Miss Teen USA 2012

The top 16 were announced and competed in Swimsuit and Evening Gown. Then, each girl was interviewed backstage by Colin Hornett. Before the final round, each girl in the top five was asked a personal question then a question the judges written for them. West cited when she was 14 years old and starting a program to combat bullying as her greatest accomplishment. Her crowning marks the first time a contestant from Connecticut won the pageant.[1]

It was also the first time the pageant was streamed to a video game console.

• Connecticut wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 26th state who wins Miss Teen USA.
• West Virginia earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time.
• Michigan earns the 2nd runner-up position for the second time. The last time it was placed in 2003.
• Oklahoma earns the 3rd runner-up position for the second time. The last time it was placed in 1987.
• Ohio earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
• States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Georgia, Kansas, South Carolina and West Virginia.
• Georgia, Kansas, South Carolina and West Virginia made their second consecutive placement.
• Alabama, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming last placed in 2010.
• Michigan and Ohio last placed in 2009.
• North Carolina last placed in 2008.
• Hawaii and New Mexico last placed in 2007.
• Connecticut last placed in 2002.
• Maryland breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 2009.
• California breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 2008.

State	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Peyton Brown	Eufaula	18	Top 16		Later Miss Alabama USA 2016 & Top 5 at Miss USA 2016
Alaska	Veronica Temple	Eagle River	18			Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2009 and sister of Sarah Temple, Miss Alaska USA 2010
Arizona	Alexa Zellers	Scottsdale	17			Sister of Emerald Zellers, Miss Arizona Teen USA 2006 and top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2006 Later 4th runner-up at Miss Missouri USA 2017 Later both 1st runner-up at Miss Arizona USA 2018 and Miss Arizona USA 2020
Arkansas	Amber Mitchell	Little Rock	18
California	Alexa Jones	Ramona	18			Later 1st runner-up Miss Arizona USA 2014
Colorado	Jacqueline Zuccherino	Aurora	17			Later 3rd runner-up at Miss Colorado USA 2019
Connecticut	Logan West	Southington	17	Miss Teen USA 2012		Previously Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen 2010
Delaware	Angela Viscount	Newark	19
District of Columbia	Sierra Hadley	Anacostia	18			Later 3rd runner-up at both Miss District of Columbia USA 2015 and Miss District of Columbia USA 2016
Florida	Sydney Martinez	Lake City	16
Georgia	Courtney Smits	McDonough	16	Top 16		Later Miss Virginia USA 2019
Hawaii	Kathryn Teruya	Kahala	16	Top 16
Idaho	Kimberly Layne	Nampa	18			Later Miss Idaho USA 2020
Illinois	Alexandra Plotz	Geneva	17	Top 16		Later Miss Illinois USA 2019 Later Miss Illinois World 2019 and Top 25 at Miss World America 2019
Indiana	Mackenzie Surber	Cicero	17
Iowa	Carissa Becker	Waterloo	18
Kansas	Katie Taylor	Olathe	17	Top 16
Kentucky	Tiffany Cline	Georgetown	14
Louisiana	Marlee Henry	Lake Charles	18			Later 1st runner-up at Miss Louisiana USA 2017
Maine	Molly Fitzpatrick	North Yarmouth	16
Maryland	Stephanie Chervenkov	Bel Air	18
Massachusetts	Jordyn Jagolinzer	Seekonk	17			Currently an anchor and on-air reporter for Western Mass News Later 1st runner-up at Miss Massachusetts USA 2020
Michigan	Courtney Pizzimenti	Rochester	17	2nd runner up
Minnesota	Kendra Berger	Apple Valley	17
Mississippi	Jessica Carter	Runnelstown	18			Later 1st runner-up at Miss New York USA 2015
Missouri	Jayde Ogle	Liberty	17
Montana	Danica Jansma	Manhattan	16
Nebraska	Sarah Summers	Papillion	17			Previously Nebraska's National American Miss Junior Teen 2010 National American Miss Junior Teen 2010 Later Miss Nebraska USA 2018 & Miss USA 2018
Nevada	Katie Eklund	Las Vegas	18
New Hampshire	Marisa DeLuca	Windham	18
New Jersey	Kendal Barrett	Montclair	16
New Mexico	Jacqueline Cai	Las Cruces	17	Top 16		Born in China
New York	Sabrina Mastrangelo	Bellmore	16	Top 16
North Carolina	Kat Puryear	Thomasville	19	Top 16		Previously Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2009 and 3rd runner up to Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010
North Dakota	Tiffany Fletschock	Casselton	18
Ohio	Kendall Fein	Loveland	17	4th runner up
Oklahoma	Jessica Morgan	Yukon	17	3rd runner up	Miss Photogenic
Oregon	Kiana Benion	Medford	16
Pennsylvania	Julia Belechak	Pittsburgh	18
Rhode Island	Livia Stencel	Warwick	17
South Carolina	Shannon Ford	Lake Murray	18	Top 16
South Dakota	Kalani Jorgensen	Sioux Falls	18			Later Miss South Dakota USA 2020
Tennessee	Shanese Brown	Madison	16
Texas	Madison Lee	Houston	18
Utah	Keilara McCormick	Lehi	17	Top 16
Vermont	Karsen Woods	Westford	17		Miss Congeniality
Virginia	Elizabeth Coakley	Abingdon	17
Washington	Alex Carlson-Helo	Bothell	18			Later Miss Washington USA 2017
West Virginia	Elizabeth Sabatino	Morgantown	17	1st runner up
Wisconsin	Briana Yamat	Milwaukee	15
Wyoming	Sydney Graus	Jackson Hole	17	Top 16

¹ Age at the time of state pageant.

• Florida - Gracie Simmons was originally Miss Florida Teen USA 2012, but resigned due to unknown reasons. Sydney Martinez, the 1st runner up, replaced her.
• Tennessee - Samara Ham was originally Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2012, but resigned due to her friend posting a topless photograph of her. Shanese Brown, the 1st runner up, replaced her.

Xbox Live's broadcast of the pageant was available in the following countries:

• Miss Teen USA official website