Miss Teen USA 2022 will be the 40th anniversary of Miss Teen USA pageant. Breanna Myles of Florida will crown her successor at the end of the event.

Background

Selection of contestants

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the duration between most of the state pageants from the previous year's competition, with previous year's state titleholders' reign being shortened to eight to eleven months, depending on state. Delegates from the 50 states and the District of Columbia are selected in state pageants which began in September 2021 and will end in June 2022, as the state pageant schedule can become very dense between the last state pageant held from 2021. The first state pageants were Idaho and Montana, held together on September 12, 2021, and the last state pageants will be Colorado, both scheduled to be held on July 3, 2022.

Starting this year, contestants who participated in a state pageant cannot compete for more than one state per year, with the eligibility rules having reverted to the past rule since Crystle Stewart took over the directorship role at the end of 2020. On May 17, 2022, an announcement was made that the competition will be held on September 10. All state pageant competitions were returned to full capacity with spectators and contestants being required to be fully vaccinated.

Contestants

As of June 13, 2022, 48 state titleholders have been crowned:

State	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown	Placement	Notes
Alabama	AnnaLee Story[1]	18	Auburn
Alaska	Madison Hines	16	Eagle River
Arizona	MayaDenise Gaskin	19	Phoenix
Arkansas	Allie Shanks[2]	16	White River
California	Cassidy Hill	19	Newport Beach
Connecticut	Mya Xeller	17	New Haven
Delaware	Ava MacMurray	18	Hockessin
District of Columbia	Asia Hickman	18	Washington, D.C.		Previously Miss New York's Outstanding Teen 2017
Florida	Alyssa Khan	18	Cooper City
Georgia	Courtney Ianna Smith	16	Atlanta
Hawaii	Malulani Paiste[3]	18	Mililani
Idaho	Jenna Beckstrom	18	Eagle
Illinois	Dawn Parks	17	Chicago
Indiana	KK Kokonaing	18	Huntertown
Iowa	Marisa Mathson	17	Des Moines
Kansas	Gracie Hendrickson	17	Newton		Previously Miss Kansas' Outstanding Teen 2021
Kentucky	Gabriella Hembree	18	Carrollton
Louisiana	Ainsley Ross	19	Bossier City
Maine	Madisson Higgins	15	Bangor
Maryland	Soniya Krishan	19	Baltimore
Massachusetts	Jillian Driscoll[4]	18	Lynnfield		Daughter of Jacquelyn Doucette Driscoll, Miss Masschusetts USA 1996
Michigan	Isabella Mosqueda	19	Cedar Springs
Minnesota	Ava Ernst	17	North Oaks
Mississippi	McKenzie Cole[5]	16	Vicksburg
Missouri	Shae Smith	18	Bolivar		Previously Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2019
Montana	Julia Kunau[6]	16	Lewistown
Nebraska	Faron Medhi	18	Omaha
Nevada	Janae McIntosh	18	Las Vegas
New Hampshire	Grace Paradise	17	Plaistow
New Jersey	Isabella Galan	17	Wayne
New Mexico	Caroline Babcock		Farmington
New York	Mahdiya Chowdhury	14	New York City
North Carolina	Gabriela Ortega[7]	17	Cary
North Dakota	Berkley Lundeen	18	Minot		Cousin of Caitlyn Vogel, Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2019 and Miss North Dakota USA 2021 (Miss Teen USA 2019 1st runner-up and Miss USA 2021 1st runner-up)
Ohio	Kylan Darnell	18	Franklin Furnace
Oklahoma	Haleigh Hurst	19	Norman
Oregon	Alaina McClanen-Clemons[8]	17	Portland
Pennsylvania	Alexandra Jones	18	Monongahela
Rhode Island	Julia Potts	18	Charlestown
South Carolina	Katie Ward[9]	19	Charleston
South Dakota	Bella Welker	18	Sioux Falls
Tennessee	McKinley Farese[10]	18	Germantown
Utah	Maizy Abbott	19	Pleasant View
Vermont	Kenzie Golonka[11]	16	Montpelier		Sister of Kelsey Golonka, Miss Vermont Teen USA 2017 and Miss Vermont USA 2022
Virginia	Hannah Grau	17	Fredericksburg
Washington	Kate Dixon	17	Sammamish		Shortly after being crowned, a video of Dixon saying the N-word surfaced causing a controversy. However, pageant organizers allowed Dixon to begin her reign.
West Virginia	Emma Kitchen	18	Williamstown
Wisconsin	Sage Gundelly	15	Mequon		Sister of Shreya Gundelly, Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2021

Upcoming state pageants

State	Date	Ref.
Wyoming	June 18, 2022	[12]
Texas	July 2, 2022
Colorado	July 3, 2022	[13]