Miss America 2015 | |
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Date | September 14, 2014 |
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Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster | ABC |
Entrants | 53 |
Placements | 16 |
Winner | Kira Kazantsev [1] New York |
Congeniality | Jacky Arness, North Dakota |
Miss America 2015 was the 88th Miss America pageant, held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 14, 2014. [2] [3]
Nina Davuluri of New York crowned Kira Kazantsev of New York as her successor at the end of the event, making it the third consecutive year that a Miss New York won the Miss America crown; New York thus became the first state to have a Miss America winner three years in a row. [4] [5]
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Miss America 2015 | |
1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up |
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3rd Runner-Up | |
4th Runner-Up |
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Top 10 |
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Top 12 |
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Top 16 |
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§ - America's Choice
∆ - Judge's Choice
Awards | Contestant |
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Lifestyle and Fitness | |
Talent |
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53 contestants competed for the title.
State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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![]() | Caitlin Brunell [10] | Tuscaloosa | 22 | Dance "Let It Go" from Frozen | Top 10 | Quality of Life Award Winner | Daughter of former NFL quarterback, Mark Brunell Previously Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2007 Crowned Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 |
![]() | Malie Delgado [11] | Anchorage | 19 | Vocal | Contestant on The Price is Right , American Idol and The X Factor | ||
![]() | Alexa Rogers [12] | Scottsdale | 23 | Dance | |||
![]() | Ashton Campbell [13] | Hindsville | 20 | Vocal "Via Dolorosa" | 2nd runner-up | Previously Miss Arkansas's Outstanding Teen 2011 | |
![]() | Marina Inserra [14] | San Diego | 24 | Vocal "Bring Him Home" | |||
![]() | Stacey Cook[ citation needed ] | Littleton | 23 | Tahitian Dance "Runaway Baby" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 | ||
![]() | Acacia Courtney [15] | Hamden | 21 | Ballet en Pointe "Kitri's Variations" from Don Quixote | Top 16 [8] | Previously Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen 2009 [16] Later Miss Connecticut USA 2019 Currently a TV reporter and paddock analyst for Gulfstream Park | |
![]() | Brittany Lewis [17] | Wilmington, Brigantine, NJ | 24 | Jazz Dance | Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up | 1st runner-up at Miss Delaware 2014; Assumed title when Amanda Longacre was dethroned | |
![]() | Teresa Davis[ citation needed ] | Hoschton, GA | 23 | Piano "Malaguena" | Born in South Korea | ||
![]() | Victoria Cowen [18] | Panama City | 21 | Dance "Note to God" | 3rd runner-up [6] | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award [9] | Thought to be 1st runner-up at Miss Florida 2014; Assumed title one week later due to miscount on tabulation |
![]() | Maggie Bridges [19] | Brinson | 21 | Vocal "Bridge Under Troubled Water" | STEM Scholarship Award | ||
![]() | Stephanie Steuri [20] | Kalaheo | 20 | Hula "The Prayer" | Mother competed as Miss Maui at Miss Hawaii 1977 | ||
![]() | Sierra Sandison [ citation needed ] | Twin Falls | 20 | Vocal | Top 16 (America's Choice) | Is a Type 1 diabetic [21] 1st runner-up at Miss Idaho USA 2021 competition [22] [ citation needed ] | |
![]() | Marisa Buchheit [23] | Chicago | 24 | Operatic Vocal "Je veux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette | 1st runner-up at Miss Illinois USA 2018 competition[ citation needed ] | ||
![]() | Audra Casterline [24] | Fishers | 23 | Vocal "Over the Rainbow" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 | |
![]() | Alysa Lou Olson [25] | Des Moines | 21 | Vocal "If I Loved You" from Carousel / Vocal "How Will I Ever Know" | Top 12 [7] | Previously Miss Iowa's Outstanding Teen 2010 [26] | |
![]() | Amanda Sasek [27] | Moberly, MO | 23 | Vocal "I Don't Know My Own Strength" [28] / Vocal "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" | Quality of Life Award Finalist | ||
![]() | Ramsey Carpenter | Hartford | 23 | Fiddle "Sally Goodin'" and "Orange Blossom Special" | Top 12 | Preliminary Talent Award | Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2012 |
![]() | Lacey Sanchez [29] | Baton Rouge | 24 | Vocal | Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
![]() | Audrey Thames[ citation needed ] | Topsham | 18 | Comedic Monologue "Yma Dream" | |||
![]() | Jade Kenny [30] | Madison | 23 | Contemporary Ballet en Pointe "Everybody Dance Now" | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up | Washington Redskins cheerleader Semifinalist at Miss District of Columbia USA 2018[ citation needed ] 3rd runner-up at Miss Virginia USA 2019[ citation needed ] | |
![]() | Lauren Kuhn [31] | Boston / Aberdeen, WA | 23 | Piano "Valse Dramatico" by Melody Bober | 4th runner-up | STEM Scholarship Award | |
![]() | Kaitlyn Maviglia [32] | Dundee | 21 | Dance "Be Italian" from Nine | Diagnosed with Sensorineural hearing loss at age 9 | ||
