Miss Teen USA 2008

Miss Teen USA 2008
Date	August 16, 2008
Presenters	Shelley Hennig, Seth Goldman
Entertainment	TaDa
Venue	Grand Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas
Broadcaster	Ustream
Entrants	51
Placements	15
Winner	Stevi Perry Arkansas
Congeniality	Elizabeth Hollomon Mississippi
Photogenic	Sana Idnani New York

Miss Teen USA 2008, the 26th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held on August 16, 2008 at Grand Ballroom in the Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas. This was the first Miss Teen USA pageant that was not televised, after then-Miss Universe Organization broadcast partner NBC failed to renew its contract, and it was also the first Miss Teen USA pageant broadcasting only online by Ustream and the first held outside the United States. The pageant was hosted by Seth Goldman and Miss Teen USA 2004, Shelley Hennig. At the conclusion of the pageant, outgoing titleholder Hilary Cruz crowned her successor Stevi Perry of Arkansas as the new Miss Teen USA.

Results

Placements

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Teen USA 2008	Arkansas - Stevi Perry
1st runner-up	South Carolina - Brittany Pjetraj
2nd runner-up	North Carolina - Julia Dalton
3rd runner-up	Louisiana - Lindsey Evans
4th runner-up	Idaho - Shareece Pfeiffer
Top 15	Alabama - Courtney Parker Arizona - Ashley Stainton California - Taylor Atkins Colorado - Danielle Scimeca Florida - Jillian Wunderlich Massachusetts - Caroline Lunny New Hampshire - Courtney Morgan Oklahoma - Taylor Gorton Pennsylvania - Elliot Griffin Virginia - Megan Myrehn

Special Awards

• Miss Congeniality: Mississippi - Elizabeth Hollomon
• Miss Photogenic: New York - Sana Idnani

Historical significance

• Arkansas wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 24th state who wins Miss Teen USA.
• South Carolina earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time and it reaches the highest placement since Vanessa Minnillo won Miss Teen USA 1998.
• North Carolina earns the 2nd runner-up position for the second time and it repeats the placement from the previous year.
• Louisiana earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time and it reaches the highest placement since Shelley Hennig won Miss Teen USA 2004.
• Idaho earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time and it reaches the highest placement since Brandi Sherwood won Miss Teen USA 1989.
• States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Alabama, Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
• Virginia placed in the fourth consecutive year.
• North Carolina and South Carolina placed in the third consecutive year.
• Alabama and Colorado placed in the second consecutive year.
• Arizona, Florida and Oklahoma last placed in 2006.
• California last placed in 2005.
• Louisiana last placed in 2004.
• Massachusetts last placed in 2003.
• Pennsylvania last placed in 2000 since Jillian Parry won the title.
• New Hampshire last placed in 1991 since Janel Bishop won the title.
• Idaho last placed in 1989.
• Arkansas last placed in 1985.

Delegates

The Miss Teen USA 2008 delegates are:

