This is the second time that the sister of an outgoing Teen titleholder has won the Miss title, and the first time since North Dakota's Spiers sisters in 1995-1996. A Dalton sister has now either placed in the top five or won in either Miss NC USA or Miss NC Teen USA every year since Kristen was first runner-up to Nikki Groat in 2005.
Kristen is one of very few daughters of Miss USA state titleholders to win the same title. This is (again, as far as I am aware) the first time that three members of the same immediate family have held Miss or Teen state titles.