Miss Teen USA 1985

Miss Teen USA 1985
Date	January 22, 1985
Presenters	Lorenzo Lamas; Lisa Hartman;
Venue	James L. Knight Center, Miami, Florida
Broadcaster	CBS; , WTVJ;
Entrants	51
Placements	10
Winner	Kelly Hu; Hawaii
Congeniality	Chelle Wilson ; Mississippi
Photogenic	Lisa Jessen ; West Virginia

Miss Teen USA 1985, the third Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from the James L. Knight International Center Arena in Miami, Florida on 22 January 1985. At the conclusion of the final competition, Kelly Hu of Hawaii was crowned by outgoing queen Cherise Haugen of Illinois.

Results

Map showing placements by state

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Teen USA 1985	Hawaii – Kelly Hu
1st Runner-up	Wyoming – Emily Ernst
2nd Runner-up	Washington – Dru Homer
3rd Runner-up	Texas – Konae Wehle
4th Runner-up	Missouri – Rhonda Hoglan
Top 10	Arkansas – Rhonda Heird Georgia – Meredith Brown Illinois – Lisa Jessen North Carolina – Kimberly Jordan North Dakota – Jill Hutchinson

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Mississippi – Chelle Wilson
Miss Photogenic	Illinois – Lisa Jessen
Best state costume	West Virginia – Kelly Porterfield

State	Preliminaries	Interview	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Average
Washington	8.425	8.933	8.955	8.877	8.921
Wyoming	8.016	8.822	8.922	8.811	8.851
Hawaii	8.310	8.822	8.688	8.811	8.773
Missouri	8.043	8.733	8.683	8.788	8.734
Texas	8.219	8.733	8.522	8.700	8.651
Illinois	8.651	8.344	8.622	8.611	8.537
North Dakota	8.325	8.472	8.255	8.466	8.397
North Carolina	8.068	8.511	8.155	8.472	8.379
Georgia	8.092	8.366	8.466	8.133	8.321
Arkansas	8.029	8.077	8.277	8.255	8.203

Winner

First runner-up

Second runner-up

Third runner-up

Fourth runner-up

Hawaii wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 3rd state who wins Miss Teen USA.
Wyoming earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time.
Washington earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time.
Texas earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
Missouri earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Hawaii, Illinois, North Carolina, North Dakota and Texas.
Texas placed for the third consecutive year.
Hawaii, Illinois, North Carolina and North Dakota made their second consecutive placement.
Arkansas, Georgia and Washington last placed in 1983.
Missouri placed for the first time.
Wyoming placed for the first time.

The Miss Teen USA 1985 delegates were:

In 1993 Kelly Hu became the first Miss Teen USA winner to win a Miss USA state pageant. As Miss Hawaii USA she competed in the Miss USA 1993 pageant, making the finals and finishing 4th (3rd runner up, top 6 finalist), and winning the Miss Photogenic award.
Other delegates who later competed in the Miss USA pageant were:
- Debbie James (Colorado) - Miss Colorado USA 1989 (Top 10 Semifinalist at Miss USA 1989)
- Rhonda Hoglan (Missouri) - Miss Missouri USA 1989
- Julie Khourey (Oklahoma) - Miss Oklahoma USA 1991 (Top 6 Finalist at Miss USA 1991)
- Olga Calderon (Oregon) - Miss Oregon USA 1991 (Semi-finalist at Miss USA 1991)
Two contestants later competed in the Miss America pageant: Maria Kim (Wisconsin) who was Miss Wisconsin 1987, and Teresa Rodriguez (New Mexico) who was Miss New Mexico 1988

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