![]() | Savannah Cole [33] | Brainerd | 18 | Vocal "Somebody to Love" by Queen / Vocal "House of the Rising Sun" | |||
![]() | Jasmine Murray [34] | Columbus | 22 | Vocal "Something's Got a Hold on Me" | Top 10 | Quality of Life Award Finalist | Previously Miss Mississippi's Outstanding Teen 2007 Top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 American Idol season 8 finalist |
![]() | Jessica Hartman [35] | Pueblo, CO | 23 | Dance "Steppin' Out with My Baby" | Previously Miss Colorado USA 2010 3rd runner-up at Miss USA 2010 pageant Miss Intercontinental 2011 representing United States | ||
![]() | Victoria Valentine [36] | Missoula | 22 | Vocal "Danny Boy" and accompanied herself on the harp / Vocal & Harp "I Won't Give Up" (at Preliminaries) | Previously Miss Montana's Outstanding Teen 2008 | ||
![]() | Megan Swanson [37] | Omaha | 21 | Vocal "You Raise Me Up" | Quality of Life Award Finalist | Later Miss Nebraska USA 2020 | |
![]() | Ellie Smith [38] | Henderson | 17 | Vocal "Somebody to Love" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Sister of Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2014, Amy Smith Previously Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2012 | |
![]() | Megan Cooley[ citation needed ] | Auburn | 19 | Vocal "On My Way" written by Ali Tamposi and Fernando Garibay | |||
![]() | Cierra Kaler-Jones [39] | Galloway | 21 | Dance "Listen" by Beyoncé | Quality of Life Award Finalist | Born with hip dysplasia | |
![]() | Jessica Burson[ citation needed ] | Roswell | 20 | Jazz Dance "Steam Heat" from 1954 Broadway musical The Pajama Game, written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross | STEM Scholarship Award | ||
![]() | Kira Kazantsev [40] | Manhattan | 23 | Vocal with Cup Percussion "Happy" by Pharrell Williams | Miss America 2015 [1] | Previously Miss California Jr. and Miss California Preteen | |
![]() | Beth Stovall [41] | Goldsboro | 20 | Classical Vocal "Chi Bel Sogno di Doretta" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
![]() | Jacky Arness [42] | Fargo | 21 | Vocal "Feeling Good" written by English songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse | Top 16 (Judges' Choice) | Miss Congeniality | Previously North Dakota's Junior Miss 2011 Top 10 at Miss America's Junior Miss 2011 1st runner-up at Miss North Dakota USA 2018 pageant [43] |
![]() | Mackenzie Victoria Bart [44] | Columbus | 22 | Ventriloquism "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from Mary Poppins | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award STEM Scholarship Award | Contestant on Funny or Die Presents: America's Next Weatherman |
![]() | Alexandra Eppler [45] | Edmond | 24 | Dance "Wonderland" / Dance "Titanium" (at Preliminaries) | Top 10 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award Quality of Life Award Finalist | |
![]() | Rebecca Anderson [46] | Oregon City | 23 | Vocal | |||
![]() | Amanda Fallon Smith [47] | Dade City, FL | 21 | Vocal "Wishing You Were Somewhere Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera | Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Talent Award | ||
![]() | Yarelis Salgado [48] | Toa Alta | 20 | Flamenco Fusion | Later Miss International Puerto Rico 2018 | ||
![]() | Ivy DePew [49] | Providence | 23 | Flute "Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2013 | ||
![]() | Lanie Hudson [50] | Spartanburg | 23 | Clogging "Think" by Aretha Franklin | Competed on America's Got Talent with dance troupe | ||
![]() | Meridith Gould [51] | Sioux Falls | 19 | Dance en Pointe "Hedwig's Theme" | Previously Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2012 Later Miss Minnesota USA 2017 and 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 2017 | ||
![]() | Hayley Lewis [52] | Nashville/ Independence, MO | 21 | Vocal "I (Who Have Nothing)" | Top 10 | ||
![]() | Monique Evans [53] [54] | Austin | 22 | Ballet en Pointe "Requiem for a Tower" | Top 16 | Later Miss Florida USA 2020 | |
![]() | Karlie Major[ citation needed ] | Logan | 20 | Dance "Forget About the Boy" from Thoroughly Modern Millie | |||
![]() | Lucy Edwards[ citation needed ] | Burlington | 19 | Vocal "I Am Changing" from the Dreamgirls cast album / Vocal "You'll Never Walk Alone" | STEM Scholarship Award | ||
![]() | Ashley Gabriel[ citation needed ] | Orlando, FL | 19 | Vocal "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele | |||
![]() | Courtney Paige Garrett [55] | Pamplin | 21 | Opera (Classical Vocal) "Parla Piu Piano" from The Godfather | 1st runner-up | Quality of Life Award Finalist | Previously Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2009 Top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010 |
![]() | Kailee Dunn[ citation needed ] | Kennewick | 22 | Vocal "Someone Like You" | |||
![]() | Paige Madden [56] | Moundsville | 21 | Vocal "Gravity" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
![]() | Raeanna Mary Johnson [57] | Holmen | 24 | Dance "Hallelujah" by Alexandra Burke | First woman to hold the Miss Wisconsin title two times; she had previously held the 2011 title after Laura Kaeppeler was crowned Miss America 2012 3rd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2011 | ||
![]() | Jessie Allen [58] | Lander | 24 | Dance | Younger sister of Miss Wyoming USA 2012, Holly Allen And on Big brother 21 |