Miss Colorado USA & Teen USA 2016 contestant commentary

10/21/2015

Miss Colorado USA and Teen USA 2016 will be crowned on Sunday afternoon in Greeley. The show will be webcast at www.futureproductions.info/webcast.

Miss

Competing in Miss for the first time, Miss Colorado Teen USA 2011 Caley-Rae Pavillard will be vying to be one of just a handful of women who have competed at Miss America's Outstanding Teen, Miss Teen USA and Miss USA. She was a runner-up at Miss Dallas last year but chose not to compete at Miss TX USA. Miss Colorado 2013 Meg Kardos is competing again - she was a non-finalist last year and semi-finalist in 2013.

Of last year's top five, third runner-up Lexy Kadey has already competed in Missouri this year. All three of the other runners-up are back in Colorado: first runner-up Leanna Jenkins, second runner-up Catherine Compton and fourth runner-up Sabrina Jensson. Three-time Miss runner-up Erica Kerzon is competing again after choosing not to compete last year. 2014 Teen first runner-up Emily Mulder is competing in Miss for the first time.

Competing in Colorado for the first time is Aspen Olson, sister of Miss Wyoming USA 2016 Autumn Olson. Autumn and Aspen both competed together at Miss WY Teen USA 2012. Others from other states include Chris Salas, who competed with current Miss CO USA Talyah Polee in Nevada in 2014 and Brittney Cicotte, a semi-finalist at Miss Michigan Teen USA 2010.

Teen

In the Teen division, there is only one returning runner-up: Alexis Wynne who placed 3RU last year. Very disappointed as I remember loving the other runners-up in the competition last year and hoped we'd see more of them back. The only returning semi-finalists are Chloe Breen and Bre L'Estrange. I can't wait to see which of the many newcomers comes out of nowhere and surprises the socks off us! (this is why it's great to watch the prelims webcast if you have the time).

* denotes 2016 Miss contestant | ^ denotes 2016 Teen contestant: