Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2017

Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2017
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2017 Participants and Results
Date	August 6, 2016 (2016-08-06)
Venue	Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida
Entrants	51
Placements	11
Winner	Nicole Jia Oklahoma
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Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2017 was the 11th Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant held at Linda Chapin Theatre in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on August 6, 2016. Allie Nault of New Hampshire crowned her successor Nicole Jia of Oklahoma at the end of the program.

Results summary

Placement

Placement	Contestant
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2017	Oklahoma — Nicole Jia [1]
1st Runner-Up	North Carolina — Catherine White [2]
2nd Runner-Up	Georgia — Kelsey Hollis [3]
3rd Runner-Up	Florida — Anjelica Jones [4]
4th Runner-Up	Louisiana — Sarah McCallum [2]
Top 11	Alabama — Tiara Pennington [2]   Idaho — Mady Thornquest [2]   Missouri — Christina Stratton [2]   Pennsylvania — Alysa Bainbridge [2] §   Texas — Heather King [2]   Wisconsin — Kylene Spanbauer [2]

§ America's Choice

Order of announcements

Top 11  Pennsylvania  Wisconsin  North Carolina  Alabama  Missouri  Texas  Oklahoma  Idaho  Georgia  Louisiana  Florida

Top 5  Georgia  Florida  Louisiana  Oklahoma  North Carolina

Awards

Preliminary awards

Award	Contestants
Preliminary Evening Wear/On-Stage Question (OSQ)	North Carolina - Catherine White [2] Idaho - Mady Thornquest [5] Nebraska - Hannah Miller [6]
Preliminary Talent	Georgia - Kelsey Hollis [2] Florida - Anjelica Jones [5] Wisconsin - Kylene Spanbauer

Talent awards

Awards	Contestants
Dance	Florida - Anjelica Jones [2] Massachusetts - Alyssa Maitoza
Instrumental	Oklahoma - Nicole Jia [1] Kentucky - Chapel Tinius
Vocal	Georgia - Kelsey Hollis [3] Maine - Madison Leslie

Other awards

Awards	Contestants
Ad Sales Award	South Carolina - Makayla Stark
Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Miracle Maker	Pennsylvania - Alysa Bainbridge
Miss Congeniality/Spirit of America	Texas - Heather King
Non-finalist Evening Wear/On-Stage Question (OSQ)	Nebraska - Hannah Miller
Non-finalist Interview	Nebraska - Hannah Miller
Non-finalist Talent	Kentucky - Chapel Tinius Maine - Madison Leslie Massachusetts - Alyssa Maitoza
Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life	Delaware - Ashley Swanson
Teen in Action	Arkansas - Emily Brewer
Scholastic Excellence	South Carolina - Makayla Stark
Random Acts of Kindness	Kansas - Paige Kauffman

Contestants

Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2017 contestants are:

