Miss Utah's Outstanding Teen

Miss Utah's Outstanding Teen
Formation	2005
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Provo
Location	Utah;
Membership	Miss America's Outstanding Teen
Official language	English
Key people	Amy Rasmussen
Website	Official website

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

JayLynn Lindley of Salem was crowned Miss Utah's Teen on February 18, 2023 at the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo, Utah. She will compete for the title of Miss America's Teen 2024.

In January 2023, the official name of the pageant went from Miss Utah's Outstanding Teen to Miss Utah's Teen.

Placements

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

1st runners-up: Lindsey Brinton (2008)
4th runners-up: Jennifer Gulbrandsen (2006)
Top 10: Meredith Gaufin (2010), Tiare Keeno (2012)
Top 11: Charlee Sorensen (2022), Jocelyn Osmond (2023), JayLynn Lindley (2024)
Top 15: Marisa Nielsen (2011)

Awards

Preliminary awards

Preliminary Evening Wear/On-Stage Question: Jessica Richards (2013)
Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Lindsey Brinton (2008), McKenna Lewis (2009)
Preliminary Talent: Jennifer Gulbrandsen (2006), Jessica Richards (2013), Charlee Sorensen (2022)

Non-finalist awards

Non-finalist Evening Wear/On-Stage Question: Jessica Richards (2013)
Non-finalist Talent: Jessica Richards (2013), JessiKate Riley (2015)

Other awards

Academic Life: Meredith Gaufin (2010)
America's Choice: Jocelyn Osmond (2023)
Outstanding Instrumental Talent: Claire Inouye (2020)
Random Acts of Kindness Award: Claire Inouye (2020)
Teens in Action Award Winners: Tiare Keeno (2012)
Top Vocal Talent Award: Charlee Sorensen (2022)

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	JayLynn Lindley^[1]	Salem	17	Miss South Valley's Teen	Dance	Top 11
2022	Jocelyn Osmond^[2]	Alpine	15	Miss Alpine's Outstanding Teen	Dance	Top 11	America's Choice	Granddaughter of Virl Osmond, great-niece of Donny and Marie Osmond
2020–21^[a]	Charlee Sorensen	Aurora	17	Miss Panoramaland's Outstanding Teen	Operatic Vocal	Top 11	Preliminary Talent Award Top Vocal Talent Award	Younger sister of Savvy Sorensen, Miss Utah's Outstanding Teen 2015
2019	Claire Inouye^[4]	Orem	16	Miss Vineyard's Outstanding Teen	Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6" by Franz Liszt		Outstanding Instrumental Talent Award Random Acts of Kindness Award	1st runner-up at Distinguished Young Woman of Utah 2021 Later Top 7 at Miss Utah 2022
2018	Axuray Talbot^[5]	Spanish Fork	16	Miss Spanish Fork's Outstanding Teen	Dance, "This is Me"
2017	Addelyn Brotherson^[6]^[7]	Wales	14	Miss Sanpete County's Outstanding Teen	Lyrical Dance, “Keep Me"
2016	Madeline Pettit^[8]	Bountiful	16	Miss Davis County's Outstanding Teen	Piano, "Etude Op. 72, No. 6" by Moritz Moszkowski
2015	Savvy Sorensen^[9]	Aurora	16	Miss Central Utah's Outstanding Teen	Jazz Lyrical Dance, "I Got You" from Bring It On			Older sister of Charlee Sorensen, Miss Utah's Outstanding Teen 2020
2014	JessiKate Riley^[10]	Beaver	16	Miss Southern Utah's Outstanding Teen	Violin		Non-finalist Talent Award^[11]	Later Miss Utah 2017, Miss Utah USA 2021 & Top 16 at Miss USA 2021^[12]
2013	Jessica Coombs^[13]^[14]	Draper	16	Miss Wasatch Front's Outstanding Teen	Piano
2012	Jessica Richards^[15]	Sandy	16	Miss Draper's Outstanding Teen	Piano		Non-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ Award^[16] Non-finalist Talent Award^[16] Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award^[15]^[16] Preliminary Talent Award^[15]^[16]	Daughter of Miss Utah USA 1986, Stephanie Reber Richards^[17]
2011	Tiare Keeno^[18]	Spanish Fork	15		Contemporary Dance, "Spirit of the Earth"	Top 10^[19]	Teens in Action Award^[19]
2010	Marisa Nielsen^[20]	Hyrum			Vocal, "I Will Fly" from Little Women	Top 15
2009	Meredith Gaufin^[21]	Provo			Harp	Top 10^[22]	Academic Life Award^[22]	Later Utah's Junior Miss 2010^[23] 1st runner-up at America's Junior Miss 2010
2008	McKenna Lewis^[24]	Smithfield					Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award^[24]
2007	Lindsey Brinton^[25]	Salt Lake Valley	16		Piano	1st runner-up^[26]	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award	Later America's Junior Miss 2008^[27]^[28]
2006	Tasha Smedley^[29]	Syracuse			Modern Lyrical Dance			Later Miss Utah Teen USA 2009^[30] Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2009 pageant^[30] NFL cheerleader for the Dallas Cowboys between 2016 and 2018 ^[31]^[32]
2005	Jennifer Gulbrandsen^[33]	Provo	17		Piano	4th runner-up^[33]	Preliminary Talent Award

Notes

References

External links

Official website

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