Miss Teen USA 2009

Miss Teen USA 2009
Date	July 31, 2009
Presenters	Seth Goldman, Crystle Stewart
Entertainment	Honor Society, Leah Renee
Venue	Imperial Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, The Bahamas
Broadcaster	Ustream
Entrants	51
Placements	15
Winner	Stormi Henley Tennessee

Miss Teen USA 2009, the 27th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held at the Imperial Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, The Bahamas on July 31, 2009. For the first time since 1986, the Miss Teen USA pageant was held earlier than the Miss Universe pageant. Miss Teen USA 2008, Stevi Perry of Arkansas, crowned Stormi Henley of Tennessee as her successor.

For the first time, the event was webcast live over the Internet via Ustream (on www.missteenusa.com). Ed Fields and Stevi Perry hosted the presentation show, where Seth Goldman and Miss USA 2008, Crystle Stewart hosted the final show. Pop rock band Honor Society and Canadian pop singer, songwriter Leah Renee performed during the two hours live event.

Final results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Teen USA 2009	Tennessee – Stormi Henley
1st runner-up	Georgia – Brooke Fletcher
2nd runner-up	California – Chelsea Gilligan
3rd runner-up	Maryland – Kasey Staniszewski
4th runner-up	Louisiana – Brittany Guidry
Top 15	Arkansas – Allison Kusenberger Kentucky – Jefra Bland Michigan – Kristen Danyal Missouri – Sierra Drimak Nevada – Ileri Tunrarebi Ohio – Kelsey Stevens Rhode Island – Talia Turco Utah – Tasha Smedley Washington – Sadie Porter Wyoming – Amy David

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Hawaii – Ashley Moser
Miss Photogenic	Iowa – Allyson Hovda

Finals

The top fifteen was announced during the finals show and went on to compete in the swimsuit competition, and previous to that, the group Honor Society played two songs. Following that, Leah Renee sang Imaginary Boyfriend and Insanity from her album Storybook, later the top fifteen went on to compete in the evening gown. After the evening gown competition, Seth Goldman interviewed with the girls on backstage. The top five were announced, and they were asked questions about themselves and questions judges had prepared for them. Each delegate was allowed thirty seconds to answer the question. The judges were allowed one last look at the delegates, and Stevi Perry took her final walk as Miss Teen USA. Then, the runners-up and the winner was announced.

New crown

(not at this link) Diamond Nexus Labs created a new crown for Miss Teen USA 2009, replacing the Milkimoto crown that has been worn since 2002.

Delegates

• The Miss Teen USA 2009 delegates were:

