Miss Teen USA 1999
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Miss Teen USA 1999, the 17th Miss Teen USA
Miss Teen USA
Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant run by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. The reigning titleholder is Danielle Doty of Texas....

 pageant, was televised live from Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....

 on 24 August 1999. At the conclusion of the final competition, Ashley Coleman
Ashley Coleman
Ashley Coleman was Miss Teen USA 1999, representing her home city of Camden and the state of Delaware. She was the first delegate from Delaware to win the national title....

 of Delaware
Miss Delaware Teen USA
The Miss Delaware Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Delaware in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed D&D Investments....

 was crowned by outgoing queen Vanessa Minnillo
Vanessa Minnillo
Vanessa Joy Lachey is an-American television personality, television host, model, and actress. A former Miss Teen USA, she has been a New York-based correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and a host of Total Request Live on MTV...

 of South Carolina
Miss South Carolina Teen USA
The Miss South Carolina Teen USA pageant is the competition that selects the representativies for the stat of South Carolina in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant has been directed by RPM Productions since its inception....

.

The pageant was hosted by newcomer Carson Daly
Carson Daly
Carson Jones Daly is an American television host. He is the host of NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly, a late-night talk show that began airing on January 7, 2002. Before his role as host of that program, Daly was a VJ on MTV's TRL, and a DJ for the Southern California based radio station KROQ-FM...

 with color commentary by Ali Landry
Ali Landry
Ali Germaine Landry is a former Miss USA , model and actress. She is perhaps best known as the Doritos Girl from her 1998 Super Bowl commercial, and for her portrayal of Rita Lefleur on the UPN sitcom Eve. In 1998, she was named by People magazine as one of 50 most beautiful people in the world.-...

 and Julie Moran
Julie Moran
Julie Moran , America's Junior Miss 1980, was a correspondent on the entertainment news show Entertainment Tonight from 1994–2001. Before joining ET, she co-hosted NBA Inside Stuff with Ahmad Rashad and later replaced Frank Gifford as host of ABC's Wide World of Sports...

 for the second year. Landry held the Miss Louisiana Teen USA
Miss Louisiana Teen USA
The Miss Louisiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

 1990, Miss Louisiana USA
Miss Louisiana USA
The Miss Louisiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss USA pageant.Louisiana is one of the most successful states at Miss USA and is one of only seven states to have had three or more Miss USAs.Three Miss Louisiana USA titleholders...

 1996 and Miss USA
Miss USA
The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...

 1996 titles, making the semi-finals at Miss Teen USA
Miss Teen USA
Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant run by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. The reigning titleholder is Danielle Doty of Texas....

 1990 pageant before winning Miss USA 1996
Miss USA 1996
Miss USA 1996, the forty-fifth Miss USA pageant, was held at South Padre Island, Texas culminating in the final competition and crowning on February 2, 1996....

.

During the pageant there were performances by Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...

 and N'Sync. This was the second year that N'Sync provided entertainment.

Placements

  • Miss Teen USA 1999: Ashley Coleman
    Ashley Coleman
    Ashley Coleman was Miss Teen USA 1999, representing her home city of Camden and the state of Delaware. She was the first delegate from Delaware to win the national title....

    (Delaware
    Miss Delaware Teen USA
    The Miss Delaware Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Delaware in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed D&D Investments....

    )
  • The runners-up were:
    • 1st runner-up: Sarah Thornhill (Louisiana
      Miss Louisiana Teen USA
      The Miss Louisiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

      )
    • 2nd runner-up: Khosi Roy (Maryland
      Miss Maryland Teen USA
      The Miss Maryland Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Maryland did not place at Miss Teen USA until 1992, but since then this state has been quite successful, including earning four runner-up placements, and a...

      )

  • The other top five finalists were (in order of placement): Danielle Demski
    Danielle Demski
    Danielle Demski is a television presenter and beauty queen from Chandler, Arizona who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants.Demski won her first pageant title in 1998, when she was crowned Miss Arizona Teen USA 1999...

    (Arizona
    Miss Arizona Teen USA
    The Miss Arizona Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Arizona has not had a great deal of success at Miss USA, with only five teens making the cut...

    ), Sara Dusendang (Michigan
    Miss Michigan Teen USA
    The Miss Michigan Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Michigan in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is produced by Proctor Productions, including Melissa Pitchford who was Miss Ohio USA 1990....

