Miss America's Outstanding Teen

Jeanette Morelan, Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010

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." 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. More than $175,000 in scholarship grants were distributed amongst the 52 contestants in the pageant, with a $30,000 scholarship being awarded to the winner. The current titleholder is Elizabeth Fechtel representing Florida.

Winners

Year	Winner	State	Date of contest	Location
2012	Elizabeth Fechtel	Florida	August 20, 2011	Orlando, Florida
2011	Lacey Russ	Oklahoma	August 28, 2010	Orlando, Florida
2010	Jeanette Morelan	Wisconsin	August 15, 2009	Orlando, Florida
2009	Taylor Fitch	South Carolina	August 16, 2008	Orlando, Florida
2008	Caitlin Brunell	Virginia	August 11, 2007	Orlando, Florida
2007	Maria DeSantis	New York	August 19, 2006	Orlando, Florida
2006	Meghan Miller	Texas	August 20, 2005	Orlando, Florida

See also

• Miss America's Outstanding Teen state pageants
• Miss Teen USA
• Miss Teenage America
• Miss Teen America
• America's Junior Miss

External links

• Official Miss America's Outstanding Teen web site

PageantCast interviews with former Miss America's Outstanding Teen titleholders

• Episode 75: Interview with 2007 Maria DeSantis
• Episode 121: Interview with 2008 Caitlin Brunell
• Episdoe 162: Interview with 2009 Taylor Fitch