Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008

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.

Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 Participants and Results
Date	August 11, 2007
Presenters	Lauren Nelson Billy Flanigan
Venue	Linda Chapin Theater
Entrants	52
Placements	10
Winner	Caitlin Brunell Virginia
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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.^[1]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008	Virginia – Caitlin Brunell
1st Runner-Up	Utah – Lindsey Brinton
2nd Runner-Up	Pennsylvania – Elena LaQuatra
3rd Runner-Up	Louisiana – Mary Jane Hobgood
4th Runner-Up	Kentucky – Ann-Blair Thornton
Top 10	Florida – Alexandra Milbrath Indiana – Morgan Jackson Mississippi – Jasmine Murray Oklahoma – Jamie Butemeyer Wisconsin – Bishara Dorre

Other Awards

Award	Contestant(s)
Academic Achievement	Minnesota - Chantal Wilson
Non-finalist Interview	Vermont - Caroline Bright
Non-finalist Talent	Delaware - Chelsea Betts
Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ	Illinois - MerrieBeth Cox Pennsylvania - Elena LaQuatra Virginia - Caitlin Brunell
Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness	Tennessee - Devin Grissom Utah - Lindsey Brinton Wisconsin - Bishara Dorre
Preliminary Talent	Delaware - Chelsea Betts Illinois - MerrieBeth Cox Louisiana - Mary Jane Hobgood
Spirit of America	Nebraska - Kayla Batt
Troy Scholarship	Kentucky - Ann-Blair Thornton

Order of Announcement

Top 10

1. Louisiana
2. Oklahoma
3. Wisconsin
4. Utah
5. Florida
6. Pennsylvania
7. Mississippi
8. Virginia
9. Kentucky
10. Indiana

