Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2015 was the 9th Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant held at the Linda Chapin Theater in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on August 2, 2014. At the conclusion of the event, Leah Sykes of Florida crowned her successor Olivia McMillan of Georgia. Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri was a host of the event.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2015 – Olivia McMillan 1st runner-up – Lexie Perry 2nd runner-up – Morgan Green 3rd runner-up – Casey Shepard 4th runner-up – Morgan Holen Top 12 – Abigail Schwartz – Michaela McLean – Alisha Gatchel – Raghen Lucy § – Page Mackenzie Weinstein – Kassidy Brown – Cereyna Jade Bougouneau § § – America's Choice
Awards Preliminary awards AwardContestantEvening Wear/On-Stage Question – Morgan Green – Joei Whisenant – Tayler PlunkettTalent – Olivia McMillan – Raghen Lucy – Lexie Perry
Non-finalist awards AwardContestantEvening Wear/On-Stage Question – Joei Whisenant – Tayler PlunkettInterview – Ashton Yarbrough – Samantha RizzutoTalent – JessiKate Riley – Elise O'Connell
Talent awards AwardContestantOutstanding Dancer – Michaela McLean – Morgan HolenOutstanding Instrumentalist – Raghen Lucy – Lexie PerryOutstanding Vocalist – Olivia McMillan
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Miracle Maker awards AwardContestantCMN Hospitals Miracle Maker – Page Mackenzie Weinstein
Teens in Action awards AwardContestantsTeens in Action Winners – Amy Smith – Samantha Rizzuto
Top Ad Sales awards AwardContestant1st Place – Hope Harvard2nd Place – Raghen Lucy – Kassidy Brown3rd Place – Page Mackenzie Weinstein
Other awards AwardContestantAmerica's Choice – Raghen Lucy – Cereyna Jade BougouneauOutstanding Achievement in Academic Life – Samantha RizzutoPhotogenic – Alexina FederhenRandom Acts of Kindness – Grace OtleyScholastic Excellence – Karson FairSpirit of America – Amy Smith
Contestants StateNameHometownAgeLocal TitleTalentPlacement at MAO TeenSpecial Scholarships at MAO TeenNotes AlabamaMorgan GreenTuscaloosa17Miss Tuscaloosa's Outstanding TeenVocal, "Don't Rain on My Parade" from Funny Girl2nd runner-upPreliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award AlaskaAlyssa HamptonAnchorage16Flute, "Take Five" by Paul DesmondFirst African-American to be crowned Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen ArizonaAmber BartoAhwatukee16Miss City of Maricopa's Outstanding TeenJazz DanceLater Miss Arizona 2021 ArkansasAshton YarbroughBentonville17Miss Dogwood's Outstanding TeenVocalNon-finalist Interview Award CaliforniaKyla ReedTehachapi17Miss Orange County's Outstanding TeenPiano, "Waterfall" by Jon Schmidt (The Piano Guys) ColoradoAbigail SchwartzDenver16Piano, "Celtic Joy" by Calvin Jones and the Lviv VirtuososTop 12 ConnecticutCynthia DiasWolcott14Miss Wolcott's Outstanding TeenLyrical DanceLater Miss Connecticut USA 2022 DelawareGrace OtleyHockessin14Miss Greenville's Outstanding TeenVocalRandom Acts of Kindness Award District of ColumbiaCydney HillWashington D.C. FloridaMichaela McLeanClermont17Miss Winter Garden's Outstanding TeenDanceTop 12Outstanding Dancer AwardLater Miss Florida 2019 GeorgiaOlivia McMillanCenterville17Miss Warner Robins' Outstanding TeenClassical Vocal, "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's opera, TurandotWinnerOutstanding Vocalist Award
Preliminary Talent Award HawaiiTarah DriverSt. Louis Heights15Miss East Oahu's Outstanding Teen IdahoHeidi OlsenMiss Gate City's Outstanding Teen IllinoisGrace EtzkornLisle17Miss Windy City's Outstanding TeenVocalCompeted at the Jimmy Awards in 2015
2nd runner-up at Miss Illinois 2018 IndianaMaddison BryantLaOtto16Miss Three Rivers Festival's Outstanding TeenClogging IowaAnna MasengarbMuscatine17Miss Scott County's Outstanding Teen KansasMegha GangadharWichita17Miss Asian Festival's Outstanding TeenBollywood Fusion Dance, "Jai Ho" by The Pussycat Dolls KentuckyAlex FranckeLexington17Miss Ohio Valley's Outstanding TeenVocal 4th runner-up at National Sweetheart 2018 pageantLater Miss Kentucky 2019 LouisianaMeagan CrewsBossier City17Miss Dixie Gem Peach's Outstanding TeenVocalMiss Louisiana Watermelon Festival 2019 MaineMadeline Jarvis MarylandSarah RobinsonIjamsville15Miss Northern Maryland's Outstanding Teen3rd runner-up at Miss Maryland 2017
