Miss Teen USA 2019


Miss Teen USA 2019 was the 37th Miss Teen USA pageant. It was held at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada on April 28, 2019, and was hosted by Miss USA 2014 Nia Sanchez and Tim Tialdo. Hailey Colborn of Kansas crowned her successor Kaliegh Garris of Connecticut at the end of the event.
The 2019 competition served as the second consecutive time that the pageant has been held concurrently with the Miss USA competition. For the first time, both the preliminary and final competitions were held on the same day.

Results

Placements

Final ResultsContestant
Miss Teen USA 2019
  • Connecticut – Kaliegh Garris
1st Runner-Up
  • North Dakota – Caitlyn Vogel
    • 2nd Runner-Up
  • Nevada – Erica Yvette Bonilla
    • 3rd Runner-Up
  • Mississippi – Kaylee Brooke McCollum
    • 4th Runner-Up
  • Alabama – Kalin Burt
    • Top 15
  • Arkansas – Maggie Williams
  • Illinois – A'Maiya Allen
  • Kansas – Hannah DeBok
  • Maryland – Amalia Sanches
  • Massachusetts – Annie Lu
  • Nebraska – Erin Swanson
  • Oklahoma – Abigail Billings
  • South Carolina – Allie Richardson
  • Tennessee – Bailey Guy
  • Wyoming – Grace Turner

    • Special award

    Historical significance

    Selection of contestants

    51 delegates from the 50 states and the District of Columbia were selected in state pageants held from September 2018 to January 2019.

    Preliminary round

    Prior to the final competition, the delegates competed the preliminary competition, which involved private interviews with the judges and a presentation show where they competed in athletic wear and evening gown. It was held on April 28 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno-Tahoe. For the first time since 2017, the preliminary round was broadcast.

    Finals

    During the final competition, the Top 15 finalists competed in athletic wear, evening gown and in a customized final question round, and the winner was 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 41 regions for the Xbox One line of consoles via the Facebook Video application, with support for 4K Ultra HD, Dolby Vision and HDR10 video and Dolby Atmos spatial audio.

    Contestants

    All 51 delegates have been confirmed:
    StateContestantAgeHometownPlacementNotes
    AlabamaKalin Burt19Tuscaloosa4th runner-up
    AlaskaMeghan Scott17Eagle River
    ArizonaJordan Waller17Peoria
    ArkansasMaggie Williams17PiggottTop 15
    CaliforniaAlina Rae Carranza18Los Angeles
    ColoradoSydney Boehler19Fort Collins
    ConnecticutKaliegh Garris18New HavenMiss Teen USA 2019
    DelawareMyah Rosa-Scott18New Castle
    District of ColumbiaJaclyn Davis19Washington, D.C.
    FloridaKatia Gerry17Jacksonville
    GeorgiaIsabella Bloedorn15Acworth
    HawaiiLeimakamae Freitas18Kailua-Kona
    IdahoTess Romani19Boise
    IllinoisA'Maiya Allen19BolingbrookTop 15
    IndianaCatelyn Combellick15Carmel
    IowaKristen Hovda18Cedar RapidsSister of Miss Iowa Teen USA 2009 Allyson Hovda
    KansasHannah DeBok18OlatheTop 15
    KentuckyEmma Johns17Pikeville
    LouisianaEmma Brooks McAllister16Houma
    MaineMara Carpenter17Camden
    MarylandAmalia Sanches18BethesdaTop 15
    MassachusettsAnnie Lu18CambridgeTop 15
    MichiganAlexis Lubecki17Canton
    MinnesotaOlivia Herbert16Andover
    MississippiKaylee Brooke McCollum18Amory3rd runner-up
    MissouriAbilene Lortz15St. James
    MontanaMegan Brewer17Melstone
    NebraskaErin Shae Swanson18NorfolkTop 15
    NevadaErica Yvette Bonilla18Las Vegas2nd runner-up
    New HampshireJadyn McDonough19Bedford
    New JerseyAva Tortorici18Montclair
    New MexicoAngela Nañez18Clovis
    New YorkHailey Germano18Smithtown
    North CarolinaEliza Minor15Charlotte
    North DakotaCaitlyn Vogel18Minot1st runner-up
    OhioIsabelle Jedra18Mansfield
    OklahomaAbigail Billings18WoodwardTop 15
    OregonMackenzie Peterson17Klamath Falls
    PennsylvaniaJulia Meckley17Villanova
    Rhode IslandOlivia Volpe18Cranston
    South CarolinaAllie Richardson18LexingtonTop 15
    South DakotaShelby Specht18Sioux Falls
    TennesseeBailey Guy16HendersonvilleTop 15
    TexasKennedy Edwards18HoustonFirst African-American Miss Texas Teen USA
    UtahKaylyn Slevin18Salt Lake City
    VermontJenna Howlett16Bridport
    VirginiaMorgan Duty17Lebanon
    WashingtonLily Lloyd17Orting
    West VirginiaBrennah Groves18Summersville
    WisconsinSydney Bobinski17Mosinee
    WyomingGrace Turner18JacksonTop 15

    Judges