Miss Teen USA 1985

Results

Placements

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

Special awards

Final competition scores

Historical significance

• 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.

  Judges

• Ken Swofford
• Cathy Rigby McCoy
• Christian LeBlanc
• Ruth Zakarian - Miss Teen USA 1983 from New York
• Rowdy Gaines
• Lindsay Bloom
• Eric Van Lustbader
• Krista Tesreau
• Mayf Nutter
• Rebe Jackson
• Frank Bonner

  Delegates

• Alabama - Teresa King
• Alaska - Debbie Essin
• Arizona - Vanessa Stetson
• Arkansas - Rhonda Heird
• California - Sharon Gunther
• Colorado - Debbie James
• Connecticut - Kris Kunst
• Delaware - Julie Weasley
• District of Columbia - Meisha Hayes
• Florida - Erin Townsend
• Georgia - Meredith Brown
• Hawaii - Kelly Hu
• Idaho - Tracey Shirley
• Illinois - Lisa Jessen
• Indiana - Diana Ballard
• Iowa - Alisha Black
• Kansas - Tammy Lampton
• Kentucky - Leanne Gregory
• Louisiana - Julie Semika
• Maine - Tracy Smith
• Maryland - Lynn Bogardus
• Massachusetts - Maria Ingles
• Michigan - Tracey Shaw
• Minnesota - Lana Burke
• Mississippi - Chelle Wilson
• Missouri - Rhonda Hoglan
• Montana - Katie Adams
• Nebraska - Tina Farber
• Nevada - Leslie Peterson
• New Hampshire - Katherine Borski
• New Jersey - Sharon Turner
• New Mexico - Teresa Rodriguez
• New York - Shelley Lown
• North Carolina - Kimberly Jordan
• North Dakota - Jill Hutchinson
• Ohio - Meg Scranton
• Oklahoma - Julie Khourey
• Oregon - Olga Calderon
• Pennsylvania - Kari Bernowski
• Rhode Island - Chris Pavalli
• South Carolina - Jennifer Neuen
• South Dakota - Sarah Bergraft
• Tennessee - Tammy Woods
• Texas - Konae Wehle
• Utah - Susan Nelson
• Vermont - Wanda Minard
• Virginia - Alice Robinson
• Washington - Dru Homer
• West Virginia - Kelly Porterfield - Best State Costume Winner
• Wisconsin - Maria Kim
• Wyoming - Emily Ernst

  Contestant notes

• 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, and winning the Miss Photogenic award.
• Other delegates who later competed in the Miss USA pageant were:
• *Debbie James - Miss Colorado USA 1989
• *Rhonda Hoglan - Miss Missouri USA 1989
• *Julie Khourey - Miss Oklahoma USA 1991
• *Olga Calderon - Miss Oregon USA 1991
• Two contestants later competed in the Miss America pageant: Maria Kim who was Miss Wisconsin 1987, and Teresa Rodriguez who was Miss New Mexico 1988