State
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Name
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Hometown
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Age
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Local Title
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Talent
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Placement at MAO Teen
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Special Scholarships at MAO Teen
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Notes
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Alabama
|
Jessica Procter[1]
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Tuscaloosa
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17
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Miss West Central's Outstanding Teen
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Broadway Vocal
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2nd runner-up[2]
|
Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award[2]
Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award[2]
|
Later Miss Alabama 2017[1] Top 7 at Miss America 2018 pageant[3]
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Alaska
|
Autumn Harth[4]
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Eagle River
|
15
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Miss Anchorage's Outstanding Teen
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Vocal
|
|
|
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Arizona
|
MaddieRose Holler[5]
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Surprise
|
16
|
Miss Surprise's Outstanding Teen
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Vocal
|
|
|
Later Miss Arizona 2017[5]
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Arkansas
|
Brighton Barnard[6]
|
Little Rock
|
14
|
Miss Central Arkansas' Outstanding Teen
|
Contemporary Dance, "Firework" by Katy Perry
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|
|
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California
|
Mikaela Harris[7]
|
Clovis
|
16
|
Miss Clovis' Outstanding Teen
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Piano
|
|
|
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Colorado
|
Caitlin Quisenberry
|
|
|
|
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Top 15
|
America's Choice Award
|
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Connecticut
|
Tiana Dyson[8]
|
New Haven
|
15
|
Miss Elm City's Outstanding Teen
|
Dance
|
|
|
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Delaware
|
Tanee' De Costa[9]
|
Middletown
|
16
|
Miss Middletown's Outstanding Teen
|
Tahitian Dance
|
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Spirit of America Award[2]
|
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District of Columbia
|
Logan White
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Washington D.C.
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Florida
|
Leah Sykes[10]
|
Jacksonville
|
16
|
Miss River City's Outstanding Teen
|
Vocal, "Someone Like You" by Adele
|
Winner[2][10]
|
|
|
Georgia
|
Kelly Hutchinson[11]
|
Marietta
|
15
|
Miss Marietta's Outstanding Teen
|
Dance
|
|
|
1st runner-up at Miss Georgia Teen USA 2015[12]
2nd runner-up at Miss Georgia Teen USA 2016[12]
Later Miss Alabama USA 2020
|
Hawaii
|
Hayley Cheyney Kane[13]
|
Kaneohe
|
16
|
|
Hula, "Imagine" by Nohelani Cypriano
|
|
|
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Idaho
|
Abby Bitzenburg
|
Twin Falls
|
15
|
Miss Tri-Counties' Outstanding Teen
|
|
|
|
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Illinois
|
Isabelle Hanson[14]
|
Glen Ellyn
|
17
|
Miss Northern Suburbs' Outstanding Teen
|
Violin
|
|
Outstanding Instrumental Talent Award
|
1st runner-up at Miss Illinois 2018 pageant[15]
Later Miss Illinois 2021[16]
|
Indiana
|
Kylie Wheeler[17]
|
Georgetown
|
15
|
Miss Harvest Homecoming's Outstanding Teen
|
Tap Dance
|
|
|
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Iowa
|
Emma Kate Wichmann
|
Bettendorf
|
16
|
Miss Scott County's Outstanding Teen
|
|
|
|
Featured twirler for Texas Christian University
|
Kansas
|
Kristen Boxman
|
Arkansas City
|
17
|
Miss Cowley County's Outstanding Teen
|
Tap Dance, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" by Whitney Houston
|
|
Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award
|
|
Kentucky
|
Laura Hancock
|
Somerset
|
15
|
Miss Monticello's Outstanding Teen
|
Piano
|
|
|
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Louisiana
|
BayLea Huffman
|
Delhi
|
16
|
Miss Louisiana Port City's Outstanding Teen
|
Dance
|
|
|
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Maine
|
Daphne Ellis
|
Turner
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
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Maryland
|
Sabrina Frost
|
Frostburg
|
15
|
Miss Queen State's Outstanding Teen
|
|
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Teens in Action Award
|
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Massachusetts
|
Kristina Ayanian
|
Burlington
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
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Michigan
|
Julia Smith[18]
|
Sterling Heights
|
14
|
Miss Mid Michigan's Outstanding Teen
|
Dance
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award[2]
Outstanding Dance Talent Award[2]
Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award[2]
Preliminary Talent Award[2]
|
|
Minnesota
|
Corrina Swiggum
|
Prior Lake
|
15
|
