Miss Teen USA 2001

Miss Teen USA 2001, the 19th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from South Padre Convention Island Center, South Padre Island, Texas on August 22, 2001. At the conclusion of the final competition, Marissa Whitley of Missouri was crowned by outgoing queen Jillian Parry of Pennsylvania.

Host city
After hosting the pageant for three consecutive years from 1998 to 2000, officials in Shreveport, Louisiana indicated that they were reluctant to host the pageant for a fourth year because disorganization by the Miss Universe Organization meant that the city lost over $70,000 in expected revenue.

During preliminary competition, all of contestants have their own presentation in different venue, as the actual Miss Teen USA stage is still construction from South Padre Convention Center. Tickets from the final competition were sold out within few days.

Delegates
The Miss Teen USA 2001 delegates were:


 * Alabama - Rollins Albritton
 * Alaska - Danielle Smith
 * Arizona - Eva Marie St. Arnauld
 * Arkansas - Lauren Arnold
 * California - Casey McClain
 * Colorado - Krystal Spurr
 * Connecticut - Marie Lynn Piscitelli
 * Delaware - Christie Aiken
 * District of Columbia - Jacqueline Drakeford
 * Florida - Joanna Candelaria
 * Georgia - Brandy Drake
 * Hawaii - Alana Paulo-Tamashiro
 * Idaho - Hayley Vancleave
 * Illinois - Brittany Richmond
 * Indiana - Jillian Dornbush
 * Iowa - Ashley Hanson
 * Kansas - Lindsey Mackey
 * Kentucky - Katherine Faulkner
 * Louisiana - Paige Egan
 * Maine - Mei-Ling Lam
 * Maryland - Precious Grady
 * Massachusetts - Marianna Zaslavsky
 * Michigan - Chelsea Rudder
 * Minnesota - Serene Aandahl
 * Mississippi - Ashley Buckman
 * Missouri - Marissa Whitley
 * Montana - Kristi Krings
 * Nebraska - Heidi Lammli
 * Nevada - Tahnee Harrison
 * New Hampshire - Ashley Lynne Blair
 * New Jersey - Erin Abrahamson
 * New Mexico - Alaina Castillo
 * New York - Gloria Almonte
 * North Carolina - Erin O'Kelley
 * North Dakota - Stacey Thomas
 * Ohio - Angela Wilson
 * Oklahoma - Lindsey Camp
 * Oregon - Sarah Warner
 * Pennsylvania - Rebecca Schlappich
 * Rhode Island - Amy Diaz
 * South Carolina - Sarah Medley
 * South Dakota - Jessica Herrgott
 * Tennessee - Jessica Myers
 * Texas - Katherine Perello
 * Utah - Nicole Hansen
 * Vermont - Heather Moylan
 * Virginia - Kathleen Lighthiser
 * Washington - Shannon Hulbert
 * West Virginia - Tara Szerszen
 * Wisconsin - Kellyann Langford
 * Wyoming - Natalie Koontz