Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009

Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009 was the fourth Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant, held at the Linda Chapin Theater in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, United States, on August 16, 2008.

Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009 Participants and Results
Date	August 16, 2008
Presenters	Billy Flanigan Kirsten Haglund
Entertainment	Billy Flanigan
Venue	Linda Chapin Theater, Orlando, Florida, United States
Entrants	52
Placements	10
Winner	Taylor Hanna Fitch South Carolina
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Caitlin Brunell of Virginia crowned Taylor Hanna Fitch of South Carolina as her successor at the end of the event.^[1]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009	South Carolina – Taylor Hanna Fitch
1st Runner-Up	Pennsylvania – Julia Rae Schlucter
2nd Runner-Up	Arkansas – Sloane Roberts
3rd Runner-Up	Maryland – Joanna Guy
4th Runner-Up	Missouri – Sydnee Stottlemyre
Top 10	California – Crystal Lee  District of Columbia – Jasmine Alexis  Oklahoma – Alicia Clifton  Texas – Sydney Capello  Virginia – Lexie Overholt

Other Awards

Award	Contestant(s)
Community Service	West Virginia - Bethany Lojewski
Non-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ	North Dakota - Arianna Walker
Non-finalist Interview	North Dakota - Arianna Walker
Non-finalist Talent	Alabama - Haley Ates
Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life	Maryland - Joanna Guy
Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ	Arkansas - Sloane Roberts North Dakota - Arianna Walker Texas - Sydney Capello
Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness	California - Crystal Lee Maryland - Joanna Guy Missouri - Sydnee Stottlemyer Utah - McKenna Lewis
Preliminary Talent	Arkansas - Sloane Roberts Oklahoma - Alicia Clifton Texas - Sydney Capello
Scholastic Excellence	South Carolina - Taylor Hanna Fitch
Spirit of America	Pennsylvania - Julia Rae Schlucter

Order of Announcement

Top 10

1. California
2. Pennsylvania
3. Arkansas
4. Missouri
5. South Carolina
6. District of Columbia
7. Texas
8. Oklahoma
9. Maryland
10. Virginia

Top 5

1. Pennsylvania
2. Arkansas
3. Missouri
4. South Carolina
5. Maryland

Pageant

Selection of Contestants

One delegate from each state, District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands were chosen in state pageants between September 2007- July 2008

Preliminaries

During the 3 days prior to the final night, the delegates compete in the preliminary competition, which include a private interview with the judges and a show where they compete in lifestyle and fitness in athletic wear, evening wear, talent, and on-stage question. They were held on August 13–15, 2008.

Finals

During the finals, the top 10 compete in lifestyle and fitness in athletic wear, talent, and evening wear, and the top 5 compete in on-stage question.

Contestants

52 delegates participated:

