Miss Indiana Teen USA


The Miss Indiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is independently conducted and produced by Sanders & Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia.
Indiana had a slow start at Miss Teen USA, and did not place until 1991. That placement became the first of a four-year streak, which included three semi-finalist and one 1st runner-up placings.
Six Indiana teens have gone on to win the Miss Indiana USA crown, more than most other states. The most successful of these, Kelly Lloyd, who achieved Indiana's highest ever Miss Teen USA placement also went on to earn one of Miss Indiana USA's highest placements in 2002. Even more notable, Lloyd was a Triple Crown winner.
Jinnie Tomes of Indianapolis was crowned Miss Indiana Teen USA 2020 on November 24, 2019 at Grand Wayne Convention Center in Fort Wayne. She will represent Indiana for the title of Miss Teen USA 2020.

Results summary

Placements

Indiana holds a record of 10 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

YearNameHometownAge1Placement at Miss Teen USASpecial awards at Miss Teen USANotes
2020Jinnie TomesIndianapolis18TBATBA
2019Catelyn CombellickCarmel15
2018Ella HarrisonNew Albany16
2017Paige RobinsonIndianapolis193rd runner-up
2016Lauren BoswellFishers17
2015Kassidy TharpSullivan183rd runner up at Miss Indiana's Outstanding Teen 2014
2014Zoe ParkerFort Wayne16Top 15
2013Darrian ArchChesterton17Later Miss Indiana USA 2018
2012Mackenzie SurberCicero19
2011Jessica Michelle BuchBedford16Top 15
2010Madeline Jean PlesacValparaiso17
2009Bailee ZimmermanBrownsburg16
2008Morgan AbelNorth Vernon17Later Miss Indiana USA 2016
2007Victoria TomlinsonAnderson18
2006Halley WallaceEvansville18
2005Kristina EllisVincennes17
2004Courtni HallCrawfordsville18Later Miss Indiana USA 2009
2003Jami StallingsEvansville17Semi-finalistLater Miss Indiana USA 2007
2002Melyssa RamosFort Wayne18
2001Jillian DornbushIndianapolis174th runner-upMiss Photogenic
2000Kera BoogIndianapolis16Top 10
1999Jennifer PhillipsAvon 17
1998Tashina KastigarWest Terre Haute17
1997Amber YoderIndianapolis15
1996Misha IvetichIndianapolis18
1995Sarah McClaryEvansville16Later Miss Indiana USA 2001
1994Nicolette VanHookCrawfordsville16Semi-finalist
1993Kelly LloydIndianapolis161st runner-upTriple Crown winner, Later Miss Indiana 1999 and Miss Indiana USA 2002, 2nd runner up to Miss USA 2002; 2nd runner-up to National Sweetheart 1998; Previously served as the director of operations for the Miss Indiana USA and Miss Indiana Teen USA pageants
1992Nicole LlewellynMunster16Semi-finalistLater Miss Indiana USA 1998; She also won Mrs. Indiana 2001, Mrs. America 2001, and Mrs. World 2002 under her married name, Nicole Brink.
1991Heather HartNewburgh17Semi-finalistLater Miss Indiana USA 1995
1990Kristen HelmIndianapolis17
1989Jackie HarttIndianapolis17
1988Deborah LindboeMartinsville16
1987Jennifer Larner Indianapolis16
1986Danielle WaizeIndianapolis17
1985Diana BallardPortage17
1984Christine HarrellRolling Prairie19Married Sean Astin in 1992
1983Julie JamesWarsaw18

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant