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 currently produced by Empower2 Productions. It was formerly 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.
Nine 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 Indiana's highest placements in 2002. Even more notable, Lloyd was a Triple Crown winner.
The current titleholder is Kiersten Alvarado of Indianapolis, who was crowned on June 28, 2026, at Noblesville High School in Noblesville. She will represent Indiana at Miss Teen USA 2026.
Results summary Placements 1st runner-up: Kelly Lloyd (1993) 3rd runner-up: Paige Robinson (2017), Kiersten Alvarado (2026) 4th runner-up: Jillian Dornbush (2001) Top 10/12: Heather Hart (1991), Nicole Llewellyn (1992), Nicolette Van Hook (1994), Kera Boog (2000) Top 15: Jami Stallings (2003), Jessica Michelle Buch (2011), Zoe Parker (2014) Indiana holds a record of 11 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards Miss Photogenic: Jillian Dornbush (2001), Lexi Gryszowka (2021) Best in Fitness & Activewear: Kiersten Alvarado (2026)
Winners
Year Name HometownAge1 Local Title Placement at Miss Teen USA Special awards at Miss Teen USA Notes 2026 Kiersten Alvarado Indianapolis 18 Miss Central Indiana Teen 3rd runner-up Best in Fitness & Activewear 2025 Kaelin Broad Carmel 17 Miss Carmel Teen 2024 Aleah Dean Southern Indiana 17 Miss Southern Indiana Teen 2023 Kinley Shoemaker Indianapolis 18 Miss Indianapolis Teen Later Miss Indiana 2025 2022 KK Kokonaing Huntertown 18 Miss Allen County First Burmese American Teen state titleholder in Miss Teen USA history 2021 Lexi Gryszowka Bloomington 17 Miss Bloomington Teen Miss Photogenic 2020 Jinnie Tomes Indianapolis 18 2019 Catelyn Combellick Carmel 15 Later Miss Indiana High School America 2020 2018 Ella Harrison New Albany 16 2017 Paige Robinson Indianapolis 19 3rd runner-up 2016 Lauren Boswell Fishers 17 2015 Kassidy Tharp Sullivan 18 3rd runner up at Miss Indiana's Outstanding Teen 2014 2014 Zoe Parker Fort Wayne 16 Top 15 2013 Darrian Arch Chesterton 17 Later Miss Indiana USA 2018 2012 Mackenzie Surber Cicero 19 2011 Jessica Michelle Buch Bedford 16 Top 15 2010 Madeline Jean Plesac Valparaiso 17 2009 Bailee Zimmerman Brownsburg 16 2008 Morgan Abel North Vernon 17 Later Miss Indiana USA 2016 2007 Victoria Tomlinson Anderson 18 2006 Halley Wallace Evansville 18 2005 Kristina Ellis Vincennes 17 2004 Courtni Hall Crawfordsville 18 Later Miss Indiana USA 2009 2003 Jami Stallings Evansville 17 Semi-finalist Later Miss Indiana USA 2007 2002 Melyssa Ramos Fort Wayne 18 2001 Jillian Dornbush Indianapolis 17 4th runner-up Miss Photogenic 2000 Kera Boog Indianapolis 16 Top 10 1999Jennifer Phillips Avon 17 1998 Tashina Kastigar West Terre Haute 17 1997 Amber Yoder Indianapolis 15 1996 Misha Ivetich Indianapolis 18 1995 Sarah Jane McClary Evansville 16 Later Miss Indiana USA 2001 1994 Nicolette VanHook Crawfordsville 16 Semi-finalist 1993 Kelly Lloyd Indianapolis 16 1st runner-up Triple Crown winner Later Miss Indiana 1999 Later 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 1992 Nicole Llewellyn Munster 16 Semi-finalist Later Miss Indiana USA 1998 She also won Mrs. Indiana 2001, Mrs. America 2001, and Mrs. World 2002 under her married name, Nicole Brink. 1991 Heather Hart Newburgh 17 Semi-finalist Later Miss Indiana USA 1995 1990 Kristen Helm Indianapolis 17 1989 Jackie Hartt Indianapolis 17 1988 Deborah Lindboe Martinsville 16 1987 Terri Salmon Hammond 16 1986 Danielle Wayne Indianapolis 17 1985 Dianna Bullard Portage 17 1984 Christine Harrell Rolling Prairie 19 Married Sean Astin in 1992 1983 Julie James Warsaw 17 1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
External links Official website