State	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Talent	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Haley Ates	Eufaula		Miss Teen Painted Rock	Vocal, "Defying Gravity" from Wicked		Non-finalist Talent Award
Alaska	Sierra Slade[2]	Eagle River	15	Miss Teen Birchwood	Dramatic Reading
Arizona	Kelsey Hartley[3]	Cave Creek	16	Miss Teen Twirling Athlete	Baton Twirling
Arkansas	Sloane Roberts	Rison	15	Miss Teen White River		2nd runner-up	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Preliminary Talent Award	Later Miss Arkansas 2012
California	Crystal Lee	San Francisco	17	Miss Teen San Francisco	Ballet en Pointe	Top 10	Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award	Later Miss California 2013 1st runner-up at Miss America 2014[4]
Colorado	Caley-Rae Pavillard	Castle Rock	14					Later Miss Colorado Teen USA 2011 Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2011 Later Miss Colorado USA 2016
Connecticut	Rachel Ramonas	Wolcott	16	Miss Wolcott's Outstanding Teen				Banned from competing in pageants in the Miss Connecticut Organization[5]
Delaware	Amanda Debus[6]	Middletown	15	Miss Jr Teen New Castle County	Baton/Dance			Later Miss Delaware Teen USA 2011[citation needed] Later Miss Delaware 2016[6][7]
District of Columbia	Jasmine Alexis	Washington D.C.	17			Top 10		Previously Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 2007 The first Miss Black USA Talented Teen 2009
Florida	Courtney Sexton[8]	Starke	15	Miss St. Augustine's Outstanding Teen	Dance			Later Miss Florida 2016[9]
Georgia	Hilary Pulos[10]	Jesup	13	Miss Satilla's Outstanding Teen	Dance "It's a Spy Thing"
Hawaii	Halialani Parish	Ewa Beach	15
Idaho	Danielle Beckstrom	Eagle	17	At-Large
Illinois	Emily Travis	Metropolis	17	Miss Metropolis' Outstanding Teen	Piano			Addicted to alcohol and cocaine at birth; now suffers from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder[citation needed]
Indiana	Megan Thwaites	Garrett	16	Miss Three Rivers Festival's Outstanding Teen	Dance
Iowa	Jessica Jennings	McCausland	15	Miss Scott County's Outstanding Teen
Kansas	Alasyn Zimmerman	Derby	14	Miss Sunflower's Outstanding Teen	Dance, "So Much Better" from Legally Blonde
Kentucky	Ashley Ferry	Louisville	17	Miss Thoroughbred's Outstanding Teen	Jazz
Louisiana	April Nelson	Mandeville	16	Miss Pineville's Outstanding Teen	Vocal			Later Miss Louisiana 2015 3rd runner-up at Miss America 2016 pageant
Maine	Shannon Folsom	Saco	17					Older sister of Alison Folsom, Miss Maine's Outstanding Teen 2011 Later Miss Collegiate America 2011[11]
Maryland	Joanna Guy	Swanton	16	Miss College Park's Outstanding Teen		3rd runner-up	Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life Award Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award	Later Miss Maryland 2012 Top 10 at Miss America 2013 pageant
Massachusetts	Taylor Kinzler	Lakeville	16		Vocal			Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant Later Miss Massachusetts 2012
Michigan	Carleigh Corrion- Rowley	Essexville	14	Miss Oakland County's Outstanding Teen
Minnesota	Alyssa Mayfield	Frazee	16	Miss Frazee Teen
Mississippi	Morgan Lindsey Burnett	Brandon	17	Miss New South's Outstanding Teen
Missouri	Sydnee Stottlemyre	Wildwood	14	Miss Gateway St. Louis' Outstanding Teen		4th runner-up	Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award	Later Miss Missouri Teen USA 2011 4th runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2011 pageant Later Miss Missouri USA 2016 Top 10 at Miss USA 2016 pageant
Montana	Victoria Valentine	Missoula						Later Miss Montana 2014
Nebraska	Rachel Foehlinger	Ralston		Miss Omaha's Outstanding Teen	Baton Twirling			Sister of Christina Foehlinger, Miss Nebraska 2001[12] 1st runner-up at Miss Nebraska 2013 pageant[13] 2nd runner-up at Miss Nebraska 2012 pageant[14] and 2014[15] Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant
Nevada	Alexis Hilts	Las Vegas
New Hampshire	Megan Lyman[16]	Gilford	17		Tap Dance, "Baby I'm a Star" by Prince			Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant Later Miss New Hampshire 2012[17][18]
New Jersey	Katharyn Nicolle[19]	Wenonah	16		Ballet en Pointe			Later Miss New Jersey 2011[19][20]
New Mexico	Alyssa Jean Sifuentes	Silver City
New York	Alexandra Mazzucchelli	Staten Island	16	Miss Staten Island's Outstanding Teen
North Carolina	Mya Hipps	Gastonia	17	Miss Gastonia's Outstanding Teen
North Dakota	Ariana Walker[21]	Bismarck		Miss Bismarck's Outstanding Teen	Contemporary Lyrical Dance		Non-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ Award Non-finalist Interview Award Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award	Later Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2010 Later Miss North Dakota 2011[22]
Ohio	Sarah Hider	Wooster	17	Miss Lake Erie's Outstanding Teen				Later Miss Ohio 2015
Oklahoma	Alicia Clifton	Oklahoma City	16	Miss Tulsa's Outstanding Teen		Top 10[1]	Preliminary Talent Award	Later Miss Oklahoma 2012 2nd runner-up at Miss America 2013 pageant
Oregon	JoAnna Adkisson	Klamath Falls	17	Miss Klamath County's Outstanding Teen
Pennsylvania	Julia Rae Schlucter	Malvern	16	At-Large		1st runner-up[1]	Spirit of America Award	1st runner-up at Miss Pennsylvania 2015 pageant
Rhode Island	Angela Angers	Barrington
South Carolina	Taylor Hanna Fitch	Anderson	17	Miss Upstate Teen		Winner[1]	Scholastic Excellence Award
South Dakota	Carrie Wintel	Iroquois	14
Tennessee	Madyson Foster[23]	Cleveland	16	Miss Scenic City's Outstanding Teen	Dance
Texas	Sydney Capello[24][25]	Southlake	15	Miss Teen Duncanville	Pop Vocal, "Midnight Train to Georgia"	Top 10[1]	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Preliminary Talent Award
Utah	McKenna Lewis	Smithfield					Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award
Vermont	Blaize Hall	Georgia	15
Virginia	Lexie Overholt[26]	Oakton			Ballet en Pointe	Top 10[1]		Member of corps de ballet at Miami City Ballet[27]
Virgin Islands	Brittany Rodriguez	Saint Thomas
Washington	Tori Knight[28]	Puyallup	16	Miss Pierce County's Outstanding Teen	Vocal
West Virginia	Bethany Lojewski	Morgantown	15	Miss Teen Randolph County			Community Service Award[1]	Type 1 Diabetic 3rd runner-up at Miss West Virginia 2016 pageant
Wisconsin	Jennifer Dombrowski[29]	Milwaukee	17	Miss Milwaukee's Outstanding Teen
Wyoming	Marcella Bledsoe	Sheridan	13	Miss Sheridan's Outstanding Teen