Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 was the third Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant, held at the Linda Chapin Theater in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on August 11, 2007.
At the conclusion of the event, Maria DeSantis of New York crowned her successor Caitlin Brunell of Virginia. The pageant was hosted by Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson and performer Billy Flanigan.
Results
Placements Placement ContestantMiss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 – Caitlin Brunell 1st Runner-Up – Lindsey Brinton 2nd Runner-Up – Elena LaQuatra 3rd Runner-Up – Mary Jane Hobgood 4th Runner-Up – Ann-Blair Thornton Top 10 – Alexandra Milbrath – Morgan Jackson – Jasmine Murray – Jamie Butemeyer – Bishara Dorre
Other Awards +AwardContestant(s)Academic Achievement Minnesota - Chantal WilsonNon-finalist Interview Vermont - Caroline BrightNon-finalist Talent Delaware - Chelsea BettsPreliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Illinois - MerrieBeth Cox Pennsylvania - Elena LaQuatra Virginia - Caitlin BrunellPreliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Tennessee - Devin Grissom Utah - Lindsey Brinton Wisconsin - Bishara DorrePreliminary Talent Delaware - Chelsea Betts Illinois - MerrieBeth Cox Louisiana - Mary Jane HobgoodSpirit of America Nebraska - Kayla BattTroy Scholarship Kentucky - Ann-Blair Thornton
Order of Announcement
Top 10
Louisiana Oklahoma Wisconsin Utah Florida Pennsylvania Mississippi Virginia Kentucky Indiana
Top 5
Virginia Utah Louisiana Kentucky Pennsylvania
Pageant
Selection of Contestants One delegate from each state, District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands were chosen in state pageants held between September 2006 to July 2007.
Preliminaries During the 4 days prior to the final night, the delegates compete in the preliminary competition, which includes a private interview with the judges and a show where they compete in talent, evening wear, lifestyle and fitness in athletic wear, and on-stage question. They were held August 7–10, 2007.
Finals During the finals, the top 10 compete in evening wear, lifestyle and fitness in athletic wear, and talent, and the top 5 compete in on-stage question.
Contestants 52 delegates participated: StateNameHometownAgeLocal TitleTalentPlacementAwardsNotes AlabamaMeg McGuffinOzark14Miss Teen Trojan/TroyJazz Dance en PointeLater Miss Alabama 20154th runner-up at Miss America 2016 pageant AlaskaAvianna McKeeAnchorage17Neo-Classical Ballet en Pointe ArizonaDanielle DastrupHolbrook16Miss Teen Navajo CountyVocal ArkansasMorgan HoltConway16Miss Teen Conway Tap Dance1st runner-up at Miss Arkansas 2012 pageant CaliforniaJordan KrinkePlacentia16Miss Teen Placentia DanceLater National Sweetheart 2013 ColoradoPaige StoryParker ConnecticutKaren LinkTerryvilleMiss Bristol's Outstanding Teen Spanish-influenced tap dance Former NFL cheerleader and captain for the New England Patriots- DelawareChelsea BettsGeorgetown15Miss Sussex County's Outstanding TeenVocalNon-finalist Talent AwardPreliminary Talent Award District of ColumbiaLaTonya AbramsWashington D.C. FloridaAlexandra MilbrathWinter Park15Miss City Beautiful's Outstanding Teen GeorgiaMichaela LackeyMarietta17Miss Cobb County's Outstanding TeenBallet en PointeLater Miss Georgia 2011 HawaiiMoani HaraHonolulu IdahoCassidy BronsonAmmon14 Vocal IllinoisMerrieBeth CoxRoselle 16Miss Greater Woodville's Outstanding TeenBaton TwirlingPreliminary Evening Wear/OSQ AwardPreliminary Talent AwardLater Purdue University's 27th Golden GirlLater Miss Indiana 2012Top 12 at Miss America 2013 pageant IndianaMorgan JacksonCharlestown13Miss Harvest Homecoming's Outstanding TeenDanceTop 10Daughter of Miss New Mexico 1984, Trina CollinsLater Miss Indiana 2015 IowaTaylar SwartzFremont 16Miss Southern Iowa's Outstanding Teen KansasMaggie DelaneyOverland Park17Miss Johnson County's Outstanding TeenVocal KentuckyAnn-Blair ThorntonBowling Green17Miss Elizabethtown Area's Outstanding Teen4th runner-up1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2010 pageantLater Miss Kentucky 2011 LouisianaMary Jane HobgoodShreveportMiss Holiday in Dixie's Outstanding Teen Ballet en Pointe, Rodeo by Aaron