Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2016

Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2016 was the 10th Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant held at the Linda Chapin Theater in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on August 1, 2015. At the conclusion of the event, Olivia McMillan of Georgia crowned her successor Allie Nault of New Hampshire. The pageant was hosted by Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev and Greg Hutson.

Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2016
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2016 Participants and Results
Date	August 1, 2015
Presenters	Greg Hutson and Kira Kazantsev
Venue	Linda Chapin Theater
Entrants	52
Placements	10
Winner	Allie Nault New Hampshire
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Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant(s)
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2016	New Hampshire – Allie Nault
1st Runner-Up	Texas – Addyson Jackson
2nd Runner-Up	Indiana – Audrey Ferguson
3rd Runner-Up	Arizona – Jessi Gradillas
4th Runner-Up	Oklahoma – Carrigan Bradley
Top 10	Georgia – Victoria Smith Nebraska – Steffany Lien Nevada – Lauren Watson § New Jersey – Shereen Pimentel South Carolina – Sarah Hamrick

§ America's Choice

Awards

Preliminary awards

Awards	Contestants
Evening Wear and On-Stage Question	Arizona - Jessi Gradillas New Hampshire - Allie Nault South Carolina - Sarah Hamrick
Talent	Arizona - Jessi Gradillas Arkansas - Gracie Stover New Jersey - Shereen Pimentel

Non-finalist awards

Awards	Contestant(s)
Non-finalist Evening Wear and On-Stage Question	Arkansas - Gracie Stover
Non-finalist Interview	New York - Alisa Vasquez
Non-finalist Talent	Pennsylvania - Samantha Renck

Talent awards

Awards	Contestant(s)
Outstanding Dance Talent	Arkansas - Gracie Stover Pennsylvania - Samantha Renck West Virginia - Braelynn Neely
Outstanding Instrumental Talent	Iowa - Nina Yu Virginia - Hayley Boland[1]
Outstanding Vocal Talent	New Jersey - Shereen Pimentel

Children's Miracle Network (CMN) National Miracle Maker awards

Results	Contestant
Winner	Louisiana - Julia Claire Williams
Finalists	Pennsylvania - Samantha Renck South Carolina - Sarah Hamrick Washington - Abigail Dominguiano

Teens in Action award

Results	Contestant
Winner	New Hampshire - Allie Nault
Finalists	Arkansas - Gracie Stover Florida - Leah Roddenberry Minnesota - Rachel Weyandt Pennsylvania - Samantha Renck Virginia - Hayley Boland[1]

Other awards

Awards	Contestant(s)
Miss Congeniality/Spirit of America	New York - Alisa Vasquez
America's Choice	Nevada - Lauren Watson
Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life	Virginia - Hayley Boland[1]
Scholastic Excellence	South Carolina - Sarah Hamrick

