MISS TEEN USA UPDATES

Sunday, August 17

 

 

 

Stevi Lauren Perry of Hamburg, Arkansas is crowned Miss Teen USA 2008 by Hilary Cruz, 

Miss Teen USA 2007 at the culmination of the competition.

 

 

 

 

Miss Teen USA 2008

After months of waiting it was time for our National Championship of Teenage Pageantry as The Atlantis Resort hosted finals night at Miss Teen USA. Saturday evening saw a sold out and enthusiastic crowd select that special delegate from the fifty-one competitors. The show began as "Days of Our Lives" star and former Miss Teen USA 2004 Shelley Hennig joined Seth Goldman of NBC's "Entertainment Buzz" to emcee the pageant.

 

The show started very dramatically with an opening number that began with the lights out and got the audience and delegates rocking for the evening. Then it was time to meet each delegate individually as they introduced themselves to the captive audience.

 

The hall then went quite with anticipation as it was time to announce the top-15 finalists. In alphabetical order they were; Courtney Parker, Miss Alabama Teen USA; Ahley Stainton, Miss Arizona Teen USA; Stevi Lauren Perry, Miss Arkansas Teen USA; Taylor Atkins, Miss California Teen USA; Danielle Rose Scimeca, Miss Colorado Teen USA;  Jillian Leigh Wunderlich, Miss Florida Teen USA; Shareece Laree Pfeiffer, Miss Idaho Teen USA; Lindsey Evans, Miss Louisiana Teen USA; Caroline Lunny, Miss Massachusetts Teen USA; Courtney Morgan, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA; Julia Dalton, Miss North Carolina Teen USA; Taylor Gorton, Miss Oklahoma Teen USA; Elliot Griffin, Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA; Brittany Pjetraj, Miss South Carolina Teen USA and Megan Leigh Myrehn, Miss Virginia Teen USA.

Throughout the event, the contestants competed in three categories: swimsuit, evening gown and interview, and then the "Top Five" finalists were selected. Hilary Cruz, Miss Teen USA 2007, crowned her successor at the conclusion of this two-hour Miss Teen USA pageant.

Before the announcements were read it was time to present the special awards for the evening Miss Photogenic Teen USA Award: Sana, Idnani, Miss New York Teen USA. The general public voted at missteenusa.com for the delegate who exemplifies beauty through the lens of a camera. Miss Congeniality Teen USA Award: Elizabeth Hollomon, Miss Mississippi Teen USA. The award reflects the respect and admiration of the delegate's peers, who voted for her as the most congenial, charismatic and inspirational participant.

 

 

After a first ever intermission at Miss Teen USA the final results were read: 

Fourth Runner Up: Shareece Laree Pfeiffer, Miss Idaho Teen USA

Third Runner Up:  Lindsey Evans, Miss Louisiana Teen USA

Second Runner Up: Julia Dalton, Miss North Carolina Teen

First Runner Up: Brittany Pjetraj, Miss South Carolina Teen USA

The New Miss Teen USA is Stevi Perry, Miss Arkansas Teen USA!

 

 

 

The 2 finalists Brittany Pjetraj, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2008, and Stevi Lauren Perry, Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2008 wait for the announcement of Miss Teen USA 2008.

 

 

 

Stevi Lauren Perry, Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2008 &

Jillian Leigh Wunderlich, Miss Florida Teen USA 2008

perform in their dress by SCALA

 

 

 

 

Stevi Lauren Perry, Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2008, 

Danielle Rose Scimeca, Miss Colorado Teen USA 2008, 

Jillian Leigh Wunderlich, Miss Florida Teen USA 2008, 

perform in an evening gown of their choice

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IN THE AUDIENCE:

 

 

Several of the Florida Posse’ before the evening’s finals

 

 

 

The Green family

 

 

Our Florida Teen USA delegates stage front before the show

 

 

This year’s finalists post show

 

 

 

Miss Wunderlich with West Broward/Boca Raton 

Director Barbara Ewald

 

 

 

The Wunderlich family celebrate after the pageant

 

 

 

 

 

Previous Updates:

Saturday, August 16

Friday, August 15

Thursday, August 14

Wednesday, August 13