Miss American Teen-Ager
This annual event began in 1960 as an attraction in the Palisades Amusement Park at Fort Lee in New Jersey.  This park closed on September 12, 1971.  In 1972 and 1973 the pageant  was held at Hilton Hotel in New York City, and then in other cities. 

The contestants must have been 13 to 17 years old, single and American citizens.  They were judged on stage in party dresses on the basis of face, figure, charm, poise, personality, scholarship & leadership.  The pageant was discontinued after 1977.

The known finalists from each year are listed here.  Complete lists of contestants representing states and regions are not available.

 

1960 September 10
Fort Lee NJ
36 entries
1 Valley Stream (NY)  Leslie Bonnell
2 Irvington (NJ)  Gloria Rozmus
3 Uniondale (NY)  Barbara Hess
 

1961 September 9
Fort Lee NJ
unknown number of entries
1 Newark (NJ)  Gail Casale
 

1962 September 7
Fort Lee NJ
unknown number of entries
1 Rosedale (NY)  Eileen Melody Speerin
 

1963 September 7
Fort Lee NJ
36 entries
1 Rossford (OH)  Paulette Breen
 

1964 September 12
Fort Lee NJ
41 entries
1 New Rochelle (NY)  Barbara Helmann
2 Bronx (NY)  Kathleen Curtin
3 Forest Hills (NY)  Yaffa Turner
4 Fairborn (OH)  Carolyn Fannin
5 Allentown (PA)  Karen Brett
6 St. Louis (MO)  Pat Clayton
 

1965 September 10
Fort Lee NJ
49 entries
1 Virginia  Lynnell Raye Bass
2 Suffolk County (NY)  Diana Armstrong
 3 Georgia  Carole Cole
 

1966 September 9
Fort Lee NJ
70 entries
1 Central Ohio  Rebecca Alkire
2 South Carolina  Susan Gaylord
3 North Carolina  Judith Sedell
4 ?
5 Massachusetts  Virginia MacLeod
6 ?
 7 Western Pennsylvania  Constance Lee Barber


1967 September 8
Fort Lee NJ
53 entries
1 Maryland  Michele Patrick
2 Virginia  Laurie Burke
3 Wisconsin  Linda Benedetti
 

1968 September 6
Fort Lee NJ
53 entries
1 New York  Fran Garten
2 Minnesota  Marcia Banks
3 North Dakota  Dee Ann Allen
 

1969 September 4
Fort Lee NJ
44 entries
1 Illinois  Rose Marie Klespitz
2 Virginia  Cristy Lee Bradley
3 Northern New Jersey  Ramona Santiago
4 Brooklyn (NY)  Jacalyn Bennett
5 District of Columbia  Janice Hackett
6 Ohio  Amy Likover
 

1970 September 11
Fort Lee NJ
46 entries
1 Georgia  Kimberley Dianne Graham
2 New York State  Sophie Ann Schwab
3 Northern New Jersey  Bonny Jeanne Litowsky
4 Manhattan (NY)  Dorcas Chin
5 Western Louisiana  Jayot G. Riggs
6 District of Columbia  Denise Marcel Glenn
 

1971 September 9
Fort Lee NJ
42 entries
1 Virginia  Janene Forsyth
2 Oklahoma  Debbie Ann Bowers
3 Kentucky  Debbie McGuire
4 Tennessee  Alicia Odom
5 New York  Linda Ungerland
6 Missouri  Cheryl Jean Whitebread
 

1972 August 16
New York City NY
43 entries
1 Indiana  Carla Tevault
2 Illinois  Paula Zahn
3 District of Columbia  Vivian Wilkins
4 Missouri  Brenda McFerrin
5 New Jersey  Jeanne Boldridge
 

1973 August 17
New York City NY
46 entries
1 Georgia  Janet Reeves
2 Virginia  Katherine Kassing
3 California  Sheri Moore
4 Kansas  Kim Wagner
5 New York  Lucy Demkiw

 

1974 August 29
Miami Beach FL
48 entries
1 Colorado  Debbra Lee Maly
2 Arizona  Toni Abranovic
3 South Carolina  Lori Jeanne Shurman
4 Illinois  Deidre Litt
5 Kansas  Kim Cochran
6 Alaska  Tammy Michele
7 New Jersey  Meri Racanelli
 

1975 August 28
Miami Beach FL
48 entries
1 Minnesota  Cindy Lee
2 Maryland  Denise D’Ascenzo
3 Indiana  Susan Beth Kasarda
4 New York  Kelli Krull
5 Wisconsin  Cheryl Zarling
 

1976 November 23
Hasbrouch Heights NJ
43 entries
1 Puerto Rico  Widalys Romero Lopez
2 California  Marika Dicklich
3 Illinois  Ronda Pierson
4 Maryland  Julie Gordon
 

1977 October 15
Miami Beach FL
unknown number of entries
1 California  Kristin Moe
2 Oregon  Sally Anne Griffith
3 Kentucky  Marsha Bellomy
4 Ohio  Lynn Volk
5 West Virginia  Linda Hedrick
1960
1961

1962
1963

1964
1965

1966
1967

1968
1969

1970
1972 (crowned by 1971)

1972
Illinois (2nd), Indiana (winner), DC (3rd)
1973
New York (5th), Georgia (winner), Virginia (2nd)

1974
1975 (with mother)

1976
California (2nd), Puerto Rico (winner), Illinois (3rd)		 1977 (no photo available)