Emerald Zellers

Emerald Zellers is a beauty queen from Scottsdale, Arizona who has competed at Miss Teen USA.

Zellers won the Miss Arizona Teen USA 2006 title on November 6, 2005 at the Orpheum Theater in Phoenix, Arizona . She was the overall winner in swimsuit and was crowned by outgoing titleholder Elisa Soto. Her sister titleholder is Brenna Sakas, Miss Arizona USA 2006.

On August 15, 2006, Zellers competed against 50 other girls for the title of Miss Teen USA 2006 in Palm Springs, California and placed in the Top 10. She was the youngest contestant in the pageant at fifteen years old. The eventual winner of the pageant was Katie Blair of Montana. This was the first time since 1999 that a teen from Arizona has placed in the pageant, and only the fifth time ever.

References

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL8tEeLUeSw - (Top 10 announced at Miss Teen USA 2006)

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Preceded by Elisa Soto	Miss Arizona Teen USA 2006	Succeeded by Tiffany Martin

Miss Teen USA 2006, state titleholders

AL: Carla Baumann AK: Degen Kasper AZ: Emerald Zellers IN: Halley Wallace KS: Gentry Miller KY: Tiffany Withrow MD: Jamie O'Brien MT: Katie Blair NJ: Julianna White NC: Melissa Lingafelt OK: Morgan Woolard SD: Alexandra Hoffman TN: Ashley Durham VA: Samantha Casey

Arizona pageant winners

Miss Arizona	Jacque Mercer (1949) Lynn Freyse (1957) Vonda Kay Van Dyke (1964) Brenda Strong (1980) Laura Lawless (2002) Piper Stoeckel (2012)

Miss Arizona USA	Jineane Ford (1980) Heather Keckler (2000) Nafeesa DeFlorias (2003) Danielle Demski (2004) Mariana Loya (2005) Brenna Sakas (2006) Courtney Barnas (2007) Kimberly Joiner (2008) Alicia-Monique Blanco (2009) Brittany Brannon (2011)

Miss Arizona Teen USA	Heather Keckler (1992) Danielle Demski (1999) Emerald Zellers (2006) Tori Vance (2010)

Mrs. Arizona	Britt Boyse (2004)

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