Miss Teen USA 1997
| Miss Teen USA 1997 | |
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| Date | August 20, 1997 |
| Presenters | J. Eddie Peck |
| Venue | South Padre Island Convention Centre, South Padre Island, Texas |
| Broadcaster | CBS, KGBT-TV |
| Winner |
Shelly Moore Tennessee |
| Congeniality | Christina Todd |
| Photogenic | Cristin Duren |
Miss Teen USA 1997, the 15th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from South Padre Island, Texas on 20 August, 1997. At the conclusion of the final competition, Shelly Moore of Tennessee was crowned by outgoing queen Christie Lee Woods of Texas.
The pageant was hosted by J. Eddie Peck, with color commentary by Ivanka Trump, daughter of new pageant owner Donald Trump. This was the first year since 1988 that there was no special entertainment.
Results
Placements
Map showing placements by state
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss Teen USA 1997 | |
| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| Top 6 |
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| Top 10 |
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Special awards
- Miss Congeniality: Christina Todd (Ohio)
- Miss Photogenic: Cristin Duren (Florida)
- Style Award: Andria Mullins (Texas)
Historical significance
- This was only Colorado's second placement, after Sholone Pakoski made the semi-finals at Miss Teen USA 1990.
- Massachusetts placed for the first time since 1991, Virginia and North Carolina placed for the first time since 1992, and Hawaii placed for the first time since 1993.
- North Dakota placed for the second consecutive year, the first time this happened since 1983-1984.
- Florida became the first state to win the Miss Photogenic award in two consecutive years.
Scores
Preliminary competition
The following are the contestants' scores in the preliminary competition.
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Final competition scores
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Delegates
The Miss Teen USA 1997 delegates were:
Alabama - Tara Tucker
Alaska - Laurie Miller
Arizona - Julie Gulbrandsen
Arkansas - Brandi Watkins
California - Kimberly Gloudemans
Colorado - Amanda Aardsma
Connecticut - Alita Dawson
Delaware - Cheryl Crowe
District of Columbia - Cheri Alexander
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Georgia - Cheri Wheeler
Hawaii - Mahana Ka'ahumanu Walters
Idaho - Kimberly Whiting
Illinois - Autumn Waterbury
Indiana - Amber Yoder
Iowa - Sarah Sucher
Kansas - Mariah Bergmann
Kentucky - Kelli Jones
Louisiana - Sarah Price 
Maine - Crystal Carlson
Maryland - Brandi Burkhardt
Massachusetts - Jessica Gregory
Michigan - Che'vonne Burton
Minnesota - Jamie Duffney
Mississippi - Cara Lewis
Missouri - Larissa Meek
Montana - Cody Strickler
Nebraska - Natasha Fisher
Nevada - Kaci Thompson
New Hampshire - Bonnie Lynn Gagnon
New Jersey - Lauren Petty
New Mexico - Vicki Hughes
New York - Jessica Ferdinand
North Carolina - Ali Burr
North Dakota - Julie Nagle
Ohio - Christina Todd
Oklahoma - Amanda Penix
Oregon - Steve Ficker
Pennsylvania - Ashley Witner
Rhode Island - Lauren Alviti
South Carolina - Caroline Brigman
South Dakota - Julie Keech- Tennessee - Shelly Moore
Texas - Andria Mullins
Utah - Amy Merrill
Vermont - Mariah Billado
Virginia - Kimberly Grigsby
Washington - Emma DeSilets
West Virginia - Amanda Burns
Wisconsin - Allison Schroeder
Wyoming - Esmeralda Gonzales
Contestant notes
- Only a year after giving up her Teen title, Amanda Burns (West Virginia) won the Miss West Virginia USA 1999 title and went on to compete at Miss USA 1999. It is rare for a contestant to win the Miss pageant so soon after holding the Teen title.
- Nine years after competing at Miss Teen USA, Cristin Duren won the Miss Florida USA 2006 title. She had previously been a semi-finalist at Miss Florida USA 2002, and second runner-up at Miss Alabama USA 2005. Duren placed fourth runner-up and won the Miss Photogenic award at Miss USA 2006, becoming the first woman to win the Miss Photogenic award at both Miss Teen USA and Miss USA.
- Other delegates who later competed at Miss USA were:
- Laurie Miller (Alaska) - Miss Alaska USA 2000
- Amanda Penix (Oklahoma) - Miss Oklahoma USA 2000
- Larissa Meek (Missouri) - Miss Missouri USA 2001 (finalist at Miss USA 2001)
- Alita Dawson (Connecticut) - Miss Connecticut USA 2002 (fourth runner-up at Miss USA 2002)
- Tara Tucker (Alabama) - Miss Alabama USA 2002 (semi-finalist at Miss USA 2002)
- Cheryl Crowe (Delaware) - Miss Delaware USA 2003
- Delegates who later competed at Miss America were
- Brandi Burkhardt (Maryland) - Miss New York 1999
- Che'vonne Burton (Michigan) - Miss Michigan 2000
- Andria Mullins (Texas) competed in Miss USA state pageants for nine years but did not win a title. She was a non-finalist at Miss Texas USA 1999-2000, made the top fifteen in 2001, placed second runner-up in 2002, and made top twelve in 2003 and 2004. Mullins then moved to New York, where she placed fourth runner-up at Miss New York USA, to California where she made top ten at Miss California USA 2006. In her last year of eligibility Mullins again competed in New York where she placed first runner-up to Gloria Almonte, her highest placement. Fourth runner-up at that pageant was another Miss Teen USA 1997 contestant, Ashley Witner (Pennsylvania).
- Larissa Meek (Missouri) starred on the reality television show Average Joe.
- Amy Merrill (Utah) was America's National Teenager 1998.
- Lauren Petty (New Jersey) was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma afterwards, but eventually survived and became an actress, making guest appearances on several TV shows, as well as a temporary contract appearance on General Hospital.
Judges
External links
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