Miss Teen USA 2007

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Miss Teen USA 2007
Date:	August 24, 2007
Presenters:	Mario Lopez
Venue:	Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Broadcaster:	NBC
Winner:	Hilary Cruz
Represented:	Colorado
Congeniality:	Anne Elise Parks
Photogenic:	Allison Farrow

Miss Teen USA 2007, the 25th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held on August 24, 2007 in Pasadena, California. At the conclusion of the final night of competition Hilary Cruz of Colorado was crowned Miss Teen USA 2007 by outgoing titleholder Katie Blair of Montana.^[1]

This was the first time the pageant was held in Pasadena, although it was the sixth time the pageant was held in California. It was broadcast from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

The event was hosted by Mario Lopez, who also hosted Miss Teen USA 1998 and Miss Teen USA 2003. In 2007 he also hosted the Miss America and Miss Universe pageants.^[2] The pageant was broadcast on NBC at 8:00 p.m. EST, rather than at 9:00 p.m. EST.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Placements 1.2 Awards 1.3 Historical significance 2 Selection of contestants 3 Events 4 Competition Rounds 4.1 Preliminaries 4.2 Final Competition 5 Delegates 5.1 Contestant gallery 6 Contestant notes 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Results

[edit] Placements

• Miss Teen USA 2007: Hilary Cruz (Colorado)^[1]
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Alyssa Campanella (New Jersey)
  • 2nd runner-up: Kaitlin Coble (North Carolina)^[3]
  • 3rd runner-up: Caitlin Upton (South Carolina)^[4]
  • 4th runner-up: Chelsea Welch (West Virginia)
• The following contestants placed in the top ten and competed in both swimsuit and evening gown: Canden Jackson (Alabama), Vanessa Vonbehren (Minnesota), Emily Bruce (Virginia), Rochelle Rose (Rhode Island), Jaymie Stokes (Kansas)
• The following contestants placed in the top fifteen and competed in the swimsuit competition: Mollie Smith (Wyoming), Liz Kranz (New Mexico), Victoria Davis (Illinois), Serena Karnagy (Hawaii), Macy Erwin (Tennessee)^[5]

[edit] Awards

• Miss Photogenic: Allison Farrow (Maryland)
• Miss Congeniality: Anne Elise Parks (Mississippi)

[edit] Historical significance

• Colorado wins their first Miss Teen USA title, and places for the fourth time. This was Colorado's first placement since Miss Teen USA 1998.
• New Jersey recorded their highest placement in the competition to date, surpassing Jacklyn Pezzotta's fourth runner-up placement at Miss Teen USA 2003. New Jersey has placed in four of the five years from 2003–2007.
• North Carolina made the top three for the second consecutive year.^[3]. In 2006 Melissa Lingafelt placed first runner-up.
• South Carolina recorded their highest placement since Vanessa Minnillo won in 1998.
• West Virginia placed for only the fourth time, making the top five for the second time in three years.
• Alabama made the cut for only the fifth time (first in 1988 and last in 2004), and New Mexico made the cut for only the fifth time since Brittany Toll made it in 2005.
• Rhode Island made the cut in two consecutive years for the first time since Gina Tognoni and Shanna Moakler placed in 1991–1992. Rhode Island has placed at both Miss USA and Miss Teen USA twice in succession for the first time ever.
• Virginia and Kansas made the top ten for the third year in succession.
• Wyoming also placed for the first time since 1998, recording only their third placement in the history of the competition.
• Texas did not make the semi-finals for the third consecutive year, the first time this happened since 1995.
• Maryland won their second Miss Photogenic award and Mississippi their second Miss Congeniality award.

[edit] Selection of contestants

One delegate from each state and the District of Columbia was chosen in state pageants held from September to December 2006. Following the selection of Ava Goldson as Miss District of Columbia Teen USA, Goldson chose to resign due to educational commitments and her first runner-up Jasmine Alexis represented the district at Miss Teen USA 2007.^[6]

[edit] Events

Contestants arrived in Pasadena on August 12 and participated in a number of events in the lead up to the final competition. On August 14 the official swimsuit poster shoot was held by the pool of the Pasadena Hilton, the host hotel.^[7]

[edit] Competition Rounds

[edit] Preliminaries

• The 51 delegates competed in a preliminary competition on August 19, five days before the final. There were three rounds of competition: swimsuits, evening gowns, and personal interviews. The personal interviews took place prior to or following the swimsuit and evening gown preliminary competition production.