State	Contestant	Hometown	Age	Height	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Courtney Parker	Daphne, AL	16	5 ft 6 in 168 cm	Top 15
Alaska	Victoria Ray	Eagle River, AK	18	5 ft 4 in 163 cm
Arizona	Ashley Stainton	Phoenix, AZ	17	5 ft 7 in 170 cm	Top 15
Arkansas	Stevi Perry	Hamburg, AR	18	5 ft 5 in 165 cm	Miss Teen USA 2008
California	Taylor Atkins	Piru, CA	16	5 ft 8 in 173 cm	Top 15
Colorado	Danielle Scimeca	Fort Collins, CO	18	5 ft 8 in 173 cm	Top 15
Connecticut	Brianne Hiltz	Shelton, CT	18	5 ft 4 in 163 cm
Delaware	Bethany Brindley	Wilmington, DE	18	5 ft 7 in 170 cm
District of Columbia	Ivana Grace	Washington, DC	17	5 ft 5 in 165 cm
Florida	Jillian Wunderlich	Fort Myers, FL	17	5 ft 6 in 168 cm	Top 15		Later Miss Indiana USA 2011 and top 16 semifinalist at Miss USA 2011
Georgia	Shannon Geraghty	Norcross, GA	16	5 ft 10 in 178 cm
Hawaii	Emma Wo	Honolulu, HI	18	5 ft 8 in 173 cm			Later Miss Hawaii USA 2015
Idaho	Shareece Pfeiffer	Idaho Falls, ID	18	5 ft 6 in 168 cm	4th runner-up
Illinois	Nora Downs	Chicago, IL	17	5 ft 8 in 173 cm
Indiana	Morgan Abel	North Vernon, IN	18	5 ft 7 in 170 cm			Later Miss Indiana USA 2016
Iowa	Emily Bey	Cedar Rapids, IA	18	5 ft 5 in 165 cm
Kansas	Jessie Colonna	Leawood, KS	17	5 ft 9 in 175 cm
Kentucky	Shannen Reil	West Van Lear, KY	15	5 ft 2 in 157 cm
Louisiana	Lindsey Evans	Blanchard, LA	18	5 ft 9 in 175 cm	3rd runner-up		Dethroned from state title on October 21, 2008 due to arrest for theft and drug possession.
Maine	Avery Barr	Gorham, ME	17	5 ft 7 in 170 cm
Maryland	Ana Maria Lawson	Westminster, MD	17	5 ft 8 in 173 cm
Massachusetts	Caroline Lunny	Holliston, MA	17	5 ft 10 in 178 cm	Top 15		Later Miss Massachusetts USA 2014 and Contestant on The Bachelor
Michigan	Elizabeth Hawthorne	Clarkston, MI	17	5 ft 9 in 175 cm
Minnesota	Sarah Sprayberry	St Paul, MN	17	5 ft 6 in 168 cm
Mississippi	Elizabeth Holloman	Madison, MS	18	5 ft 5 in 165 cm		Miss Congeniality
Missouri	Jeni Dixon	Hartville, MO	18	5 ft 4 in 163 cm
Montana	Stacey Velasco	Dillon, MT	18	5 ft 6 in 168 cm
Nebraska	Melissa DeJong	David City, NE	17	5 ft 9 in 175 cm
Nevada	Lauren Hudman	Las Vegas, NV	18	5 ft 8 in 173 cm			Mother was Miss Oklahoma USA 1982
New Hampshire	Courtney Morgan	Windham, NH	18	5 ft 6 in 168 cm	Top 15
New Jersey	Michelle Leonardo	Tinton Falls, NJ	17	5 ft 6 in 168 cm			Later Miss New Jersey USA 2012, Top 10 At Miss USA 2012
New Mexico	Victoria Padella	Santa Fe, NM	18	5 ft 5 in 165 cm
New York	Sana Idnani	Roslyn, NY	18	5 ft 5 in 165 cm		Miss Photogenic
North Carolina	Julia Dalton	Wilmington, NC	17	5 ft 5 in 165 cm	2nd runner-up		Daughter of Miss North Carolina USA 1982 Julia Boger Sister of Miss North Carolina USA 2009 and Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton Later Miss North Carolina USA 2015
North Dakota	Gretchen Dawley	Munich, ND	18	5 ft 3 in 160 cm
Ohio	Chelsie Folden	Wellston, OH	16	5 ft 9 in 175 cm			Later Miss Ohio World 2015, Top 22 at Miss World America 2015
Oklahoma	Taylor Gorton	Glenpool, OK	16	5 ft 6 in 168 cm	Top 15		Later Miss Oklahoma USA 2016 & Top 15 at Miss USA 2016
Oregon	Brittany Schwab	Milwaukie, OR	17	5 ft 7 in 170 cm
Pennsylvania	Elliot Griffin	Wexford, PA	18	5 ft 7 in 170 cm	Top 15
Rhode Island	Tiondra Martinez	Woonsocket, RI	17	5 ft 3 in 160 cm
South Carolina	Brittany Pjetraj	Chapin, SC	18	5 ft 6 in 168 cm	1st runner-up
South Dakota	Elizabeth Hoffman	Eureka, SD	18	5 ft 11 in 180 cm			Sister of Alexandra Hoffman, Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2006 Daughter of state house member Charles and Holly Hoffman, the latter later appeared on Survivor: Nicaragua.
Tennessee	Natalie Phillips	Murfreesboro, TN	17	5 ft 7 in 170 cm
Texas	Lauren Guzman	Laredo, TX	18	5 ft 10 in 178 cm			Later Miss Texas USA 2014
Utah	Kate Feinstein	Centerville, UT	18	5 ft 8 in 173 cm			Later Miss Utah USA 2010
Vermont	Sydney Perry	Middlesex, VT	18	5 ft 7 in 170 cm			Later Miss North Carolina USA 2012
Virginia	Megan Myrehn	Catharpin, VA	18	5 ft 7 in 170 cm	Top 15		Later Miss Indiana USA 2012
Washington	Mandy Schendel	Newcastle, WA	18	5 ft 5 in 165 cm			Later Miss Washington 2012
West Virginia	Micah Michael	Morgantown, WV	17	5 ft 5 in 165 cm
Wisconsin	Courtney Lynn Lopez	Oak Creek, WI	18	5 ft 7 in 170 cm			Later Miss Wisconsin USA 2010
Wyoming	Callie Bishop	Casper, WY	18	5 ft 7 in 170 cm			Later Miss Wyoming USA 2018

