Miss Teen USA 2015 | |
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Date | August 22, 2015 |
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Venue | Grand Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, The Bahamas |
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Entrants | 51 |
Placements | 15 |
Winner | Katherine Haik Louisiana |
Congeniality | Cora King West Virginia |
Photogenic | Christina Stratton Missouri |
Miss Teen USA 2015 was the 33rd Miss Teen USA pageant. It was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, The Bahamas on August 22, 2015, and was hosted by Miss USA 2013 Erin Brady and television writer Nick Teplitz. 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.
One delegate from each state and the District of Columbia will be chosen in state pageants held from September 2014 to January 2015.
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 on August 21, 2015, and broadcast on the Miss Teen USA website. [1]
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 jeweler, the newest official jewelry maker of Miss Teen USA.
51 delegates participated:
State | Name | Age1 | Height | Hometown | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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Alabama | Taylor Ryan Elliott [2] | 18 | 5 ft 3 in 160 cm | Trussville | Top 15 | ||
Alaska | Katelyn Cusack [3] | 18 | 5 ft 8 in 173 cm | Anchorage | |||
Arizona | Neda Danilovic | 17 | 5 ft 7 in 170 cm | Phoenix | Top 15 | Born in Serbia. | |
Arkansas | Arynn Johnson | 18 | 5 ft 7 in 170 cm | Hot Springs | Top 15 | Later Miss Arkansas USA 2017 | |
California | Melanie Mitchell | 17 | 5 ft 10 in 178 cm | Anaheim Hills | 1st Runner-up | ||
Colorado | Taylor Kelly | 18 | 5 ft 9 in 175 cm | Castle Pines |
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Connecticut | Savannah Giammarco | 17 | 5 ft 6 in 168 cm | Middletown |
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Delaware | Sierra Wright | 18 | 5 ft 6 in 168 cm | Wilmington | Later Miss Delaware USA 2018 | ||
District of Columbia | Niara Iman (Tarlenton-Allen) | 17 | 5 ft 5 in 165 cm | Washington, D.C. | |||
Florida | Jara Courson | 18 | 5 ft 10 in 178 cm | Lake City | |||
Georgia | Mary Calkins | 17 | 5 ft 10 in 178 cm | Augusta | |||
Hawaii | Kyla Hee | 18 | 5 ft 6 in 168 cm | Honolulu | Daughter of Miss Hawaii 1987 Luana Alapa | ||
Idaho | Chaise Goris | 18 | 5 ft 7 in 170 cm | Eagle | |||
Illinois | Megan Riesner | 19 | 5 ft 7 in 170 cm | Plainfield | |||
Indiana | Kassidy Tharp | 18 | 5 ft 10 in 178 cm | Sullivan | 3rd runner up at Miss Indiana's Outstanding Teen 2014 | ||
Iowa | Aryn Book | 19 | 5 ft 7 in 170 cm | Adel | Later 2nd runner-up at Miss Iowa USA 2020 | ||
Kansas | Melanie Shaner | 18 | 5 ft 8 in 173 cm | Overland Park | Later Miss Kansas USA 2018 | ||
Kentucky | Caroline Ford | 18 | 5 ft 7 in 170 cm | Bowling Green | 3rd runner up at Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2014 | ||
Louisiana | Katherine Haik | 15 | 5 ft 10 in 178 cm | Franklinton | Miss Teen USA 2015 | ||
Maine | Skyler Gaudette | 16 | 5 ft 5 in 165 cm | Saco | |||
Maryland | Taylor Dawson | 18 | 5 ft 7 in 170 cm | Germantown | |||
Massachusetts | Sophie Baird | 18 | 5 ft 6 in 168 cm | Andover | 4th Runner-up | ||
Michigan | Maria Elizabeth Rendina [4] | 19 | 5 ft 4 in 163 cm | Monroe | Later top 15 at Miss Michigan USA 2020 | ||
Minnesota | Hayden Hammond | 19 | 5 ft 6 in 168 cm | Maple Grove | |||
Mississippi | Andrea Hightower | 17 | 5 ft 4 in 163 cm | Oxford | |||
Missouri | Christina Stratton [5] | 16 | 5 ft 9 in 175 cm | Sedalia | Top 15 | Miss Photogenic | |
Montana | Miranda Youngren [6] | 18 | 5 ft 6 in 168 cm | Reed Point | |||
Nebraska | Paige Pflueger | 18 | 5 ft 6 in 168 cm | Norfolk | Daughter of Miss Nebraska 1980 Paula Louise Mitchell | ||
Nevada | Geovanna Hilton | 18 | 5 ft 8 in 173 cm | Las Vegas | |||
New Hampshire | Ellie Lathram | 18 | 5 ft 6 in 168 cm | Bedford | |||
New Jersey | Jacqueline Giancola | 18 | 5 ft 7 in 170 cm | East Brunswick | Later top 10 at Miss Alabama USA 2018 | ||
New Mexico | Nicolette Pacheco | 18 | 5 ft 6 in 168 cm | Rio Rancho | Later top 11 at Miss Indiana USA 2020 | ||
New York | Geena Cardalena | 18 | 5 ft 6 in 168 cm | Floral Park | Top 15 | ||
North Carolina | Jane Axhoj | 17 | 5 ft 10 in 178 cm | Waxhaw | 2nd Runner-up | Later Miss North Carolina USA 2020 | |
North Dakota | Hannah Nelson | 18 | 5 ft 7 in 170 cm | Hunter | |||
Ohio | Shelby Stapleton [7] | 16 | 5 ft 10 in 178 cm | Hilliard | |||
Oklahoma | Cherokee Pearce | 19 | 5 ft 9 in 175 cm | Owasso | Top 15 | ||
Oregon | Kenna Sloy | 18 | 5 ft 10 in 178 cm | Boring | |||
Pennsylvania | Jasmine Daniels | 19 | 5 ft 9 in 175 cm | Collegeville | Top 15 | Later Miss Pennsylvania USA 2023 | |
Rhode Island | Mary Malloy [8] | 18 | 5 ft 8 in 173 cm | Cumberland | Later Miss Rhode Island USA 2023 | ||
South Carolina | Wesley Mitchell | 19 | 5 ft 8 in 173 cm | Lexington | Top 15 | ||
South Dakota | Marley Hanson [9] | 17 | 5 ft 3 in 160 cm | Vermillion |
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Tennessee | Hannah Faith Greene [10] | 17 | 6 ft 0 in 183 cm | Chattanooga | 3rd Runner-up | 4th runner up at Miss Tennessee's Outstanding Teen 2014 | |
Texas | Chloe Kembel | 18 | 5 ft 7 in 170 cm | Denton | Top 15 | ||
Utah | Brooke Skabelund | 17 | 5 ft 8 in 173 cm | Logan | |||
Vermont | Alexandra Marek [11] | 16 | 5 ft 8 in 173 cm | Burlington | Top 15 | ||
Virginia | Ann Kutyna | 16 | 5 ft 9 in 175 cm | Herndon | |||
Washington | Priya Gopal-Walker | 18 | 5 ft 5 in 165 cm | Seattle | |||
West Virginia | Cora King | 17 | 5 ft 9 in 175 cm | Hurricane | Miss Congeniality | ||
Wisconsin | Kenna Harke [12] | 17 | 5 ft 9 in 175 cm | Greenville | |||
Wyoming | Payton Sanders [13] | 18 | 5 ft 6 in 168 cm | Casper | Sister of Karlie Sanders Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2014 | ||
1 As at August 22, 2015
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