    )

  • The remaining semi-finalists were (in order of placement): Lexie Kemper (Kentucky
    Miss Kentucky Teen USA
    The Miss Kentucky Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Kentucky is ranked eight in terms of place and value of placements across all twenty-three years of competition at Miss Teen USA. When this is broken down to...

    ), Misty Giles (Texas
    Miss Texas Teen USA
    The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Texas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Texas is one of the most successful states across all twenty-seven years of competition at Miss Teen USA. They have had fifteen semi-finalists, three more than any...

    ), Rachel Boston
    Rachel Boston
    -Biography:Boston was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and grew up in Signal Mountain, Tennessee before moving to New York City at the age of seventeen to attend New York University. She was Miss Tennessee Teen USA in 1999, placing in the Top 10 at the national pageant.-Career:She starred in the NBC...

    (Tennessee
    Miss Tennessee Teen USA
    The Miss Tennessee Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Tennessee in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

    ), Kristi Lauren Glakas
    Kristi Lauren Glakas
    Kristi Lauren Glakas Ingram is an American beauty pageant contestant.- Personal life :She attended George Mason University and majored in 20th Century English with a Pre-Medicine Concentration. She was on George Mason University Dean's List Scholar and recipient of the Hoya Crystal Scholarship...

    (Virginia
    Miss Virginia Teen USA
    The Miss Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

    ), Kristen Walthers (Nevada
    Miss Nevada Teen USA
    The Miss Nevada Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by The Atwell Group....

    )

Special awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Morgan Maholich (New York)
  • Miss Photogenic: Lexie Kemper (Kentucky)
  • Style Award: Morgan O'Murray (Colorado)
  • Best in Swimsuit: Ashley Coleman (Delaware)

Historical significance

  • This was Louisiana's highest placement, and its first since 1994.
  • Kentucky placed for the first time since 1995.
  • This was only Delaware and Michigan's second placement, coming after success in 1996. Arizona and Michigan, both placing for the third time, also placed for the first time since 1996.
  • Virginia placed for the third consecutive year, the first time this had occurred. This record was broken when Virginia placed consecutively from 2005-2008. Tori Hall placed in the top 10 at the Miss Teen USA 2005 pageant which was won by Allie LaForce. Samantha Casey placed 3rd runner up to Katie Blair of Montana. Emily Bruce continued these placements by placing in the top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2007. And finally, Megan Myrehn placed in the top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2008.

Scores

Country Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Average
Delaware 9.73 9.65 9.77 9.71
Maryland 9.76 9.58 9.47 9.60
Michigan 9.57 9.46 9.73 9.58
Arizona 9.22 9.45 9.68 9.45
Louisiana 9.32 9.51 9.50 9.44
Kentucky 9.44 9.28 9.58 9.43
Texas 9.17 9.48 9.45 9.36
Tennessee 8.96 9.39 9.45 9.26
Virginia 9.06 9.36 9.34 9.25
Nevada 9.09 9.21 9.41 9.23

Delegates

The Miss Teen USA 1999 delegates were:

Alabama
Miss Alabama Teen USA
The Miss Alabama Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alabama in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Alabama has not had a great deal of success at Miss Teen USA, with only four teens making the cut and none placing higher than 4th runner-up. That placement...

- Starla Smith Alaska
Miss Alaska Teen USA
The Miss Alaska Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Alaska has not had a great deal of success at Miss Teen USA, with only three teens making the cut. However, Marla Johnston placed 1st runner-up to Bridgette...

- Kjersti Marie Parker Arizona
Miss Arizona Teen USA
The Miss Arizona Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Arizona has not had a great deal of success at Miss USA, with only five teens making the cut...

- Danielle Demski
Danielle Demski
Danielle Demski is a television presenter and beauty queen from Chandler, Arizona who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants.Demski won her first pageant title in 1998, when she was crowned Miss Arizona Teen USA 1999...

 Arkansas
Miss Arkansas Teen USA
The Miss Arkansas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.From 1986 until 2004, when Summer Thorn won Miss Photogenic, no Miss Arkansas Teen USA had placed or won an award at the national competition...

- Sarah Moody California
Miss California Teen USA
The Miss California Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is part of the Miss Universe Organization, owned by Donald Trump....

- Marianne Kennedy Colorado
Miss Colorado Teen USA
The Miss Colorado Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss Teen USA pageant. From 2007, the pageant has been directed by the Future Productions group which also directs pageants in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,...

