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Miss Texas Outstanding Teen

Brief history and overview of the program

The Miss Teen Texas Program, created by then Miss Texas Pageant, Inc. Chairman B. Don Magness in 1990, was sponsored by the Miss Texas Local Franchise Association. This Association was comprised of franchise holders whose local representatives competed in the Miss Texas Pageant.

Magness felt there should be a program – for girls between 13 and 17 – that would encourage and reward talent, healthy living, communication skills, community service and academic achievement. The program also would provide these young women the opportunity to be better prepared as they moved into the “Miss” competition age group. Unlike the Miss Texas and Miss America Pageants, there would be no swimwear competition.

Since the first teen titleholder was selected, four winners have gone on to win the Miss Texas title:

Miss Teen Texas 1992 and Miss Texas 1995 Carly Jarmon
Miss Teen Texas 1993 and Miss Texas 2000 Tara Watson
Miss Teen Texas 2000 and Miss Texas 2008 Rebecca Robinson
Miss Teen Texas 2006 and Miss Texas 2011 Kendall Morris

After Texas having a teen program for 15 years, the Miss America Organization sponsored their first national competition in Orlando – Miss America’s Outstanding Teen.
Interestingly, Texas’ own Meghan Miller made history in 2006 when she was selected the first ever Miss America’s Outstanding Teen. Then a 17-year-old from Beaumont, she was the recipient of a $30,000 scholarship and also won preliminary awards in Evening Wear and in Talent for her ventriloquism performance of "Dummies in a Disney Daze."

Former Miss Texas’ Outstanding Teen bios and other information

Year	Name	Local Title	Talent	National Results
2010	Madison Fuller	Miss Teen Frisco	Ventriloquism	State Representative
2009	Taylor Lowery	Miss Teen Frisco	Jazz Dance	State Representative
2008	Sydney Capello	Miss Teen Duncanville	Pop Vocal	- Top-10 Semi-Finalist - Preliminary Talent Award - Preliminary Evening Wear/Onstage Question Award
2007	Callie Thompson	Miss Teen Montgomery County	Jazz Dance	- State Representative - Community Service Award
2006	Kendall Morris	Miss Teen Southlake	Classical Piano	- State Representative - Overall Physical Fitness Award - Preliminary Physical Fitness Award - Preliminary Evening Wear Award
2005	Heather Harris	Miss Teen Houston	Classical Vocal	State Representative*
2005	Meghan Miller	Miss Teen Farmers Branch	Ventriloquism	- Miss America’s Outstanding Teen 2006 - Preliminary Evening Wear Award - Preliminary Talent Award
2004	Holly Gonzalez	Miss Teen Bexar County	Classical Ballet	No national pageant
2003	Chase Brown	Miss Teen Frisco	Pop Vocal	No national pageant
2002	Brittany Wellsfry	Miss Teen Farmers Branch	Country Vocal	No national pageant
2001	Shea Yarborough	Miss Teen North Texas	Classical Ballet	No national pageant
2000	Rebecca Robinson	Miss Teen Collin County	Tap Dance	No national pageant
1999	LeeAnn Haynie	Miss Teen Metrocrest	Tap Dance	No national pageant
1998	Caitlin Sullivan	Miss Teen Farmers Branch	Classical Ballet	No national pageant
1997	Cindy Elizondo	Miss Teen Collin County	Classical Piano	No national pageant
1996	Larkin Parker	Miss Teen Texarkana	Classical Ballet	No national pageant
1995	AnaMichelle Lopez	Miss Teen Nacogdoches	Pop Vocal	No national pageant
1994	Brooke Staudt	Miss Teen Houston	Ventriloquism	No national pageant
1993	Tara Watson	Miss Teen Lake O’ The Pines	Clogging	No national pageant
1992	Carly Jarmon	Miss Teen Hurst-Euless-Bedford	Pop Vocal	No national pageant
1991	Amanda Talbot	Miss Teen Lake O’ The Pines	Pop Vocal	No national pageant
1990	Brooke Bigelow	Miss Teen Greater East Texas	Pop Vocal	No national pageant

* Did not compete at national pageant. Assumed state title when original winner won Miss America’s Outstanding Teen.

Contestant information

To become Miss Teen Texas, a contestant must first win a local competition, a process requiring personal commitment, hard work and talent. To compete you must:

Be a young lady between the ages of 13 and 17.
- The contestant must be a minimum of thirteen (13) years of age on the first day of the State competition.
- May not have graduated from high school before the start of the MAOT National Finals, except for 16 year olds (or younger) who graduated early.
- May not turn eighteen (18) years of age on or before July 31 of the year of the National Finals in which she will compete.
- Not eligible to compete in the Miss America Pageant.
- Click here to view a chart further detailing the age/education eligibility requirements.
Be a United States citizen.
Meet residency requirements for competing in a certain town or state.
Meet character criteria as set forth by the Miss America's Outstanding Teen Organization
Be in reasonably good health to meet the job requirements.
Be able to meet the time commitment and responsibilities as set forth by the local program in which you compete.
Must not be eligible to compete in the Miss America Competition.

Click here to view a list of local competitions and contact information for each.

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