As with the 2018 pageant both the first and second runners-up were former Miss SD Teen USA titleholders!  First runner-up went to Alyssa Hustrulid, Miss SD Teen USA 2010, in her highest Miss placement to date.  She is the fourth former Teen to place 1RU this year!  Miss SD Teen USA 2012 Kalani Jorgensen (last year's first runner-up) placed 2RU this year and won the Miss Photogenic award.  Third runner-up was Julia Gesling, last year's Teen 3RU, and newcomer Berkeley Fierro was fourth runner-up.

Among the Miss top 10 were former Teen semi-finalists Jhena van den Hoek and Megan Hill and newcomers Aaana Okerlund, Alexa H and LIz K.  Jennifer D won the Congeniality award.
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Shelby was the only one of the Teen top five who had competed previously.  First through fourth runners-up were, in order, Molly Saltzman, Izabel Kreger, Kate Dailey and Madison Price.  Izabel won Miss Congeniality and Madison was Miss Photogenic.

The Teen semi-finalists were Cate B, Janelle Dickau, Alexis K, Emma S. and Jaimye Lynn Wininger.  Jaimye Lynn  was also a semi-finalist last year.

The Miss Michigan USA first runner-up was Victoria Davis who was also a semi-finalist in 2016.  Victoria was also a Miss non-finalist in 2014 and semi-finalist in Miss Michigan Teen USA 2013.  Second runner-up went to Emily Stevenson, non-finalist in 2016 & 2018 (side note - I absolute love seeing past non-finalists make the cut for the first time then progress to the top five!).  Third runner-up was Elyse Sholtis, a semi-finalist at Miss TN USA 2017, and former Miss Michigan Teen USA 2016 Unjaneé Wells was fourth runner-up in her first Miss pageant.  

The top 16 included two-time runner-up Laura Esqueda (first runner-up in 2017), last year's fourth runner-up Marinela Margegaj and Miss Michigan Teen USA 2011 Taylor Sherman.  Five-time non-finalist Hailey Urbach broke into the semi-finals for the first time, as did two-time NF Alexis Weston.  Other semi-finalists were 2018 non-finalist Kai Movrich, 2016 non-finalist Marilyn Manchell, and newcomers Tara Althaus, Katelyn Curthoys, Allie Graziano and Mickaela Marietta-Wiley.

Devon Kardel won the Congeniality award for the second year in a row, and Marilyn Mancell​ was Miss Photogenic.

2018 semi-finalist Rebecca Larsen placed first runner-up in Teen this year, and last year's third runner-up Keri Martin moved up one spot and finished second runner-up.  Newcomer Erica Rodgers placed third runner-up and fourth runner-up went to last year's first runner-up Alexis Fagan-Williams.  Alexis L, Keri and Alexis F had all competed together in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

2017 first runner-up Alma Cooper was a semi-finalist for the second year in a row, and two-time semi-finalist Julia Duffrin made the top 16 for the third consecutive year.   The rest of the top 16 were all competing for the first time: Sydney Arch, Clair Brown, Téa Comai, Kali Crotty, Ciale Dorman, Amadya Feras, Maria Liberty Fields, Shahrazad Louis and Gia Scott.

Miss Michigan USA & Teen USA 2019 will be crowned in the morning.  Unfortunately the contestants haven't been posted with enough time for me to do a full commentary but I thought I would at least post the contestant lists if anyone is interested! 

I will note that there are two former Teens back this year (a rarity for Michigan which has only crowned one of their former Teens): Taylor Sherman (Miss MI Teen USA 2011), who last competed in Miss in 2015, and Miss MI Teen USA 2016 Unjaneé Wells who will be only the second 2016 Teen to competed in the Miss division.   2018 first runner-up Alyse Madej and 2017 first runner-up Laura Esqueda  are both back, as is last year's fourth runner-up Marinela Margegaj.

The Teen competition likewise features both the 2018 and 2017 first runners-up (Alexis Fagan-Williams and Alma Cooper respectively), as well as Alexis Lubecki, 2RU both years.  2018 third runner-up Keri Martin is also competing.

This weekends pageants are South Dakota and Michigan!  Miss South Dakota USA contestants are posted here and the Teen contestants are here.  There are 17 contestants in Miss which is the same as last year, and one more Teen contestant bringing the Teen total to 19.

I've mentioned before that there are an unusually high number of former Teen titleholders returning to compete this year and for the fourth or fifth year in a row South Dakota has more than one competing.  Last year's first runner-up Kalani Jorgensen, who was Miss SD Teen USA 2012, is back, as is Miss SD Teen USA 2010 Alyssa Hustrulid​ who was second runner-up in 2016 & 2017.  

Other than Kalani & Alyssa there are no other former Miss runners-up competing this year, but last year's Teen third runner-up Julia Gesling has moved up to the Miss division this year.  

In the Teen competition, Shelby Specht is the only returning Teen semi-finalist.  There are four non-finalists returning this year.

Click "read more" below to view the full list of contestants with notes of past placements.

First runner-up in Miss was California transplant Caitlin (Katie) Bosner who was competing in Miss WY USA for the first time.  She was a non-finalist at Miss CA USA last year and a semi-finalist at Miss CA USA 2014 and Miss CA Teen USA 2012.  Second runner-up went to Lexi Hill, who was competing for the eighth time (across Teen & Miss) and has been a runner-up seven years in a row.  Third runner-up was last year's 4RU Ashley Hagal and fourth runner-up went to former Miss WY contestant and USA newbie Kennedy Schramm.  As there were only 15 contestants in the Miss division this year they were all given the opportunity to compete again as semi-finalists.
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