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Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2015
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2015
	Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2015 Participants and Results
Date	August 17, 2014
Presenters	Nina Davuluri
Venue	Linda Chapin Theater
Entrants	52
Placements	12
Winner	Olivia McMillan; Georgia
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Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2015

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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.

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Final Results	Contestant(s)
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2015	Georgia - Olivia McMillan
1st runner-up	Tennessee - Lexie Perry
2nd runner-up	Alabama - Morgan Green
3rd runner-up	Virginia - Casey Shepard
4th runner-up	Nebraska - Morgan Holen
Top 12	Colorado - Abigail Schwartz Florida - Michaela McLean Michigan - Alisha Gatchel North Dakota - Raghen Lucy § Pennsylvania - Page Mackenzie Weinstein Texas - Kassidy Brown Virgin Islands - Cereyna Jade Bougouneau §

Awards	Contestant(s)
Evening Wear/On-Stage Question	Alabama - Morgan Green Oklahoma - Joei Whisenant Washington - Tayler Plunkett
Talent	Georgia - Olivia McMillan North Dakota - Raghen Lucy Tennessee - Lexie Perry

Awards	Contestant(s)
Evening Wear/On-Stage Question	Oklahoma - Joei Whisenant Washington - Tayler Plunkett
Interview	Arkansas - Ashton Yarbrough New Jersey - Samantha Rizzuto
Talent	Utah - JessiKate Riley Wisconsin - Elise O'Connell

Awards	Contestant(s)
Outstanding Dancer	Florida - Michaela McLean Nebraska - Morgan Holen
Outstanding Instrumentalist	North Dakota - Raghen Lucy Tennessee - Lexie Perry
Outstanding Vocalist	Georgia - Olivia McMillan

Awards	Contestant(s)
1st Place	South Carolina - Hope Harvard
2nd Place	North Dakota - Raghen Lucy Texas - Kassidy Brown
3rd Place	Pennsylvania - Page Mackenzie Weinstein

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Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2015

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Awards

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Non-finalist awards

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Awards	Contestant(s)
America's Choice	North Dakota - Raghen Lucy Virgin Islands - Cereyna Jade Bougouneau
Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life	New Jersey - Samantha Rizzuto
Photogenic	Vermont - Alexina Federhen
Random Acts of Kindness	Delaware - Grace Otley
Scholastic Excellence	North Carolina - Karson Fair
Spirit of America	Nevada - Amy Smith

