Miss Teen USA 2015

Miss Teen USA 2015

Promotional banner for Miss Teen USA 2015 featuring K. Lee Graham and the Royal Towers
Date August 22, 2015
Presenters Erin Brady, Nick Teplitz
Venue Grand Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas
Broadcaster Xbox Live, YouTube
Entrants 51
Placements 15
Winner Katherine Haik
Louisiana Louisiana
Congeniality Cora King
West Virginia West Virginia
Photogenic Christina Stratton
Missouri Missouri

Miss Teen USA 2015, the 33rd Miss Teen USA pageant. It was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas on August 22, 2015. All fifty states and District of Columbia competed. K. Lee Graham of South Carolina crowned her successor Katherine Haik of Louisiana at the end of the event.

Results

Placements

Final ResultsContestant
Miss Teen USA 2015
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 15

Special Awards

AwardContestant
Miss Congeniality
Miss Photogenic

Order of announcement

Top 15

  1. North Carolina
  2. Arizona
  3. Texas
  4. Massachusetts
  5. California
  6. Pennsylvania
  7. Louisiana
  8. Arkansas
  9. Missouri
  10. New York
  11. Oklahoma
  12. South Carolina
  13. Tennessee
  14. Alabama
  15. Vermont

Top 5

  1. Tennessee
  2. Massachusetts
  3. North Carolina
  4. California
  5. Louisiana

Pageant

Selection of contestants

One delegate from each state and the District of Columbia will be chosen in state pageants held from September 2014 to January 2015.

Preliminary round

Prior to the final telecast, the delegates compete in the preliminary competition, which involves private interviews with the judges and a presentation show where they compete in swimsuit and evening gown. It will be held in August 21, 2015 and broadcast on the Miss Teen USA website.

Finals

During the final competition, the top fifteen competed in swimsuit and evening gown, and the top five competed in the final question signed up by a panel of judges. The winner of the pageant will get to wear the new crown made by Diamonds International Corporation, a Czech-based jeweller, the newest official jewelry maker of Miss Teen USA.

Judges

Contestants

51 delegates participated:

