Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2020

Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2020 was the 14th annual Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant held in Orlando, Florida on July 27, 2019. The preliminary competition was held on July 23-25, 2019.

Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2020
Date	July 27, 2019
Presenters	Mike Rome
Venue	Linda Chapin Theater, Orlando, Florida, United States
Entrants	51
Placements	15
Winner	Payton Kennedy May Washington
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London Hibbs of Texas crowned her successor, Payton May of Washington, at the end of the event.^[1]

Judges

The panel of judges for the 2020 preliminary and final night of competition will include:^[2]

• Caitlin Brunell-Moore, Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 and Miss Alabama 2014
• Willie L. Hill, Jr., Director of the Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Margot Menzel, talent manager at Luber Roklin Entertainment
• Susan Davis Baldino, professor of museum studies at Florida State University and disabilities advocate
• Candace M. Read, wardrobe stylist and blogger
• Jeffrey C. McDermott, President/CEO of Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2020	Washington – Payton May[1]
1st runner-up	Arizona – Katelyn Cai[3]
2nd runner-up	Kentucky – Landry Feldmeier
3rd runner-up	Tennessee – Taylor Parsons[4]
4th runner-up	Missouri – Shae Smith
Top 10	Mississippi – Jane Granberry New Jersey – Brynn McKinney Oklahoma – Claire Grace Pennsylvania – Riley Evans South Carolina – Kellan Fenegan
Top 15	Alabama – Zoé Champion Idaho – Kaila Yacuk[3] § Indiana – Hadley Abram Louisiana – Chanley Patterson Nebraska – Phoenix Stanford

§ America's Choice

Order of announcements

Top 15  Indiana  Missouri  New Jersey  Alabama  Kentucky  Oklahoma  Louisiana  Mississippi  South Carolina  Arizona  Washington  Tennessee  Nebraska  Pennsylvania  Idaho

Top 10  South Carolina  New Jersey  Arizona  Mississippi  Missouri  Oklahoma  Pennsylvania  Washington  Kentucky  Tennessee

Top 5  Missouri  Tennessee  Arizona  Kentucky  Washington

Awards

Preliminary awards

Award	Contestants
Preliminary Evening Wear/On-Stage Question (OSQ)	Alabama – Zoé Champion Arizona – Katelyn Cai Washington – Payton May
Preliminary Talent	Missouri – Shae Smith Pennsylvania – Riley Evans Tennessee – Taylor Parsons[4]

Talent awards

Awards	Contestant(s)
Overall Dance	Pennsylvania – Riley Evans Tennessee – Taylor Parsons[4]
Overall Instrumental	Louisiana – Chanley Patterson Utah – Claire Inouye
Overall Vocal	Texas – Allie Graves[5]

Other awards

Awards[6]	Contestant(s)
America's Choice	Idaho – Kaila Yacuk[3]
Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Miracle Maker Award	Missouri – Shae Smith
Miss Congeniality/Spirit of America	Alabama – Zoé Champion
Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life	Arizona – Katelyn Cai
Non-finalist Evening Wear/On-Stage Question (OSQ)	Rhode Island – Caroline Parente
Non-finalist Interview	Illinois – Imani Muse
Non-finalist Talent	Texas – Allie Graves[5]
Random Acts of Kindness	Utah – Claire Inouye
Scholastic Excellence	South Carolina – Kellan Fenegan
Teens in Action Award Winners	Delaware – Jacqueline Means (tie) Florida – Hannah Adams (tie)
Teens in Action Award Finalists	Massachusetts – Rachel Michelle-Marie Perry Oklahoma – Claire Grace South Carolina – Kellan Fenegan Virginia – Morgan Rhudy
Top Advertisement Sales Media Scholarship	Texas – Allie Graves

Contestants

The Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2020 contestants are:

•   Declared as winner
•   Ended as a runner-up
•   Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist

State	Name
Alabama	Zoé Champion[7]
Alaska	Corinne Johnson[8]
Arizona	Katelyn Cai[9]
Arkansas	Sarah Cate Lay[10]
California	Isabella Mills[11]
Colorado	Natalie Orsborn
Connecticut	Lindiana Frangu[12]
Delaware	Jacqueline Means[13]
District of Columbia	Kianna Kelly-Futch[14]
Florida	Hannah Adams[15]
Georgia	Mary Wilhelmina Hodges[16]
Hawaii	Makaila Natividad[17]
Idaho	Kaila Yacuk
Illinois	Imani P. Muse[18]
Indiana	Hadley Abram[19]
Iowa	Caitlin Crome[20]
Kansas	Tori Pedruzzi[21]
Kentucky	Landry Feldmeier[22]
Louisiana	Chanley Patterson[23]
Maine	Jane Lipp
Maryland	Emily Yi[24]
Massachusetts	Rachel Michelle-Marie Perry[25]
Michigan	Madison McElvany[26][27]
Minnesota	Rachel Luchsinger[28]
Mississippi	Jane Granberry[29]
Missouri	Shae Smith[30]
Montana	Karsen Murphy[31]
Nebraska	Phoenix Stanford[32]
Nevada	Molly Martin[33]
New Hampshire	Abigail Conard[34]
New Jersey	Brynn McKinney[35]
New Mexico	Brynn Ayala[36]
New York	Sarah Lawrence[37]
North Carolina	Karlee Sanderford[38]
North Dakota	Kaylee Moss[39]
Ohio	Madison DeFrank[40]
Oklahoma	Claire Grace[41]
Oregon	Marin Gray[42]
Pennsylvania	Riley Evans[43]
Rhode Island	Caroline Parente[44]
South Carolina	Kellan Fenegan[45]
South Dakota	Payton Steffensen[46]
Tennessee	Taylor Parsons[47]
Texas	Allie Graves[48]
Utah	Claire Inouye[49]
Vermont	Danielle Trottier[50]
Virginia	Morgan Rhudy[51]
Washington	Payton May[52]
West Virginia	Lauren Rose[53]
Wisconsin	Savannah Horstman[54]
Wyoming	Hannah Moore[55]