State	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Talent	Placement at MAO Teen	Special Scholarships at MAO Teen	Notes
Alabama	Morgan Green^[1]	Tuscaloosa	17	Miss Tuscaloosa's Outstanding Teen	Vocal, "Don't Rain on My Parade" from Funny Girl	2nd runner-up^[1]	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award^[2]
Alaska	Alyssa Hampton^[3]	Anchorage	16		Flute, "Take Five" by Paul Desmond			First African-American to be crowned Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen
Arizona	Amber Barto^[4]	Ahwatukee	16	Miss City of Maricopa's Outstanding Teen	Jazz Dance			Later Miss Arizona 2021
Arkansas	Ashton Yarbrough	Bentonville	17	Miss Dogwood's Outstanding Teen	Vocal		Non-finalist Interview Award^[2]
California	Kyla Reed^[5]	Tehachapi	17	Miss Orange County's Outstanding Teen	Piano, "Waterfall" by Jon Schmidt (The Piano Guys)
Colorado	Abigail Schwartz	Denver	16		Piano, "Celtic Joy" by Calvin Jones and the Lviv Virtuosos	Top 12
Connecticut	Cynthia Dias^[6]	Wolcott	14	Miss Wolcott's Outstanding Teen	Lyrical Dance			Later Miss Connecticut USA 2022
Delaware	Grace Otley^[7]	Hockessin	14	Miss Greenville's Outstanding Teen	Vocal		Random Acts of Kindness Award^[2]
District of Columbia	Cydney Hill	Washington D.C.
Florida	Michaela McLean^[8]	Clermont	17	Miss Winter Garden's Outstanding Teen	Dance	Top 12^[2]	Outstanding Dancer Award^[2]	Later Miss Florida 2019^[9]
Georgia	Olivia McMillan^[10]	Centerville	17	Miss Warner Robins' Outstanding Teen	Classical Vocal, "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's opera, Turandot	Winner^[11]^[2]^[10]	Outstanding Vocalist Award^[2] Preliminary Talent Award^[2]
Hawaii	Tarah Driver^[12]	St. Louis Heights	15	Miss East Oahu's Outstanding Teen
Idaho	Heidi Olsen			Miss Gate City's Outstanding Teen
Illinois	Grace Etzkorn^[13]	Lisle	17	Miss Windy City's Outstanding Teen	Vocal			Competed at the Jimmy Awards in 2015^[14] 2nd runner-up at Miss Illinois 2018^[15]
Indiana	Maddison Bryant^[16]	LaOtto	16	Miss Three Rivers Festival's Outstanding Teen	Clogging
Iowa	Anna Masengarb	Muscatine	17	Miss Scott County's Outstanding Teen
Kansas	Megha Gangadhar	Wichita	17	Miss Asian Festival's Outstanding Teen	Bollywood Fusion Dance, "Jai Ho" by The Pussycat Dolls
Kentucky	Alex Francke	Lexington	17	Miss Ohio Valley's Outstanding Teen	Vocal			4th runner-up at National Sweetheart 2018 pageant Later Miss Kentucky 2019^[17]
Louisiana	Meagan Crews^[18]	Bossier City	17	Miss Dixie Gem Peach's Outstanding Teen	Vocal			Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival 2019
Maine	Madeline Jarvis
Maryland	Sarah Robinson	Ijamsville	15	Miss Northern Maryland's Outstanding Teen				3rd runner-up at Miss Maryland 2017 3rd runner-up at Miss Virginia 2018
Massachusetts	Courtney Adelman	Middleborough	17	Miss Bristol County's Outstanding Teen				Has a younger brother with Down Syndrome
Michigan	Alisha Gatchel^[19]	Greenville	16	Miss Spirit of the State's Outstanding Teen	Piano/Vocal	Top 12^[2]
Minnesota	Lauren Algyer			Miss Southern Valley's Outstanding Teen
Mississippi	Grace Munro^[20]	Ocean Springs	17	Miss Turtle Creek's Outstanding Teen	Jazz Dance
Missouri	Charlee Bisch^[21]	St. Louis	16	Miss Metro St. Louis' Outstanding Teen	Vocal, "Not for the Life of Me" from Thoroughly Modern Millie
Montana	Haylee Storlie	Glendive	17
Nebraska	Morgan Holen^[22]	Omaha			Dance	4th runner-up^[2]	Outstanding Dancer Award^[2]	Daughter of Miss Nebraska 1988, Jodi Miller Holen^[22] Later Distinguished Young Woman of Nebraska 2016^[23] Top 10 at Distinguished Young Woman 2016^[23] Later Miss Nebraska 2021
Nevada	Amy Smith^[24]	Henderson		Miss Northeast Nevada's Outstanding Teen			Teens in Action Award Spirit of America Award	Younger sister of Ellie Smith, Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2012 and Miss Nevada 2014^[24]
