Miss America's Outstanding Teen

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]

Miss America's Outstanding Teen
TypeScholarship pageant
Founded2005 (2005)
Headquarters
Tampa, Florida
,
United States
Key people
Donna Bozarth (Chairman, Board of Directors)
Kristin Black (President)
Websitemaoteen.org

More than $175,000 in scholarship grants were distributed among the 51 contestants in the pageant, with a $30,000 scholarship being awarded to the winner. The chairwoman for the Miss America's Outstanding Teen program is Donna Bozarth.

The current titleholder is Payton May of Washington who was crowned on July 27, 2019 at the Linda Chapin Theater in Orlando, Florida.

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 Crowned Winner State City Age Awards Talent Notes
2006
 August 21, 2005 Meghan Miller[2][3] Texas Beaumont 17 Overall Talent Award[3]

Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award

Preliminary Talent Award		 Ventriloquism
  • Off Broadway actress in The Berenstain Bears LIVE! And national tour casts of Berenstain Bears and John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean
  • Appeared on America's Got Talent[4]
2007
 August 19, 2006 Maria DeSantis[5][6] New York Staten Island 17 Preliminary Talent Award Vocal
2008
 August 11, 2007 Caitlin Brunell[7][8] Virginia Great Falls 15 Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award En Pointe Dance, "Show Off" from The Drowsy Chaperone
2009
 August 16, 2008 Taylor Fitch[14] South Carolina Anderson 17 Musical Theater Dance
2010
 August 15, 2009 Jeanette Morelan[15][16] Wisconsin Racine 15 Vocal, "Think of Me" from The Phantom of the Opera
2011
 August 28, 2010 Lacey Russ[20] Oklahoma Cordell 16 Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Piano, Bach’s "Prelude XXI" and Beethoven’s "Sonata Pathetique"
2012
 August 20, 2011 Elizabeth Fechtel[21] Florida Leesburg 17 Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Musical Theater Jazz Dance, "I Am What I Am"
2013
 August 18, 2012 Rachel Wyatt[24] South Carolina Piedmont 17 Dance
2014
 August 17, 2013 Leah Sykes[27] Florida Jacksonville 16 Vocal, “Someone Like You” by Adele
2015
 August 2, 2014 Olivia McMillan[28] Georgia Centerville 17 Outstanding Vocalist Award[29]

Preliminary Talent Award[29]		 Classical Vocal, “Nessun dorma” from Puccini's opera, Turandot
2016
 August 1, 2015 Allie Nault[30] New Hampshire Gilford 17 Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award[31]

Teens in Action Award[31]		 Dance/Twirl
2017
 August 6, 2016 Nicole Jia[32] Oklahoma Oklahoma City 17 Outstanding Instrumentalist Award Piano, Variations on Mozart's “Rondo Alla Turca”
2018
 July 29, 2017 Jessica Baeder[33] Alabama Auburn 17 Teens in Action Award[34] Ballet en pointe, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
2019
 July 28, 2018 London Hibbs[35] Texas Tyler 17 Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award

Preliminary Talent Award		 Vocal, "Think of Me" from The Phantom of the Opera
2020
 July 27, 2019 Payton May[36] Washington Vancouver 17 Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Vocal, "Over the Rainbow"

Winners by state
State Number of
Titles Won		 Year(s) Won
Florida
2
 2012, 2014
Oklahoma 2011, 2017
South Carolina 2009, 2013
Texas 2006, 2019
Alabama
1
 2018
Georgia 2015
New Hampshire 2016
New York 2007
Virginia 2008
Washington 2020
Wisconsin 2010

See also

References
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  4. The Beaumont Enterprise - West Brook grad on 'America's Got Talent' Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
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  27. Holifield, Cindy (October 23, 2013). "Good News: Three scouts earn their Eagle award". The Florida Times-Union. As the first runner-up, Leah Roddenberry of Bradenton has been passed Sykes’ title of Miss Florida’s Outstanding Teen.
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  30. Tracey, Sara (September 12, 2015). "Conversation with Miss America's Outstanding Teen, Allie Nault". Press of Atlantic City.
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  34. "2017 Scholarships". Miss America's Outstanding Teen. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  35. "Tyler's London Hibbs is 2019's Miss America's Outstanding Teen". Tyler Morning Telegraph. July 31, 2018.
  36. Middlewood, Erin (July 27, 2019). "Skyview senior wins Miss America's Outstanding Teen". The Columbian.
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