- Morgan O'Murray Connecticut
Miss Connecticut Teen USA
The Miss Connecticut Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed Pageant Associates as of June, 2010....

- Bethany McGlynn Delaware
Miss Delaware Teen USA
The Miss Delaware Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Delaware in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed D&D Investments....

 - Ashley Coleman
Ashley Coleman
Ashley Coleman was Miss Teen USA 1999, representing her home city of Camden and the state of Delaware. She was the first delegate from Delaware to win the national title....

District of Columbia
Miss District of Columbia Teen USA
The Miss District of Columbia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Shelby Braxton-Brooks Florida
Miss Florida Teen USA
The Miss Florida Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Florida ties with Illinois for most Miss Photogenic awards...

- Michelle Schmotzer Georgia
Miss Georgia Teen USA
The Miss Georgia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed Greenwood Productions...

- Keely Wright Hawaii
Miss Hawaii Teen USA
The Miss Hawaii Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Although Hawaii has made the cut fewer times than many states, they have achieved a number of high placings. They are ranked seventh in terms of placements won...

- Aureana Tseu Idaho
Miss Idaho Teen USA
The Miss Idaho Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Idaho in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Idaho has only placed twice and as such is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA...

- Kimberly Weible Illinois
Miss Illinois Teen USA
The Miss Illinois Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Illinois in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Amber Dusak Indiana
Miss Indiana Teen USA
The Miss Indiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Sanders and Associates....

- Jennifer Philips Iowa
Miss Iowa Teen USA
The Miss Iowa Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Iowa in the Miss Teen USA pageant, which is co-owned by the Miss Universe Organization, NBC Universal and Donald Trump...

- Teresa Moberg Kansas
Miss Kansas Teen USA
The Miss Kansas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.This pageant has been part of the Vanbros organisation since 1992, and in 2006 celebrated their fifteen-year anniversary with a reunion of former titleholders at...

- Grace Shibley Kentucky
Miss Kentucky Teen USA
The Miss Kentucky Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Kentucky is ranked eight in terms of place and value of placements across all twenty-three years of competition at Miss Teen USA. When this is broken down to...

- Lexie Kemper Louisiana
Miss Louisiana Teen USA
The Miss Louisiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Sarah Thornhill Maine
Miss Maine Teen USA
The Miss Maine Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss Teen USA pageant. From 2007 the pageant will be directed by Mackenzie Davis, Miss Maine USA 2004....

- Michelle Beaulieu Maryland
Miss Maryland Teen USA
The Miss Maryland Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Maryland did not place at Miss Teen USA until 1992, but since then this state has been quite successful, including earning four runner-up placements, and a...

- Khosi Roy Massachusetts
Miss Massachusetts Teen USA
The Miss Massachusetts Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Massachusetts in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Jill Lynne Donahue Michigan
Miss Michigan Teen USA
The Miss Michigan Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Michigan in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is produced by Proctor Productions, including Melissa Pitchford who was Miss Ohio USA 1990....

- Sara Marie Dusendang Minnesota
Miss Minnesota Teen USA
The Miss Minnesota Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Future Productions....

- Laura Beth Reier Mississippi
Miss Mississippi Teen USA
The Miss Mississippi Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Mississippi in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Allison Bloodworth Missouri
Miss Missouri Teen USA
The Miss Missouri Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Missouri in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant has been directed by Vanbros since 1993....

- Andrea Elliott
Montana
Miss Montana Teen USA
The Miss Montana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Montana in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Montana's first placement at Miss Teen USA occurred in 2006 at Miss Teen USA 2006...

- Raylene Miller Nebraska
Miss Nebraska Teen USA
The Miss Nebraska Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nebraska in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant has been directed by Vanbros since 2002.Nebraska has had only two placements at Miss Teen USA...

- Kiley Kempcke Nevada
Miss Nevada Teen USA
The Miss Nevada Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by The Atwell Group....

- Kristen Walters New Hampshire
Miss New Hampshire Teen USA
The Miss New Hampshire Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Hampshire in the Miss Teen USA pageant.In terms of number of placements New Hampshire is one of the least successful states...

- Kristen Thurston New Jersey
Miss New Jersey Teen USA
The Miss New Jersey Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Nicole Marie Golas New Mexico
Miss New Mexico Teen USA
The Miss New Mexico Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Alina Ogle New York
Miss New York Teen USA
The Miss New York Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Like the first Miss USA competition , the first Miss Teen USA competition was won by a Miss New York Teen USA. That winner was Ruth Zakarian, who went on to...

