National Team

WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE:

The Miss American Teenager Pageant is a safe place where we encourage girls (and boys) to DREAM BIG and give them a place to safely hone the skills needed to achieve those goals. Through our program we teach perseverance (it took our 2020 Teenager 3 tries to win her dream job), belief in self, the importance of giving back to one's community and to be kind to everyone because we can all use a friend and never know what someone might be going through.  

We weigh our three areas of competition equally because we want a well-rounded girl. You don't have to be a straight A student, best model, thinnest or most likely to be voted prettiest by your peers but instead we are looking for girls that are striving to be better than they were the previous day. 

We also have many optional competitions because we want to help our girls perfect their skills and achieve her goal of becoming the next big actress, entertainer, model, influencer or something more immediate such as to win election at her school or upcoming debate competition.

Additionally, we create and foster an environment that is built upon a SISTERHOOD of friends who through FUN activities create deep bonds of FRIENDSHIP.  Our motto is 

SISTERHOOD     *     FRIENDSHIP     *     FUN

Our hope is to assist our girls to live out their dreams because our dream is realized each day a girl joins the Miss American Teenager program and our pageant family grows! 

Miss American Teenager Pageant, LLC

1868 Corcoran Street NE

Washington, DC 20002

Tel: 202.386.0158

General Email: Director@MissAmericanTeenager.com

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Owner & Executive Director - Peta-Gay Lewis

Peta-Gay Lewis, a Washington, DC resident, is a 2002 graduate of The George Washington University where she double majored in Anthropology and Criminal Justice which she respectively has Bachelor of Art degrees in. Ms. Lewis is currently a licensed Real Estate Broker and Property Manager in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia and the Principal of Property Locators LLC dba Ivy Real Estate in addition to being a former elected DC Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner that serves on numerous Board of Directors and Task Forces both locally and nationally. 

Ms. Lewis has extensive experience in pageantry. She has judged pageants at the local, state, national and international levels. No stranger to the stage, Peta-Gay, has competed at the state level for Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA, held numerous state titles and won the Miss Global America US title in 2004. When her daughters were born Peta-Gay took a break from pageantry but now lovingly cheers on her daughters Vanessa (Miss American Teenager 2020) and Jade (Miss District of Columbia's Outstanding Teen 2021) as they pursue their dreams whether its on or off the stage, judge and enthusiastically directs this national program. 

During her leisure Ms. Lewis enjoys reading contemporary literature, savoring gourmet meals, fishing, playing board games and traveling.