Miss Earth United States 2018


Miss Earth United States 2018 was the 14th edition of Miss Earth United States pageant that was held at Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria, Virginia on July 14, 2018 with Brittany Ann Payne and Justin Stewart served as hosts. Andreia Gibau of Massachusetts crowned her successor Yashvi Aware of Maryland as Miss Earth United States 2018. Aware represented the United States at the Miss Earth 2018 pageant in the Philippines.

Results

Final ResultsContestant
Miss Earth United States 2018
  • Midatlantic – Yashvi Aware
Miss Earth US - Air 2018
  • Hawaii – Kailey Parker
    • Miss Earth US - Water 2018
  • Texas – Yvette Vaughn
    • Miss Earth US - Fire 2018
  • Puerto Rico – Natalia Aldarondo
    • Miss Earth US - Eco 2018
  • New York – April Maroshick
    • Top 12
  • Arizona – Aimee Parker
  • District of Columbia – Jasmine Zarou
  • Florida – Alexi Gropper
  • Georgia – Ariana Blaize
  • Massachusetts – Jaime Connors
  • Missouri – Chrystelle Volckmann
  • Virginia – Lili Klainer
    • Top 20
  • Delaware – Kelly Pierson §
  • Illinois – Kristina Decheva
  • Maryland – Amber Dawn Butler
  • Mississippi – Ivy White
  • Nebraska – Merrick Alexander
  • New England – Isabella Bennett
  • New Mexico – Soraya B'Yanar
  • South Carolina – Francie Evans
    • § - Earned Top 20 placement as winner of Charitable Giving Fundraiser award

    Awards

    Finalist Awards

    Non-Finalist Awards

    Other Awards

    Order of announcement

    Top 20

    1. Georgia
    2. New Mexico
    3. Mississippi
    4. Hawaii
    5. Missouri
    6. Massachusetts
    7. Florida
    8. South Carolina
    9. New York
    10. Arizona
    11. Puerto Rico
    12. District of Columbia
    13. Texas
    14. Midatlantic
    15. Virginia
    16. Nebraska
    17. Illinois
    18. Delaware
    19. Maryland
    20. New England

      Top 12

    21. Missouri
    22. Texas
    23. Hawaii
    24. Georgia
    25. Massachusetts
    26. Florida
    27. Midatlantic
    28. Puerto Rico
    29. Virginia
    30. Arizona
    31. New York
    32. District of Columbia

      Top 5

    33. Texas
    34. Midatlantic
    35. Hawaii
    36. Puerto Rico
    37. New York

      Pageant

    Pageant activities took place from July 10–14, 2018 in the Washington metropolitan area, which included a service day in Washington, D.C. with delegates from the Teen, Miss, and Elite divisions cleaning up trash within the National Mall.
    Additionally, delegates are scored on their social media activity leading up to the national pageant, as well as their environmental project that occurred in June for the organization's Think Local, Act Global initiative.
    All phases of the pageant were available via livestream on the Miss Earth United States Facebook page.

    Preliminary rounds

    Preliminary rounds took place on July 12 & July 13, 2018 at the Crystal City Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. Delegates competed in a public speaking presentation, and on-stage the following day for runway, swimwear, and evening gown. The runway and swimwear preliminaries were hosted by Brittany Payne, Adele Scala, and Leslie Jackson, with Payne returning to host the evening gown preliminary alongside Andreia Gibau.

    Finals

    During the final competition, the top 20 competed in runway, while the top 12 also competed in swimwear and evening gown. The top five delegates also competed in an on-stage question round and were scored on their response to: What do you do to inspire others to be green?

    Delegates

    Delegate information provided by the Miss Earth United States organization.
    StateDelegatePlacementNotes
    ArizonaAimee Parker
    ColoradoBre L'EstrangePreviously competed for Miss Colorado USA and Miss Colorado Teen USA
    Later competed for both Miss Colorado USA and Miss Arizona USA 2019
    DelawareKelly PiersonTop 20
    District of ColumbiaJasmine ZarouTop 20
    FloridaAlexi GropperTop 12
    GeorgiaAriana BlaizeTop 20
    Great LakesJamie Smith
    Gulf CoastTori MillerContestant at America's Miss World 2017
    HawaiiKailey ParkerMiss Earth US - AirPreviously Miss Maui USA 2018
    IdahoSarah MassingaleLater competed for Miss Earth USA 2019 as Idaho
    IllinoisKristina DechevaTop 20
    IndianaMahogani Johnson
    KansasMcKenzie Hersch
    MarylandAmber Dawn ButlerTop 20Top 15 at Miss Earth United States 2017 representing Florida
    MassachusettsJamie ConnorsTop 12Member of the Boston Cannons Dance Team
    Later competed for Miss Earth USA 2019 as Massachusetts
    MidatlanticYashvi AwareMiss Earth United States 2018Top 10 at Miss Earth United States 2016 representing Maryland
    Previously competed for Miss Maryland Teen USA
    MidwestTyler Prugh
    MinnesotaTegan Gruhot
    MississippiIvy WhiteTop 20
    MissouriChrystelle VolckmannTop 12Previously Miss Philippines USA 2015
    NebraskaMerrick Randy AlexanderTop 20Previously competed for Miss Nebraska USA
    NevadaTaylor Burk
    New EnglandIsabella Brie BennettTop 20Previously competed in 2017 representing Rhode Island
    Second consecutive award for Beauty for a Cause
    New HampshireFelicia Arsenault2x Semi-Finalist at Miss New Hampshire USA
    Previously competed for Miss New Hampshire 2016
    New JerseyAshlei Watson
    New MexicoSoraya B'YanarTop 20
    New YorkApril MaroshickMiss Earth US - EcoPreviously Top 22 at Miss World America 2015 representing Alaska
    North CarolinaMadison McGee
    North DakotaJacinda Schell
    NorthwestWhitney Mitchell
    PennsylvaniaBriana McCloud
    Puerto RicoNatalia AldarondoMiss Earth US - Fire
    South CarolinaFrancie EvansTop 20
    • Face of the World USA 2018
    • Later competed for Miss Earth USA 2019 as South Carolina and awarded Miss Earth USA - Fire 2019
    SoutheastTalisha WhiteLater competed at Miss Earth 2019 as Miss Earth US Virgin Islands 2019
    TennesseeElizabeth Upshur
    TexasYvette VaughnMiss Earth US - Water
    VirginiaLili KlainerTop 12Contestant at Miss World America 2017Later competed for Miss Earth USA 2019 as Midatlantic
    WashingtonSavannah Morton
    West VirginiaAshley Schifano
    WisconsinAnastacia King

    Replacements

    Preliminary judges