- Morgan Maholich North Carolina
Miss North Carolina Teen USA
The Miss North Carolina Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Carolina in the Miss Teen USA pageant and is part of the RPM Productions group....

- Stephanie Holt North Dakota
Miss North Dakota Teen USA
The Miss North Dakota Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Dakota in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Natalie Larson Ohio
Miss Ohio Teen USA
The Miss Ohio Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Ohio is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, and has only placed three times. Most importantly, Allie LaForce won the Miss Teen USA crown in 2005,...

- Erika Moody Oklahoma
Miss Oklahoma Teen USA
The Miss Oklahoma Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This state was taken over by Vanbros in 1997....

- Ashley Bowen Oregon
Miss Oregon USA
The Miss Oregon USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oregon in the Miss USA pageant.Oregon has only had limited success at Miss USA and has never won the competition. The highest placed Miss Oregon USA was Gail Atchison who finished 2nd runner-up to...

- Tracy Hackenmiller Pennsylvania
Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA
The Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Sanders and Associates....

- Christina Cindrich Rhode Island
Miss Rhode Island Teen USA
The Miss Rhode Island Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Rhode Island in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Jodi Fournier South Carolina - Hannah Grooms South Dakota
Miss South Dakota Teen USA
The Miss South Dakota Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Dakota in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant is directed by Future Productions....

- Alexia Bonte Tennessee
Miss Tennessee Teen USA
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Tennessee in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Rachel Boston
Rachel Boston
-Biography:Boston was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and grew up in Signal Mountain, Tennessee before moving to New York City at the age of seventeen to attend New York University. She was Miss Tennessee Teen USA in 1999, placing in the Top 10 at the national pageant.-Career:She starred in the NBC...

 Texas
Miss Texas Teen USA
The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Texas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Texas is one of the most successful states across all twenty-seven years of competition at Miss Teen USA. They have had fifteen semi-finalists, three more than any...

- Misty Giles Utah
Miss Utah Teen USA
The Miss Utah Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss Teen USA pageant.From 2006, the pageant will be produced by Red Curtain Productions, which includes a number of former Miss Utah Teen USAs and Miss Utah USAs.Utah is one of the least...

- Laurissa Solomon Vermont
Miss Vermont Teen USA
The Miss Vermont Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Vermont in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Vermont is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, having only placed twice...

- Jennifer Ripley Virginia
Miss Virginia Teen USA
The Miss Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

- Kristi Lauren Glakas
Kristi Lauren Glakas
Kristi Lauren Glakas Ingram is an American beauty pageant contestant.- Personal life :She attended George Mason University and majored in 20th Century English with a Pre-Medicine Concentration. She was on George Mason University Dean's List Scholar and recipient of the Hoya Crystal Scholarship...

 Washington
Miss Washington Teen USA
The Miss Washington Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The Miss Teen USA pageant will be held in late July 2011, in the Bahamas....

- Dianna Carlson West Virginia
Miss West Virginia Teen USA
The Miss West Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant.The current titleholder is Miss Susan Hines King of Fairmont, West Virginia....

- Carrie Anne Fleshman Wisconsin
Miss Wisconsin Teen USA
The Miss Wisconsin Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wisconsin in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Wisconsin is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, having only placed on two occasions...

- Deanndra Deblack Wyoming
Miss Wyoming Teen USA
The Miss Wyoming Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wyoming in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Wyoming is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, having only placed on four occasions...

- Katie Rudoff

Contestant notes

  • Kristi Lauren Glakas
    Kristi Lauren Glakas
    Kristi Lauren Glakas Ingram is an American beauty pageant contestant.- Personal life :She attended George Mason University and majored in 20th Century English with a Pre-Medicine Concentration. She was on George Mason University Dean's List Scholar and recipient of the Hoya Crystal Scholarship...

     is one of only six women to be a Triple Crown titleholder, having competed at Miss Teen USA, Miss USA
    Miss USA
    The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...

    , and Miss America
    Miss America
    The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

    . After placing first runner-up for two consecutive years, Glakas won the Miss Virginia USA
    Miss Virginia USA
    The Miss Virginia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss USA pageant.Virginia has been only moderately successful in terms of number of semi-finalists, they have had two Miss USAs. They are one of only three states to have had two Miss...

