Miss Teen USA 2018

Miss Teen USA 2018 was the 36th Miss Teen USA pageant. It was held on May 18, 2018 at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana. Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff of Missouri crowned her successor Hailey Colborn of Kansas at the end of the event.[1]

Miss Teen USA 2018
DateMay 18, 2018
Presenters
VenueHirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana
Broadcaster
Entrants51
Placements15
WinnerHailey Colborn
 Kansas
CongenialityKennedy Cromeens
 Alabama

It was the first time the pageant was held concurrently with its sister pageant Miss USA 2018, which was held on May 21, 2018.[2]

Results

Placements
Miss Teen USA 2018 results.
Final Results Contestant
Miss Teen USA 2018
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 10
Top 15

Special Award
Award Contestant
Miss Congeniality

Historical significance

Pageant

Selection of contestants

One delegate from the 50 states and the District of Columbia were selected in state pageants held from September 2017 to February 2018.

Preliminary round

Prior to the final competition, the delegates competed in the preliminary competition, which involves private interviews with the judges and a presentation show where they compete in athletic wear and evening gown. It was held on May 16 at the Horseshoe Riverdome in Bossier City. For the first time since 2009, the preliminary round was not broadcast.

Finals

During the final competition, the Top 15 finalists compete in athletic wear, evening gown and in a customized final question round, and the winner is decided by a panel of judges.

Broadcasting

The pageant was webcast on the pageant's Facebook and YouTube pages, as downloadable live events available on the Asian and American PlayStation Stores for PlayStation 4 consoles and on Xbox Live in 42 regions for the Xbox One line of consoles via the Facebook Video application, with support for 4K Ultra HD, HDR10 video[lower-alpha 1] and Dolby Atmos spatial audio. It was the first time since debuting in 2012 where the pageant was not broadcast on Xbox 360 consoles.

Contestants

All 51 delegates have been confirmed:[3]

State Contestant Age[lower-alpha 2] Height Hometown Placement Notes
Alabama Kennedy Cromeens[4] 17 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Birmingham
Alaska McKinley Wooten[5] 17 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Wasilla
Arizona Macy Deak 16 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Scottsdale
Arkansas Mackenzie Hinderberger[6] 19 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Fayetteville Later top 11 at Miss Arkansas USA 2020
California Janeice Love[7] 17 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Barstow Top 15
Colorado Chloe Zambrano[8] 17 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fruita 2nd runner-up
Connecticut Elle Sauli[9] 17 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) Newtown
Delaware Brynn Close 18 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Middletown
District of Columbia Madison Chambers 18 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Washington, D.C.
Florida Lou Schieffelin 17 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Winter Park Top 10
Georgia Savannah Miles 17 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Lawrenceville Top 10
Hawaii Kylyn Rapoza[10] 18 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Hilo
Idaho Jacy Uhler[11] 18 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Boise
Illinois Sydni-Dion Bennett[12] 17 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Chicago 3rd runner-up First African-American Miss Illinois Teen USA
Indiana Ella Harrison[13] 17 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) New Albany
Iowa Isabella Russell[14] 17 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Marshalltown
Kansas Hailey Colborn[15] 17 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Wichita Miss Teen USA 2018
Kentucky Jordan Crozier 19 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Somerset Later top 16 at Miss Kentucky USA 2020
Louisiana Lindsey Conque[16] 17 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Lafayette Top 10
Maine Erin McPherson[17] 17 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Hartford
Maryland Caleigh Shade[18] 18 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Cumberland Top 15
Massachusetts Lexi Woloshchuk[19] 18 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Monson
Michigan Anane Loveday[20] 16 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Grosse Ile Top 15 Born in Ethiopia
Minnesota Peyton Schroeder[21] 18 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Rosemount
Mississippi Julieanna Jackson 15 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Mize
Missouri Chloe Bartlett[22] 19 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Liberal
Montana Elley Munson 17 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Billings
Nebraska Michaela Edstrand 17 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Omaha
Nevada Britney Barnhart 16 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Las Vegas Top 15 Sister of Miss Nevada Teen USA 2008 Lauren Hudman and daughter of Miss Oklahoma USA 1982 Jill Barnhart.
New Hampshire Natalie Jenkins[23] 17 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Nashua
New Jersey Diana Smerina 16 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Freehold
New Mexico Madison Turner 18 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Mosquero
New York Saige Guerin 17 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Staten Island
North Carolina Kaaviya Sambasivam[24] 18 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Winston-Salem 4th runner-up
North Dakota Ashlyn Erickson[25] 18 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fargo
Ohio Sofia Durina 18 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Columbiana
Oklahoma Zoe Ferraro 17 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Bixby
Oregon Jaycie Forrester[26] 16 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Tualatin
Pennsylvania Kailey Grill[27] 18 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Mars
Rhode Island Aliyah Moore[28] 18 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Pawtucket
South Carolina Kirby Elizabeth Self[29] 18 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Greenwood 1st runner-up
South Dakota Shania Knutson[30] 16 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Viborg
Tennessee Sofie Rovenstine[31] 19 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Franklin Top 10 Appeared in the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Texas Brenna Flynn[32] 18 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fort Worth
Utah Madilen Kellogg 19 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Layton Top 10
Vermont Alexandra Diehl[33] 17 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) St. Albans Previously Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 2016
Virginia Himanvi Panidepu[34] 18 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Centreville
Washington Summer Keffeler[35] 17 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Monroe Sister of Stormy Keffeler, original titleholder of Miss Washington USA 2016
West Virginia Trinity Tiffany[36] 16 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Huntington Top 15
Wisconsin Alexis Loomans[37] 16 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Waunakee
Wyoming Mackenzie Kern[38] 17 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Casper

Judges

Notes
  1. 4K/HDR video available on the Xbox One S and X models only
  2. Ages at the time of the pageant

References
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