Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009 was the fourth Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant, held at the Linda Chapin Theater in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, United States, on August 16, 2008.
Caitlin Brunell of Virginia crowned Taylor Hanna Fitch of South Carolina as her successor at the end of the event.
Results
Placements PlacementContestantMiss America's Outstanding Teen 2009 – Taylor Hanna Fitch 1st Runner-Up – Julia Rae Schlucter 2nd Runner-Up – Sloane Roberts 3rd Runner-Up – Joanna Guy 4th Runner-Up – Sydnee Stottlemyre Top 10 – Crystal Lee – Jasmine Alexis – Alicia Clifton – Sydney Capello – Lexie Overholt
Other Awards +AwardContestant(s)Community Service West Virginia - Bethany LojewskiNon-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ North Dakota - Arianna WalkerNon-finalist Interview North Dakota - Arianna WalkerNon-finalist Talent Alabama - Haley AtesOutstanding Achievement in Academic Life Maryland - Joanna GuyPreliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Arkansas - Sloane Roberts North Dakota - Arianna Walker Texas - Sydney CapelloPreliminary Lifestyle and Fitness California - Crystal Lee Maryland - Joanna Guy Missouri - Sydnee Stottlemyer Utah - McKenna LewisPreliminary Talent Arkansas - Sloane Roberts Oklahoma - Alicia Clifton Texas - Sydney CapelloScholastic Excellence South Carolina - Taylor Hanna FitchSpirit of America Pennsylvania - Julia Rae Schlucter
Order of Announcement Top 10
California Pennsylvania Arkansas Missouri South Carolina District of Columbia Texas Oklahoma Maryland Virginia
Top 5
Pennsylvania Arkansas Missouri South Carolina Maryland
Pageant Selection of Contestants One delegate from each state, District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands were chosen in state pageants between September 2007- July 2008
Preliminaries During the 3 days prior to the final night, the delegates compete in the preliminary competition, which include a private interview with the judges and a show where they compete in lifestyle and fitness in athletic wear, evening wear, talent, and on-stage question. They were held on August 13–15, 2008.
Finals During the finals, the top 10 compete in lifestyle and fitness in athletic wear, talent, and evening wear, and the top 5 compete in on-stage question.
Contestants 52 delegates participated: +StateNameHometownAgeLocal TitleTalentPlacementAwardsNotes AlabamaHaley AtesEufaulaMiss Teen Painted RockVocal, "Defying Gravity" from WickedNon-finalist Talent Award AlaskaSierra SladeEagle River15Miss Teen BirchwoodDramatic Reading ArizonaKelsey HartleyCave Creek16Miss Teen Twirling AthleteBaton Twirling ArkansasSloane RobertsRison15Miss Teen White River2nd runner-upPreliminary Evening Wear/OSQ AwardPreliminary Talent AwardLater Miss Arkansas 2012 CaliforniaCrystal LeeSan Francisco17Miss Teen San FranciscoBallet en PointeTop 10Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness AwardLater Miss California 20131st runner-up at Miss America 2014 ColoradoCaley-Rae PavillardCastle Rock14Later Miss Colorado Teen USA 2011Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2011Later Miss Colorado USA 2016 ConnecticutRachel RamonasWolcott16Miss Wolcott's Outstanding TeenBanned from competing in pageants in the Miss Connecticut Organization DelawareAmanda DebusMiddletown15Miss Jr Teen New Castle CountyBaton/Dance Later Miss Delaware Teen USA 2011Later Miss Delaware 2016 District of ColumbiaJasmine AlexisWashington D.C.17Top 10Previously Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 2007The first Miss Black USA Talented Teen 2009 FloridaCourtney SextonStarke15Miss St. Augustine's Outstanding TeenDance Later Miss Florida 2016 GeorgiaHilary PulosJesup13Miss Satilla's Outstanding TeenDance "It's a Spy Thing" HawaiiHalialani ParishEwa Beach15 IdahoDanielle BeckstromEagle17At-Large IllinoisEmily TravisMetropolis17Miss Metropolis' Outstanding TeenPianoAddicted to alcohol and cocaine at birth; now suffers from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder