Miss Teen USA 2012
Miss Teen USA 2012 | |
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Date | July 28, 2012 |
Presenters | Colin Hornett and Allie LaForce |
Venue | Grand Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas. |
Broadcaster | UStream, Xbox Live |
Entrants | 51 |
Placements | 16 |
Winner |
Logan West Connecticut |
Miss Teen USA 2012, was the 30th Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant was held on July 28, 2012 at the Grand Ballroom of the Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas. Miss Teen USA 2011 Danielle Doty of Texas crowned Logan West from Connecticut as the new Miss Teen USA 2012 at the end of the event. The 50 states and the District of Columbia competed for the prestigious title and the pageant was streamed globally on the official Miss Teen USA website over its UStream channel and was also streamed to Xbox 360 consoles over Xbox Live in 16 countries using the Xbox Live Event Player application.
Pageant
The Top 16 were announced and competed in Swimsuit and Evening Gown. Then, each girl was interviewed backstage by Colin Hornett. Before the final round, each girl in the top five was asked a personal question then a question the judges written for them. West cited when she was 14 years old and starting a program to combat bullying as her greatest accomplishment. Her crowning marks the first time a contestant from Connecticut won the pageant.[1]
It was also the first time the pageant was streamed to a video game console.
Results
Placements
Final Results | Contestant |
Miss Teen USA 2012 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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Top 16 |
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‡ Voted into Top 16 as America's Choice via Internet/SMS Messaging
Special Awards
Delegates
State | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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Alabama | Peyton Brown | Eufaula | 18 | Top 16 | Later Miss Alabama USA 2016 | |
Alaska | Veronica Temple | Eagle River | 18 | Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2009 and sister of Sarah Temple, Miss Alaska USA 2010 | ||
Arizona | Alexa Zellers | Scottsdale | 17 | Sister of Emerald Zellers, Miss Arizona Teen USA 2006 and top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2006 | ||
Arkansas | Amber Mitchell | Little Rock | 18 | |||
California | Alexa Jones | Ramona | 18 | Later 1st runner up Miss Arizona USA 2013 | ||
Colorado | Jacqueline Zuccherino | Aurora | 17 | |||
Connecticut | Logan West | Southington | 17 | Miss Teen USA 2012 | Previously Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen 2010 | |
Delaware | Angela Viscount | Newark | 19 | |||
District of Columbia | Sierra Hadley | Anacostia | 18 | |||
Florida | Sydney Martinez | Lake City | 16 | |||
Georgia | Courtney Smits | McDonough | 16 | Top 16 | ||
Hawaii | Kathryn Teruya | Kahala | 16 | Top 16 | ||
Idaho | Kimberly Layne | Nampa | 18 | Born in the Philippines | ||
Illinois | Alexandra Plotz | Geneva | 17 | Top 16 | ||
Indiana | Mackenzie Surber | Cicero | 17 | |||
Iowa | Carissa Becker | Waterloo | 18 | |||
Kansas | Katie Taylor | Olathe | 17 | Top 16 | ||
Kentucky | Tiffany Cline | Georgetown | 14 | |||
Louisiana | Marlee Henry | Lake Charles | 18 | |||
Maine | Molly Fitzpatrick | North Yarmouth | 16 | |||
Maryland | Stephanie Chervenkov | Bel Air | 18 | |||
Massachusetts | Jordyn Jagolinzer | Seekonk | 17 | |||
Michigan | Courtney Pizzimenti | Rochester | 17 | 2nd runner up | ||
Minnesota | Kendra Berger | Apple Valley | 17 | |||
Mississippi | Jessica Carter | Runnelstown | 18 | |||
Missouri | Jayde Ogle | Liberty | 17 | |||
Montana | Danica Jansma | Manhattan | 16 | |||
Nebraska | Sarah Summers | Papillion | 17 | Previously Nebraska's National American Miss Junior Teen 2010; and National American Miss Junior Teen 2010 | ||
Nevada | Katie Eklund | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
New Hampshire | Marisa DeLuca | Windham | 18 | |||
New Jersey | Kendal Barrett | Montclair | 16 | |||
New Mexico | Jacqueline Cai | Las Cruces | 17 | Top 16 | Born in China | |
New York | Sabrina Mastrangelo | Bellmore | 16 | Top 16 | ||
North Carolina | Kat Puryear | Thomasville | 18 | Top 16 | Previously Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2009 and 3rd runner up to Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010 | |
North Dakota | Tiffany Fletschock | Casselton | 18 | |||
Ohio | Kendall Fein | Loveland | 17 | 4th runner up | ||
Oklahoma | Jessica Morgan | Yukon | 17 | 3rd runner up | Miss Photogenic | |
Oregon | Kiana Benion | Medford | 16 | |||
Pennsylvania | Julia Belechak | Pittsburgh | 18 | |||
Rhode Island | Livia Stencel | Warwick | 17 | |||
South Carolina | Shannon Ford | Lake Murray | 18 | Top 16 | ||
South Dakota | Kalani Jorgensen | Sioux Falls | 18 | |||
Tennessee | Shanese Brown | Madison | 16 | |||
Texas | Madison Lee | Houston | 18 | |||
Utah | Keilara McCormick | Lehi | 17 | Top 16 | ||
Vermont | Karsen Woods | Westford | 17 | Miss Congeniality | ||
Virginia | Elizabeth Coakley | Abingdon | 17 | |||
Washington | Alex Carlson-Helo | Bothell | 18 | |||
West Virginia | Elizabeth Sabatino | Morgantown | 17 | 1st runner up | ||
Wisconsin | Briana Yamat | Milwaukee | 15 | |||
Wyoming | Sydney Graus | Jackson Hole | 17 | Top 16 |
1 Age at the time of state pageant.
Historical significance
- This is the first time Connecticut has won the Miss Teen USA title
- For the third time, the pageant had no special musical entertainment (the first time since 1997)
Replacements
- Florida - Gracie Simmons was originally Miss Florida Teen USA 2012, but resigned due to unknown reasons. Sydney Martinez, the 1st runner up, will replace her.
- Tennessee - Samara Ham was originally Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2012, but resigned due to her friend posting a topless photograph of her. Shanese Brown, the 1st runner up, will replace her.
Availability
Xbox Live's broadcast of the pageant was available in the following countries:
- Australia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- Italy
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Poland
- South Africa
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- USA.
References
- ↑ Reiher, Andrea (July 28, 2012). "Miss Teen USA 2012 is Logan West of Connecticut". Zap2it. Retrieved July 28, 2012.