The Miss Pennsylvania's Teen competition selects the representative for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the Miss America's Teen Competition. The Miss Pennsylvania's Teen
Competition is held each June at the Appell Center for Performing Arts in York, Pennsylvania.
Lizzie Shacklett of Radnor, Pennsylvania was crowned Miss Pennsylvania's Teen on June 16, 2023 at the Appell Center for Performing Arts in York, Pennsylvania. She will compete for the title of Miss America's Teen 2024 in January. Lizzie’s community service initiative is “Literacy Is Lit: Finding and Filling the Literacy Gap” and her talent is Irish step dancing.
Results summary
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Pennsylvania's 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.
Placements
1st runners-up: Julia Rae Schlucter (2009), Cecilia Petrush (2019)
2nd runners-up: Elena LaQuatra (2008)
Top 8: Page Mackenzie Weinstein (2015)
Top 10: Jocelyn Gruber (2011), Riley Evans (2020)
Top 11: Alysa Bainbridge (2017), Jaylen Baron (2021)
Awards
Preliminary awards
Preliminary Evening Wear/On Stage Question: Elena LaQuatra (2008)
^Molczan, Kayla (June 20, 2019). "Freeport Woman Named Miss Pa". Butler Radio. On Friday night, 16-year-old Riley Evans was crowned Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen.
^Moyer, Merriell (June 22, 2017). "Palmyra woman crowned Miss Pennsylvania". Lebanon Daily News. ...competed in Miss America's teen system for four years before eventually winning the title of 2013 Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen.
^ abWiggin, Sally (December 7, 2015). "4 the 412 team member Elena LaQuatra wins Miss Pennsylvania USA". WTAE News. As a teenager, she won Miss Pennsylvania Outstanding Teen, a pageant that is part of the Miss America system. LaQuatra finished as second runner-up in the national contest.
^ ab"Tawni Darby Orloski: Owner/CEO". Millennium Dance Complex. No stranger to the stage, she is a former Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen...involved with the Miss America Organization as the founder and director of the Teens in Training Camp program
^Budinger, Dave (2005-08-14). "Butler Teen Advances to National Pageant". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. N-5.