Copland3rd runner-upPreliminary Talent Award MaineErin BuckCaribou15Vocal Later Maine's Junior Miss 2010 MarylandKasey StanizewskiSwan Point15Miss College Park's Outstanding TeenVocalSister of Miss Maryland 2010, Lindsay StaniszewskiTriple Crown Winner Later Miss Maryland Teen USA 2009; 3rd runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2009 pageant Later Miss Maryland USA 2013; Top 15 at Miss USA 2013 pageant MassachusettsHillary PavaoDartmouth MichiganMadelynne WagnerRockford MinnesotaChantal WilsonGreenbush 16 PianoAcademic Achievement Award 1st runner-up at Miss Minnesota 2014 pageant MississippiJasmine Murray ColumbiaMiss Houston/North Central's Outstanding TeenVocalTop 10Top 13 finalist on season 8 of American IdolLater Miss Mississippi 2014Top 10 at Miss America 2015 pageant MissouriMary BauerCape Girardeau16Miss Maulden's Outstanding Teen Vocal, "Popular" from Wicked4th runner-up at Miss Missouri 2009 pageant MontanaChantell BuryGlendive16Vocal 3rd runner-up at Miss Montana 2009 and 2013 pageants NebraskaKayla BattAllianceVocalSpirit of America AwardTop 10 at National Sweetheart 2010 pageantLater Miss Nebraska 2011 NevadaGabrielle BoyadjianLas Vegas 14 Vocal New HampshireJulia NeveuManchester17Jazz Dance3rd runner-up at Miss New Hampshire 2012 pageant4th runner-up at Miss New Hampshire 2013 pageant New JerseyKaitlyn SchoeffelEgg Harbor Township13Miss Coastal Shore's Outstanding TeenDance Later Miss New Jersey 20172nd runner-up at Miss America 2018 New MexicoMadison TabetAlbuquerque 15DanceLater Miss New Mexico 2010 New YorkAllison CarlosWatertown15Miss Adirondack International Speedway's Outstanding Teen Dance North CarolinaBrieAnna HesterHenderson16Miss Central Carolina's Outstanding TeenLyrical Dance4th runner-up at Miss North Carolina 2013 pageant North DakotaAndrea BerglundBismarck16Teen Miss Northern Lights OhioAshley MillerPatriot16Miss Portsmouth's Outstanding Teen OklahomaJamie ButemeyerLawton16Miss South OKC's Outstanding TeenTop 10 OregonAbigail RodriguezGresham16Miss Portland's Outstanding TeenBorn drug-addicted to addict parents and was later adopted Pennsylvania Elena LaQuatra Mount Lebanon 15Miss Central Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen Tap Dance, "You Can't Stop the Beat" from Hairspray 2nd runner-up Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Deaf since age 4 due to bacterial meningitisLater Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2010Later Miss Pennsylvania USA 2016 Rhode IslandMolly JacobsonBarringtonPreviously Miss Teen Rhode Island International 2006 South CarolinaLauren LytleBoiling Springs17Miss Greenville TeenVocal South DakotaAutumn SimunekHot Springs14Ballet Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 pageant Later Miss South Dakota 2015 TennesseeDevin GrissomCordova16Miss Cordova's Outstanding TeenVocalPreliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award Appeared on season 1 of CMT's Sweet Home Alabama TexasCallie ThompsonKaty17Miss Teen Montgomery CountyJazz Dance4th runner-up at Miss Texas 2013 pageant UtahLindsey BrintonSalt Lake City161st runner-upPreliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award Later America's Junior Miss 2008 VermontCaroline BrightSt. Albans17VocalNon-finalist Interview AwardLater Miss Vermont 2010 VirginiaCaitlin BrunellGreat Falls15Miss Greater Richmond's Outstanding TeenEn Pointe Dance, "Show Off" from The Drowsy ChaperoneWinnerPreliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Daughter of former New Orleans Saints quarterback, Mark Brunell Later Miss Alabama 2014Top 10 at Miss America 2015 pageant Virgin IslandsReisha Alyssa CorneiroSaint Croix WashingtonGenay TuckerVancouver16Miss Greater Vancouver's Outstanding TeenTap Dance West VirginiaCourtney NelsonKeyserMiss Teen Eastern Panhandle Vocal, “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” from The Phantom of the Opera WisconsinBishara DorreMilwaukee17Miss Milwaukee's Outstanding TeenDanceTop 10Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2006Previously National American Miss 2010Later Miss Wisconsin USA 2014Top 10 at Miss USA 2014 pageant WyomingAshley GoldenGillette13Miss Campbell County's Outstanding Teen
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