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It wouldn't be a California pageant without a number of contestants who have previously competed in other states - I count 13 this year. Most notably there is Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2011 Savannah Lynx Schechter, a semi-finalist in her home state last year, who will be hoping to follow in her sister titleholder Alyssa Campanella's footsteps. Savannah has won a couple of modelling pageants in Las Vegas over the past few months so will be a strong competitor.
There is also Michelle Medoff, twice a runner-up in New York, 2014 Idaho 2RU Jordyn Chessmore, Alexia Castillo, four-time semi-finalist from Ohio (Teen & Miss) and Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2015 first runner-up Kaylee Beadles. Blake Schaeffer, fourth runner-up in Hawaii in 2011 and third runner-up in 2009 is competing for the first time in five years.
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Miss California USA & Teen USA Titleholder History | California state pageant results
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Contestants
MISS CALIFORNIA USA 2016 (112)
- Jordyn Chessmore • Agoura Hills (NF ID USA 15, 2RU 14)
- Carla Cochran • Anaheim
- Azucena Orozco • Arcadia
- Kierra Stanley • Barstow
- Elizabeth Barrios • Bay Area (NF 11)
- Camille Hunziker • Beach Cities
- Kayla Anderson • Bel Air
- Seanise Haskins • Belmont Shores (T10 CA TUSA 11)
- Katerina Villegas • Beverly Glen (NF 15)
- Taeylr Robinson • Beverly Hills
- Aziza Shuller • Brentwood
- Ashley Medina • Buena Park
- Sisily Marin • Cal Coast
- Breanne Boggs • Cameo Shores
- Danielle Brooks • Canyon Crest
- Dominique Jones • Capitol Cities (NF 14, NF CA TUSA 12)
- Lauren York • Carlsbad (T20 15, 4RU 14, T10 CA TUSA 12)
- Ilene Renteria • Carson
- Kacie Langley • Caruthers
- Shania Shanks • Castro Valley (NF CA TUSA 13)
- Tara Broderick • Central Valley
- Alicia Diaz • Century City
- Sahiba Kaur • Chatsworth
- Katrina Lee • Chinatown
- Thalia Lara • Chino
- Ashley Reinke • City of Angels (NF 15)
- Sasha Crossman • City of Los Angeles
- Nadia Mejia • Corona Del Mar (T20 15, T20 CA TUSA 14, 4RU 13, T20 12)
- Jordanne Bel • Costa Mesa
- Briana Darensburg • Culver City (NF CA USA 13, NF TX USA 12, NF TX USA 11, NF CA USA 09, SF TX TUSA 07)
- Diamond Green • Dana Point
- Teresa Fletchinger • Davis
- Janessa Alberre • Del Mar
- Diamond Alexander • Eastlake
- Courtney Strysko • Emerald Coast
- Caitlin Dahlin • Fairbanks Ranch (T10 CA TUSA 15, T20 14, T10 13)
- Catherine Watters • Golden Counties
- Nancy Wang • Golden Gate
- Morgan O'Donnell • Golden Hills (NF 11)
- Sofia Hanan • Golden State
- Justine Peterson • Goleta
- Jayne Geist • Greater Bay Area (NF NV TUSA 14)
- Brittney Hill • Greater Inland Empire (NF 14)
- Ronae Wells • Greater Sacramento
- Marissa Weiler • Greater San Diego (NF IL USA 14)
- Candice Cruz • Greater San Fernando Valley
- Edna Ramirez • Greater San Francisco (NF 15)
- Samantha Brooks • Highland (Miss US International 14, NF 14, T10 13, NF 12)
- Crystal Chavarria • Hollywood (NF 11)
- Erica Mack • Hollywood Hills
- Alexia Castillo • Huntington Beach (SF OH USA 13, SF OH TUSA 12, SF OH TUSA 10, SF OH TUSA 09)
- Laisha Mondesir • Inglewood
- Victoria Jackson • Inland Empire
- Brooklyn Bizzle • Irvine (T20 14)
- Tiffany Hoffman • Jewel of the Hills
- Mandy Bakker • La Mesa (NF CA TUSA 11)
- Maci Ames • Laguna Beach
- Summer Stout • Linda Vista (NF TX TUSA 13)
- Alexandra Hernandez • Long Beach
- Julia Plecnik • Los Alamitos
- Erika Holzenhausen • Los Angles County
- Brooke Harmon • Los Feliz
- Alixandra Britt • Los Gatos (NF 14)
- Brooke Miller • Malibu
- Kendra Shaw • Manhattan Beach
- Savannah Lynx Schechter • Marina Del Rey (SF NJ USA 15, Miss NJ Teen USA 2011)
- Michelle Medoff • Miracle Mile (SF NY USA 15, 4RU 14, NF 12, 4RU NY TUSA 11, T20 NY TUSA 10)
- Hayley Hardick • Mission Beach
- Carley Fletcher • Napa Valley
- Alexis Jenkins • Newcastle
- Merissa Underwood • Newport Coast (NF 13)
