Miss New Mexico Teen USA
| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | El Paso |
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| Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss New Mexico Teen USA competition is a pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the broader Miss Teen USA pageant. It is directed by Laura's Productions based in El Paso, Texas.
New Mexico has seen six state teens place in the Miss Teen USA pageant with three of these placements occurring during the 1980s, which and made New Mexico one of the more successful states in that decade. Not a single New Mexico teen had placed from 1988 until Brittany Toll made the finals in 2005.
Five New Mexico teens have triumphed at the Miss New Mexico USA and compete at Miss USA. More unusually, two have also competed at Miss America. In 2003, former New Mexico teens held both the Miss New Mexico USA and Miss New Mexico (America) titles.
Ava Kincaid of Las Cruces was crowned Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2025 on August 17, 2025 at the NMSU Center for the Arts in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She represented New Mexico at Miss Teen USA 2025.
Results summary
Placements
- Top 10: Cheryl Douds (1984), Carolee Hanson (1986), Jill Vasquez (1988), Brittany Toll (2005)
- Top 15/16/20: Liz Kranz (2007), Jacqueline Cai (2012), Ava Kincaid (2025)
New Mexico holds a record of 7 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards
- Best State Costume: Emily Lehr (2021; 2nd place)
Winners
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Local title | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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| 2025 | Ava Kincaid | Las Cruces | 19 | Miss Las Cruces Teen | Top 20 | ||
| 2024 | Fernanda Gonzalez | Albuquerque | 19 | Miss Land of Enchantment Teen | |||
| 2023 | Asia Simpson | Hobbs | 15 | Miss Hobbs Teen | |||
| 2022 | Caroline Babcock | Farmington | 17 | Miss Farmington Teen | |||
| 2021 | Emily Lehr | Alamogordo | 16 | Miss Alamogordo Teen | Best State Costume – 2nd Place |
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| 2020 | Isabella Bizzell | Albuquerque | 17 | Miss Land of Enchantment Teen | |||
| 2019 | Angela Nañez | Clovis | 14 | Miss Clovis Teen | |||
| 2018 | Madison Turner | Mosquero | 18 | Miss Santa Fe Teen | |||
| 2017 | Kalina Hamilton | Albuquerque | 16 | Miss Albuquerque Teen | |||
| 2016 | Margeaux Greene | Sandia Park | 16 | Miss Sandia Park Teen | |||
| 2015 | Nicolette Pacheco | Rio Rancho | 18 | Miss Taos Teen | |||
| 2014 | Aundria Littlejohn | Las Cruces | 17 | Miss Dona Ana County Teen | |||
| 2013 | Addi Smith | Las Cruces | 17 | ||||
| 2012 | Jacqueline Cai | Las Cruces | 17 | Top 16 | |||
| 2011 | Alexa Castle | Albuquerque | 18 | ||||
| 2010 | Faith Anneliese Cortez | Las Cruces | 18 | ||||
| 2009 | Alexis Duprey | Alamogordo | 18 | Miss Southern NM Teen | Triple crown winner:
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| 2008 | Victoria Padilla[1] | Santa Fe | 18 | ||||
| 2007 | Liz Kranz | Deming | 19 | Miss Deming Teen | Top 15 | ||
| 2006 | Raquel Padilla | Santa Fe | 18 | Miss Santa Fe Teen | |||
| 2005 | Brittany Toll | Las Cruces | 18 | Top 10 |
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| 2004 | Jocelyn Cruz | Las Cruces | 17 | ||||
| 2003 | Courtney Clayshulte | Las Cruces | 18 | ||||
| 2002 | Amber Evaro | Las Cruces | 17 | ||||
| 2001 | Alaina Castillo | Las Cruces | 18 | Miss White Sands Teen | |||
| 2000 | Raelene Aguilar | Sunland Park | 18 |
Sister of Rosanne Aguilar, Miss New Mexico USA 2010.
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| 1999 | Alina Ogle | Albuquerque | 17 |
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| 1998 | Rana Jones | Tatum | 17 |
1st runner-up to Miss New Mexico USA 2007 | |||
| 1997 | Vicki Hughes | Las Cruces | 19 | ||||
| 1996 | Whitni Zimmerman | Lovington | 17 | ||||
| 1995 | Shelby Phillips | Deming | 18 | ||||
| 1994 | Samantha Sengel | Albuquerque | 18 | ||||
| 1993 | Lynette Ochoa | Deming | 19 | ||||
| 1992 | Hillary Matkin | Deming | 17 | Later hosted the KVIA-TV program Good Morning El Paso | |||
| 1991 | Kimberly Apodaca | Albuquerque | 18 | ||||
| 1990 | Beth Baskin | Albuquerque | 18 | ||||
| 1989 | Shana Wilmont | Albuquerque | 18 | ||||
| 1988 | Jill Vasquez | Albuquerque | 18 | Top 10 |
Former co-director of the Miss California USA and Miss California Teen USA pageants under her married name, Jill Vasquez-Foley. Former line captain of the NFL Arizona Cardinals Cheerleaders. | ||
| 1987 | Samantha Owen | Albuquerque | 17 | ||||
| 1986 | Carolee Hanson | Las Cruces | 18 | Top 10 | |||
| 1985 | Teresa Rodriguiz | Clovis | 16 |
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| 1984 | Cheryl Douds | Las Cruces | 17 | Top 10 | |||
| 1983 | Eloisa Serna | Albuquerque | 15 |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
- ^ Garduño, Eli (2008-05-08). "More than a Crown". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. GN-04.