Miss Teen USA 2015


Miss Teen USA 2015 was the 33rd Miss Teen USA pageant. It was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, The Bahamas on August 22, 2015 and was hosted by Miss USA 2013 Erin Brady and television writer Nick Teplitz. All fifty states and District of Columbia competed. K. Lee Graham of South Carolina crowned her successor Katherine Haik of Louisiana at the end of the event.

Results

Placements

Special Awards

Order of announcement

Top 15

  1. North Carolina
  2. Arizona
  3. Texas
  4. Massachusetts
  5. California
  6. Pennsylvania
  7. Louisiana
  8. Arkansas
  9. Missouri
  10. New York
  11. Oklahoma
  12. South Carolina
  13. Tennessee
  14. Alabama
  15. Vermont

    Top 5

  16. Tennessee
  17. Massachusetts
  18. North Carolina
  19. California
  20. Louisiana

    Pageant

Selection of contestants

One delegate from each state and the District of Columbia will be chosen in state pageants held from September 2014 to January 2015.

Preliminary round

Prior to the final telecast, the delegates compete in the preliminary competition, which involves private interviews with the judges and a presentation show where they compete in swimsuit and evening gown. It will be held in August 21, 2015 and broadcast on the Miss Teen USA website.

Finals

During the final competition, the top fifteen competed in swimsuit and evening gown, and the top five competed in the final question signed up by a panel of judges. The winner of the pageant will get to wear the new crown made by Diamonds International Corporation, a Czech-based jeweller, the newest official jewelry maker of Miss Teen USA.

Judges

51 delegates participated:
StateNameAge1HeightHometownPlacementAwardsNotes
AlabamaTaylor Ryan Elliott18TrussvilleTop 15
AlaskaKatelyn Cusack18Anchorage
ArizonaNeda Danilovic17PhoenixTop 15Born in Serbia.
ArkansasArynn Johnson18Hot SpringsTop 15Later Miss Arkansas USA 2017
CaliforniaMelanie Mitchell17Anaheim Hills1st Runner-up
ColoradoTaylor Kelly18Castle Pines
ConnecticutSavannah Giammarco17MiddletownLater 3rd runner-up at Miss Connecticut USA 2019
DelawareSierra Wright18WilmingtonLater Miss Delaware USA 2018
District of ColumbiaNiara Iman 17Washington, D.C.
FloridaJara Courson18Lake City
GeorgiaMary Calkins17Augusta
HawaiiKyla Hee18HonoluluDaughter of Miss Hawaii 1987 Luana Alapa
IdahoChaise Goris18Eagle
IllinoisMegan Riesner19Plainfield
IndianaKassidy Tharp18Sullivan3rd runner up at Miss Indiana's Outstanding Teen 2014
IowaAryn Book19AdelLater 2nd runner-up at Miss Iowa USA 2020
KansasMelanie Shaner18Overland ParkLater Miss Kansas USA 2018
KentuckyCaroline Ford18Bowling Green3rd runner up at Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2014
LouisianaKatherine Haik15FranklintonMiss Teen USA 2015
MaineSkyler Gaudette16Saco
MarylandTaylor Dawson18Germantown
MassachusettsSophie Baird18Andover4th Runner-up
MichiganMaria Elizabeth Rendina19MonroeLater top 15 at Miss Michigan USA 2020
MinnesotaHayden Hammond19Maple Grove
MississippiAndrea Hightower17Oxford
MissouriChristina Stratton16SedaliaTop 15Miss Photogenic
MontanaMiranda Youngren18Reed Point
NebraskaPaige Pflueger18NorfolkDaughter of Miss Nebraska 1980 Paula Louise Mitchell
NevadaGeovanna Hilton18Las Vegas
New HampshireEllie Lathram18Bedford
New JerseyJacqueline Giancola18East BrunswickLater top 10 at Miss Alabama USA 2018
New MexicoNicolette Pacheco18Rio RanchoLater top 11 at Miss Indiana USA 2020
New YorkGeena Cardalena18Floral ParkTop 15
North CarolinaJane Axhoj17Waxhaw2nd Runner-upLater Miss North Carolina USA 2020
North DakotaHannah Nelson18Hunter
OhioShelby Stapleton16Hilliard
OklahomaCherokee Pearce19OwassoTop 15
OregonKenna Sloy18Boring
PennsylvaniaJasmine Daniels19CollegevilleTop 15
Rhode IslandMary Malloy18Cumberland
South CarolinaWesley Mitchell19LexingtonTop 15
South DakotaMarley Hanson17Vermillion
  • 1st runner up at Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2014
  • Later 3rd runner-up at Miss South Dakota 2016
  • Later 3rd runner-up at Miss South Dakota USA 2017
    • TennesseeHannah Faith Greene17Chattanooga3rd Runner-up4th runner up at Miss Tennessee's Outstanding Teen 2014
    TexasChloe Kembel18DentonTop 15
    UtahBrooke Skabelund17Logan
    VermontAlexandra Marek16BurlingtonTop 15
    VirginiaAnn Kutyna16Herndon
    WashingtonPriya Gopal-Walker18Seattle
    West VirginiaCora King17HurricaneMiss Congeniality
    WisconsinKenna Harke17Greenville
    WyomingPayton Sanders18CasperSister of Karlie Sanders Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2014
    1 As at 22 August 2015