Miss Teen USA 1988

Miss Teen USA 1988
Date	July 25, 1988
Presenters	Dick Clark Tracy Scoggins
Venue	Orange Pavilion, San Bernardino, California
Broadcaster	CBS KCBS-TV
Entrants	51
Placements	10
Winner	Mindy Duncan  Oregon
Congeniality	Anna Mingus  Alabama Missy Pierce  Tennessee
Photogenic	Kathleen McClellan  Illinois
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Miss Teen USA 1988, the 6th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from San Bernardino, California on July 25, 1988. At the conclusion of the final competition, Mindy Duncan of Oregon was crowned by outgoing queen Kristi Addis of Mississippi.

This was the first of two years the pageant was held in San Bernardino. It was hosted by Dick Clark for the first time, He would later host the Miss USA Pageants from 1989 to 1993 and Miss Universe Pageants from 1990 to 1993 and returned to The Miss Teen USA Pageants in 1991 on CBS and remained as host until 1993, with color commentary from Tracy Scoggins.

Results

Placements

Special awards

Final competition scores

Historical significance

• Oregon wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 6th state who wins Miss Teen USA.
• New York earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time.
• Louisiana earns the 2nd runner-up position for the second time and matches the same position as the last year.
• Illinois earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
• Alabama earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
• States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Louisiana, Mississippi and New York.
• Louisiana and New York placed for the third consecutive year.
• Mississippi made its second consecutive placement.
• New Jersey, New Mexico, Texas and West Virginia last placed in 1986.
• Illinois last placed in 1985.
• Oregon last placed in 1984.
• Alabama placed for the first time.
• Oklahoma breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1986.

Delegates

The Miss Teen USA 1988 delegates were:

Contestant notes

• After competing in the preliminary competition and winning the Best State Costume award, Alison Moreno (California) was disqualified from the final competition after she left her room without a chaperone, contrary to pageant rules.^[1]
• Delegates who later competed in the Miss USA pageant were:
  • Jillayne Fossum (South Dakota) - Miss South Dakota USA 1991
  • Erin Nance (Georgia) - Miss Georgia USA 1993 (first runner-up at Miss USA 1993)
  • Jennifer Seminary (North Dakota) - Miss North Dakota USA 1993
  • Kristen Anderson (Montana) - Miss Montana USA 1993
  • Jill Vasquez (New Mexico) - Miss New Mexico USA 1994
  • Anna Mingus (Alabama) - Miss Alabama USA 1995
  • Audra Wilks (Virginia) - Miss Virginia USA 1997
• Jill Vasquez became one of the directors of the Miss California USA and Miss California Teen USA pageants in 2007.
• Jessica Collins became a successful actress who played Meredith Davies on Tru Calling.

Judges

• Roz Ryan
• Allison Brown - Miss Teen USA 1986 from Oklahoma
• Paul Kreppel
• Marina Sirtis
• Sean Hamilton
• Tatyanna
• Umberto
• Dean Butler
• Judy Zerafa
• Christy Fichtner - Miss USA 1986 from Texas
• Scott Hamilton

References

External links

• Yahoo! TV Complete list of pageant judges, personnel, and production crew for the CBS broadcast