State	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Talent	Placement	Special Awards	Notes
Alabama	Tiara Pennington [7]	Helena	16	Miss Metropolitan's Outstanding Teen	Vocal, "Patriotic Medley"	Top 11		Later Miss Alabama 2019 [8]
Alaska	Danielle Stam [9]	Anchorage	16	Miss Anchorage's Outstanding Teen	Interpretive Flamenco
Arizona	Elan Morris [10]	Chandler	17	Miss Surprise's Outstanding Teen	Dance
Arkansas	Emily Brewer [11]	Little Rock	17	Miss Greater Little Rock's Outstanding Teen	Tap Dance		Teen in Action Award
California	Jenna Tower [12]	Garden Grove	17	Miss Garden Grove's Outstanding Teen
Colorado	Makenzie Matz	Timnath	17	Miss Fort Collins' Outstanding Teen
Connecticut	Samantha Anderson [13]	Wolcott	17	Miss Constitution's Outstanding Teen
Delaware	Ashley Swanson [14]	Wilmington	16	Miss Wilmington's Outstanding Teen			Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life Award
District of Columbia	Nilah Pettus [15]	Washington D.C.	16		Dance		2nd Place in Ad Sales
Florida	Anjelica Jones	Jacksonville	16	Miss Orlando's Outstanding Teen	Contemporary Ballet	3rd runner-up	Preliminary Talent, Outstanding Dance Talent	Previously Miss Junior High School America 2013
Georgia	Kelsey Hollis [3]	Warner Robins	16	Miss Houston County's Outstanding Teen	Vocal	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Talent, Outstanding Vocal Talent
Hawaii	Carly Yoshida[ citation needed ]	Waikoloa	16
Idaho	Mady Thornquest [16]	Twin Falls	15	Miss Magic Valley's Outstanding Teen		Top 11	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ
Illinois	Christine Bryant [17]	Marion	17	Miss Southern Illinois' Outstanding Teen
Indiana	Jordan Axel [18]	Kendallville	17	Miss Fort Wayne's Outstanding Teen	Tap Dance
Iowa	Julia Campbell [19]	DeWitt	16	Miss Clinton County's Outstanding Teen
Kansas	Paige Kauffman [20]	Hesston	17	Miss Harvey County's Outstanding Teen	Vocal		Random Acts of Kindness Award
Kentucky	Chapel Tinius [21]	Bowling Green	16	Miss Horse Capital of the World's Outstanding Teen			Outstanding Instrumental Talent Award, Non-Finalist Talent
Louisiana	Sarah McCallum [22]	Farmerville	15	Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival's Outstanding Teen		4th runner-up
Maine	Madison Leslie [23]	Lewiston	16		Vocal		Outstanding Vocal Talent Award, Non-Finalist Talent
Maryland	Allison LaForce	Damascus	17	Miss Mountain City's Outstanding Teen
Massachusetts	Alyssa Maitoza	Dartmouth	16	Miss New Bedford's Outstanding Teen			Outstanding Dance Talent Award, Non-Finalist Talent	Miss Bristol County 2018
Michigan	Kendra Lodewyk [24]	Bay City	14	Miss Auburn/Midland's Outstanding Teen
Minnesota	Cali Weddle [25]	Andover		Miss River Valley's Outstanding Teen
Mississippi	Stella Ford [26]	Brandon	17	Miss Southern Grace's Outstanding Teen
Missouri	Christina Stratton [27]	Sedalia		Miss Kansas City's Outstanding Teen		Top 8	2nd Place in Ad Sales	Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 2015, Top 15 and Miss Photogenic at Miss Teen USA 2015
Montana	Faith Johnson [28]	Helena	16
Nebraska	Hannah Miller [29]	Elkhorn		Miss Omaha's Outstanding Teen			Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ, Non-Finalist Interview, Non-Finalist Evening Wear/OSQ
Nevada	Heather Renner [30]	Reno	15
New Hampshire	Teghan Gregson [31]	Derry			Tap Dance, "Hand Jive"
New Jersey	Nina Mojares [32]	Freehold	16	Miss Monmouth County's Outstanding Teen	Vocal
New Mexico	Madison Belcher [33]		16	Miss Portales' Outstanding Teen
New York	Lauryn Whitfield	Rochester	16	Miss Upstate New York's Outstanding Teen
North Carolina	Catherine White [34]	Clayton	17	Miss Clayton's Outstanding Teen		1st runner-up	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ
North Dakota	Lyndsey Scheurer	Bismarck
Ohio	Madison Heichel [35]	Lexington	15	Miss Shawnee's Outstanding Teen
Oklahoma	Nicole Jia	Oklahoma City	17	Miss Bethany's Outstanding Teen		Winner [1]	Outstanding Instrumental Talent Award [1]
Oregon	Abigail Hoppe	Salem	17	Miss Three Rivers' Outstanding Teen
Pennsylvania	Alysa Bainbridge [36]	Leesport	17	Miss State Capitol's Outstanding Teen		Top 11	America's Choice, CMN Miracle Maker Award, 2nd Place in Ad Sales
Rhode Island	Kate DePetro [37]	East Greenwich	16	Miss West Bay's Outstanding Teen	Comedic Monologue
South Carolina	Makayla Stark [38]	Inman	17	Miss Clemson Teen			1st Place in Ad Sales, Scholastic Excellence Award
South Dakota	Hunter Widvey	Rapid City	17	Miss Rapid City's Outstanding Teen				Later Miss South Dakota 2022 [39]
Tennessee	Leah Humble [40]	Sevierville	16	Miss Music City's Outstanding Teen
Texas	Heather King [41]	Frisco	17	Miss Frisco's Outstanding Teen		Top 8	Spirit of America Award
Utah	Madeline Pettit	Bountiful	16	Miss Davis County's Outstanding Teen
Vermont	Alexandra Diehl [42]	St. Albans	15					Later Miss Vermont Teen USA 2018
Virginia	Emily Allara	Salem	14	Miss Roanoke Valley's Outstanding Teen	Dance
Washington	Vivian Dao	Auburn	16	Miss Liberty's Outstanding Teen	Piano, " Game of Thrones Theme " by Ramin Djawadi
West Virginia	Grace Aulabaugh [43]	Martinsburg	16	Miss Berkeley County's Outstanding Teen
Wisconsin	Kylene Spanbauer [44]	Fond du Lac	17	Miss Fond du Lac's Outstanding Teen	Dance/Twirl, "Explosive" by Bond	Top 11	Preliminary Talent
Wyoming	Rae Lee Klein	Cheyenne	17

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