Miss Teen USA 2020

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Miss Teen USA 2020
DateNovember 7, 2020
Presenters
Venue Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee
Broadcaster
Entrants51
Placements16
Winner Kiʻilani Arruda
Hawaii
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Miss Teen USA 2020 was the 38th Miss Teen USA pageant. Originally scheduled to be held in spring 2020, the competition was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was later rescheduled for November 7, 2020, at the Exhibition Centre and the Soundstage at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. [1] Kaliegh Garris of Connecticut crowned Ki'ilani Arruda of Hawaii as her successor at the end of the event. [2] The competition was hosted by Allie LaForce and Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst.

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The competition marked the first year that a new crown made by luxury jeweler Mouawad was used at Miss Teen USA, effectively retiring the Mikimoto Crown. [3]

For a third consecutive year, the competition was held concurrently alongside the Miss USA competition. This was the last Miss Teen USA to be organized by Miss Universe Organization before being split into its separate organization beginning in Miss Teen USA 2021.

Background

Location

On August 30, 2020, Graceland announced on their schedule that the competition would be held on November 7 on their premises in Memphis, Tennessee. [4] The MUO later confirmed that the competition will be hosted at Graceland the following day. [1]

This was the first time the competition has been hosted in Tennessee since Miss Teen USA 1984 was also held in Memphis.

Hosts

On October 22, it was announced that the competition would be hosted by Allie LaForce and Cheslie Kryst. LaForce formerly was crowned Miss Teen USA 2005, and has worked as a sports reporter for Fox and Turner Sports, while Kryst was crowned Miss USA 2019 and serves as a correspondent for Extra . [5]

Selection of contestants

51 delegates from the 50 states and the District of Columbia are selected in state pageants which began in September 2019 and ended in February 2020.

Pageant

Preliminary round

Prior to the final competition, the delegates competed the preliminary competition, which the judges and a presentation show where they competed in swim wear and evening gown. It was held on November 6 at Graceland Exhibition Center and the Soundstage in Memphis and hosted by Kryst and Garris. [6]

Broadcasting

The pageant was livestreamed on the Miss Universe Organization's social media channels and on PlayStation 4 consoles as a live event on the U.S. PlayStation Store, while an encore presentation of the pageant was available via catch-up from November 12–15.[ citation needed ]

Judges

Contestants

State or district titleholders were: [8]

StateContestantAge [lower-alpha 1] HometownPlacementNotes
Alabama Katie Watts [9] 15 Mobile
Alaska Jadyn Fraser [10] 19 Fairbanks
Arizona Molly Schwanz19 Scottsdale Top 16
Arkansas Anna Claire Hay [11] 17 Siloam Springs Top 16
California Zoe Hunt [12] 18 Coronado Top 16
Colorado Yashi Uppalapati18 Colorado Springs
Connecticut Samantha Sarelli [13] 18 Westport Top 16Later Semi-finalist at Miss Connecticut USA 2023
Delaware Samantha Repass19 Lewes
District of Columbia Sydney Jackson19 Clinton, MD
Florida Rylie Spicker [14] 19 Fort Myers
Georgia Shayla Jackson [15] 18 Valdosta 2nd Runner-Up
Hawaii Kiʻilani Arruda [16] 18 Kapaʻa Miss Teen USA 2020
Idaho Sabrina Ripley [17] 19 Boise
Illinois Victoria Rhemrev [18] [19] 18 Long Grove
Indiana Jinnie Tomes19 Fishers
Iowa Hailey Parton18 West Des Moines
Kansas Cyara Heredia Ruiz [20] 19 Liberal
Kentucky Mattie Barker [21] 18 Bowling Green
Louisiana Sydney Taylor [22] 19 Livingston 4th Runner-UpLater Miss Louisiana USA 2024 [23]
Maine Grace Morey [24] 17 Deer Isle Top 16
Maryland Heavyn McDaniels [25] 18 Silver Spring
Massachusetts Annika Sharma [26] 19 Newton Later Miss Massachusetts USA 2023
Michigan Aneesa Sheikh [27] 18 Bloomfield Hills Later Miss Grand Pakistan 2022
Minnesota Gwendolyn Buchanan19 Duluth
Mississippi Zoe Bigham [28] 18 Maben
Missouri Holly McDowell16 Lee's Summit
Montana Morgan Pierce [29] 17 Lewistown
Nebraska Audrey Eckert [30] 18 Lincoln 3rd Runner-Up
Nevada Montana Cencarik [31] 18 Las Vegas
New Hampshire Samantha Lemay [32] 17 Deerfield
New Jersey JaeLynn Polanco16 Bergenfield Top 16
New Mexico Isabella Bizzell [33] 18 Los Lunas
New York Maya Dominguez [34] 18 Yonkers
North Carolina Peyton Brown19 Dunn Top 16
North Dakota Amanda Higginbotham [35] 19 Grand Forks
Ohio Lily McLaughlin [36] 18 Zanesville Top 16
Oklahoma Danika Christopherson [37] 19 Lawton Top 16Later Miss Oklahoma USA 2024 [38]
Oregon Shayla Montgomery18 Portland 1st Runner-UpLater Miss Oregon USA 2024
Pennsylvania Kiara Lin [39] 18 Cranberry Township
Rhode Island Sofia Ledoux [40] 17 Cranston
South Carolina Gracen Grainger19 Hamer Top 16Later Miss South Carolina USA 2024
South Dakota Izabel Kreger [41] 18 Canton
Tennessee Ansley Ecker [42] 19 Atoka Top 16
Texas Anissa Mendez [43] 18 Laredo
Utah Brooklyn Baton19 Brigham City
Vermont Kiera Pipeling [44] 18 West Rutland
Virginia Amya Caldwell16 Ashburn
Washington Marianne Bautista [45] 18 Renton
West Virginia Sophia Martino19 Bridgeport
Wisconsin Olivia Lulich [46] 18 Lyndon Station
Wyoming Baylee Drewry [47] 17 Greybull Later 1st runner-up at Miss Wyoming USA 2022

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

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