Miss Teen USA 2016


Miss Teen USA 2016 was the 34th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held at The Venetian Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 30, 2016. The pageant was webcast on the Miss Universe website, Facebook page, and mobile app as well as on Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles via Xbox Live. It was hosted by Miss USA 2015 Olivia Jordan and social media star Cody Johns, while American Idol winner Nick Fradiani performed.
This is the first time that the state of Nevada hosted the pageant and the first Miss Teen USA pageant held in the United States since 2007.
This was the first edition of the Miss Teen USA pageant to be held under the ownership of WME/IMG, which purchased the Miss Universe Organization from Donald Trump on September 14, 2015.
Since this year, the swimsuit competition has been replaced by the sportswear competition.
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Pageant

Selection of contestants

One delegate from each state and the District of Columbia were chosen in state pageants held from September 2015 to January 2016.

Competition rounds

For the first time, the swimsuit competition did not take place and was replaced with an athletic wear competition. Tapout, in collaboration with clothing designer Goldsheep, designed the athletic wear outfits for the pageant, with each individual outfit based on the delegates' representative states.

Preliminary round

Prior to the final competition, the delegates competed in the preliminary competition, which involves private interviews with the judges and a presentation show where they compete in athletic wear and evening gown. It was held on July 29, 2016, and was broadcast on the Miss Universe website and mobile app.

Finals

During the final competition, the top fifteen competed in athletic wear and evening gown. The top five also competed in a customized final question round, and the winner was decided by a panel of judges.

Judges

The judges for the pageant were:

Contestants

51 delegates have been confirmed:
State or districtNameAgeHeightHometownPlacementNotes
AlabamaErin Snow18Gadsden3rd runner-upLater 3rd runner-up at Miss Alabama USA 2020
Later 1st runner-up at Miss Georgia USA 2021
AlaskaNneamaka Isolokwu18Anchorage
ArizonaTristany Hightower17Scottsdale
ArkansasMakenzie Sexton18Cabot
CaliforniaAthenna Crosby18San JoseTop 15Later top 12 semifinalist at Miss Utah USA 2019
& 4th runner-up at Miss California USA 2022
ColoradoAlexis Wynne18Castle Pines
ConnecticutKaty Brown19Hebron
DelawareEmily Hutchison18WilmingtonTop 15
District of ColumbiaDylan Murphy18Georgetown
FloridaGracie Smith17Ponce Inlet
GeorgiaBentley Wright17VidaliaTop 15
HawaiiJoahnnalee Ucol16Kahului
IdahoKate Pekuri18BoiseLater 1st runner-up at Miss Utah USA 2019
IllinoisOlivia Pura18Deer ParkTop 15Later Miss Illinois USA 2020 & Top 10 at Miss USA 2020
IndianaLauren Boswell18Fisher
IowaHannah Bockhaus18Tripoli
KansasMadison Moore17Olathe
KentuckyChristiaan Prince15Grayson
LouisianaEllie Picone16CovingtonTop 15
MaineJessica Stewart18Unity
MarylandAmy Ingram19Germantown
MassachusettsAlexis Frasca17Franklin
MichiganUnjaneé Wells18YpsilantiLater 4th runner-up at Miss Michigan USA 2019
MinnesotaSophia Primozich17Minnetonka
MississippiLauren Rymer18Natchez
MissouriDallas Ezard19CamdentonTop 15
MontanaJami Forseth19HuntleyLater Miss Montana USA 2021
NebraskaErika Etzelmiller18LincolnLater Miss Nebraska USA 2021 & Top 16 at Miss USA 2021
NevadaCarissa Morrow17Henderson4th runner-up
New HampshireValeria Podobniy18Amherst
New JerseyGina Mellish17OceanportLater Miss New Jersey USA 2020 & Top 10 at Miss USA 2020
New MexicoMargeaux Greene16Sandia ParkLater 2nd runner-up at Miss New Mexico USA 2020
New YorkNatalia Terrero17Commack
North CarolinaEmily Wakeman19Cornelius1st runner-upLater 1st runner-up at Miss South Carolina USA 2021
& 4th runner-up at Miss South Carolina 2021
North DakotaPaige Mathison17Fargo
OhioOlivia Turk18DublinTop 15
OklahomaHellen Smith17Oklahoma City
OregonMikaela Bruer17Dallas
PennsylvaniaSydney Dolanch18Pittsburgh
Rhode IslandMalia Cruz19Warwick
South CarolinaMarley Stokes19Lexington2nd runner-upLater Miss South Carolina USA 2021 & Top 8 at Miss USA 2021
South DakotaMakenzie Falcon18AberdeenTop 15Later 2nd runner-up at Miss South Dakota USA 2018
TennesseeSavannah Chrisley18NashvilleTop 15Stars in Chrisley Knows Best
TexasKarlie Hay18TomballMiss Teen USA 2016
UtahAbbyJade Larson17North Logan
VermontTammy Vujanovic16BurlingtonTop 15
VirginiaGracyn Blackmore16Bristol
WashingtonClaire Wright18Fall City
West VirginiaCassy Trickett18St. Marys
[Miss Miss Wisconsin Teen USA|Wisconsin Teen USA|Wisconsin]Karly Knaus18PlymouthLater 2nd runner-up at Miss Wisconsin USA 2020
Later 3rd runner-up at Miss Wisconsin USA 2021
WyomingShelly McRoberts18Kemmerer