     2004 title and competed at Miss USA 2004
    Miss USA 2004
    The Miss USA 2004 pageant was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on April 12, 2004. The winner of the beauty pageant was Shandi Finnessey, who became the first winner from the state of Missouri...

    . She later won the Miss Virginia
    Miss Virginia
    The Miss Virginia competition is a scholarship pageant for women, with the titleholder representing Virginia in the Miss America pageant. The competition was founded in 1953 as a scholarship contest for young women, although women had represented Virginia in the Miss America pageant since the 1930s...

     2005 title, and placed third runner-up at Miss America 2006
    Miss America 2006
    Miss America 2006, the 85th Miss America, pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 21, 2006.The pageant was broadcast live on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Aladdin Resort and Casino, the first time that the pageant was held outside Atlantic City...

    .
  • Morgan O'Murray of Colorado later won the Miss Colorado
    Miss Colorado
    The Miss Colorado competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss America pageant. Colorado has won the Miss America crown on three occasions.- Winners :- External links :*...

     2002 title and competed at Miss America. She later made two attempts to win the Miss Colorado USA
    Miss Colorado USA
    The Miss Colorado USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant. The event was held in Loveland from 2006 to 2008 and moved to Greeley in 2010....

     title (in 2004 and 2005). Had she won the title, she would have become one of only a few women to win the Triple Crown.
  • Others who later competed at Miss USA were:
    • Alina Ogle (New Mexico) - Miss New Mexico USA
      Miss New Mexico USA
      For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss New MexicoThe Miss New Mexico USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss USA pageant....

       2003 (top ten at Miss USA 2003
      Miss USA 2003
      The Miss USA 2003 pageant was held in San Antonio, Texas March 24, 2003, the first time it had been held in this state since 1996 when the pageant was held in South Padre Island...

      )
    • Allison Bloodworth (Mississippi) - Miss Mississippi USA
      Miss Mississippi USA
      The Miss Mississippi USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Mississippi in the Miss USA pageant.Mississippi has not been very successful in Miss USA pageants, with only 10 placements as of 2010...

       2003
    • Jennifer Ripley (Vermont) - Miss Vermont USA
      Miss Vermont USA
      The Miss Vermont USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Vermont in the Miss USA pageant.Vermont is one of the least successful states, but they have produced a Miss USA - Carlene King Johnson in 1955...

       2003
    • Danielle Demski
      Danielle Demski
      Danielle Demski is a television presenter and beauty queen from Chandler, Arizona who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants.Demski won her first pageant title in 1998, when she was crowned Miss Arizona Teen USA 1999...

       (Arizona) - Miss Arizona USA
      Miss Arizona USA
      The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions...

       2004 (top fifteen at Miss USA 2004
      Miss USA 2004
      The Miss USA 2004 pageant was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on April 12, 2004. The winner of the beauty pageant was Shandi Finnessey, who became the first winner from the state of Missouri...

      )
    • Kimberly Weible (Idaho) - Miss Idaho USA
      Miss Idaho USA
      The Miss Idaho USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Idaho in the Miss USA pageant.Idaho is one of the least successful states in the history of the competition, with only four placements in fifty-seven years...

       2004 (top ten at Miss USA 2004
      Miss USA 2004
      The Miss USA 2004 pageant was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on April 12, 2004. The winner of the beauty pageant was Shandi Finnessey, who became the first winner from the state of Missouri...

      )
    • Katie Rudoff (Wyoming) - Miss Wyoming USA
      Miss Wyoming USA
      , Miss Wyoming USA 2012]]The Miss Wyoming USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Wyoming in the Miss USA pageant. The Miss Wyoming USA pageant is currently produced by Future Productions....

       2004
    • Aureana Tseu (Hawaii)- Miss Hawaii USA
      Miss Hawaii USA
      The Miss Hawaii USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss USA pageant.Hawaii is the most recent state to start competing at Miss USA, as it first competed in 1962. Prior to this delegates were sent to Miss Universe...

      2009


  • Khosi Roy (MD) and Keely Wright (GA) were originally the first runner up at their respective state pageants. Jane Kim won the title of Miss Georgia Teen USA 1999, but was disqualified in after it was discovered she was not a US citizen, but had been born in South Korea. Kristina Sisco was the original winner of the Maryland title, but resigned after gaining a part on the soap opera As the World Turns.
  • Misty Giles (TX) went on to appear on the 12th season of the CBS reality show Survivor, this time set in Panama. She was the third contestant voted off.
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