State	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Alexandria Blansit	Fort Payne	18			Later top 15 at Miss Alabama USA 2012
Alaska	Zlata Sushchik	Anchorage	19
Arizona	Whitney Nelson	Phoenix	18
Arkansas	Allison Kusenberger	Little Rock	18	Top 15		Later competed in Miss Arkansas USA and placed in the top 5 for six consecutive years from 2012 to 2017
California	Chelsea Gilligan	Beaumont	18	2nd runner-up
Colorado	Taylor Schettler	Castle Rock	16			Later 2x runner-up at Miss Kansas USA
Connecticut	Tiffany Teixeira	Bridgeport	18			Later Miss Connecticut USA 2016 and top 10 at Miss USA 2016
Delaware	Kelsey Miller	Wilmington	18			Later Miss Delaware USA 2014
District of Columbia	Jessica Nowlin	Washington, D.C.	17
Florida	Kayla Collier	Pahokee	18
Georgia	Brooke Fletcher	Peachtree City	17	1st runner-up		Later Miss Georgia USA 2015
Hawaii	Ashley Moser	Honolulu	17		Miss Congeniality
Idaho	Marissa Wickland	Boise	17			Sister of Miss Idaho Teen USA 2006 and later Miss Idaho USA 2013
Illinois	Stacie Juris	Tinley Park	18			Later Miss Illinois USA 2013 and 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 2013
Indiana	Bailee Zimmerman	Lebanon	17			Later 2x semifinalist at Miss New York USA Later 3rd runner-up at Miss Indiana USA 2020
Iowa	Allyson Hovda	Cedar Rapids	18		Miss Photogenic
Kansas	Alexis Rewalt	Olathe	18			Later 4th runner-up at Miss Kansas USA 2016
Kentucky	Jefra Bland	Campbellsville	19	Top 15
Louisiana	Brittany Guidry	Houma	16	4th runner-up		Cousin of Miss Louisiana USA 2008, Michelle Berthelot Later Miss Louisiana USA 2014 and 3rd runner up at Miss USA 2014
Maine	Jordan Shiers	Gorham	17			Later 4th runner-up at Miss Maine USA 2014
Maryland	Kasey Stanisewski	Edgewater	18	3rd runner-up		Previously Miss Maryland's Outstanding Teen 2007 Later Miss Maryland USA 2013 and top 15 at Miss USA 2013
Massachusetts	Katie Vatalaro	Easton	18
Michigan	Kristen Danyal	Sterling Heights	19	Top 15		Later Miss Michigan USA 2012 and top 15 at Miss USA 2012
Minnesota	Vanessa Johnston	Lakeville	17			Appeared in cycle 15 of America's Next Top Model, eliminated in casting rounds
Mississippi	Paromita Mitra	Hattiesburg	17			Later Miss Mississippi USA 2013
Missouri	Sierra Drimak	Cottleville	18	Top 15
Montana	Haley Boyer	Stevensville	18
Nebraska	Sarah Hollins	Omaha	19			Later Miss Nebraska USA 2016
Nevada	Ileri Tunrarebi	Henderson	19	Top 15
New Hampshire	Amber Faucher	Pelham	18			Later Miss New Hampshire USA 2013
New Jersey	Alexa Brunetti	Brigantine	18
New Mexico	Alexis Duprey	Alamogordo	18			Later Miss New Mexico 2013 Later Miss New Mexico USA 2015
New York	Taylor Gildersleeve	Mattituck	17			Formerly on ABC daytime soap opera All My Children as Sydney Harris (2006–2007)
North Carolina	Scarlett Howell	Ansonville	16
North Dakota	Codi Miller	Amidon	16			Later 4x runner-up at Miss North Dakota USA
Ohio	Kelsey Stevens	Aurora	18	Top 15		Sister of Miss Ohio Teen USA 2003, Amanda Stevens Later 2x semifinalist at Miss Ohio USA
Oklahoma	Chelsea Colvard	Tulsa	18
Oregon	Michelle Modey	Burns	18
Pennsylvania	Alexis Jahnke	Furlong	16
Rhode Island	Talia Turco	Lincoln	18	Top 15		Later 2nd runner-up at Miss Rhode Island USA 2012
South Carolina	Mary Helen Caver	North Augusta	19
South Dakota	Fallyn Patterson	Rapid City	17			Later 2x runner-up at Miss South Dakota USA
Tennessee	Stormi Henley	Crossville	18	Miss Teen USA 2009
Texas	Kelli Harral	Fort Stockton	16
Utah	Tasha Smedley	Syracuse	18	Top 15		Previously Miss Utah's Outstanding Teen 2006 Would resign her title of Miss Utah Teen USA 2009, effective September 17, 2009, for personal reasons. Previously Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader
Vermont	Brittany Kelemen	Richmond	19
Virginia	Maggie Lawson	Bristol	18			Later 1st runner-up at Miss Virginia USA 2014
Washington	Sadie Porter	Selah	18	Top 15
West Virginia	Alysia Thompson	Ripley	17
Wisconsin	Elizabeth Bryson	Brookfield	18
Wyoming	Amy David	Pinedale	17	Top 15

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

Judges

• Duane Gazi – Director of Scoutingand Development, Trump Model Management.
• Eric McLendon – Actor and Realtor, The Corcoran Group.
• Eva Chen – Beauty and Health Editor, Teen Vogue.
• Gillian Sheldon Heckendorf – Managing Editor, Momlogic.com.
• Heather Kerzner – Kerzner International, Inc.
• John Shea – Commercial Agent, Frontier Booking, Inc.
• Mark Turner – Commercial Agent, Abrams Artists.
• Rhona Graff – Vice President and Assistant to the President, Trump Organization.

External links

• Miss Teen USA official website