New Hampshire	Caroline Carter^[25]	Dover	16	Miss Greater Derry's Outstanding Teen	Vocal			Later Miss New Hampshire 2016^[26]
New Jersey	Samantha Rizzuto	Long Valley	17		Vocal		Non-finalist Interview Award^[2] Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life Award^[2] Teens in Action Award^[2]
New Mexico	Lindsey Day	Carlsbad	14	Miss Enchanted Forest's Outstanding Teen
New York	Cady Ruth Stoever			Miss Flower City's Outstanding Teen
North Carolina	Karson Fair	Benson		Miss Greater Cape Fear's Outstanding Teen			Scholastic Excellence Award	3rd runner-up at Miss Alabama 2017^[27] 2nd runner-up at Miss Alabama 2018^[28]
North Dakota	Raghen Lucy^[29]			Miss Williston's Outstanding Teen		Top 12	America's Choice Outstanding Instrumentalist Award Preliminary Talent Award 2nd Place in Ad Sales
Ohio	Rosie Westerbeck^[30]	New Bremen	15	Miss Apple Blossom's Outstanding Teen	Clogging
Oklahoma	Joei Whisenant	Ada	16	Miss Edmond Liberty Fest's Outstanding Teen			Non-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ Award Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award
Oregon	Nicole Carter	Klamath Falls	17	Miss Klamath County's Outstanding Teen	Vocal
Pennsylvania	Page Mackenzie Weinstein^[31]^[2]	Pittsburgh	16	Miss Laurel Highlands' Outstanding Teen	Dance/Twirl Routine, "Wings" by Little Mix	Top 10^[2]	CMN Miracle Maker Award^[2] 3rd Place in Ad Sales
Puerto Rico	Victoria Violeta			Miss Dorado's Outstanding Teen
Rhode Island	Grace Romanello	South Kingstown	15	Miss Southern Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen	Vocal, "Hit Me with a Hot Note" by Duke Ellington
South Carolina	Hope Harvard^[32]	Easley	16	Miss Greater Easley Teen	Dance en Pointe, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from Mary Poppins		1st Place in Ad Sales
South Dakota	Taylor Bird	Arlington	17	Miss Jack's Outstanding Teen
Tennessee	Lexie Perry^[33]	Dresden	17	Miss Jackson's Outstanding Teen	Fiddle, "Devil Went Down to Georgia/Orange Blossom Special"	1st runner-up^[33]^[2]	Outstanding Instrumentalist Award^[2] Preliminary Talent Award^[2]
Texas	Kassidy Brown^[34]	Lufkin	17	Miss Dallas' Outstanding Teen	Contemporary Jazz en Pointe, "It's Oh So Quiet" by Björk	Top 7^[35]	2nd Place in Ad Sales
Utah	JessiKate Riley^[36]	Beaver	16	Miss Northern Utah's Outstanding Teen	Violin		Non-finalist Talent Award^[2]	Later Miss Utah 2017^[37] and Miss Utah USA 2021
Vermont	Alexina Federhen^[38]	Bennington	17		Vocal		Miss Photogenic^[2]	Previously Miss Vermont High School America 2013 Later 1st runner-up at Miss Vermont Teen USA 2016 Later Miss Vermont 2022^[39]
Virginia	Casey Shepard	Virginia Beach	15	Miss Apple Blossom's Outstanding Teen	Ballet en Pointe	3rd runner-up^[40]
Virgin Islands	Cereyna Jade Bougouneau	Saint Croix				Top 10	America's Choice
Washington	Tayler Plunkett^[41]	Kennewick	16	Miss Sun Valley's Outstanding Teen	Classical Vocal		Non-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ Award^[2] Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award^[2]
West Virginia	June Braunlich	Wheeling	17	Miss Southern West Virginia's Outstanding Teen	Piano			2nd runner-up at Miss West Virginia 2016 Miss Marshall County 2018 2nd runner-up at Miss West Virginia 2018
Wisconsin	Elise O'Connell^[42]	Trevor	17	Miss Fox River Valley's Outstanding Teen	Musical Theater Vocal, "On My Way" from Violet		Non-finalist Talent Award^[2]	Miss South Central 2018^[43] 2nd runner-up at Miss Wisconsin 2018
Wyoming	Addison Paige Treesh^[44]	Gillette	14		Dance			3rd runner-up at Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2017^[45] 1st runner-up at Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2018^[45] Later Miss Wyoming USA 2019^[46]