Miss Kentucky Teen USA

The Miss Kentucky Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss Teen USA pageant.

Although Kentucky has not produced a Miss Teen USA titleholder, five delegates have placed as Top 5 or Top 6: Krista Keith in 1983, Kristi Dawn Hicks in 1989, April Vaughn in 1990, Kristen Johnson in 2000 and Tara Conner in 2002. Their most recent placement was Taylor Hubbard who placed in the Top 15 in 2010.

Reese Burt of Lexington was crowned Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2025 on July 19, 2025, at The Vern Riffe Center for the Arts Shawnee State University in Portsmouth. She represented Kentucky at Miss Teen USA 2025.

Eligibility

The participant must be single, legally recognized female, between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years old. Specifically, the contestant has to be under nineteen years old before January 1 of the pageant year. Also, the applicant must have never been married, pregnant, or had a marriage annulled. A contestant can only be eligible if she is a United States citizen and remains a United States citizen throughout the competition at both a state and national level. She must have lived in the state she desires to compete in permanently, at least six months prior to the pageant date, or be a full-time student in the state with one semester completed by December 31 of the pageant year.

Results summary

Placement at Miss Teen USA

• 1st runner-up: Kristi Dawn Hicks (1989)
• 2nd runners-up: Krista Keith (1983), Kristen Johnson (2000), Tara Conner (2002)
• Top 6: April Vaughn (1990)
• Top 10: Lexie Kemper (1999), Amanda Nunnelley (2003)
• Top 12: Brittany Johnson (1995)
• Top 15: Sarah Withers (2005), Jefra Bland (2009), Taylor Hubbard (2010)

Kentucky holds a record of 11 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

• Miss Photogenic: Lexie Kemper (1999), Kristen Johnson (2000)

Winners

• Declared as Winner
• Ended as runner-up
• Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

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