2005	Katie Ericson[26]	North Bend	16	Miss Coos County's Outstanding Teen	Classical Piano
2004	Megan Corey[20]					No national pageant
2003	Shelani Aiken[20]

References

1. Staff, Gold Meadows and KCBY com (2023-05-01). "Miss Douglas County's Teen crowned Miss Oregon's Teen 2023". KPIC. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
2. Signal, R. J. MARX Seaside. "Miss Oregon is crowned in Seaside". Seaside Signal. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
3. Godfrey, Sanne (July 2, 2019). "Marin Gray crowned Miss Oregon Outstanding Teen". The News-Review.
4. Westbrook, Vera (July 8, 2017). "Jolane middle School student Marin Gray recognized for efforts at national competition". The News-Review.
5. Visser, Brenna (July 1, 2018). "Taylor Ballard of Portland is new Miss Oregon". The Daily Astorian.
6. Spitaleri, Ellen (July 5, 2017). "Emma Ellis, St. Mary's Academy student, wins title of 'Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen'". Portland Tribune.
7. "2017 Scholarships". Miss America's Outstanding Teen.
8. "Miss Oregon USA & Teen USA pageant results". Pageant Update. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
9. Stillman, Eli (July 4, 2016). "For Miss Oregon, a night to shine". The Daily Astorian.
10. Spitaleri, Ellen (June 29, 2015). "Happy Valley resident Hailey Kilgore named Oregon's Outstanding Teen". Clackamas Review.
11. Mayes, Steve. "National American Miss: 2012 National Results". www.namiss.com.
12. "Once On This Island". Once On This Island.
13. "2018 Tony Award Nominations: SpongeBob SquarePants and Mean Girls Lead the Pack". Playbill. 2018-05-01.
14. Avery-Page, Nora (July 19, 2014). "Mazama High student crowned Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen". Herald and News.
15. Novak, Theresa (July 24, 2017). "A crown of ideals". The Register-Guard. She won...Miss Lane County's Outstanding Teen and Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen in 2013...
16. "2013 Scholarships". Miss America's Outstanding Teen.
17. "Lane County woman crowned as 70th Miss Oregon". The Washington Times. July 2, 2017.
18. "Miss Willamette Valley takes crown". Statesman Journal. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
19. Pollock, Buffy (July 10, 2011). "'I can't wait to see where this journey takes me'". Mail Tribune.
20. "The Outstanding Teen Sisterhood". Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen.
21. "Outstanding Teen bound for Florida". The Register-Guard. July 30, 2009.
22. Aho, Jill (December 8, 2008). "Christmas wishes coming true". Herald and News. ...she informed Miss Oregon Outstanding Teen JoAnna Adkisson that she wanted to meet Santa Claus.
23. Stine, Mara. "First time a charm for Miss Teen". Pamplin Media Group. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
24. Stine, Mara. "Greshams Abigail Rodriguez to vie for national teen crown". Pamplin Media Group. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
25. "Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2007 Delegates". GeoCities.
26. "North Bend teen wins at statewide pageant". The World. 3 May 2005. Retrieved 2018-03-16.

External links

• Official website