Miss South Central's Outstanding Teen
|
|
|
Teens in Action Award Finalist
|
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Mississippi
|
Anne Elizabeth Buys[19]
|
Vicksburg
|
14
|
Miss Riverland's Outstanding Teen
|
Ballet en Pointe
|
|
|
Later Miss Mississippi 2017[20][21]
|
Missouri
|
Tess Mandoli[22]
|
St. Louis
|
16
|
Miss Metro St. Louis' Outstanding Teen
|
Classical Piano, "Impromptus Opus 90, No. 2 in E-flat major" by Franz Schubert
|
3rd runner-up[2][23]
|
Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award[2]
|
|
Montana
|
Tessa Shelton
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nebraska
|
Samantha Washington[24]
|
Lincoln
|
15
|
Miss Omaha's Outstanding Teen
|
Vocal
|
|
|
First African-American crowned Miss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen
Later Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2017[24]
First woman in Nebraska to hold teen titles in both the Miss America and Miss USA organizations[24]
|
Nevada
|
Katarina Clark[25]
|
Reno[25]
|
|
Miss Northern Counties' Outstanding Teen
|
|
|
|
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New Hampshire
|
Kenya Welch[26][27]
|
Franklin
|
17
|
Miss Lakes Region's Outstanding Teen
|
Contemporary Dance, "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol
|
|
|
Competed on Season 12 of So You Think You Can Dance[28]
|
New Jersey
|
Alyssa Sullivan
|
Cape May Court House
|
17
|
Miss South Shore Area's Outstanding Teen
|
Vocal, "Gimme, Gimme" from Thoroughly Modern Millie
|
Top 8
|
|
Later Miss New Jersey 2021[29]
|
New Mexico
|
Jaden Smith
|
Roswell
|
14
|
Miss Chavez County's Outstanding Teen
|
|
|
|
|
New York
|
Krysta Prehoda
|
|
|
Miss Empire Rose's Outstanding Teen
|
|
|
|
|
North Carolina
|
Emili McPhail[30]
|
Roseboro
|
17
|
Miss Fayetteville's Outstanding Teen
|
Piano, "All of Me"
|
Top 8[31]
|
Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life Award[2]
Outstanding Instrumental Talent Award[2]
|
Later Miss Virginia 2018[32]
|
North Dakota
|
Abby Wolfe[33]
|
|
|
Miss Bismarck's Outstanding Teen
|
|
Top 15
|
|
|
Ohio
|
Olivia Thoroughman[34]
|
Portsmouth
|
17
|
Miss Portsmouth's Outstanding Teen
|
|
|
|
|
Oklahoma
|
Ashten Vincent
|
Edmond
|
|
Miss Edmond Liberty Fest's Outstanding Teen
|
|
1st runner-up
|
Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award
Preliminary Talent Award
Teens in Action Award
|
1st runner-up at Miss Oklahoma 2016 and 2019 pageants[35][36]
|
Oregon
|
Harley Emery
|
Eugene
|
16
|
Miss Lane County's Outstanding Teen
|
Piano
|
|
Non-finalist Interview Award
|
Later Miss Oregon 2017
|
Pennsylvania
|
Katie Schreckengast[37]
|
Palmyra
|
16
|
Miss Luzerne County's Outstanding Teen
|
Alto Saxophone
|
|
Community Service Award[2]
Non-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ Award[2]
Non-finalist Interview Award[2]
|
Later Miss Pennsylvania 2017[38] Top 10 at Miss America 2018 pageant[37]
|
Puerto Rico
|
Daniela Sofia Ramirez
|
San Germรกn
|
16
|
Miss San German's Outstanding Teen
|
|
|
Miss Photogenic
|
|
Rhode Island
|
Heather Shen[39]
|
East Greenwich
|
16
|
Miss Kent County's Outstanding Teen
|
Classical Violin
|
Top 15[2]
|
Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award[2]
Scholastic Excellence Award[2]
|
Sister of Miss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen 2011, Ivy Shen[39]
|
South Carolina
|
Brook Sill[40]
|
Duncan
|
16
|
Miss Mauldin Teen
|
Contemporary Jazz Dance, "Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys
|
|
Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life Award[2]
|
Cousin of Miss South Carolina Teen 2012, Sydney Sill[41]
|
South Dakota
|
Nina Mesteth
|
Rapid City
|
16
|
Miss State Fair's Outstanding Teen
|
|
|
|
Younger sister of Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2006, Aja Kessler
|
Tennessee
|
Chandler Booth[42]
|
Collierville
|
|
Miss Collierville's Outstanding Teen
|
Vocal, "I Will Always Love You"
|
|
|
Appeared on America's Got Talent with her high school a cappella group, OneVoice[43]
|
Texas
|
Sheridan Donevant[44]
|
Houston
|
16
|
Miss Houston's Outstanding Teen
|
Dance
|
Top 12[2]
|
America's Choice Award
|
|
Utah
|
Jessica Coombs[45][46]
|
Draper
|
16
|
Miss Wasatch Front's Outstanding Teen
|
Piano
|
|
|
|
Vermont
|
Chloe Johnson[47]
|
Fairfield
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
|
Virginia
|
Cassie Donegan[48]
|
Hampton
|
15
|
Miss Greater Springfield's Outstanding Teen
|
Musical Theater Vocal, "The Girl in 14-G"
|
4th runner-up[48][2]
|
Outstanding Vocal Talent Award[2]
Preliminary Talent Award[2][48]
|
|
Washington
|
Haley Downey[49]
|
Lake Stevens
|
16
|
Miss Puget Sound's Outstanding Teen
|
Harp
|
|
|
|
West Virginia
|
Emily Lopez[50][51]
|
Clarksburg
|
17
|
Miss Harrison County's Outstanding Teen
|
Lyrical Dance
|
|
|
Previously Miss Junior Teen United States 2010[52]
Filed lawsuit against Miss West Virginia Organization for not providing a $5,000 in-kind scholarship[53]
|
Wisconsin
|
JamieNicole Morelan[54]
|
Racine
|
16
|
Miss Racine's Outstanding Teen
|
Vocal, "Don't Rain on My Parade"
|
Top 10[2][55]
|
Top 5 Interview Award
|
Sister of Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen 2009 and Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010, Jeanette Morelan[55]
Relinquished title after the national pageant to compete in another pageant[citation needed]
Later Distinguished Young Woman of Wisconsin 2015[56]
|
Wyoming
|
Jordan Snyder
|
Buffalo
|
16
|
Miss Buffalo's Outstanding Teen
|
|
|
|
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