Miss Teen USA 1987
# Miss Teen USA 1987

Miss Teen USA 1987, the 5th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from El Paso Civic Center, El Paso, Texas on July 21, 1987. At the conclusion of the final competition, Kristi Lynn Addis of Mississippi was crowned by outgoing queen Allison Brown of Oklahoma.

This was the only year that the pageant was held in El Paso. It would not return to Texas until Miss Teen USA 1997, the first of three years it was held on South Padre Island. The 1987 event was hosted by Michael Young, with colour commentary from Tracy Scoggins.

## Results

### Placements

| Final Results | Contestant |
| - | - |
| Miss Teen USA 1987 | Mississippi – Kristi Lynn Addis |
| 1st Runner-Up | North Carolina – Peggy Blackwell |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Louisiana – Bobbie Brown |
| 3rd Runner-Up | Oklahoma – Raelynn Coffman |
| 4th Runner-Up | North Dakota – DayNa Decker |
| Top 10 | California – Angi Aylor District of Columbia – Ni’Cole Elayne Bobbitt Georgia – Melissa Hope Allen Massachusetts – Kristen Lee Mastroianni New York – Michelle Ann Kelenski |

### Special awards

| Award | Contestant |
| - | - |
| Miss Congeniality | Connecticut – Allison Barbeau-Diorio |
| Miss Photogenic | California – Angi Aylor Rhode Island – Raye-Anne Johnson |
| Best state costume | Arizona – Julie Hodges |

### Background music

* Opening Number: "I Wonder Who's Out Tonight" by The Burns Sisters (Cover version)

## Historical significance

* Mississippi wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 5th state who wins Miss Teen USA.
* North Carolina earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time.
* Louisiana earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time.
* Oklahoma earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
* North Dakota earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
* States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Louisiana, New York and Oklahoma. All of them made their second consecutive placement.
* Georgia, North Carolina and North Dakota last placed in 1985.
* California last placed in 1983.
* District of Columbia placed for the first time.
* Massachusetts placed for the first time.
* Mississippi placed for the first time.
* Texas breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1983.

## Judges

* Randy Gardner
* Sharyn Skeeter
* Michael Maron
* Kelly Hu - Miss Teen USA 1985 from Hawaii
* Michael John
* Cptn. Terry Jones
* John H. Brennan
* Ramon Sheen
* Adele Lawfor
* Dean Devlin
* Tai Babilonia

## Delegates

The Miss Teen USA 1987 delegates were:

* Alabama - Elizabeth Woodman
* Alaska - Lauren Straubb
* Arizona - Julie Hodges
* Arkansas - Paige Yandell
* California - Angi Aylor - Age: 15
* Colorado - Nicki Anselmo
* Connecticut - Allison Barbeau-Diorio
* Delaware - Christi Griffen
* District of Columbia - Ni'Cole Bobbitt - Age: 17
* Florida - Kimberlee Edwards
* Georgia - Hope Allen - Age: 16
* Hawaii - Leslie-Ann Lum
* Idaho - Luanne Relyea
* Illinois - Danielle Reese
* Indiana - Terri Salmon
* Iowa - Jan Hoyer
* Kansas - Stephanie Resnick
* Kentucky - Tracey Marsee
* Louisiana - Bobbie Brown - Age: 17
* Maine - Donna Stevenson
* Maryland - Renee Rebstock
* Massachusetts - Kristen Mastroianni - Age: 16
* Michigan - Elena Hall
* Minnesota - Karin Hargroves
* Mississippi - Kristi Addis - Age: 16
* Missouri - Sherri Garner
* Montana - Andrea Madsen
* Nebraska - Susan Weikel
* Nevada - Terri Broca
* New Hampshire - Cara Daras
* New Jersey - Tara Eldridge
* New Mexico - Samantha Owen
* New York - Michelle Kelenski - Age: 18
* North Carolina - Peggy Blackwell - Age: 17
* North Dakota - Dayna Decker - Age: 17
* Ohio - Christy Hoyt
* Oklahoma - RaeLynn Coffman - Age: 17
* Oregon - Kasey Weisiger
* Pennsylvania - Tracy Reed
* Rhode Island - Raye-Anne Johnson
* South Carolina - Carol Carver
* South Dakota - Camille Varland
* Tennessee - Shannon Castle
* Texas - Richelle Kesling
* Utah - Tiffany DeMille
* Vermont - Christy Beltrami
* Virginia - Kristi Pearce
* Washington - Johna Sainsbury
* West Virginia - Cheryl Cullop
* Wisconsin - Barbara Nelson
* Wyoming - Kim Roberts

### Historical significance

* Massachusetts, Mississippi and the District of Columbia placed for the first time. The District of Columbia would not place again until Miss Teen USA 2000.
* This was North Carolina's highest placement in the competition, a record which would not be equalled until when Melissa Lingafelt placed first runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2006.
* This was the first time in the history of the competition that Texas did not make the semi-finals; this broke a four-year streak of placements by the state.

## Contestant notes

* Kristen Mastroianni (Massachusetts) later won the Miss Massachusetts USA 1995 title and competed in the Miss USA 1995 pageant, where she made the semi-finals. She is one of only a few women who have made the semi-finals in both pageants.
* Others who later competed at Miss USA were:
   * Paige Yandell (Arkansas) - Miss Arkansas USA 1989
   * Allison Barbeau-Diorio (Connecticut) - Miss Connecticut USA 1990
   * Renee Rebstock (Maryland) - Miss Maryland USA 1992
   * Jan Hoyer (Iowa) - Miss Iowa USA 1993 (semi-finalist at Miss USA 1993)
   * Christy Beltrami (Vermont) - Miss Vermont USA 1994
   * RayeAnne Johnson (Rhode Island) - Miss Rhode Island USA 1994
