Miss America 2016
Miss America 2016 | |
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Date | September 13, 2015 |
Presenters | Chris Harrison, Brooke Burke |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster | ABC, UniMÁS |
Entrants | 52 |
Placements | 15 |
Withdrawals | Virgin Islands |
Winner | Betty Cantrell![]() |
Miss America 2016, the 95th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Sunday, September 13, 2015. It was broadcast on ABC and streamed to mobile devices and Xbox 360 consoles via the WatchABC app. Tickets for the 2016 Miss America competition went on sale June 5, 2015.[1]
Kira Kazantsev (Miss New York 2014) crowned her successor, Miss Georgia 2015, Betty Cantrell at the end of the two-hour nationally televised event. According to the Miss America's website, the pageant got around 7.9 million views.
Contents
Overview
There were 52 women[2] competing for the title, down from 53 contestants in the 2014 pageant, as the Miss Virgin Islands pageant organization did not renew their license and is no longer sending representatives for the Miss America pageant.
The panel of preliminary competition judges included publicist and talent producer Brian Edwards, Miss America 1979 Kylene Barker, producer Jenni Pulos, fashion and style expert Rachel Zalis, fashion designer Noah Alexander, D.C. lobbyist Lanny Griffith, and actor/model James Brown III.[3][4]
Vanessa L. Williams (who was crowned Miss America 1984 but was forced to resign a few weeks before her reign ended) served as head judge and performed Oh How the Years Go By.[5][6] The pageant began with Miss America CEO Sam Haskell issuing an apology to Williams, telling her that although "none of us currently in the organization were involved then, on behalf of today's organization, I want to apologize to you and to your mother, Miss Helen Williams. I want to apologize for anything that was said or done that made you feel any less the Miss America you are and the Miss America you always will be."[7][8][9] Suzette Charles (Williams' replacement)[10] said in an interview with Inside Edition that she was perplexed over the apology and suggested that it was given for the purpose of ratings.[11] Williams also commented on the events surrounding her return, stating in an interview with Robin Roberts that "there's a lot of people who feel I should return, so the people who harbor the resentment I understand it but realize that all of those people that were part of the old guard are no longer there."[5]
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss America 2016 | |
1st runner-up | |
2nd runner-up | |
3rd runner-up | |
4th runner-up | |
Top 7 | |
Top 10 | |
Top 12 | |
Top 15 |
* - America's Choice
Awards
Preliminary Awards
Awards | Contestant |
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Lifestyle & Fitness | |
Talent |
Other awards
Awards | Contestant |
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Non-finalist Talent | |
Non-finalist Interview | |
Miss Congeniality |
Contestants
State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Special awards | Notes |
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Meg McGuffin[12] | Ozark | 22 | Jazz Ballet en Pointe "Enigma Variation" from The Matrix | 4th Runner-up | Quality of Life Award 2nd Runner-up | Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen 2007 |
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Zoey Grenier[13] | Anchorage | 19 | Vocal "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 | ||
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Madison Esteves | Chandler | 20 | Contemporary Dance | Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2012 | ||
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Loren McDaniel[14] | Van Buren | 22 | Vocal "Piece of Sky" | Top 15 | ||
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Bree Morse[15] | Garden Grove | 23 | Tap Dance | |||
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Kelley Johnson[16] | Windsor | 22 | Monologue | 2nd Runner-up | STEM Scholarship Winner | Appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to discuss her nursing monologue and received $10,000 from Shutterfly for nurse anesthetist school[17] |
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Colleen Ward | Wolcott | 22 | Irish Step Dance | |||
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Brooke Mitchell[18] | Selbyville | 19 | Baton twirling "Rhythm of the Night" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 | ||
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Haely Jardas[19] | Fort Myers | 24 | Vocal "Blank Space" by Taylor Swift | |||
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Mary Katherine Fechtel[20] | Leesburg | 19 | Lyrical Dance "Listen" | Top 10 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Winner | Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2010. Sister of Elizabeth Fechtel, Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2012 |
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Betty Cantrell[21] | Warner Robins | 21 | Classical Vocal "Tu Tu Piccolo Iddio" | Miss America 2016 | Preliminary Talent Winner | |
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Jeanné Kapela[22] | Kailua-Kona | 20 | Lyrical Dance "My Heart Will Go On" by Tioni Tam Sing | Miss Congeniality | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014, but pulled out of the competition due to a family emergency | |
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Kalie Wright[23] | Kimberly | 23 | Vocal | Previously National Sweetheart 2014 | ||
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Crystal Davis[24] | Anna | 22 | Vocal "That's Life" | |||
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Morgan Jackson[25] | Charlestown | 21 | Lyrical Ballet "You Raise Me Up" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014. Miss Indiana's Outstanding Teen 2007 and top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008. Daughter of Trina Collins, Miss New Mexico 1984. | ||
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Taylor Wiebers[26] | Clinton | 21 | Vocal "Don't Forget Me" from Smash | Top 12 | Preliminary Talent Winner Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Winner |
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Hannah Wagner[27] | Wichita | 19 | Ballet en Pointe "Swan Lake" | |||
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Clark Janell Davis | Lexington | 18 | Vocal "Summertime" | Grew up with Dyslexia | ||
