Brooke Bezanson of Missoula is Miss Montana USA 2017 & Elle Cook from Billings is Miss Montana Teen USA!  Brooke won on her first try, and Elle was second runner-up last year.  

In the Miss division, former California competitor Dani Walker was first runner-up, newcomer Emily Madeiros finished second runner-up, third runner-up went to last year's 1RU Taylor Cook and another newcomer, Maria Vega, was fourth runner-up.

In Teen, Madison Murray was first runner-up for the second year in a row.  The second through fourth runners-up were all first-time competitors: Savannah Anderson, Sarah Hughes, Regan McHugh.

Miss Montana USA 2017: Brooke Bezanson
1RU: Dani Walker (NF CA USA 16, NF 15)
2RU: Emily Madieros
3RU: Taylor Cook (1RU 16)
4RU: Maria Vega

Semi-finalists:
Amanda Gatz
Jeni Makkad
Julie Ovenell
Arielle Richard
Kassi Soelter
Melynda Ward

Miss Montana Teen USA 2017: Elle Cook (2RU 16)
1RU: Madison Murray (1RU 16)
2RU: Savannah Anderson
3RU: Sarah Hughes
4RU: Regan McHugh

Semi-finalists:
Kira Emborg
Erica Lykins
Michaela McGee
Eva Poulsen
Kristina Solinger
Katelyn Soliz

Miss Montana USA and Miss Montana Teen USA 2017 will be crowned in Missoula on Sunday at 3pm.  The Pageants NW team have been putting a lot of work into promotion on social media with contestants hosting takeover days like we had with Miss USA, and I am thrilled to see it is has paid off, with 21 contestants in the Miss division and 17 for Teen - that's the highest number of Miss contestants I have ever recorded and combined, the 38 contestants for this year is more than ten greater than recent years.  Great to see such progress in Big Sky country!  You can vote for Photogenic & People's Choice at the links above.

Most of this year's contestants are new to the USA system.  In Miss, 2016 first runner-up Taylor Cook, semi-finalist  Mary Hally and two-time California non-finalist Dani Walker are the only contestants who have competed previously.  2016 Teen first runner-up Madison Murray and second runner-up Elle Cook are back this year.

For the full list of contestants hit "read more" or scroll below.

Congratulations to Sibahn Doxey, Miss Montana USA 2016 & Jami Forseth Miss MT Teen USA 2016 {click their names to view their profiles}! Sibahn was Miss MT Teen USA 2011 and is only the third Montana Teen winner to win the Miss title. She also competed in Georgia where she was a semi-finalist in the 2014 & 2015 pageants. Jami is also experienced, having placed 1RU last year. This is the first year since 2009 that both winners had competed in the USA system previously!

Full results:

Miss Montana USA 2016: Sibahn Doxey (SF GA USA 15, SF GA USA 14, MT TUSA 11)
1RU: Taylor Cook
2RU: Victoriah Price (1RU 15)
3RU: Nikki McClellan
4RU: Katie Owen (4RU 15)

Semi-finalists: 
Sophie Leonard
Jenna Lyons
Mary Hally
Leanna Hoch
Alison Wyant

Congeniality: Paige Johnson
Photogenic: Paige Johnson

Miss Montana Teen USA 2016: Jami Forsyth (1RU 15)
1RU: Madison Murray
2RU: Elle Cook
3RU: Zoe Malters
4RU: Jordan Price

Semi-finalists: 
Kassandra Butterfield
Feliciano Sappington

Congeniality: Isabelle Monroe
Photogenic: Jami Forseth

Miss Montana USA & Miss Montana Teen USA will be crowned on Sunday, with finals taking place at 3pm MST.  There are 16 Miss contestants this year - the highest since I started keeping a record in 2007 - but until earlier today there were 20 on their website so I'm not sure what's happened to the other four :(

Most notably Sibahn Doxey, Miss Montana Teen USA 2011 will be competing in her home state for the first time in Miss, after two years as a semi-finalist at Miss Georgia USA (where she attended college).  Last year's Miss MT USA first runner-up Victoriah Price is also back, as is fourth runner-up Katie Owens.  The only other returning contestant is 2014 Washington non-finalist Erica Rodarte.

In Teen there are only two returning contestants out of the 13, 2015 first runner-up & Congeniality winner Jami Forseth and 2015 non-finalist Brooklynn Etzwiler.  

Click "read more" to view the full list of contestants and leave a comment & let me know who you think is going to win!