Star Hunter of Anchorage, Alaska, United States attends Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School in Anchorage. She helps children who struggle with food insecurity all around her home state.
On January 14, 2023, Hunter was crowned Miss Alaska Teen USA 2023 at Bartlett High School Auditorium in Anchorage, Alaska. On August 17, 2023, her mother Angela Hunter joined the Anchorage School District as a special education resource teacher.
On June 1, 2024, Star crowned her successor Nevaeh James, also from Anchorage, at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium of the University of Alaska Anchorage in Anchorage. The latter will represent Alaska at Miss Teen USA 2024.
Miss Alaska Teen USA 2024 results
| beauty pageant: Miss Alaska Teen USA |
| edition: 42nd date: June 1, 2024 venue: Wendy Williamson Auditorium, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, United States national membership: Miss Teen USA candidates: 5 |
FINALISTS
| PLACEMENT | NAME (HOMETOWN) |
| Top 5 | Katana Guest (Northern Lights) Na’Ima Saloka (South Anchorage) Angelus Bower (Wasilla) |
| Top 2 | Nevaeh James (Anchorage) Aidyn Ashton (Forget-Me-Not) |
SPECIAL AWARDS
| AWARD | CANDIDATE |
| Miss Congeniality | Angelus Bower Wasilla |
| Miss Photogenic | Nevaeh James Anchorage |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2024 | 2023 |
| 4th runner-up | N/A | Jaslyn Young Birchwood |
| 3rd runner-up | N/A | Nevaeh James Forget-Me-Not |
| 2nd runner-up | N/A | Josephine Greenlund Girdwood |
| 1st runner-up | Aidyn Ashton Forget-Me-Not | Nora Andrews Seward |
| Miss Alaska Teen USA | Nevaeh James Anchorage | Star Hunter Anchorage |
Alaska currently has three Miss Teen USA placements. Representing the state, Marla Johnson was first runner-up in 1990 while Brittany Jackson finished in the Top 10 in 2003 and Sonja Garness finished in the Top 15 in 2005.
Miss Alaska Teen USA 1998 Sarah Ann Smith is the mother of Miss Alaska Teen USA 2021 Elle Smith. Miss Alaska Teen USA 2002 Rachel Marie Garness and Sonja are sisters.
On September 28, 2023, Star represented Alaska at Miss Teen USA 2023 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA. She was unplaced.
CONAN Daily 