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April Nelson[28] | Mandeville | 23 | Vocal "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" from The Sound of Music | 3rd Runner-up | Preliminary Talent Winner | Miss Louisiana's Outstanding Teen 2008 |
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Kelsey Earley[29] | Lebanon | 24 | Clogging "Black Betty" | Quality of Life Award Finalist | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 | |
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Destiny Clark[30] | Gaithersburg | 23 | Guitar with vocal | Quality of Life Award Finalist | 4th runner-up at Miss Maryland USA 2015 | |
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Meagan Fuller | Attleboro | 22 | Jazz Dance | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2013, 1st runner up at National Sweetheart 2013, Previously Massachusetts' Junior Miss 2010 and top 10 at Miss America's Junior Miss 2010. | ||
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Emily Kieliszewski[31] | Alpena | 23 | Tap Dance "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer | |||
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Rachel Latuff[32] | Minneapolis | 24 | Contemporary Ribbon Dance "Out of the Woods" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 | ||
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Hannah Roberts[33] | Mount Olive | 21 | Classical violin | 1st Runner-up | Quality of Life Award Finalist
STEM Scholarship Winner |
Previously Mississippi's Junior Miss 2011 and 2nd runner-up to America's Junior Miss 2011 |
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McKensie Garber[34] | Hale | 22 | Jazz Ballet en Pointe "P.Y.T." | Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2011 | ||
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Danielle Wineman[35] | Cut Bank | 23 | Piano "Pirates of the Caribbean" | Sister of Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana 2012; previously Montana's Junior Miss 2010 | ||
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Alyssa Howell[36] | Omaha | 20 | Piano "Northern Lights" | Top 12 | Miss Virginia National Teen 2009 | |
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Katherine Kelley | Madisonville, KY | 23 | Piano | |||
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Holly Blanchard[37] | Derry | 23 | Baton Twirling "Show Me How You Burlesque" by Christina Aguilera | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 | ||
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Lindsey Giannini[38] | Hammonton | 21 | Latin Rhythm Dance "Fireball" by Pitbull | Quality of Life Award Winner | ||
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Marissa Livingston[39] | Albuquerque | 20 | Jazz Dance "I'm Gonna Live 'Til I Die" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 | ||
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Jamie Lynn Macchia[40] | Eltingville | 23 | Lyrical Dance "I Was Here" by Beyoncé | 1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2014 | ||
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Kate Peacock[41] | Dunn | 19 | Tap Dance "Swing the Mood" | 2nd runner-up at Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2012 | ||
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Delanie Wiedrich[42] | Hazen | 19 | Vocal "Someone Like You" by Adele | |||
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Sarah Hider[43] | Wooster | 24 | Jazz Vocal "Almost Like Being in Love" | Miss Ohio's Outstanding Teen 2008 | ||
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Georgia Frazier[44] | Tulsa | 23 | Vocal “Happy Days Are Here Again" | Top 10 | Top 16 at National Sweetheart 2014; Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen 2009 | |
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Ali Wallace | Portland | 21 | Lyrical Dance "Latch" by Sam Smith | Daughter of Tamara Fazzolari, Miss Oregon 1987 | ||
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Ashley Schmider[45] | South Fayette | 23 | Tap Dance "Pon de Replay" by Rihanna | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012; Miss United States Continental 2014 | ||
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Destiny Vélez | Trujillo Alto | 19 | Acoustic Drums | |||
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Alexandra Curtis[46] | West Warwick | 23 | Musical Theater "Poor Unfortunate Souls" | Quality of Life Award Finalist | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014; National All-American Miss Teen 2010-2011; Master's student at Brown University | |
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Daja Dial | Spartanburg | 22 | Vocal "I Believe" | Top 7 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Winner | |
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Autumn Simunek[47] | Hot Springs | 22 | Vocal "Hallelujah" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012, Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2007 | ||
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Hannah Robison[48] | Paris | 21 | Piano "El Cumbanchero" | Top 7 (America's Choice) | STEM Scholarship Winner Quality of Life Award 1st Runner-up |
2nd runner-up at Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2012 |
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Shannon Sanderford | Coppell | 23 | Pop Vocal | Top 10 | ||
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Krissia Beatty[49] | St. George | 22 | Piano "All of Me" | |||
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Alayna Westcom[50] | Bakersfield | 23 | Scientific Experiment | STEM Scholarship Winner | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 | |
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Savannah Lane | Midlothian | 19 | Vocal "Don't Rain on My Parade" from Funny Girl | Top 15 | ||
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Lizzi Jackson | Bellingham | 21 | Vocal | STEM Scholarship Winner | ||
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Chelsea Malone[51] | Wheeling | 23 | Vocal | Top 15 | ||
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Rosalie Smith[52] | Waukesha | 19 | Lyrical Dance "Heaven" by Beyoncé | |||
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Mikaela Shaw[53] | Laramie | 21 | Violin | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2013 |
Pageant notes
Withdraws
Virgin Islands - Due to lack of sponsorships
Notes
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External links
- Vanessa Williams and Her Mother Receive an Apology From Miss America Organization - ABC News, September 14, 2015.