Miss Teen USA 2018

Miss Teen USA 2018, the 36th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held on May 18, 2018, at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana. Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff of Missouri crowned Hailey Colborn of Kansas as her successor at the end of the event. She is the second entrant from Kansas to win the title after Keylee Sue Sanders won Miss Teen USA 1995.

Miss Teen USA 2018
Date	May 18, 2018
Presenters	Cecilio Asuncion Erin Lim
Venue	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana
Broadcaster	Facebook PlayStation Network Xbox Live YouTube
Entrants	51
Placements	15
Winner	Hailey Colborn Kansas
← 2017 2019 →

For the first time, the pageant was held concurrently with its sister pageant Miss USA 2018, which was held three days later on May 21, also taking place in Shreveport.^[1]

Results

Placements

Miss Teen USA 2018 Final Results

Placement	Contestant[2]
Miss Teen USA 2018	Hailey Colborn (Kansas)
1st Runner-Up	Kirby Elizabeth Self (South Carolina)
2nd Runner-Up	Chloe Zambrano (Colorado)
3rd Runner-Up	Sydni-Dion Bennett (Illinois)
4th Runner-Up	Kaaviya Sambavisam (North Carolina)

Contestants

All 51 delegates have been confirmed:^[3]

State	Contestant	Age[a]	Height	Hometown	Placement	Notes
Alabama	Kennedy Cromeens[4]	17	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Birmingham
Alaska	McKinley Wooten[5]	17	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Wasilla
Arizona	Macy Deak[citation needed]	16	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Scottsdale
Arkansas	Mackenzie Hinderberger[6]	19	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Fayetteville		Later Miss Arkansas USA 2023
California	Janeice Love[7]	17	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Barstow	Top 15
Colorado	Chloe Zambrano[8]	17	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fruita	2nd runner-up
Connecticut	Elle Sauli[9]	17	5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)	Newtown
Delaware	Brynn Close[citation needed]	18	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Middletown
District of Columbia	Madison Chambers[citation needed]	18	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Washington, D.C.
Florida	Lou Schieffelin	17	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Winter Park	Top 10	Later Miss Florida USA 2025
Georgia	Savannah Miles	17	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Lawrenceville	Top 10	Later Miss Georgia USA 2025
Hawaii	Kylyn Rapoza[10]	18	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Hilo
Idaho	Jacy Uhler[11]	18	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Boise
Illinois	Sydni-Dion Bennett[12]	17	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Chicago	3rd runner-up	First African American Miss Illinois Teen USA Later Miss Illinois USA 2021 and 3rd runner-up at Miss USA 2021
Indiana	Ella Harrison[13]	17	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	New Albany
Iowa	Isabella Russell[14]	17	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Marshalltown
Kansas	Hailey Colborn[15]	17	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Wichita	Miss Teen USA 2018
Kentucky	Jordan Crozier	19	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Somerset		Later top 16 at Miss Kentucky USA 2020
Louisiana	Lindsey Conque[16]	17	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Lafayette	Top 10
Maine	Erin McPherson[17]	17	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Hartford
Maryland	Caleigh Shade[18]	18	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Cumberland	Top 15	Later Miss Maryland USA 2022
Massachusetts	Lexi Woloshchuk[19]	18	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Monson
Michigan	Anane Loveday[20]	16	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)	Grosse Ile	Top 15	Born in Ethiopia
Minnesota	Peyton Schroeder[21]	18	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Rosemount
Mississippi	Julieanna Jackson[citation needed]	15	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Mize
Missouri	Chloe Bartlett[22]	19	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Liberal
Montana	Elley Munson	17	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Billings
Nebraska	Michaela Edstrand	17	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Omaha		Later 1st runner-up at Miss Nebraska USA 2023
Nevada	Britney Barnhart	16	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Las Vegas	Top 15	Sister of Miss Nevada Teen USA 2008 Lauren Hudman and daughter of Miss Oklahoma USA 1982 Jill Barnhart.
New Hampshire	Natalie Jenkins[23]	17	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Nashua
New Jersey	Diana Smerina	16	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Freehold
New Mexico	Madison Turner	18	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Mosquero
New York	Saige Guerin	17	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Staten Island
North Carolina	Kaaviya Sambasivam[24]	18	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Winston-Salem	4th runner-up	Later 1st runner-up at Miss North Carolina USA 2021
North Dakota	Ashlyn Erickson[25]	18	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fargo
Ohio	Sofia Durina	18	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Columbiana
Oklahoma	Zoe Ferraro[citation needed]	17	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Bixby		Later Miss Oklahoma USA 2025
Oregon	Jaycie Forrester[26]	16	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Tualatin
Pennsylvania	Kailey Grill[27]	18	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Mars
Rhode Island	Aliyah Moore[28]	18	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Pawtucket
South Carolina	Kirby Elizabeth Self[29]	18	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Greenwood	1st runner-up	Later Miss South Carolina USA 2023
South Dakota	Shania Knutson[30]	18	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Viborg		Later Miss South Dakota USA 2022
Tennessee	Sofie Rovenstine[31]	19	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Franklin	Top 10	Appeared in the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Texas	Brenna Flynn[32]	18	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fort Worth
Utah	Madilen Kellogg[citation needed]	19	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Layton	Top 10
Vermont	Alexandra Diehl[33]	17	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	St. Albans		Previously Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 2016
Virginia	Himanvi Preeti Panidepu[34]	18	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Centreville		First East Indian American Miss Virginia Teen-USA Later Miss Virginia USA 2024
Washington	Summer Keffeler[35]	17	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Monroe		Sister of Stormy Keffeler, original titleholder of Miss Washington USA 2016 Later Miss Nevada USA 2022
West Virginia	Trinity Tiffany[36]	16	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Huntington	Top 15
Wisconsin	Alexis Maria Loomans[37]	16	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Waunakee		Later Miss Wisconsin USA 2023
Wyoming	Mackenzie Kern[38]	18	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Casper		Later Miss Wyoming USA 2021 and Miss Wyoming 2023

Judges

• Ashley Fox – sports journalist^[39]
• Kalani Hilliker – dancer, actress, model, and reality television personality^[39]
• Brittney Rogers Collins – reality television personality and Miss Louisiana USA 2003^[39]
• Bia Roldan – journalist and news anchor^[39]
• Crystle Stewart – television host, model, actress, and Miss USA 2008 from Texas^[39]
• Marta Topran – beauty director at Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and Women's Health^[39]

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant