Fernanda Gonzalez of Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. On June 30, 2024, she won Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2024 at the Center for the Arts of the university.
On August 17, 2025, Gonzalez went to the same venue where she crowned her successor Ava Kincaid. The latter will represent New Mexico at Miss Teen USA 2025.
Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2025 results
| beauty pageant: Miss New Mexico Teen USA national membership: Miss Teen USA |
| edition: 41st date: August 17, 2025 venue: Center for the Arts, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States candidates: 14 |
FINALISTS
| PLACEMENT | NAME (HOMETOWN/TITLE) |
| Top 14 | Mia Sisneros (Albuquerque) Jonayzee Planas (Cubero) Elyanna Castaneda (Fairacres) Brooke Bird (Land of Enchantment) Abigail Macias (Los Lunas) Jona Baros (Roosevelt County) Bridget Clay (Sandia) Trisheana de la Torre (Valencia County |
| Top 6 | Ava Kincaid (Las Cruces) Kaitlyn Poloner (Mesilla) Lilli Robins (Santa Fe) Belle Floren (Santa Teresa) Mya Mercedes Sanchez (Sunland) |
SPECIAL AWARDS
| AWARD | CANDIDATE |
| Miss Congeniality | Victoria Otero Socorro |
| Miss Photogenic | Victoria Otero Socorro |
| Best in Active Wear | Ava Kincaid Las Cruces |
| MMG Stage Walk | Mya Sanchez Sunland |
| People’s Choice | Kaitlyn Poloner Mesilla |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2025 | 2024 |
| 5th runner-up | Kaitlyn Poloner Mesilla | Natalie Vigil Clayton |
| 4th runner-up | Belle Floren Santa Teresa | Brooke Freilino Organ Mountain |
| 3rd runner-up | Victoria Otero Socorro | Belle Floren Santa Teresa |
| 2nd runner-up | Lilli Robins Santa Fe | Morgan Buhler Alamogordo |
| 1st runner-up | Mya Sanchez Sunland | Ava Kincaid Picacho |
| Miss New Mexico Teen USA | Ava Kincaid Las Cruces | Fernanda Gonzalez Land of Enchantment |
Currently, New Mexico has six Miss Teen USA placements. Representing the state in the national beauty pageant, Cheryl Douds, Carolee Hanson, Jill Vasquez and Brittany Toll finished in the Top 10 in 1984, in 1986, in 1988 and in 2005, respectively, Elizabeth Kranz finished in the Top 15 in 2007 and Jacqueline Cai in the Top 16 in 2012.
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