Miss America's Outstanding Teen

Miss America's Outstanding Teen
Type	Scholarship Pageant
Founded	2005 (2005) in Orlando, Florida, United States
Headquarters	Tampa, Florida, United States
Key people	Donna Bozarth (Chairman, Board of Directors) Kim Parrish (President)

Miss America's Outstanding Teen is an American scholarship pageant. It is a sister company to the Miss America Organization, and it aims to "promote scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for America's teens." In order to be eligible to compete, participants must first compete and win at the local level and then win the state title. The competition consists of several parts of competition which consists of a ten-minute interview in front of a panel of judges, talent, physical fitness, evening wear, and an on stage question. All competitors must be girls between the ages of 13 and 17 years of age.^[1]

More than $175,000 in scholarship grants were distributed among the 52 contestants in the pageant, with a $30,000 scholarship being awarded to the winner. The current titleholder is Allie Nault representing New Hampshire. The chairwoman for the Miss America's Outstanding Teen program is Donna Bozarth.

Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014, First Runner Up-Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2007, Miss Michigan's Outstanding Teen 2006

Crystal Lee, First Runner Up Miss America 2014, Miss California's Outstanding Teen 2008

History

The first competition was held in August 2005 in the Linda Chapin Theater at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Meghan Miller, who represented Texas, was the first to win the competition.

Winners

Year	Winner	State	Date of contest	Location
2006	Meghan Miller^[2]	Texas	August 20, 2005	Orlando, Florida
2007	Maria DeSantis	New York	August 19, 2006	Orlando, Florida
2008	Caitlin Brunell	Virginia	August 11, 2007	Orlando, Florida
2009	Taylor Fitch	South Carolina	August 16, 2008	Orlando, Florida
2010	Jeanette Morelan	Wisconsin	August 15, 2009	Orlando, Florida
2011	Lacey Russ	Oklahoma	August 28, 2010	Orlando, Florida
2012	Elizabeth Fechtel^[3]	Florida	August 20, 2011	Orlando, Florida
2013	Rachel Wyatt	South Carolina	August 18, 2012	Orlando, Florida
2014	Leah Sykes	Florida	August 17, 2013	Orlando, Florida
2015	Olivia McMillan	Georgia	August 2, 2014	Orlando, Florida
2016	Allie Nault	New Hampshire	August 1, 2015	Orlando, Florida
2017	TBA	TBA	TBA	Orlando, Florida

Winners by state

2 South Carolina, Florida
1 Texas, New York, Virginia, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Georgia, New Hampshire

References

↑ "Become a Contestant". Miss America's Outstanding Teen. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
↑ Reed, Travis (August 21, 2005). "Texas teen ventriloquist wins Orlando Miss America youth pageant". Plainview Herald (Plainview, TX). Associated Press. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
↑ Campbell, Theresa (February 18, 2015). "Back-to-back pageant wins as Miss UF for Fechtel sisters". Daily Commercial (Leesburg, FL: New Media Investment Group). Retrieved June 25, 2015.

External links

Official Miss America's Outstanding Teen web site

Miss America

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Titleholders Award winners Outstanding Teen MAOT State pageants

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