Miss Teen USA 2011

Miss Teen USA 2011
Date	July 16, 2011
Presenters	Chet Buchanan, Allie LaForce
Entertainment	Kia Hampton
Venue	Grand Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas
Broadcaster	UStream (webcast)
Entrants	51
Placements	15
Winner	Danielle Doty Texas

Miss Teen USA 2011 was the 29th Miss Teen USA pageant. It was held at the Grand Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas on July 16, 2011. Miss Teen USA 2010, Kamie Crawford, crowned her successor, Danielle Doty of Texas, as Miss Teen USA 2011 at the end of this event. The 50 states and the District of Columbia competed for the prestigious title. For the first time, viewers were allowed to vote for their favorite opening dress and swimsuit designed by the official sponsors, Sherri Hill and Kooey Australia. People's Choice along with Miss Universe Organization created an online poll for selecting Miss Teen USA Photogenic, won by Courtney Coleman of Hawaii. Savannah Schechter of New Jersey, won the Miss Congeniality award at the pageant.

For the first time ever, both the preliminary competition and the final show were webcast live via UStream and NewTek on www.missteenusa.com and seventeen.com. The preliminary competition took place of July 15th and was hosted by Chet Buchanan and Kamie Crawford. The final show was hosted by Chet Buchanan and Allie LaForce, Miss Teen USA 2005. Kia Hampton, Miss Kentucky USA 2011, provided entertainment by singing at the show.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Teen USA 2011	Texas – Danielle Doty
1st runner-up	North Dakota – Audra Mari
2nd runner-up	California – Alexis Swanstrom
3rd runner-up	Kansas - Taylor Clark
4th runner-up	Missouri – Sydnee Stottlemyre
Top 15	Colorado - Caley-Rae Pavillard Georgia - Kristen Robinson Indiana - Jessica Buch Maine - Alexis Mcilwain Maryland - Kirsten Nicholson Minnesota - Hannah Corbett New Jersey - Savannah Schechter Pennsylvania - Madison Longstreth South Carolina - Keyla Childs West Virginia - Susan King

Special Awards

• Miss Congeniality: New Jersey - Savannah Schechter
• Miss Photogenic: Hawaii - Courtney Coleman

Delegates

State	Name	Hometown	Age	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Barron Rae Williams	Dadeville	16
Alaska	Denali Whiting[1]	Kotzebue	19
Arizona	Molly Argue	Paradise Valley	18
Arkansas	Mary-Kate Hartley	Hamburg	17
California	Alexis Swanstrom	San Diego	17	2nd runner-up
Colorado	Caley-Rae Pavillard	Castle Rock	17	Top 15		Previously Miss Colorado's Outstanding Teen 2008
Connecticut	Samantha Sojka	North Granby	19
Delaware	Amanda Debus	Middletown	18			Previously Miss Delaware's Outstanding Teen 2008
District of Columbia	Imani Bentham	Washington	19
Florida	Mikyle Crockett[2]	Jacksonville	18
Georgia	Kristen Robinson	Stone Mountain	17	Top 15
Hawaii	Courtney Coleman	Moanalua	17		Miss Photogenic
Idaho	Claira Hollingsworth[3]	Preston	18
Illinois	Paige Higgerson	Cutler	19
Indiana	Jessica Buch	Bedford	16	Top 15
Iowa	Richelle Orr[3]	Hampton	19
Kansas	Taylor Clark	Topeka	17	3rd runner-up		Previously National American Miss Preteen 2006
Kentucky	Stephanie Jones	Elizabethtown	18
Louisiana	Elizabeth Heinen	Eunice	16
Maine	Alexis McIlwain	Saco	15	Top 15
Maryland	Kirsten Nicholson	Sykesville	18	Top 15
Massachusetts	Kay Tetreault	South Hadley	18
Michigan	Taylor Sherman[4]	Dearborn Heights	17
Minnesota	Hannah Corbett	Excelsior	17	Top 15
Mississippi	Sarah Bobo	Corinth	19
Missouri	Sydnee Stottlemyre	Wildwood	17	4th runner-up		Previously Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2008, 4th runner up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008
Montana	Sibahn Doxey[3]	Frenchtown	18
Nebraska	Madison Novak[3]	Lincoln	17
Nevada	Ashley Brown	Las Vegas	17
New Hampshire	Annie Read[5]	Sandwich	17
New Jersey	Savannah Schechter[6]	Far Hills	17	Top 15	Miss Congeniality
New Mexico	Alexa Castle[3]	Albuquerque	18
New York	Lisa Drouillard	Manhattan	19
North Carolina	Vanessa McClelland	Fayetteville	19
North Dakota	Audra Mari	Fargo	17	1st runner-up
Ohio	Morgan Smigel[3]	Avon	16
Oklahoma	Alma Sandoval	Oklahoma City	18
Oregon	Kayla Roush[3]	Scio	18
Pennsylvania	Madison Longstreth	Spring Grove	16	Top 15
Rhode Island	Lindsey Bucci	Scituate	18
South Carolina	Keyla Childs	Summerville	17	Top 15
South Dakota	Lexy Schenk	Irene	17
Tennessee	Kaitlin White	Nashville	18
Texas	Danielle Doty	Harlingen	18	Miss Teen USA 2011
Utah	Maquel Knight[3]	Salt Lake City	17
Vermont	Bridget Martin	Stowe	14
Virginia	Susie Evans	Poquoson	17
Washington	Cheyenne Van Tine	Kennewick	17
West Virginia	Susan King[3]	Fairmont	16	Top 15
Wisconsin	Victoria Johnston[7]	Eau Claire	19
Wyoming	Ashley Golden	Gillette	17			Previously Miss Wyoming's Outstanding Teen 2007

Replacements

• Pennsylvania - Deana Chuzhinina was originally Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2011 but resigned due to unknown reasons. Madison Longstreth, the 1st runner up, replaced her.

Judges

• Dr. Cheryl Karcher
• BJ Coleman
• Lora Flaugh
• Fred Nelson
• Vinnie Potestivo
• Katherine Schwarzenegger
• Michele Wiltshire

Entertainment

• Kia Hampton, Miss Kentucky USA 2011

References

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2. ^ Sarmiento, Kimberly (October 3, 2010). "Alachua County teen is second runner-up at pageant". The Gainesville Sun. http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101003/ARTICLES/101009828/1118?Title=Two-local-teens-place-in-top-five-of-Miss-Florida-Teen-USA. Retrieved October 5, 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} "2011 Teen USA". TFTJ. http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/9/Teen/2011. Retrieved October 5, 2010. 
4. ^ Miller, Jana (September 21, 2010). "MANCHESTER: Junior at high school competes in Miss Michigan Teen USA pageant in Ann Arbor". The Manchester Enterprise. http://www.heritage.com/articles/2010/09/21/manchester_enterprise/news/doc4c912f383f5a0734932836.txt. Retrieved October 5, 2010. 
5. ^ "Congratulations to our 2011 Titleholders!". Miss New Hampshire USA/Teen USA Pageants. http://www.missnewhampshireusa.com/. Retrieved October 5, 2010. 
6. ^ Karas, David (October 3, 2010). "TCNJ senior crowned Miss New Jersey". NJ.com. http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2010/10/tcnj_senior_crowned_miss_new_j.html. Retrieved October 5, 2010. 
7. ^ "Miss Wisconsin USA & Miss Wisconsin Teen USA". Miss Wisconsin USA/Teen USA Pageants. http://www.misswisconsinusa.com/wi_home.cfm. Retrieved October 5, 2010. 

External links

• Miss Teen USA official website