Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen

Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen
Formation	2004
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Miami
Location	Florida;
Membership	Miss America's Outstanding Teen
Official language	English
Key people	Keith Williams
Website	Official website

The Miss Florida's Teen competition is the competition that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Florida in the Miss America's Teen competition.

Anna-Katherine Risalvato of Panama City Beach was crowned Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen on June 24, 2023, at the Youkey Theater in Lakeland, Florida. She will compete for the title of Miss America's Teen 2024.

In January 2023, the official name of the pageant was changed from Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen, to Miss Florida's Teen, in accordance with the national pageant.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen titleholders presented in the table below. The year in parentheses indicates year of the Miss America's Outstanding Teen competition in which the placement and/or award was garnered.

Placements

Miss America's Outstanding Teen: Elizabeth Fechtel (2012), Leah Sykes (2014)
2nd runners-up: Myrrhanda Jones (2010)
3rd runners-up: Sierra Minott (2006), Anjelica Jones (2017)
Top 9: Reece Weaver (2018)
Top 10: Alexandra Milbrath (2008)
Top 11: Anna-Katherine Risalvato (2024)
Top 12: Michaela McLean (2015), Jessica Sales (2019)

Awards

Preliminary awards

Preliminary Fitness: Anna-Katherine Risalvato (2024)
Preliminary Evening Wear/On Stage Question: Sierra Minott (2006), Myrrhanda Jones (2010)
Preliminary Talent: Anjelica Jones (2017), Anna-Katherine Risalvato (2024)

Other awards

Miss Photogenic: Mary Katherine Fechtel (2011)
Outstanding Dance Award: Michaela McLean (2015), Anjelica Jones (2017), Reece Weaver (2018)
Non-finalist Talent Award: Mary Katherine Fechtel (2011)
Teens in Action Award Winners: Hannah Adams (2020)
Teens in Action Award Finalists: Leah Roddenberry (2016), Ruby Tilghman (2022)
Overall Dance Award: Jessica Sales (2019)

Winners

Declared as Winner
Ended as a runner-up
Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local title	Talent	Placement at MAO Teen	Special scholarships at MAO Teen	Notes
2023	Anna-Katherine Risalvato^[1]	Panama City Beach	18	Miss Gainesville's Teen	Dance	Top 11	Preliminary Fitness Award Preliminary Talent Award
2022	Aashna Shah	Wekiva Springs	15	Miss Wekiva Springs' Outstanding Teen	Dance
2021	Ruby Tilghman^[2]	Panama City	17	Miss Winter Park's Outstanding Teen	Broadway Vocal, "Finding Wonderland"		Teens in Action Finalist
2019-20	Hannah Adams^[3]	Jacksonville	15	Miss Orlando's Outstanding Teen	Contemporary Pointe Dance, Queen Medley		Teens in Action Award Winner	Older sister of Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen 2022, Hailey Adams Top 12 at Miss Alabama 2022 Preliminary Evening Gown and Top 5 at Miss Alabama 2023 Miss Mobile Bay 2024
2018	Jessica Sales^[4]	Orlando	17	Miss Orlando's Outstanding Teen	Contemporary Clogging, "Boogie Shoes"	Top 12^[5]	Overall Dance Award^[5]	1st Runner-Up at Miss Tennessee's Outstanding Teen 2017 Pageant.^[6]
2017	Reece Weaver^[7]	Jacksonville	15	Miss Jacksonville's Outstanding Teen	Acrobatic Jazz Dance, “Don't Cry for Me Argentina” from Evita^[7]	Top 9^[8]	Outstanding Dance Award^[8]
2016	Anjelica Jones^[9]	Jacksonville	16	Miss Orlando's Outstanding Teen	Contemporary Ballet	3rd runner-up^[10]	Outstanding Dance Award^[10] Preliminary Talent Award^[10]
2015	Leah Roddenberry^[11]	Bradenton	16	Miss Orlando's Outstanding Teen	Dance		Teens in Action Award Finalist^[12]	First to hold a state MAO Teen title twice^{[citation needed]} 1st runner-up at Miss Florida 2019 competition^[13] Later Miss Florida 2021^[14]
2014	Michaela McLean^[15]	Clermont	17	Miss Winter Garden's Outstanding Teen	Dance	Top 12^[16]	Outstanding Dance Award^[16]	Later Miss Florida 2019^[13]
2013	Leah Roddenberry^[17]	Bradenton	14	Miss North Florida's Outstanding Teen	Dance	N/A		Assumed title when Sykes was named Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2014^[17]
2013	Leah Sykes^[17]^[18]	Jacksonville	16	Miss River City's Outstanding Teen	Vocal, “Someone Like You” by Adele	Winner^[17]^[19]
2012	Jennifer Stehlin^[20]	Jacksonville	17	Miss St. Johns County's Outstanding Teen
2011	Rachel Strever^[21]	Winter Springs	16	Miss City Beautiful's Outstanding Teen		N/A		Assumed title when Fechtel was named Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2012
2011	Elizabeth Fechtel^[22]	Leesburg	17	Miss Orlando's Outstanding Teen	Musical Theater Jazz Dance, "I Am What I Am"	Winner^[22]^[23]	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award^[23]	Sister of Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2010 and Miss Florida 2015, Mary Katherine Fechtel Miss Florida 2014 title revoked after a tabulation error that resulted in Fecthel being named the winner was corrected^[24]^[25]
2010	Mary Katherine Fechtel^[26]	Leesburg	14	Miss Orlando's Outstanding Teen	Dance		Non-finalist Talent Award^[27] Miss Photogenic^[27]	Sister of Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2011 and Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2012, Elizabeth Fechtel Later Miss Florida 2015^[28]
2009	Myrrhanda Jones^[29]	Gainesville	16	Miss Gainesville's Outstanding Teen	Twirl/Dance	2nd runner-up^[30]	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award	Later Miss Florida 2013^[31] 3rd runner-up at Miss America 2014 pageant^[32]
2008	Courtney Sexton^[33]	Starke	15	Miss St. Augustine's Outstanding Teen	Dance			Later Miss Florida 2016^[34]
2007	Alexandra Milbrath^[29]	Winter Park	15	Miss City Beautiful's Outstanding Teen		Top 10^[29]
2006	Sydney Keister^[35]	Jacksonville	17	Miss Jacksonville's Outstanding Teen	Lyrical Dance^[36]			Later 4th runner-up at Miss Florida 2013
2005	Sierra Minott^[37]^[38]	Fort Myers	17	Miss Southwest Florida's Outstanding Teen	Musical Theatre Jazz Dance, “Life of the Party”	3rd runner-up^[38]^[39]	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award	Later Miss Florida 2008^[37]^[40] 4th runner-up at Miss America 2009 pageant^[37]
2004	Ashton Kunkle^[41]			Miss Teen North Miami		No national pageant

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External links

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