• Swimsuit Competition: The delegates wore BSC Swimwear Thailand swimsuits.
• Evening Gown Competition: The delegates wore an evening gown chosen by themselves.
• Interview Competition: Each of the delegates answered a question posed by a judge.

• The average scores of each delegate were calculated and the highest placed delegates, along with a selection of delegates by the Miss Universe organization, made the top fifteen. Those delegates then were announced during the final competition.

[edit] Final Competition

The top fifteen was announced during the final telecast and went on to compete in the swimsuit competition, which featured music by Kat DeLuna. Following this the top ten delegates were announced and they competed in evening gowns, to music by the Jonas Brothers. After this, the two special award winners were announced, followed by the announcement of the top five delegates. The interview competition involved the top five answering a question proposed by one of the judges. Each delegate had 30 seconds to answer. Afterwards the judges had one final look at the top five as they cast their votes for the winner and runners-up. Katie Blair then took her final walk and the runners-up and winner was announced.

During the Final Question round, Aimee Teegarden asked Miss South Carolina, Lauren Caitlin Upton, why she thought a fifth of Americans are unable to locate the United States on a world map. Upton's response was:

"I personally believe that, U.S. Americans are unable to do so, because some… people out there in our nation that don’t have maps, and I believe that our education, like such as in South Africa and the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should… our education over here in the U.S., should help the U.S., er, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future.., for our children... " ^[8]

Her response has been criticized as "strange" and "grammarless," and was also described as an "extreme blonde moment." ^[9][10] Videos of her response were posted to YouTube and have received several million views ^[11], and has now become an Internet phenomenon.

The following Tuesday, August 28, Upton appeared on NBC's Today Show, where Ann Curry gave her the opportunity to formulate a new response to the same question. Upton's new reply was: "Personally, my friends and I, we know exactly where the United States is on our map. I don’t know anyone else who doesn’t. If the statistics are correct, I believe there should be more emphasis on geography in our education so people will learn how to read maps better." She said that she was "in shock" during the competition and barely heard the question that had been asked.^[12]

[edit] Delegates

The Miss Teen USA 2007 delegates were:

State	Name	Hometown	Age1	Height	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Canden Jackson[13]	Fairhope, AL	17	5'10"	Top 10
Alaska	Muriel Clauson	Anchorage, AK	17	5'9"
Arizona	Tiffany Martin	Phoenix, AZ	18	5'7"
Arkansas	Tiffany Greenstreet[14]	Melbourne, AR	18	5'4"
California	Kylee Lin[15]	San Rafael, CA	16	5'6"
Colorado	Hilary Cruz[16][17]	Louisville, CO	18	5'7"	Winner
Connecticut	Olga Litvinenko[18]	Greenwich, CT	17	5'9"
Delaware	Holly Shively	Newark, DE	16	5'4"
District of Columbia	Jasmine Alexis[6]	Washington, DC	16	5'5"
Florida	Annilie Hastey	Miami, FL	18	5'8"
Georgia	Jena Sims[19]	Winder, GA	18	5'8"
Hawaii	Serena Karnagy	Honolulu, HI	16	5'5"	Top 15
Idaho	Krista McNeal[20]	Sandpoint, ID	18	5'8"
Illinois	Victoria Davis[21]	Thawville, IL	18	5'8"	Top 15
Indiana	Victoria Tomlinson[22]	Anderson, IN	18	5'5"
Iowa	Dakota Crosswhite[23][24]	Cedar Rapids, IA	18	5'5"
Kansas	Jaymie Stokes[25]	Lenexa, KS	16	5'11"	Top 10
Kentucky	Katrina Giannini[26]	Princeton, KY	17	5'8"
Louisiana	Logan Travis	Amite, LA	15	5'7"
Maine	Amanda Pelletier[27]	Vassalboro, ME	18	5'3"
Maryland	Allison Farrow	Earleville, MD	18	5'6"		Miss Photogenic
Massachusetts	Kathleen McNiff	Groton, MA	17	5'8"
Michigan	Caitlin Klug	Eau Claire, MI	18	5'4"
Minnesota	Vanessa Vonbehren[28]	Apple Valley, MN	17	5'7"	Top 10
Mississippi	Anne Elise Parks	New Albany, MS	18	5'9"		Miss Congeniality
Missouri	Lauren Peterson[29][30][31]	Farmington, MO	16	5'10"
Montana	Chelsea Nelson[32][33]	Billings, MT	17	5'9"
Nebraska	Lauren Clabaugh	Lincoln, NE	16	5'7"
Nevada	Danielle Hashimoto[34]	Reno, NV	16	5'4"
New Hampshire	Alexandra MacDonald[35]	Gilford, NH	18	5'3"
New Jersey	Alyssa Campanella	Manalapan, NJ	17	5'8"	1st runner-up
New Mexico	Liz Kranz[36]	Deming, NM	18	5'5"	Top 15
New York	Tatiana Pallagi[37]	Avon, NY	17	5'7"
North Carolina	Katie Coble[38]	Matthews, NC	17	5'7"	2nd runner-up
North Dakota	Taylor Kearns[39]	Fargo, ND	18	5'7"
Ohio	Rachel Epperly	Gahanna, OH	18	5'6"
Oklahoma	Paige Hill	Oklahoma City, OK	16	6'0"
Oregon	Whitney Whitehouse	Bend, OR	17	5'6"
Pennsylvania	Kelsie Sinagra[40]	Pittsburgh, PA	17	5'5"
Rhode Island	Rochelle Rose	Jamestown, RI	18	5'5"	Top 10
South Carolina	Caitlin Upton	Lexington, SC	18	5'9"	3rd runner-up
South Dakota	Kari Schull	Watertown, SD	17	5'9"
Tennessee	Macy Erwin	Chattanooga, TN	17	5'7"	Top 15
Texas	Sommer Isdale[41]	Harker Heights, TX	16	5'8"
Utah	Kelsey Brigel	Draper, UT	17	5'7"
Vermont	Olivia Hubbard[42]	Rutland, VT	17	5'6"
Virginia	Emily Bruce[43]	Lynchburg, VA	17	5'9"	Top 10
Washington	Shalane Larango[44]	Vancouver, WA	18	5'9"			Previously Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2005, 2nd runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2006
West Virginia	Chelsea Welch[45]	West Union, WV	16	5'9"	4th runner-up
Wisconsin	Shauna Sabir[46]	Milwaukee, WI	17	5'5"
Wyoming	Mollie Smith	Casper, WY	17	5'8"	Top 15