Galleries

Groups

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  Miss Teen USA 2008 contestants at the "Fashion Rocks the Universe" event in Las Vegas Nevada, prior to attending the Miss USA 2008 pageant
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  Miss Teen USA 2008 contestants at "Fashion Rocks the Universe"
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  Miss Teen USA 2008 contestants at "Fashion Rocks the Universe"
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  Miss Teen USA 2008 contestants at "Fashion Rocks the Universe"

Contestants

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  Courtney Parker, Miss Alabama Teen USA 2008
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  Ashley Stainton, Miss Arizona Teen USA 2008
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  Victoria Ray, Miss Alaska Teen USA 2008
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  Danielle Scimeca, Miss Colorado Teen USA 2008
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  Shannon Geraghty, Miss Georgia Teen USA 2008
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  Shareece Pfeiffer, Miss Idaho Teen USA 2008
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  Ana Maria Lawson, Miss Maryland Teen USA 2008 with Casandra Tressler, Miss Maryland USA 2008
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  Elizabeth Hawthorne, Miss Michigan Teen USA 2008
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  Sarah Sprayberry, Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2008
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  Jeni Dixon, Miss Missouri Teen USA 2008
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  Lauren Hudman, Miss Nevada Teen USA 2008
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  Chelsie Folden, Miss Ohio Teen USA 2008
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  Taylor Gorton, Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 2008
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  Elizabeth Hoffman, Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2008
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  Natalie Phillips, Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2008
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  Megan Myrehn, Miss Virginia Teen USA 2008

Judges

• Alina Shriver, Founder of Shriver Art.
• Farouk Shami, Founder and Chairman of Farouk Systems.
• Heather Kerzner, of Kerzner International.
• Alicia Bridgewater, Bookings Editor at Cosmo Girl Magazine.
• Duane Gazi, Director of Scouting and Development at Trump Model Management.
• Eric Parrinello, founder and owner of Bacchanalia Private Dining in Overland Park, Kansas.
• David Dzanis, Vice President of Pepsi-Cola Client Services at Genesco Sports Enterprises.
• Seth Mayeri, Television Talent Veteran.

See also

• Miss USA 2008
• Miss Universe 2008

External links

• Miss Teen USA official website