Miss District of Columbia Teen USA
| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
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| Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Emanii Causby (Executive Director) |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss District of Columbia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
With only five semi-finalist placings and one runner-up, the District of Columbia is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA. One of those semi finalists, Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 2000 Tiara Dews, was one of only three District of Columbia teens to win the Miss District of Columbia USA crown.
Sarah Eyasu of Clarksville, MD was crowned Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 2025 on September 6, 2025, at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown. She represented District of Columbia at Miss Teen USA 2025.
Results summary
Placements
- 1st runner-up: Hannah Gillard (2021)
- Top 10: Ni'Cole Bobbitt (1987), Tiara Dews (2000), Jacqueline Drakeford (2001)
- Top 20: Asia Chisley (2023), Chelsea Chambers (2024), Sarah Eyasu (2025)
District of Columbia holds a record of 7 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Shirelle Robinson (1990)
Winners
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Local title | Placement | Special awards | Notes |
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| 2025 | Sarah Eyasu | Clarksville, MD | 17 | Top 20 | |||
| 2024 | Chelsea Chambers | Washington, D.C. | 19 | Miss Bloomingdale Teen | Top 20 | ||
| 2023 | Asia Chisley | Washington, D.C. | 17 | Miss Cherry Blossom Teen | Top 20 | ||
| 2022 | Asia Hickman | Washington, D.C. | 18 | Miss Cherry Blossom Teen |
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| 2021 | Hannah Gilliard | Washington, D.C. | 16 | Miss Crestwood Teen | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2020 | Sydney Jackson | Washington, D.C. | 18 | Miss Dupont Circle Teen | |||
| 2019 | Jaclyn Davis | 18 |
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| 2018 | Madison Chambers | 18 | |||||
| 2017 | Karis Felton | 17 | |||||
| 2016 | Dylan Murphy | 17 | |||||
| 2015 | Niara Iman (Tarleton-Allen) | 17 | |||||
| 2014 | Dominick Fink | 17 |
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| 2013 | Despina Ades | 19 |
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| 2012 | Sierra Hadley | 18 | |||||
| 2011 | Imani Bentham | 19 | |||||
| 2010 | Jeneffer Lopez | 17 | |||||
| 2009 | Jessica Nowlin | 17 | |||||
| 2008 | Ivana Grace | 16 | |||||
| 2007 | Jasmine Alexis | 16 |
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| Ava Goldson | Did not compete | Resigned to attend Spelman College | |||||
| 2006 | Jasmine Niernberger | 17 | |||||
| 2005 | Danai Mattison | 18 | |||||
| 2004 | Nicole White | 16 |
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| 2003 | Natasha Prakash | 18 | |||||
| 2002 | Glovindria Burgess | ||||||
| 2001 | Jacqueline Drakeford | Washington, D.C. | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 2000 | Tiara Christen Dews | 17 | Semi-finalist |
had a special relationship with during the administration of Bill Clinton, which started when she was chosen to present flowers to President Clinton in 1993.[1] | |||
| 1999 | Shelly Braxton-Brooks | Washington, D.C. | |||||
| 1998 | Chartese De Quinta Day | ||||||
| 1997 | Cheri Vivette Alexander | ||||||
| 1996 | Shannan McCray | ||||||
| 1995 | Michelle Dollie Wright | 18 |
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| 1994 | Tamara Yvette McDowell | ||||||
| 1993 | Rebecca Marie Slobig[2] | ||||||
| 1992 | Did not compete | ||||||
| 1991 | Marja Allen | Washington, D.C. | |||||
| 1990 | Cherrelle Robinson | Miss Congeniality | |||||
| 1989 | Christina Patino | ||||||
| 1988 | Sabrina Curtis | ||||||
| 1987 | Ni'Cole Bobbitt | Washington, D.C. | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1986 | Melissa Gilbert | Washington, D.C. | |||||
| 1985 | Meisha Hayes | ||||||
| 1984 | Suzi Simpson | ||||||
| 1983 | Patricia Custis | ||||||
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant