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, Bahamas
Broadcaster	Ustream (webcast)
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, Bahamas on July 31, 2009.^[1] 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).^[2] 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's pop singer, songwriter Leah Renee performed during the two hours live event.

Final Results

Placements

Special awards

Historical significiance

• Tennessee won its second Miss Teen USA, following Shelly Moore, Miss Teen USA 1997. Tennessee also places in the top five for the sixth time. Tennessee now is among the two states that has more than one Miss Teen USA winner, the other being Oregon (Mindy Duncan (1988), Bridgette Wilson (1990), and Tami Farrell (2003.)
• Georgia places 1st runner-up for the third time. Georgia has never won the title, but has placed in the semi-finals fifteen times and the top five eight times.
• California places the third highest place in the pageant's history. Jennifer Morgan placed first-runner up in 2002, and Shauna Gambill won in 1994.
• Maryland places third runner-up in the pageant for the third time, followed by Michelle Attai (2002) and Amanda Williams (2004). Maryland's highest recorded placement was in 1999 when Khosi Roy placed second runner-up.
• Louisiana now has every placement in the top five, Brittany Guidry being the fourth runner-up in 2009, Lindsey Evans being the third runner-up in 2008 (later dethroned on October 21, 2008 for theft and drug possession) Bobbie Brown in 1987 and Amy Pieche in 1988 being the second-runners up, Sarah Thornhill being the first-runner up in 1999, and Shelley Hennig being the winner in 2004.
• Arkansas places for the fourth time in pageant history, and the first time consecutively, following Stevi Perry, who won Miss Teen USA 2008 and was giving up her title that night.
• Kentucky places for the tenth time, and the second time in the top fifteen.
• Missouri places for the first time since 2004, and the ninth time in history.
• Nevada places for the first time since 2004.
• Ohio places for the third time in pageant history. They have not placed since Allie LaForce won Miss Teen USA 2005.
• Rhode Island places for the sixth time; however; they have never made the top five.
• Utah paces for the second time in pageant history, their only other placement being Loni Sordan at Miss Teen USA 1995.
• Washington places for the seventh time in pageant history.
• Wyoming places for the fourth time in pageant history.
• Texas did not place for fifth consecutive year, their last placement was in 2004.
• Hawaii picks up their second Miss Congeniality title, and Iowa picks up their first special award.

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

^[3] 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:^[4]

State	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Alexandria Blansit	Fort Payne	18
Alaska	Zlata Sushchik	Anchorage	19
Arizona	Whitney Nelson	Phoenix	18
Arkansas	Allison Kusenberger	Little Rock	18	Top 15
California	Chelsea Gilligan	Beaumont	18	2nd Runner Up
Colorado	Taylor Schettler	Castle Rock	16
Connecticut	Tiffany Teixeira	Bridgeport	18
Delaware	Kelsey Miller	Wilmington	18			Later Miss Delaware USA 2014.
District of Columbia	Jessica Nowlin	Washington DC	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
Indiana	Bailee Zimmerman	Lebanon	17
Iowa	Allyson Hovda	Cedar Rapids	18		Miss Photogenic
Kansas	Alexis Rewalt	Olathe	18
Kentucky	Jefra Bland	Campbellsville	19	Top 15
Louisiana	Brittany Guidry	Houma	16	4th Runner Up		Cousin of Miss Louisiana USA 2008;Later Miss Louisiana USA 2014
Maine	Jordan Shiers	Gorham	17
Maryland	Kasey Stanisewski	Edgewater	18	3rd Runner Up		Miss Marylands Outstanding Teen 2007 and later Miss Maryland USA 2013
Massachusetts	Katie Vatalaro	Easton	18
Michigan	Kristen Danyal	Sterling Heights	19	Top 15		Later Miss Michigan USA 2012
Minnesota	Vanessa Johnston	Lakeville	17			America's Next Top Model Contestant(eliminated in 1st round at casting)
Mississippi	Paromita Mitra	Hattiesburg	17			Born in Bangladesh and later Miss Mississippi USA 2013
Missouri	Sierra Drimak	Cottleville	18	Top 15
Montana	Haley Boyer	Stevensville	18
Nebraska	Sarah Hollins	Omaha	19
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			1st Runner Up Miss New Mexico Outstanding Teen 2008
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
Ohio	Kelsey Stevens	Aurora	18	Top 15		Sister of Miss Ohio Teen USA 2003
Oklahoma	Chelsea Colvard	Tulsa	18
Oregon	Michelle Modey	Burns	18
Pennsylvania	Alexis Jahnke	Furlong	16
Rhode Island	Talia Turco	Lincoln	18	Top 15
South Carolina	Mary Helen Caver	North Augusta	19
South Dakota	Fallyn Patterson	Rapid City	17
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 Outstanding Teen 2006 Resigned her title of Miss Utah Teen USA 2009, effective September 17, 2009, for personal reasons.
Vermont	Brittany Kelemen	Richmond	19
Virginia	Maggie Lawson	Bristol	18
Washington	Sadie Porter	Selah	18	Top 15		Miss Teen Northwest 2004 (MAO), Miss Teen Washington 2004 (MAO), Miss American Jr. Teen 2007 (ACP Nationals)
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^[5]

• 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.

References

External links

• Miss Teen USA official website