3rd runner-up at Miss Virginia 2018 MassachusettsCourtney AdelmanMiddleborough17Miss Bristol County's Outstanding TeenHas a younger brother with Down Syndrome MichiganAlisha GatchelGreenville16Miss Spirit of the State's Outstanding TeenPiano/VocalTop 12 MinnesotaLauren AlgyerMiss Southern Valley's Outstanding Teen MississippiGrace MunroOcean Springs17Miss Turtle Creek's Outstanding TeenJazz Dance MissouriCharlee BischSt. Louis16Miss Metro St. Louis' Outstanding TeenVocal, "Not for the Life of Me" from Thoroughly Modern Millie MontanaHaylee StorlieGlendive17 NebraskaMorgan HolenOmahaDance4th runner-upOutstanding Dancer AwardDaughter of Miss Nebraska 1988, Jodi Miller Holen
Later Distinguished Young Woman of Nebraska 2016
Top 10 at Distinguished Young Woman 2016
Later Miss Nebraska 2021 NevadaAmy SmithHendersonMiss Northeast Nevada's Outstanding TeenTeens in Action Award
Spirit of America AwardYounger sister of Ellie Smith, Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2012 and Miss Nevada 2014 New HampshireCaroline CarterDover16Miss Greater Derry's Outstanding TeenVocalLater Miss New Hampshire 2016 New JerseySamantha RizzutoLong Valley17VocalNon-finalist Interview Award
Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life Award
Teens in Action Award New MexicoLindsey DayCarlsbad14Miss Enchanted Forest's Outstanding Teen New YorkCady Ruth StoeverMiss Flower City's Outstanding Teen North CarolinaKarson FairBensonMiss Greater Cape Fear's Outstanding TeenScholastic Excellence Award3rd runner-up at Miss Alabama 2017
2nd runner-up at Miss Alabama 2018 North DakotaRaghen LucyMiss Williston's Outstanding TeenTop 12America's Choice
Outstanding Instrumentalist Award
Preliminary Talent Award
2nd Place in Ad Sales OhioRosie WesterbeckNew Bremen15Miss Apple Blossom's Outstanding TeenClogging OklahomaJoei WhisenantAda16Miss Edmond Liberty Fest's Outstanding TeenNon-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ Award
Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award OregonNicole CarterKlamath Falls17Miss Klamath County's Outstanding TeenVocal PennsylvaniaPage Mackenzie WeinsteinPittsburgh16Miss Laurel Highlands' Outstanding TeenDance/Twirl Routine, "Wings" by Little MixTop 10CMN Miracle Maker Award
3rd Place in Ad SalesLater Miss Pennsylvania 2024 Puerto RicoVictoria VioletaMiss Dorado's Outstanding Teen Rhode IslandGrace RomanelloSouth Kingstown15Miss Southern Rhode Island's Outstanding TeenVocal, "Hit Me with a Hot Note" by Duke Ellington South CarolinaHope HarvardEasley16Miss Greater Easley TeenDance en Pointe, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from Mary Poppins1st Place in Ad Sales South DakotaTaylor BirdArlington17Miss Jack's Outstanding Teen TennesseeLexie PerryDresden17Miss Jackson's Outstanding TeenFiddle, "Devil Went Down to Georgia/Orange Blossom Special"1st runner-upOutstanding Instrumentalist Award
Preliminary Talent Award TexasKassidy BrownLufkin17Miss Dallas' Outstanding TeenContemporary Jazz en Pointe, "It's Oh So Quiet" by BjörkTop 72nd Place in Ad Sales UtahJessiKate RileyBeaver16Miss Northern Utah's Outstanding TeenViolinNon-finalist Talent AwardLater Miss Utah 2017 and Miss Utah USA 2021 VermontAlexina FederhenBennington17VocalMiss PhotogenicPreviously Miss Vermont High School America 2013
Later 1st runner-up at Miss Vermont Teen USA 2016
Later Miss Vermont 2022 VirginiaCasey ShepardVirginia Beach15Miss Apple Blossom's Outstanding TeenBallet en Pointe3rd runner-up Virgin IslandsCereyna Jade BougouneauSaint CroixTop 10America's Choice WashingtonTayler PlunkettKennewick16Miss Sun Valley's Outstanding TeenClassical VocalNon-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ Award
Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award West VirginiaJune BraunlichWheeling17Miss Southern West Virginia's Outstanding TeenPiano2nd runner-up at Miss West Virginia 2016
Miss Marshall County 2018
2nd runner-up at Miss West Virginia 2018 WisconsinElise O'ConnellTrevor17Miss Fox River Valley's Outstanding TeenMusical Theater Vocal, "On My Way" from VioletNon-finalist Talent AwardMiss South Central 2018 2nd runner-up at Miss Wisconsin 2018 WyomingAddison Paige TreeshGillette14Dance3rd runner-up at Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2017
1st runner-up at Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2018
Later Miss Wyoming USA 2019
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