Miss Teen USA 2015

Miss Teen USA 2015 was the 33rd Miss Teen USA pageant. It was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, The Bahamas on August 22, 2015, and was hosted by Miss USA 2013 Erin Brady and television writer Nick Teplitz. All fifty states and District of Columbia competed. K. Lee Graham of South Carolina crowned her successor Katherine Haik of Louisiana at the end of the event.

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Pageant

Selection of contestants

One delegate from each state and the District of Columbia will be chosen in state pageants held from September 2014 to January 2015.

Preliminary round

Prior to the final telecast, the delegates compete in the preliminary competition, which involves private interviews with the judges and a presentation show where they compete in swimsuit and evening gown. It will be held on August 21, 2015, and broadcast on the Miss Teen USA website.

Finals

During the final competition, the top fifteen competed in swimsuit and evening gown, and the top five competed in the final question signed up by a panel of judges. The winner of the pageant will get to wear the new crown made by Diamonds International Corporation, a Czech-based jeweler, the newest official jewelry maker of Miss Teen USA.

Contestants

51 delegates participated:

State	Name	Age¹	Height	Hometown	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Taylor Ryan Elliott	18		Trussville	Top 15
Alaska	Katelyn Cusack	18		Anchorage
Arizona	Neda Danilovic	17		Phoenix	Top 15		Born in Serbia.
Arkansas	Arynn Johnson	18		Hot Springs	Top 15		Later Miss Arkansas USA 2017
California	Melanie Mitchell	17		Anaheim Hills	1st Runner-up
[Miss Miss Colorado Teen USA\|Colorado Teen USA\|Colorado]	Taylor Kelly	18		Castle Pines			Previously Miss Colorado Teen 2012 Later 4th runner-up at Miss Colorado USA 2017
[Miss Miss Connecticut Teen USA\|Connecticut Teen USA\|Connecticut]	Savannah Giammarco	17		Middletown			Later 1st runner-up at Miss Connecticut 2017–19 Later 3rd runner-up at Miss Connecticut USA 2019 Later 3rd runner-up at Miss Connecticut USA 2021
Delaware	Sierra Wright	18		Wilmington			Later Miss Delaware USA 2018
District of Columbia	Niara Iman	17		Washington, D.C.
Florida	Jara Courson	18		Lake City
Georgia	Mary Calkins	17		Augusta
Hawaii	Kyla Hee	18		Honolulu			Daughter of Miss Hawaii 1987 Luana Alapa
Idaho	Chaise Goris	18		Eagle
Illinois	Megan Riesner	19		Plainfield
Indiana	Kassidy Tharp	18		Sullivan			3rd runner up at Miss Indiana's Outstanding Teen 2014
Iowa	Aryn Book	19		Adel			Later 2nd runner-up at Miss Iowa USA 2020
Kansas	Melanie Shaner	18		Overland Park			Later Miss Kansas USA 2018
Kentucky	Caroline Ford	18		Bowling Green			3rd runner up at Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2014
Louisiana	Katherine Haik	15		Franklinton	Miss Teen USA 2015
Maine	Skyler Gaudette	16		Saco
Maryland	Taylor Dawson	18		Germantown
Massachusetts	Sophie Baird	18		Andover	4th Runner-up
Michigan	Maria Elizabeth Rendina	19		Monroe			Later top 15 at Miss Michigan USA 2020
Minnesota	Hayden Hammond	19		Maple Grove
Mississippi	Andrea Hightower	17		Oxford
Missouri	Christina Stratton	16		Sedalia	Top 15	Miss Photogenic
Montana	Miranda Youngren	18		Reed Point
Nebraska	Paige Pflueger	18		Norfolk			Daughter of Miss Nebraska 1980 Paula Louise Mitchell
Nevada	Geovanna Hilton	18		Las Vegas
New Hampshire	Ellie Lathram	18		Bedford
New Jersey	Jacqueline Giancola	18		East Brunswick			Later top 10 at Miss Alabama USA 2018
New Mexico	Nicolette Pacheco	18		Rio Rancho			Later top 11 at Miss Indiana USA 2020
New York	Geena Cardalena	18		Floral Park	Top 15
North Carolina	Jane Axhoj	17		Waxhaw	2nd Runner-up		Later Miss North Carolina USA 2020
North Dakota	Hannah Nelson	18		Hunter
Ohio	Shelby Stapleton	16		Hilliard
Oklahoma	Cherokee Pearce	19		Owasso	Top 15
Oregon	Kenna Sloy	18		Boring
Pennsylvania	Jasmine Daniels	19		Collegeville	Top 15		Later Miss Pennsylvania USA 2023
Rhode Island	Mary Malloy	18		Cumberland			Later Miss Rhode Island USA 2023
South Carolina	Wesley Mitchell	19		Lexington	Top 15
South Dakota	Marley Hanson	17		Vermillion			1st runner up at Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2014 Later 3rd runner-up at Miss South Dakota 2016 Later 3rd runner-up at Miss South Dakota USA 2017
Tennessee	Hannah Faith Greene	17		Chattanooga	3rd Runner-up		4th runner up at Miss Tennessee's Outstanding Teen 2014
Texas	Chloe Kembel	18		Denton	Top 15
Utah	Brooke Skabelund	17		Logan
Vermont	Alexandra Marek	16		Burlington	Top 15
Virginia	Ann Kutyna	16		Herndon
Washington	Priya Gopal-Walker	18		Seattle
West Virginia	Cora King	17		Hurricane		Miss Congeniality
Wisconsin	Kenna Harke	17		Greenville
Wyoming	Payton Sanders	18		Casper			Sister of Karlie Sanders Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2014

¹ As at August 22, 2015