CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2023 were crowned Saturday night at Austin Peay State University.

The new Miss Tennessee USA is Miss Downtown Nashville Regan Ringler, and Miss Tennessee Teen USA is Miss Marble City Blye Allen.

The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Last year’s winners McKinley Farese (Teen) and Emily Suttle (Miss) at the 2023 Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Last year’s winners McKinley Farese (Teen) and Emily Suttle (Miss) at the 2023 Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Miss Montgomery County Sydney Young at the 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Miss Clarksville Madeline Pufall, right, at the Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Miss Montgomery County Cameron Robertson, right, at the Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Hosts Shelly Moore Bartholomew and Allee Sutton-Hethcoat at the 2023 Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Kim Greenwood is recognized by her sons for 30 years in charge of the 2023 Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Kim Greenwood is recognized by her sons for 30 years in charge of the 2023 Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Miss Montgomery County Sydney Young at the 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2022 McKinley Farese at the Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Miss Tennessee USA 2022 Emily Suttle at the 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Former Miss and Teen winners, including Kim Greenwood, at the 2023 Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Blye Allen is crowned Miss Tennessee Teen USA on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Blye Allen is crowned Miss Tennessee Teen USA on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Blye Allen is crowned Miss Tennessee Teen USA on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Regan Ringler, left, is named 2023 Miss Tennessee USA on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Regan Ringler is crowned 2023 Miss Tennessee USA on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
Winners and judges at the 2023 Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)
The 2023 Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta)

More than 70 contestants from around the state competed in the pageants, and the winners will represent Tennessee at the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants in 2023.

Organized and produced by Greenwood Productions, the pageant marks Clarksville’s 22nd year of hosting the event.

The semifinalists for Miss Tennessee USA were:

  • Taylor Gipson – Bluff City
  • Rosie Westerbeck – Brentwood
  • Regan Ringler – Downtown Nashville – Winner
  • Corrin Stellakis – East Nashville
  • Christell Foote – Historic Franklin – Second Runner Up
  • Allyssa Weyant – Lebanon
  • Madison Kunst – Madison Co. – Third Runner Up
  • Alexis Sanders – Mid South – Fourth Runner Up
  • Livi Self – Middle Tn
  • Sabrina Ponte – Music City
  • Emma Conn – Nashville – First Runner Up
  • Tatum Sheppard – TN Waltz
  • Christian Bevere -West Franklin
  • Emma Hill – West TN
  • Demi Patonis – Williamson Co. – People’s Choice

These contestants won additional awards:

  • Photogenic – Maelybeth Young – Upper Cumberland
  • Congeniality – Presley Powers – Marion Co.

The semifinalists for Miss Tennessee Teen USA were:

  • Irelyn Weaver – Bedford Co. – People’s Choice
  • Sophia Mendoza – Belle Meade
  • Anna Gagliano – Collierville
  • Lexi Ford – Culleoka
  • Kyli Boyd – Dresden
  • Kilee Shuster – Franklin
  • Aurora Rives – Henry Co.
  • Bella Hankins – Lebanon
  • Blye Allen – Marble City – Winner
  • Grace Sparkman – McMinnville
  • Ruthie Richey – Memphis – First Runner UP
  • JaeceeRae Carr – Middle Tn
  • Brookelyn Pedigo – Rocky Top
  • Kayla Mick – Upper Cumberland
  • Erica Calhoun – Volunteer State
  • Lauren Mansfield – Warren Co.

These contestants won additional awards:

  • Photogenic – TaKiyah Stewart – Secret City
  • Congeniality – Layla Russell – Sullivan Co.

Alicia Archuleta contributed to this report.