¹ Age as at August 2007

[edit] Contestant gallery

Muriel Clauson, Miss Alaska Teen USA 2007	Tiffany Martin, Miss Arizona Teen USA 2007	Kylee Lin, Miss California Teen USA 2007	Jasmine Alexis (right), Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 2007	Jena Sims, Miss Georgia Teen USA 2007	Serena Karnagy, Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2007
Dakota Crosswhite, Miss Iowa Teen USA 2007	Logan Travis, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2007	Vanessa Vonbehren, Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2007	Alyssa Campanella, Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2007	Tatiana Pallagi, Miss New York Teen USA 2007	Katie Coble, Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2007
Paige Hill, Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 2007	Kelsie Sinagra, Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2007	Macy Erwin, Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2007	Sommer Isdale, Miss Texas Teen USA 2007	Kelsey Brigel, Miss Utah Teen USA 2007	Chelsea Welch, Miss West Virginia Teen USA 2007
Shauna Sabir, Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2007

[edit] Contestant notes

• Most delegates won their state crown on the first attempt; however, eight contestants had competed previously.
  • California, Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas won their state crowns on their second attempt. California placed 4th runner up in the 2006 Miss California Teen USA pageant. Florida was unplaced in the 2006 Miss Florida Teen USA pageant. New Jersey was a semi-finalist in the Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2006 pageant. North Carolina placed 4th runner-up in 2006's Miss North Carolina Teen USA pageant. South Carolina placed 3rd runner-up in the 2006 Miss South Carolina Teen USA pageant. Lastly, Texas placed as 1st runner-up in 2006's Miss Texas Teen USA pageant.
  • Maryland won her state title at her third attempt. She previously placed 3rd runner-up in the 2006 Miss Maryland Teen USA pageant and was unplaced at the 2005 pageant.
  • Victoria Tomlinson (Indiana) is the most experienced Teen, having competed at her state pageant three times before winning on her fourth attempt. She was a finalist in 2004, 3rd runner-up in 2005 and 4th runner-up in 2006.
• Miss Washington Teen USA, Shalane Larango, is the first delegate to cross over from the Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant to compete in Miss Teen USA. Shalane was Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2005 and placed 2nd runner up in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2005 pageant.
• Jena Sims (Georgia) was Miss National Junior Teenager 2005.
• Caitlin Klug (Michigan) competed in the National American Coed circuit, winning several Michigan titles; the Junior Miss America circuit; and the National American Miss circuit.
• The youngest delegate is Miss Louisiana Teen USA, Logan Brook Travis, who is 15 years old.

[edit] See also

• Miss USA 2007
• Miss Universe 2007

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Miss Teen USA official website

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