Miss Teen USA 1988 (Jayverse)

Miss Teen USA 1988, the sixth Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from San Bernardino, California on July 25, 1988. At the conclusion of the final competition, Mindy Duncan of Oregon was crowned by outgoing queen Kristi Addis of Mississippi.

This was the first of two years the pageant was held in San Bernardino. It was hosted by Dick Clark for the first time, He would later host the Miss USA Pageants from 1989 to 1993 and Miss Universe Pageants from 1990 to 1993 and returned to The Miss Teen USA Pageants in 1991 on UBC and remained as host until 1993, with color commentary from Tracy Scoggins.

Historical significance

 * Oregon wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 6th state who wins Miss Teen USA.
 * New York earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time.
 * Louisiana earns the 2nd runner-up position for the second time and matches the same position as the last year.
 * Illinois earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
 * Alabama earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
 * States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Louisiana, Mississippi and New York.
 * Louisiana and New York placed for the third consecutive year.
 * Mississippi made its second consecutive placement.
 * New Jersey, New Mexico, Texas and West Virginia last placed in 1986.
 * Illinois last placed in 1985.
 * Oregon last placed in 1984.
 * Alabama placed for the first time.
 * Oklahoma breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1986.

Delegates & Troupe
The Miss Teen USA 1988 delegates were:


 * Alabama - Anna Mingus
 * Alaska - Joleen Jeffcoat
 * Arizona - Kristen Peterson
 * Arkansas - Jessica Welch
 * California - Alison Moreno (disqualified)
 * Colorado - Leah Crawford
 * Connecticut - Bobbie Jo Shanahan
 * Delaware - Edith Senter
 * District of Columbia - Sabrina Curtis
 * Florida - Holly Nicholson
 * Georgia - Erin Nance
 * Hawaii - Michelle Wong
 * Idaho - Renee Griggs
 * Illinois - Kathleen McLelland
 * Indiana - Deborah Lindboe
 * Iowa - Stacy Horst
 * Kansas - Jennifer Eastes
 * Kentucky - Marti Hendricks
 * Louisiana - Amy Pietsch
 * Maine - Christine Despres
 * Maryland - Sherry Twilley
 * Massachusetts - Alicia Gawrys
 * Michigan - Melissa Sinkevics
 * Minnesota - Julie Ward
 * Mississippi - Honey East
 * Missouri - Beverly Boatright
 * Montana - Kristen Anderson
 * Nebraska - Pamela Brown
 * Nevada - Erin Abernathy
 * New Hampshire - Christa Jones
 * New Jersey - Michelle Knipfelberg
 * New Mexico - Jill Vasquez
 * New York - Jessica Collins
 * North Carolina - Michelle Moore
 * North Dakota - Jennifer Seminary
 * Ohio - Teresa Merola
 * Oklahoma - Linda Parsons
 * Oregon - Mindy Duncan
 * Pennsylvania - Desiree Fess
 * Rhode Island - Debbie Peters
 * South Carolina - Nicole Adams
 * South Dakota - Jillayne Fossum
 * Tennessee - Missy Pierce
 * Texas - Libby Pelton
 * Utah - Kathleen Treadway
 * Vermont - Andrea Varney
 * Virginia - Audra Wilks
 * Washington - Karen Petre
 * West Virginia - Wendy Stephens
 * Wisconsin - Jennifer Schwalenberg
 * Wyoming - Michele Apostoles

On The Troupe including: Debbie Knox (3rd Runner Up in the 1988 Miss Florida Teen USA Pageant), Brandi Sherwood

Musical Performances
Opening Number - "It's Gonna Be My Night Tonight" by the 1988 Miss Teen USA Contestants and Troupe (Cover Version of "Yes" by Merry Clayton complete with the First Use of the "I Wandered by a Brookside" jingle which would later be used on UBC's Monday Night Football Telecast since then and would later be used as the Theme Song to UBC's Monday Night Football and Saturday College Football Coverage later in the fall and in 1989 they will use the "I Wandered by a Brookside" melody to open each Miss USA, Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA Pageant afterwards.)

Pre-Swimsuit Competition - "Surfin' USA" by the 1988 Miss Teen USA Contestants and Troupe (Cover Version of "Surfin' USA" by the Beach Boys)

Halftime Performance - "I Saw Him Standing There" by Miss Teen USA 1987, Kristi Addis and the 1988 Miss Teen USA Contestants and Troupe

Evening Gown Competition - "Could've Been" & "Feelings of Forever" by Miss Teen USA 1987, Kristi Addis and the 1988 Miss Teen USA Contestants and Troupe

Crowning Song after Mindy Duncan was Named Miss Teen USA - "This Is Your Night"

Contestant & Troupe Notes

 * After competing in the preliminary competition and winning the Best State Costume award, Alison Moreno (California) was disqualified from the final competition after she left her room without a chaperone, contrary to pageant rules however Moreno will still perform on the live telecast when it aired on UBC.
 * Delegates who later competed in the Miss USA pageant were:
 * Jillayne Fossum (South Dakota) - Miss South Dakota USA 1991
 * Erin Nance (Georgia) - Miss Georgia USA 1993 (first runner-up at Miss USA 1993)
 * Jennifer Seminary (North Dakota) - Miss North Dakota USA 1993
 * Kristen Anderson (Montana) - Miss Montana USA 1993
 * Jill Vasquez (New Mexico) - Miss New Mexico USA 1994
 * Anna Mingus (Alabama) - Miss Alabama USA 1995
 * Audra Wilks (Virginia) - Miss Virginia USA 1997
 * Troupe Members who later competed in the Miss Teen USA Pageant were:
 * Debbie Knox - Miss Florida Teen USA 1989
 * Brandi Sherwood - Miss Idaho Teen USA 1989, Miss Teen USA 1989
 * Troupe Members who later competed in the Miss USA Pageant were
 * Brandi Sherwood - Miss Idaho USA 1997, Miss USA 1997
 * Jill Vasquez became one of the directors of the Miss California USA and Miss California Teen USA pageants in 2007.
 * Jessica Collins became a successful actress who played Meredith Davies on Tru Calling.

Judges

 * Roz Ryan
 * Allison Brown - Miss Teen USA 1986 from Oklahoma
 * Paul Kreppel
 * Marina Sirtis
 * Sean Hamilton
 * Tatyanna
 * Umberto
 * Dean Butler
 * Judy Zerafa
 * Christy Fichtner - Miss USA 1986 from Texas
 * Scott Hamilton