Miss Teen USA 1987

Miss Teen USA 1987
Date	July 21, 1987
Presenters	Michael Young Tracy Scoggins
Venue	El Paso Civic Center, El Paso, Texas
Broadcaster	CBS KDBC-TV
Entrants	51
Placements	10
Winner	Kristi Lynn Addis  Mississippi
Congeniality	Allison Barbeau-Diorio  Connecticut
Photogenic	Angi Aylor  California Raye Anne Johnson  Rhode Island
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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

Map showing placements by state

Final competition scores

Special awards

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:

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

References