Miss Teen USA 1994
# Miss Teen USA 1994

Miss Teen USA 1994, the 12th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi on August 16, 1994. At the conclusion of the final competition, Shauna Gambill of California was crowned by outgoing queen Charlotte Lopez of Vermont.

The pageant was hosted by Bob Goen for the first of three years, with color commentary by Daisy Fuentes and Jamie Solinger, Miss Teen USA 1992. Music was provided by the Gulf Coast Teen Orchestra.

This was the fifth and final year that the pageant was held in Biloxi.

## Results

### Placements

| Final results | Contestant |
| - | - |
| Miss Teen USA 1994 | California – Shauna Gambill |
| 1st Runner-Up | Georgia – Whitney Fuller |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Kansas – Melissa Hurtig |
| Top 6 | Missouri – Tiffany Meyer South Carolina – Mary Elizabeth Stevenson Tennessee – Allison Alderson |
| Top 12 | New Jersey – Kelli Lynn Paarz Mississippi – Angie Carpenter Pennsylvania – Nicole Bigham Louisiana – Sarah Louther Florida – Christy Fatzinger Indiana – Nicolette Van Hook |

### Special awards

* Miss Congeniality: Mary Elizabeth Stevenson (South Carolina)
* Miss Photogenic: Anjelie Eldredge (Washington)
* Best in Swimsuit: Shauna Gambill (California)
* Minolta Photo Contest: Denise Fisher (Maryland)

### Preliminary competition

The following are the contestants' scores in the preliminary competition.

## Historical significance

* California wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 11th state who wins Miss Teen USA.
* Georgia earns the 1st runner-up position for the second time. This was last placed in 1991.
* Kansas earns the 2nd runner-up position for the second time. This was last placed in 1992.
* Missouri finishes as Top 6 for the first time.
* South Carolina finishes as Top 6 for the first time.
* Tennessee finishes as Top 6 for the first time.
* States that placed in semi-finals the previous year were Georgia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee.
* Indiana placed for the fourth consecutive year.
* Georgia, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee made their second consecutive placement.
* California, Kansas and Mississippi last placed in 1992.
* Louisiana and Missouri last placed in 1991.
* New Jersey last placed in 1988.
* Florida last placed in 1986.

## Delegates

The Miss Teen USA 1994 delegates were:

* Alabama – Melanie McLin
* Alaska – Kristina Bellamy
* Arizona – Mistie Kline Nykole
* Arkansas – Rebecca Hall
* California – Shauna Gambill
* Colorado – Angie Payne
* Connecticut – Stacey Raffone
* Delaware – Celina Delgrossa
* District of Columbia – Tamara McDowell
* Florida – Christy Fatzinger
* Georgia – Whitney Fuller
* Hawaii – Emily Huff
* Idaho – Sarah Elizabeth Polk
* Illinois – Charlotte Martin
* Indiana – Nicolette Van Hook
* Iowa – Erika Miller
* Kansas – Melissa Hurtig
* Kentucky – Crystal Beth Hayden
* Louisiana – Sarah Miriam Louther
* Maine – Jennifer Hunt
* Maryland – Denise Fisher
* Massachusetts – Michelle Neves
* Michigan – Melissa Jackson
* Minnesota – Paige Swenson
* Mississippi – Angie Carpenter
* Missouri – Tiffany Meyer
* Montana – Desiree Gravelle
* Nebraska – Elizabeth Schmidt
* Nevada – Heather Kittrel
* New Hampshire – Keri Lynn Pratt
* New Jersey – Kelli Lynn Paarz
* New Mexico – Samantha Sengle
* New York – Kimberly Pressler
* North Carolina – Valarie Beasley
* North Dakota – Allison Nesemeier
* Ohio – Rebecca Reed
* Oklahoma – Summer Riley
* Oregon – Jodi Ann Paterson
* Pennsylvania – Nicole Bigham
* Rhode Island – Nicole Coletti
* South Carolina – Mary Elizabeth Stevenson
* South Dakota – Autumn McKinney
* Tennessee – Allison Alderson
* Texas – Jacqueline Pena
* Utah – Heather Henderson
* Vermont – Christel Marquardt
* Virginia – Christin Wilson
* Washington – Anjelie Eldredge
* West Virginia – Jonelle Spiker
* Wisconsin – Tara Llewelowitz
* Wyoming – Whitney Ahlstrom

## Judges

* Marco St. John
* Donna Richardson
* Dean Kelly
* Kate Linder
* John Frazier
* Angela J. Harrington
* Cobi Jones
* Brandi Sherwood
* Sean Kanan

## Contestant notes

* Allison Alderson (Tennessee) later won the Miss Tennessee 1999 and Miss Tennessee USA 2002 titles, becoming only one of seven Triple Crown winners. She went on to marry Jay DeMarcus of the band Rascal Flatts.
* One other contestant also competed at Miss America: Michelle Ann Neves, who was Miss Massachusetts 2000.
* Contestants who later competed in the Miss USA pageant were:
   * Allison Nesemeier (North Dakota) – Miss North Dakota USA 1998
   * Kelli Paarz (New Jersey) – Miss New Jersey USA 1998
   * Shauna Gambill (California) – Miss California USA 1998 (first runner-up at Miss USA 1998)
   * Kimberly Pressler (New York) – Miss New York USA and Miss USA 1999
   * Angie Carpenter (Mississippi) – Miss Mississippi USA 2000
   * Jennifer Lyn Hunt (Maine) – Miss Maine USA 2000
   * Paige Swenson (Minnesota) – Miss Minnesota USA 2000
   * Tiffany Meyer (Missouri) – Miss Kansas USA 2000 (finalist at Miss USA 2000)
   * Nicole Bigham (Pennsylvania) – Miss Pennsylvania USA 2002
* Jodi Ann Paterson (Oregon) was Playboy's' Playmate of the Year 2000 and is the first contestant who not born in USA who competed in the pageant. Jodi was born in Indonesia. The others is Rachel Smith (Miss Teen Tennessee USA 2002), Paromita Mitra (Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2009), Thatiana Diaz (Miss New York Teen USA 2010), Kimberly Lane (Miss Idaho Teen USA 2012), Jacqueline Cai (Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2012) and Valentina Sanchez (Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2014).
* Charlotte Martin (Illinois) went on to become a successful singer-songwriter.
* Shauna Gambill (California) went on to win the Miss World USA 1998 title. She was chosen to represent the United States at Miss World 1998 where she placed in the Top 10.
* Keri Lynn Pratt (New Hampshire) is a television and movie actress. She has appeared in the movies Drive Me Crazy and America's Sweethearts. She has guest starred on hit television shows 7th Heaven and Brothers & Sisters.
* Emily Huff's (Hawaii) sister, Ashley, won the titles of Miss Nevada 2001 and Miss Nevada USA 2003.
