Miss Earth United States 2018 | |
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Date | July 14, 2018 |
Presenters | Brittany Ann Payne Justin Stewart |
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Venue | Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center Alexandria, Virginia |
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Entrants | 40 |
Placements | 20 |
Withdrawals |
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Winner | Yashvi Aware Midatlantic |
Congeniality | Isabella Bennett New England |
Miss Earth United States 2018 was the 14th edition of Miss Earth United States pageant that was held at Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria, Virginia, on July 14, 2018, with Brittany Ann Payne and Justin Stewart served as hosts. [1] [2] Andreia Gibau of Massachusetts crowned her successor Yashvi Aware of Maryland (representing Midatlantic) as Miss Earth United States 2018. Aware represented the United States at the Miss Earth 2018 pageant in the Philippines. [3]
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss Earth United States 2018 |
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Miss Air United States 2018 |
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Miss Water United States 2018 |
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Miss Fire United States 2018 |
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Miss Eco United States 2018 a |
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Top 12 |
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Top 20 |
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§ - Earned Top 20 placement as winner of Charitable Giving Fundraiser award
High Point Award | Contestant |
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Modeling |
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Interview |
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Public Speaking |
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Swimsuit |
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Congeniality |
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Award | Contestant |
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Public Speaking |
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Interview |
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Photogenic |
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Runway |
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Swimsuit |
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Evening Gown |
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Social Media |
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Award | Contestant |
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Charitable Giving Fundraiser |
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Director's Leadership (tie) |
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Beauty for a Cause |
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HOTWORX Cover Model |
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Top 20
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Top 5
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Pageant activities took place from July 10–14, 2018 in the Washington metropolitan area, which included a service day in Washington, D.C., with delegates from the Teen, Miss, and Elite divisions cleaning up trash within the National Mall. [4]
Additionally, delegates are scored on their social media activity leading up to the national pageant, as well as their environmental project that occurred in June for the organization's Think Local, Act Global initiative.
All phases of the pageant were available via livestream on the Miss Earth United States Facebook page.
Preliminary rounds took place on July 12 and July 13, 2018, at the Crystal City Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. Delegates competed in a public speaking presentation, and on-stage the following day for runway, swimwear, and evening gown. The runway and swimwear preliminaries were hosted by Brittany Payne, Adele Scala, and Leslie Jackson, with Payne returning to host the evening gown preliminary alongside Andreia Gibau.
During the final competition, the top 20 competed in runway, while the top 12 also competed in swimwear and evening gown. The top five delegates also competed in an on-stage question round and were scored on their response to: What do you do to inspire others to be green?
Delegate information provided by the Miss Earth United States organization. [5] [6]
State | Delegate | Placement | Notes |
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Arizona | Aimee Parker | Top 12 | |
Colorado | Bre L'Estrange | Previously competed for Miss Colorado USA and Miss Colorado Teen USA Later competed for both Miss Colorado USA and Miss Arizona USA 2019 [7] | |
Delaware | Kelly Pierson | Top 20 | |
District of Columbia | Jasmine Zarou | Top 20 | |
Florida | Alexi Gropper | Top 12 | |
Georgia | Ariana Blaize | Top 20 | |
Great Lakes | Jamie Smith | ||
Gulf Coast | Tori Miller | Contestant at America's Miss World 2017 [8] | |
Hawaii | Kailey Parker | Miss Earth US - Air | Previously Miss Maui USA 2018 [9] |
Idaho | Sarah Massingale | Later competed for Miss Earth USA 2019 as Idaho | |
Illinois | Kristina Decheva | Top 20 | |
Indiana | Mahogani Johnson | ||
Kansas | McKenzie Hersch | ||
Maryland | Amber Dawn Butler | Top 20 | Top 15 at Miss Earth United States 2017 representing Florida |
Massachusetts | Jamie Connors | Top 12 | Member of the Boston Cannons Dance Team Later competed for Miss Earth USA 2019 as Massachusetts |
Midatlantic | Yashvi Aware | Miss Earth United States 2018 | Top 10 at Miss Earth United States 2016 representing Maryland Previously competed for Miss Maryland Teen USA [10] |
Midwest | Tyler Prugh | ||
Minnesota | Tegan Gruhot | ||
Mississippi | Ivy White | Top 20 | |
Missouri | Chrystelle Volckmann | Top 12 | Previously Miss Philippines USA 2015 [11] |
Nebraska | Merrick Randy Alexander | Top 20 | Previously competed for Miss Nebraska USA [12] |
Nevada | Taylor Burk | ||
New England | Isabella Brie Bennett | Top 20 | Previously competed in 2017 representing Rhode Island Second consecutive award for Beauty for a Cause |
New Hampshire | Felicia Arsenault | 2x Semi-Finalist at Miss New Hampshire USA [13] Previously competed for Miss New Hampshire 2016 [14] | |
New Jersey | Ashlei Watson | ||
New Mexico | Soraya B'Yanar | Top 20 | |
New York | April Maroshick | Miss Earth US - Eco | Previously Top 22 at Miss World America 2015 representing Alaska |
North Carolina | Madison McGee | ||
North Dakota | Jacinda Schell | ||
Northwest | Whitney Mitchell | ||
Pennsylvania | Briana McCloud | ||
Puerto Rico | Natalia Aldarondo | Miss Earth US - Fire | Delegate for Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021 |
South Carolina | Francie Evans | Top 20 |
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Southeast | Talisha White | Later competed at Miss Earth 2019 as Miss Earth US Virgin Islands 2019 | |
Tennessee | Elizabeth Upshur | ||
Texas | Yvette Vaughn | Miss Earth US - Water | |
Virginia | Lili Klainer | Top 12 | Contestant at Miss World America 2017 [16] Later competed for Miss Earth USA 2019 as Midatlantic |
Washington | Savannah Morton | ||
West Virginia | Ashley Schifano | ||
Wisconsin | Anastacia King |
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