IndianaMegan ThwaitesGarrett16Miss Three Rivers Festival's Outstanding TeenDance IowaJessica JenningsMcCausland15Miss Scott County's Outstanding Teen KansasAlasyn ZimmermanDerby14Miss Sunflower's Outstanding TeenDance, "So Much Better" from Legally Blonde KentuckyAshley FerryLouisville17Miss Thoroughbred's Outstanding TeenJazz LouisianaApril NelsonMandeville16Miss Pineville's Outstanding TeenVocalLater Miss Louisiana 20153rd runner-up at Miss America 2016 pageant MaineShannon FolsomSaco17Older sister of Alison Folsom, Miss Maine's Outstanding Teen 2011Later Miss Collegiate America 2011 MarylandJoanna GuySwanton16Miss College Park's Outstanding Teen3rd runner-upOutstanding Achievement in Academic Life AwardPreliminary Lifestyle and Fitness AwardLater Miss Maryland 2012Top 10 at Miss America 2013 pageant MassachusettsTaylor KinzlerLakeville16VocalContestant at National Sweetheart 2010 pageantLater Miss Massachusetts 2012 MichiganCarleigh Corrion- RowleyEssexville14Miss Oakland County's Outstanding Teen MinnesotaAlyssa MayfieldFrazee16Miss Frazee Teen MississippiMorgan Lindsey BurnettBrandon17Miss New South's Outstanding Teen MissouriSydnee StottlemyreWildwood14Miss Gateway St. Louis' Outstanding Teen4th runner-upPreliminary Lifestyle and Fitness AwardLater Miss Missouri Teen USA 20114th runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2011 pageantLater Miss Missouri USA 2016Top 10 at Miss USA 2016 pageant MontanaVictoria ValentineMissoulaLater Miss Montana 2014 NebraskaRachel FoehlingerRalstonMiss Omaha's Outstanding TeenBaton TwirlingSister of Christina Foehlinger, Miss Nebraska 20011st runner-up at Miss Nebraska 2013 pageant2nd runner-up at Miss Nebraska 2012 pageant and 2014Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant NevadaAlexis HiltsLas Vegas New HampshireMegan LymanGilford17 Tap Dance, "Baby I'm a Star" by PrinceContestant at National Sweetheart 2010 pageantLater Miss New Hampshire 2012 New JerseyKatharyn NicolleWenonah16Ballet en PointeLater Miss New Jersey 2011 New MexicoAlyssa Jean SifuentesSilver City New YorkAlexandra MazzucchelliStaten Island16Miss Staten Island's Outstanding Teen North CarolinaMya HippsGastonia 17Miss Gastonia's Outstanding Teen North DakotaAriana WalkerBismarckMiss Bismarck's Outstanding TeenContemporary Lyrical DanceNon-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ AwardNon-finalist Interview AwardPreliminary Evening Wear/OSQ AwardLater Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2010Later Miss North Dakota 2011 OhioSarah HiderWooster17Miss Lake Erie's Outstanding TeenLater Miss Ohio 2015 OklahomaAlicia CliftonOklahoma City16Miss Tulsa's Outstanding TeenTop 10Preliminary Talent AwardLater Miss Oklahoma 20122nd runner-up at Miss America 2013 pageant OregonJoAnna AdkissonKlamath Falls17Miss Klamath County's Outstanding Teen PennsylvaniaJulia Rae SchlucterMalvern16At-Large1st runner-upSpirit of America Award1st runner-up at Miss Pennsylvania 2015 pageant Rhode IslandAngela AngersBarrington South CarolinaTaylor Hanna FitchAnderson17Miss Upstate TeenWinnerScholastic Excellence Award South DakotaCarrie WintelIroquois14 TennesseeMadyson FosterCleveland16Miss Scenic City's Outstanding TeenDance TexasSydney CapelloSouthlake15Miss Teen DuncanvillePop Vocal, "Midnight Train to Georgia"Top 10Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ AwardPreliminary Talent Award UtahMcKenna LewisSmithfieldPreliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award VermontBlaize HallGeorgia15 VirginiaLexie OverholtOaktonBallet en PointeTop 10Member of corps de ballet at Miami City Ballet Virgin IslandsBrittany RodriguezSaint Thomas WashingtonTori KnightPuyallup16Miss Pierce County's Outstanding TeenVocal West VirginiaBethany LojewskiMorgantown15Miss Teen Randolph CountyCommunity Service AwardType 1 Diabetic3rd runner-up at Miss West Virginia 2016 pageant WisconsinJennifer DombrowskiMilwaukee17Miss Milwaukee's Outstanding Teen WyomingMarcella BledsoeSheridan13Miss Sheridan's Outstanding Teen
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