- Kaylee Beadles • North Anaheim (1RU NM TUSA 15)
- Hannah Joya • North County San Diego
- Carly Diamond Stone • North Hollywood (T20 15, NF 14, NF MI USA 12)
- Courtney Critz • Northern Sierra (T20 CA TUSA 14)
- Shinquell Green • Novato
- Berlin Amenta • Orange County
- Natalie Duvalsaint • Pacific Coast (NF 15, NF 12)
- Alexa Noone • Pasadena (NF 15, T20 CA TUSA 13, NF 12)
- Lauren Smolka • Pink Ribbons Crusade (T20 15, T20 14)
- Clarissa Lovell • Pollock Pines
- Lisa Marie Parker • Rancho Cucamonga
- Michelle Marsel • Rancho Santa Fe
- Alexis Brown • Regional West Coast
- Sarah Godinho • Riverdale
- Holly Blasnek • Riverside
- Danica Dhaliwal • Sacramento
- Johannie Grados • San Diego
- Dani Walker • San Diego Cities (NF 15)
- Samantha Mangseth • San Diego County
- Alexandra Abel • San Francisco
- Jazzel Garcia • Santa Barbara County (NF CA TUSA 14, NF 13)
- Carolina Urrea • Santa Monica
- Geramie Dizon • Sherman Oaks
- Jennifer Chung • Silicon Valley
- Tara Millamena • Silverlake
- Raquel Leviss • Sonoma County (T10 CA TUSA 13, T20 12)
- Shalini Quattlebaum • South Bay
- Alessandra Marandola • Southern Coast (SF MA USA 15, NF CA USA 13)
- Brittany Dubron • Sugarkiss (NF 15)
- Rain Scott • Sunnyvale
- Brianna Lopez • Temecula
- Roxanne Azar • Topanga Canyon
- Blake Schaeffer • Torrance (4RU HI USA 11, T11 10, 3RU 09)
- Katie Wayland • Tustin
- Paige Voehringer • Universal City (NF 12)
- Shanice Aaron • Valley Glen
- Deanna Nguyen • Venice Beach (NF 15)
- Amanda Larsson-Dally • West Coast (NF 15)
- Courtney Tezeno • West Hollywood (NF TX USA 14)
- Nicole Danner • West Los Angeles
- Tricia Groah • Windsor
MISS CALIFORNIA TEEN USA (67)
- Mikayla Oresko • Anaheim
- Brittney Ross • Bakersfield
- Nastasia Dodd • Bass Lake
- Leilani Sioson • Bay Area
- Janella Garcia • Bel Air
- Haleigh Hekking • Beverly Hills (T20 15)
- Kaleen Lopez • Brentwood
- Gracie Bradley • Burbank
- Gigi Gauthier • Cal Coast (1RU 15, 1RU 14)
- Hannah Graham • Canyon Lake
- Kimberli Bautista • Capitol Cities
- Kathy Matheny • Century City
- Madison Ortiz • City of Angles
- Malia Rivers • City of Seal Beach
- Jackie Knee • Coachella Valley
- Alexandra Ornelas • Diamond Bar
- McKenzie Jackson • Downey (NF 15)
- Kaylee Fuller • Dublin (T20 13, T10 12)
- Dinah D'Silva • East Artesia (NF 14)
- Marizza Delgado • East San Jose
- Arlene Serna • Garden Grove
- Kathryn Maysent • Gold Counties
- Brooklyn Lowery • Golden State (NF 15)
- Linnea Visbal • Greater Bay Area
- Alexandria Duarte • Greater Inland Empire
- Alexis Aguila • Greater Sacramento
- Jocelyn McCoy • Greater San Diego (T20 15, NF 14)
- Kaitlyn Nolan • Hollywood Regional (T20 15, NF 13)
- Serena Russell • Huntington Beach
- Monica English • Irvine
- Juliet Weaver • Laguna Beach (T10 15)
- Kelly Hughes • Los Angeles County (T10 15)
- Jordan Loesch • Los Gatos
- Montana Yao • Malibu
- Alexis Chavez • Napa Valley
- Marlene Freerksen • Newport Coast
- Riley Hunsucker • Norco
- Erin Graham • North Hollywood (T20 15)
- Madison Miles • Northern Sierra (NF 15)
- Janelle Murphy • Oceanside
- Suzanne Perez • Orange Coast
- Lauren Dorn • Orange County
- Giselle Cabebe • Pacific Coast (NF 15)
- Celine Quintero • Paramount (NF 15)
- Hilary Haniff • Redlands
- Beverly Louis • Regional West Coast
- Kaitlyn Chao • San Bernardino
- Elán Studebaker • San Diego Cities (NF 15)
- Lizzie Scott • San Diego
- Hannah Jacobson • San Fernando Valley
- Abigail Knudson • San Francisco
- Colleen Abbey • San Mateo County
- Bethany Murray • Santa Clara County
- Sarah Rafeh • Santa Clarita (T20 15)
- Kalie Arnold • Santa Cruz
- Athenna Crosby • Santa Monica (3RU 15, T10 14, T20 13)
- Kyra Cromwell • Sonoma County (NF 15)
- Berkley Velez • South Bay
- Ellie McLoughlin • Southern Coast
- Lexi Sullivan • Temecula Valley
- Aaliyah Garcia • Tustin
- Taylor Gempler • Universal City (NF 15)
- Priscilla Vazquez • Ventura County
- Sidney Van Gemeren • Walnut Creek
- Jessica Duhay • West Coast (T20 15)
- Jordan Johnson • West Hills
- Priscilla Lopez • Whittier