Miss Teen USA 1989
Date	July 25, 1989
Presenters	Wil Shriner Marcia Strassman Angela Visser
Entertainment	Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Venue	Orange Pavilion, San Bernardino, California
Broadcaster	CBS KCBS-TV
Entrants	51
Placements	10
Winner	Brandi Sherwood  Idaho
Congeniality	Heidi Jo Langseth  North Dakota
Photogenic	Stacey Harris  Maryland
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Miss Teen USA 1989, the 7th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Orange Pavilion, San Bernardino, California on July 25, 1989. At the conclusion of the final competition, Brandi Sherwood of Idaho was crowned by outgoing titleholder Mindy Duncan of Oregon.^[1]

This was the second and final year the pageant was held in San Bernardino. It was hosted by Wil Shriner, with color commentary from Marcia Strassman and Angela Visser, Miss Universe 1989.^[2]

Results

Placements

Map showing placements by state

Special awards

Final competition scores

Historical significance

• Idaho wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 7th state who wins Miss Teen USA.
• Kentucky earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time.
• Vermont earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time.
• Texas earns the 3rd runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1985.
• North Dakota earns the 4th runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1987.
• States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Alabama, New York and Texas.
• New York placed for the fourth consecutive year.
• Alabama and Texas made their second consecutive placement.
• North Dakota and Oklahoma last placed in 1987.
• South Dakota last placed in 1986.
• Washington last placed in 1985.
• Kentucky last placed in 1983.
• Idaho placed for the first time.
• Vermont placed for the first time.
• Mississippi breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1987.
• Louisiana breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1986.

Judges

• Dale Harimoto
• Miguel Nunez
• Steve Guback
• Jill Whelan
• Jane Pratt
• Richard Lawrence
• Patrick St. Clair
• Frank Dicopoulos
• Dr. Joy Brown
• Erin Gray

Delegates

The Miss Teen USA 1989 delegates were:

Historical significance

• This was Idaho's first placement at Miss Teen USA and she went on to win the title.
• Kentucky recorded their highest placement in the pageant's history; this has yet to be equalled or surpassed.
• Vermont also placed for the first time, and only placed one more time in 1993, when Vermont won the title. Vermont later placed 3 more times in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
• This equalled North Dakota's highest placement since 1987, a record surpassed in 2006 when they placed second runner-up. Audra Mari surpassed the record at Miss Teen USA 2011 placing First Runner Up. Later equalling her placement at Miss USA 2014
• Washington placed for the first time since 1985.
• New York placed for the fourth consecutive year; South Dakota placed only for the second until 2017.

Contestant notes

• Brandi Sherwood won the 1997 Miss Idaho USA title and competed in the 1997 Miss USA pageant, where she placed first runner-up to the eventual winner, Hawaii's Brook Mahealani Lee. Lee became Miss Universe 1997 a couple of months later, so Brandi assumed the Miss USA title. She is the only Miss Teen USA winner to hold the Miss USA title. She later became a Barker's Beauty model on the daytime game show The Price Is Right.
• Kristie Dawn Hicks (Kentucky) later won the 1995 Miss Kentucky title and competed at Miss America 1996.
• Miss Nevada Teen USA 1989 was initially Heather McLeod, who was disqualified because she had competed at Miss California Teen USA the same year. McLeod was replaced by Stacey Bentley only days before the national pageant was held.^[4]
• Three other contestants later competed at Miss USA:
  • Tracy Kennick (Utah) - Miss Utah USA 1996 (Top 10 semifinalist at Miss USA 1996)
  • Jana Durban (Colorado) - Miss Colorado USA 1993
  • Stephanie Satterfield (Virginia) - Miss Virginia USA 1993