Miss Teen USA 2009

Miss Teen USA 2009, the 27th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held at the Imperial Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, The 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.

Miss Teen USA 2009
DateJuly 31, 2009
PresentersSeth Goldman, Crystle Stewart
EntertainmentHonor Society, Leah Renee
VenueImperial Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, The Bahamas
BroadcasterUstream
Entrants51
Placements15
WinnerStormi Henley
 Tennessee

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 pop singer, songwriter Leah Renee performed during the two hours live event.

Final results

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss Teen USA 2009
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15

Special awards
Award Contestant
Miss Congeniality
Miss Photogenic
  • Iowa – Allyson Hovda

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] (not at this link) 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 Later top 15 at Miss Alabama USA 2012
Alaska Zlata Sushchik Anchorage 19
Arizona Whitney Nelson Phoenix 18
Arkansas Allison Kusenberger Little Rock 18 Top 15 Later competed in Miss Arkansas USA and placed in the top 5 for six consecutive years from 2012–2017
California Chelsea Gilligan Beaumont 18 2nd runner-up
Colorado Taylor Schettler Castle Rock 16 Later 2x runner-up at Miss Kansas USA
Connecticut Tiffany Teixeira Bridgeport 18 Later Miss Connecticut USA 2016 and top 10 at Miss USA 2016
Delaware Kelsey Miller Wilmington 18 Later Miss Delaware USA 2014
District of Columbia Jessica Nowlin Washington, D.C. 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 and 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 2013
Indiana Bailee Zimmerman Lebanon 17
Iowa Allyson Hovda Cedar Rapids 18 Miss Photogenic
Kansas Alexis Rewalt Olathe 18 Later 4th runner-up at Miss Kansas USA 2016
Kentucky Jefra Bland Campbellsville 19 Top 15
Louisiana Brittany Guidry Houma 16 4th runner-up
Maine Jordan Shiers Gorham 17 Later 4th runner-up at Miss Maine USA 2014
Maryland Kasey Stanisewski Edgewater 18 3rd runner-up
Massachusetts Katie Vatalaro Easton 18
Michigan Kristen Danyal Sterling Heights 19 Top 15 Later Miss Michigan USA 2012 and top 15 at Miss USA 2012
Minnesota Vanessa Johnston Lakeville 17 Appeared in cycle 15 of America's Next Top Model, eliminated in casting rounds
Mississippi Paromita Mitra Hattiesburg 17 Later Miss Mississippi USA 2013
Missouri Sierra Drimak Cottleville 18 Top 15
Montana Haley Boyer Stevensville 18
Nebraska Sarah Hollins Omaha 19 Later Miss Nebraska USA 2016
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
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 Later 4x runner-up at Miss North Dakota USA
Ohio Kelsey Stevens Aurora 18 Top 15
Oklahoma Chelsea Colvard Tulsa 18
Oregon Michelle Modey Burns 18
Pennsylvania Alexis Jahnke Furlong 16
Rhode Island Talia Turco Lincoln 18 Top 15 Later 2nd runner-up at Miss Rhode Island USA 2012
South Carolina Mary Helen Caver North Augusta 19
South Dakota Fallyn Patterson Rapid City 17 Later 2x runner-up at Miss South Dakota USA
Tennessee Stormi Henley Crossville 18 Miss Teen USA 2009
Texas Kelli Harral Fort Stockton 16
Utah Tasha Smedley Syracuse 18 Top 15
Vermont Brittany Kelemen Richmond 19
Virginia Maggie Lawson Bristol 18 Later 1st runner-up at Miss Virginia USA 2014
Washington Sadie Porter Selah 18 Top 15
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
  • 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
  1. Miss Teen USA: The Pageant – 2009 Miss Teen USA Pageant – Venue Archived May 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Miss Teen USA: News – 2009 MISS TEEN USA PAGEANT TO BE STREAMED LIVE ON JULY 31st FROM ATLANTIS, PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS ON WWW.MISSTEENUSA.COM Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Miss Teen USA : Charities
  4. Miss Teen USA : Members
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