Top 5

1. Virginia
2. Utah
3. Louisiana
4. Kentucky
5. 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:

State	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Talent	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Meg McGuffin[2]	Ozark	14	Miss Teen Trojan/Troy	Jazz Dance en Pointe			Later Miss Alabama 2015[2] 4th runner-up at Miss America 2016 pageant[3]
Alaska	Avianna McKee[4]	Anchorage	17		Neo-Classical Ballet en Pointe
Arizona	Danielle Dastrup[5]	Holbrook	16	Miss Teen Navajo County	Vocal
Arkansas	Morgan Holt[6][7]	Conway	16	Miss Teen Conway	Tap Dance			1st runner-up at Miss Arkansas 2012 pageant[6]
California	Jordan Krinke[8]	Placentia	16	Miss Teen Placentia	Dance			Later National Sweetheart 2013[9]
Colorado	Paige Story	Parker
Connecticut	Karen Link[10]	Terryville		Miss Bristol's Outstanding Teen	Spanish-influenced tap dance			Former NFL cheerleader and captain for the New England Patriots[10][11]
Delaware	Chelsea Betts[12]	Georgetown	15	Miss Sussex County's Outstanding Teen	Vocal		Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Talent Award
District of Columbia	LaTonya Abrams[citation needed]	Washington D.C.
Florida	Alexandra Milbrath[citation needed]	Winter Park	15	Miss City Beautiful's Outstanding Teen
Georgia	Michaela Lackey[13]	Marietta	17	Miss Cobb County's Outstanding Teen	Ballet en Pointe			Later Miss Georgia 2011[13]
Hawaii	Moani Hara[14]	Honolulu
Idaho	Cassidy Bronson[15]	Ammon	14		Vocal
Illinois	MerrieBeth Cox[16]	Roselle	16	Miss Greater Woodville's Outstanding Teen	Baton Twirling		Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Preliminary Talent Award	Later Purdue University's 27th Golden Girl[17] Later Miss Indiana 2012[18] Top 12 at Miss America 2013 pageant[19]
Indiana	Morgan Jackson[20]	Charlestown	13	Miss Harvest Homecoming's Outstanding Teen	Dance	Top 10[21]		Daughter of Miss New Mexico 1984, Trina Collins[22] Later Miss Indiana 2015[22][23]
Iowa	Taylar Swartz[24]	Fremont	16	Miss Southern Iowa's Outstanding Teen
Kansas	Maggie Delaney[25]	Overland Park	17	Miss Johnson County's Outstanding Teen	Vocal
Kentucky	Ann-Blair Thornton[26]	Bowling Green	17	Miss Elizabethtown Area's Outstanding Teen		4th runner-up[27]		1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant[citation needed] Later Miss Kentucky 2011[28]
Louisiana	Mary Jane Hobgood[29][27]	Shreveport		Miss Holiday in Dixie's Outstanding Teen	Ballet en Pointe, Rodeo by Aaron Copland	3rd runner-up[30]	Preliminary Talent Award[30]
Maine	Erin Buck[31]	Caribou	15		Vocal			Later Maine's Junior Miss 2010[32]
Maryland	Kasey Stanizewski[33]	Swan Point	15	Miss College Park's Outstanding Teen	Vocal			Sister of Miss Maryland 2010, Lindsay Staniszewski Triple Crown Winner Later Miss Maryland Teen USA 2009; 3rd runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2009 pageant[34] Later Miss Maryland USA 2013; Top 15 at Miss USA 2013 pageant[35]
Massachusetts	Hillary Pavao[36]	Dartmouth
Michigan	Madelynne Wagner[37]	Rockford
Minnesota	Chantal Wilson[38]	Greenbush	16		Piano		Academic Achievement Award	1st runner-up at Miss Minnesota 2014 pageant[39]
Mississippi	Jasmine Murray[40]	Columbia		Miss Houston/North Central's Outstanding Teen	Vocal	Top 10		Top 13 finalist on season 8 of American Idol[41] Later Miss Mississippi 2014[42] Top 10 at Miss America 2015 pageant
Missouri	Mary Bauer[43]	Cape Girardeau	16	Miss Maulden's Outstanding Teen	Vocal, "Popular" from Wicked			4th runner-up at Miss Missouri 2009 pageant[44]
Montana	Chantell Bury[45]	Glendive	16		Vocal			3rd runner-up at Miss Montana 2009 and 2013 pageants[46]
Nebraska	Kayla Batt[47]	Alliance			Vocal		Spirit of America Award	Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant Later Miss Nebraska 2011[48]
Nevada	Gabrielle Boyadjian[49]	Las Vegas	14		Vocal
New Hampshire	Julia Neveu[50]	Manchester	17		Jazz Dance			3rd runner-up at Miss New Hampshire 2012 pageant[51] 4th runner-up at Miss New Hampshire 2013 pageant[52]
New Jersey	Kaitlyn Schoeffel[53]	Egg Harbor Township	13	Miss Coastal Shore's Outstanding Teen	Dance			Later Miss New Jersey 2017[54] 2nd runner-up at Miss America 2018[55]
New Mexico	Madison Tabet[56]	Albuquerque	15		Dance			Later Miss New Mexico 2010[57]
New York	Allison Carlos[citation needed]	Watertown	15	Miss Adirondack International Speedway's Outstanding Teen	Dance
North Carolina	BrieAnna Hester[58]	Henderson	16	Miss Central Carolina's Outstanding Teen	Lyrical Dance			4th runner-up at Miss North Carolina 2013 pageant[59]
North Dakota	Andrea Berglund[60]	Bismarck	16	Teen Miss Northern Lights
Ohio	Ashley Miller[citation needed]	Patriot	16	Miss Portsmouth's Outstanding Teen
Oklahoma	Jamie Butemeyer[61]	Lawton	16	Miss South OKC's Outstanding Teen		Top 10
Oregon	Abigail Rodriguez[62][63]	Gresham	16	Miss Portland's Outstanding Teen				Born drug-addicted to addict parents and was later adopted[62]
Pennsylvania	Elena LaQuatra[64][65]	Mount Lebanon	15	Miss Central Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen	Tap Dance, "You Can't Stop the Beat" from Hairspray	2nd runner-up[66]	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award	Deaf since age 4 due to bacterial meningitis[66][67] Later Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2010[65] Later Miss Pennsylvania USA 2016[65][68]
Rhode Island	Molly Jacobson[69]	Barrington						Previously Miss Teen Rhode Island International 2006
South Carolina	Lauren Lytle[70]	Boiling Springs	17	Miss Greenville Teen	Vocal
South Dakota	Autumn Simunek[71]	Hot Springs	14		Ballet			Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 pageant Later Miss South Dakota 2015[72]
Tennessee	Devin Grissom[citation needed]	Cordova	16	Miss Cordova's Outstanding Teen	Vocal		Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award	Appeared on season 1 of CMT's Sweet Home Alabama[73]
Texas	Callie Thompson[74]	Katy	17	Miss Teen Montgomery County	Jazz Dance			4th runner-up at Miss Texas 2013 pageant[75]
Utah	Lindsey Brinton[76]	Salt Lake City	16			1st runner-up	Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award	Later America's Junior Miss 2008[77][78]
Vermont	Caroline Bright[79]	St. Albans	17		Vocal		Non-finalist Interview Award	Later Miss Vermont 2010[80]
Virginia	Caitlin Brunell[81]	Great Falls	15	Miss Greater Richmond's Outstanding Teen	En Pointe Dance, "Show Off" from The Drowsy Chaperone	Winner[81]	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award	Daughter of former New Orleans Saints quarterback, Mark Brunell[82][83] Later Miss Alabama 2014[81][84] Top 10 at Miss America 2015 pageant[85]
Virgin Islands	Reisha Alyssa Corneiro	Saint Croix
Washington	Genay Tucker[86]	Vancouver	16	Miss Greater Vancouver's Outstanding Teen	Tap Dance
West Virginia	Courtney Nelson[87][88]	Keyser		Miss Teen Eastern Panhandle	Vocal, “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” from The Phantom of the Opera
Wisconsin	Bishara Dorre[89]	Milwaukee	17	Miss Milwaukee's Outstanding Teen	Dance	Top 10[90]	Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award	Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2006[91] Previously National American Miss 2010[citation needed] Later Miss Wisconsin USA 2014[92] Top 10 at Miss USA 2014 pageant[92]
Wyoming	Ashley Golden[93]	Gillette	13	Miss Campbell County's Outstanding Teen