State Name Age1 Height Hometown Placement Awards Notes
Alabama Alabama Taylor Ryan Elliott[1] 18 5'3" Trussville Top 15
Alaska Alaska Katelyn Cusack[2] 18 5'8" Anchorage
Arizona Arizona Neda Danilovic 17 5'7" Phoenix Top 15
Arkansas Arkansas Arynn Johnson 18 5'7" Hot Springs Top 15 Later Miss Arkansas USA 2017
California California Melanie Mitchell 17 5'10" Anaheim Hills 1st Runner-up
Colorado Colorado Taylor Kelly 18 5'9" Castle Pines Previously Miss Colorado Teen 2012
Connecticut Connecticut Savannah Giammarco 17 5'6" Middletown
Delaware Delaware Sierra Wright 18 5'6" Wilmington
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia Niara Iman (Tarlenton-Allen) 17 5'5" Washington, D.C.
Florida Florida Jara Courson 18 5'10" Lake City
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Mary Calkins 17 5'10" Augusta
Hawaii Hawaii Kyla Hee 18 5'6" Honolulu Daughter of Miss Hawaii 1987 Luana Alapa
Idaho Idaho Chaise Goris 18 5'7" Eagle
Illinois Illinois Megan Riesner 19 5'7" Plainfield
Indiana Indiana Kassidy Tharp 18 5'10" Sullivan 3rd runner up at Miss Indiana's Outstanding Teen 2014
Iowa Iowa Aryn Book 19 5'7" Adel
Kansas Kansas Melanie Shaner 18 5'8" Overland Park
Kentucky Kentucky Caroline Ford 18 5'7" Bowling Green 3rd runner up at Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2014
Louisiana Louisiana Katherine Haik 15 5'10" Franklinton Miss Teen USA 2015
Maine Maine Skyler Gaudette 16 5'5" Saco
Maryland Maryland Taylor Dawson 18 5'7" Germantown
Massachusetts Massachusetts Sophie Baird 18 5'6" Andover 4th Runner-up
Michigan Michigan Maria Elizabeth Rendina[3] 19 5'4" Monroe
Minnesota Minnesota Hayden Hammond 19 5'6" Maple Grove
Mississippi Mississippi Andrea Hightower 17 5'4" Oxford
Missouri Missouri Christina Stratton[4] 16 5'9" Sedalia Top 15 Miss Photogenic
Montana Montana Miranda Youngren [5] 18 5'6" Reed Point
Nebraska Nebraska Paige Pflueger 18 5'6" Norfolk Daughter of Miss Nebraska 1980 Paula Louise Mitchell
Nevada Nevada Geovanna Hilton 18 5'8" Las Vegas
New Hampshire New Hampshire Ellie Lathram 18 5'6 Bedford
New Jersey New Jersey Jacqueline Giancola 18 5'7" East Brunswick
New Mexico New Mexico Nicolette Pacheco 18 5'6" Rio Rancho
New York (state) New York Geena Cardalena 18 5'6" Floral Park Top 15
North Carolina North Carolina Jane Axhoj 17 5'10" Waxhaw 2nd Runner-up
North Dakota North Dakota Hannah Nelson 18 5'7" Hunter
Ohio Ohio Shelby Stapleton[6] 16 5'10" Hilliard
Oklahoma Oklahoma Cherokee Pearce 19 5'9" Owasso Top 15
Oregon Oregon Kenna Sloy 18 5'10" Boring
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Jasmine Daniels 19 5'9" Collegeville Top 15
Rhode Island Rhode Island Mary Malloy[7] 18 5'8" Cumberland
South Carolina South Carolina Wesley Mitchell 19 5'8" Lexington Top 15
South Dakota South Dakota Marley Hanson[8] 17 5'3" Vermillion 1st runner up at Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2014
Tennessee Tennessee Hannah Faith Greene[9] 17 6'0" Chattanooga 3rd Runner-up 4th runner up at Miss Tennessee's Outstanding Teen 2014
Texas Texas Chloe Kembel 18 5'7" Denton Top 15
Utah Utah Brooke Skabelund 17 5'8" Logan
Vermont Vermont Alexandra Marek[10] 16 5'8" Burlington Top 15
Virginia Virginia Ann Kutyna 16 5'9" Herndon
Washington (state) Washington Priya Gopal-Walker 18 5'5" Seattle
West Virginia West Virginia Cora King 17 5'9" Hurricane Miss Congeniality
Wisconsin Wisconsin Kenna Harke[11] 17 5'9" Greenville
Wyoming Wyoming Payton Sanders[12] 18 5'6" Casper Sister of Karlie Sanders Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2014

1 As at 22 August 2015

References

  1. ↑ Buttram, Scott (16 November 2014). "Hewitt-Trussville senior named Miss Alabama Teen USA". Trussville Tribune. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Patil, Tulsi (7 December 2014). "2015 winners for Miss Alaska USA and Miss Alaska Teen USA crowned Saturday". KTUU. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Monroe teen wins Miss Michigan teen USA". Monroe News. 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  4. ↑ "Judges crown 2015 Miss Missouri USA and 2015 Miss Missouri Teen USA". NBC Missouri. 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
  5. ↑ "Judges crown 2015 Miss Montana USA and 2015 Miss Montana Teen USA". NBC Montana. 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
  6. ↑ "CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW MISS OHIO TEEN USA". Miss Teen USA. 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  7. ↑ "CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW MISS RHODE ISLAND TEEN USA". Miss Teen USA. 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  8. ↑ "New Miss South Dakota USA, Miss South Dakota Teen USA crowned". 2014-10-05. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  9. ↑ "Scenic City's Hannah Faith Greene takes the teen crown". The Leaf-Chronicle. 2014-10-04. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  10. ↑ "ALEXANDRA MAREK takes the teen crown". The Leaf-Chronicle. 2014-10-04. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  11. ↑ "Lake Mills' Laundrie wins Miss Wisconsin-USA title". Daily Union. 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
  12. ↑ "NEW MISS WYOMING USA AND MISS WYOMING TEEN USA CROWNED". Basin Radio Network. 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
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