Contestants

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Talent	Placement at MAO Teen	Special scholarships at MAO Teen	Notes
Alabama	Kaitlynn Campbell[2][3]	Hayden	17	At-Large	Vocal, "Concrete Angel"
Alaska	Elle Adkins[4][5]	Eagle River	16	Miss Chugiak/Eagle River's Outstanding Teen	Acrobatic Dance			Daughter of Holly Salo Adkins, Miss Alaska 1990[4] Later Distinguished Young Woman of Alaska 2017[4] Later inherited the Miss Alaska 2021 title after Emma Broyles was crowned Miss America 2022
Arizona	Jessi Gradillas[6]	Chandler	17	Miss Grand Canyon's Outstanding Teen	Vocal/Guitar	3rd runner-up	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Preliminary Talent Award
Arkansas	Gracie Stover[7]	Little Rock	17	Miss Ouachita River's Outstanding Teen	Tap Dance		Non-finalist Evening Wear/OSQ Award Outstanding Dance Talent Award Preliminary Talent Award Teens in Action Award Finalist
California	Avery Grooms[8]	Fresno	17	Miss Sierra Nevada's Outstanding Teen
Colorado	Maggie O'Grady		15	Miss Northern Colorado's Outstanding Teen
Connecticut	Sapna Raghavan[9]	Ellington	17	Miss Greater Rockville's Outstanding Teen	Bollywood Dance			Later Miss Connecticut 2021[10]
Delaware	Michelle Ley	Wilmington	16	Miss New Castle County's Outstanding Teen	Vocal
District of Columbia	Jade Allysee Parchment	Washington D.C.	15
Florida	Leah Roddenberry[11]	Bradenton	16	Miss Orlando's Outstanding Teen	Dance		Teens in Action Award Finalist	First to hold a state MAOT title twice[citation needed] 1st runner-up at Miss Florida 2019 competition[12] Later Miss Florida 2021[13]
Georgia	Victoria Smith[14]	Sandersville	17	Miss Macon's Outstanding Teen	Tap Dance, "Ease on Down the Road" from The Wiz	Top 10
Hawaii	Kealani Tanizaki-Hudson		16
Idaho	Abigail Kunz	Rigby	16	Miss Southeastern Idaho's Outstanding Teen
Illinois	Peyton Tucker		17	Miss Windy City's Outstanding Teen	Vocal
Indiana	Audrey Ferguson	Evansville	17	Miss Central Indiana's Outstanding Teen	Vocal	2nd runner-up
Iowa	Nina Yu	Cedar Rapids	17	Miss Metro's Outstanding Teen			Outstanding Instrumental Talent Award
Kansas	Ashley Pringle	Yates Center	17	Miss Hay Capital's Outstanding Teen	Vocal
Kentucky	Kennedy Sabharwal	Lexington	15	Miss Renfro Valley's Outstanding Teen
Louisiana	Julia Claire Williams[15]	Kinder	16	Miss Holiday in Dixie's Outstanding Teen	Dance		CMN Miracle Maker Award	Later Miss Louisiana 2021[16]
Maine	Alexis Wintle		17
Maryland	Jessica Bayuk	Frederick	17	Miss Western Maryland's Outstanding Teen
Massachusetts	Alexandra Berube	Methuen	17	Miss Boston's Outstanding Teen
Michigan	Vanessa Chambe	St. Clair Shores	16	Miss Downriver's Outstanding Teen
Minnesota	Rachel Weyandt		16	Miss Chain of Lakes' Outstanding Teen			Teens in Action Award Finalist
Mississippi	Grace Post	Madison	16	Miss Central Mississippi's Outstanding Teen
Missouri	Alexis Piskulic[17]	Arnold	15	Miss River City's Outstanding Teen	Dance/Twirl, "A Brand New Day"			"Silver Twin" in Purdue University's "All-American" Marching Band[18]
Montana	Katee Orr	Missoula	17
Nebraska	Steffany Lien[19]	Omaha	17	Miss Douglas County's Outstanding Teen	Baton Twirling, "Hollywood" by Michael Bublé	Top 10		Six-time world champion baton twirler[19] Later University of Louisville's Cardinal Girl Feature Twirler[20] Later Miss Nebraska 2022[21]
Nevada	Lauren Watson	Las Vegas	16	Miss Lake Mead's Outstanding Teen		Top 10	People's Choice Award	Previously Miss American Teenager Junior 2013
New Hampshire	Allie Nault[22]	Gilford	17	Miss Lakes Region's Outstanding Teen	Dance/Twirl	Winner[22]	Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Teens in Action Award
New Jersey	Shereen Pimentel[23][24]	Teaneck	17	Miss Cape Shores' Outstanding Teen	Vocal, "Finding Wonderland"	Top 10	Outstanding Vocal Talent Award Preliminary Talent Award
New Mexico	Sasha Butcher[25]	Albuquerque	15	Miss Las Vegas' Outstanding Teen
New York	Alisa Vasquez	Washingtonville	17	Miss Upstate New York's Outstanding Teen			Non-finalist Interview Award Spirit of America Award
North Carolina	McKenzie Hansley	Hampstead	16	Miss Spivey's Corner's Outstanding Teen				Later Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2017
North Dakota	Olivia Larson[26]			Miss Bismarck's Outstanding Teen
Ohio	Emily Krejci	North Royalton	15	Miss Maple City's Outstanding Teen
Oklahoma	Carrigan Bradley		16	Miss Edmond Liberty Fest's Outstanding Teen	Vocal, "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra	4th runner-up		4th runner-up at Miss Oklahoma 2017 pageant
Oregon	Hailey Kilgore[27]	Happy Valley	16	Miss Happy Valley's Outstanding Teen	Vocal, "Not For the Life of Me", from Thoroughly Modern Millie			Previously National American Miss Oregon Pre-Teen[28] Later cast as Ti Moune in the 2018 Broadway revival of Once on This Island[29] Nominated for 2018 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for this role[30]
Pennsylvania	Samantha Renck[31]	Newtown	17	Miss Philadelphia's Outstanding Teen	Lyrical Dance		CMN Miracle Maker Award Finalist Non-finalist Talent Award Outstanding Dance Talent Award Teens in Action Award Finalist
Rhode Island	Catarina Girardi[32]	Cranston	16	Miss Cranston's Outstanding Teen	Dance
South Carolina	Sarah Hamrick[33]	Cowpens	17	Miss Hilton Head Island Teen	Vocal, "Live Out Loud"	Top 10	CMN Miracle Maker Award Finalist Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Scholastic Excellence Award	Later contestant on season 26 of The Bachelor
South Dakota	Cameron Schroder	Huron	17	Miss Sioux Empire's Outstanding Teen
Tennessee	Allie Privitt[34]	Humboldt	16	Miss Henderson County's Outstanding Teen	Acro-Jazz Lyrical Dance
Texas	Addyson Jackson[35]	Frisco	16	Miss Plano's Outstanding Teen	Dance	1st runner-up[36]
Utah	Savannah Sorensen		16	Miss Central Utah's Outstanding Teen				Older sister of Charlee Sorensen, Miss Utah's Outstanding Teen 2020
Vermont	Sophia Parker		16
Virginia	Hayley Boland[37]	Troutville	17	Miss Roanoke Valley's Outstanding Teen	Piano, "Solfeggietto" by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach		Academic Achievement Award[1] Outstanding Instrumental Talent Award[1] Teens in Action Award Finalist[1]
Virgin Islands	Keshaundia Quinn		15
Washington	Abigail Dominguiano[38]	Bremerton	15	Miss Great Peninsula's Outstanding Teen	Musical Theater Vocal		CMN Miracle Maker Award Finalist
West Virginia	Braelynn Neely[39]			Miss University City's Outstanding Teen	Dance/Twirl		Outstanding Dance Talent Award
Wisconsin	Jordenne Butler[40]	Onalaska	16	Miss River City's Outstanding Teen	Lyrical Dance, Glee cover of "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables
Wyoming	Olivia Boley	Sheridan	15