Miss Colorado USA & Teen USA 2017 contestant commentary

Miss Colorado USA & Teen USA 2017 will be crowned this weekend, with both prelims & finals webcast on the Future Productions website.  There are 56 Miss contestants, their second highest number since 2009 (& only one less than 2014) and the Teen division is also at their highest number since 2009.  There has been a 20% increase in both divisions competed to recent years.
  
Perhaps the most exciting & anticipated return is that of Andrea Neu, who was first runner-up THREE times in a row from 2011 to 2013.  In the years since she has competed at Miss International where she was a semi-finalist and Miss Earth, where she placed 1st runner-up ("Miss Earth Air").  I'm so excited to see Andrea back!

Also competing after a number of years off is former Texas competitor Kathryn Dunn, who was a non-finalist in 2013 & 2014, a semi-finalist in 2012 and fourth runner-up in 2011.  At the other end of the spectrum Miss Colorado Teen USA Taylor Kelly is competing in her very first year of Miss eligibility, and last year's Teen 2RU Bre L'Estrange and 2014 & 2015 Teen 2RU Molly Cowden are competing in their first Miss pageant.

Returning runners-up are Sabrina Janssen (4RU 2015 & 2016) and Leanna Jenkins (3RU 2016 & 1RU 2015).  

Andrea Neu, Taylor Kelly, Kathryn Dunn, Leanna Jenkins, Sabrina Janssen, Bre L'Estrange, Molly Cowden

In Teen, Holly Rose Harrington, a favourite of mine from Wyoming is competing in Colorado this year! (when she didn't show up in the Wyoming list I thought she'd aged out so this is a pleasant surprise).   She was 3RU in 2016 and 1RU in 2015.  The only runner-up from the top 2016 Colorado top five is third runner-up Arabella Forcellini.  Returning semi-finalists are Emily Bernstein (2016), Kayla Hardy (2016), Brieann Johnson (2016) and Chloe Breen (2015).

Holly Rose Harrington, Arabella Forecellini, Emily Bernstein, Kayla Hardy, Brieann Johnson, Chloe Breen

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Contestant lists

MISS CONTESTANTS (56)

• ​Alia Alabassi 
• Paige Alleman
• Leya A.
• Sarah A.
• Jennifer A.
• Tailor B.
• Victoria B.
• Emily Carson (SF 16)
• Marlene C.
• Allison Cloud (SF 15, SF 14, SF 13)
• Alexandria Clough (NF 16)
• Molly Cowden (2RU 15, 2RU 14)
• Emily C.
• Joy D.
• Jennifer D.
• Lindsay D.
• Madison Dorenkamp (SF 16, SF 15)
• Dana D.
• Kathryn Dunn (NF 14, NF 13, SF 12, 4RU 11, NF TX TUSA 08)
• Lesley F.
• Makayla Fletcher (NF 16, SF 15)
• Jessica F.
• Ashleigh Gutierrez (NF CO TUSA 15)
• Sabrina Janssen (4RU 16, 4RU 15, NF 14)
• Leanna Jenkins (3RU 16, 1RU 15, SF 14, NF CO TUSA 13)  
• Taylor Kelly (Miss CO Teen USA 2015)
• Bre L'Estrange (2RU CO TUSA 16, SF 15)
• Dawn L.
• Samantha L.
• Jamee L.
• Nancy L.
• Elizabeth L.
• Cami L.
• Passion Lyons (SF 14)
• Lainie M.
• Alyssa Magalong
• Jacqueline M.
• Kiri Margharos (SF WY TUSA 10)
• Bailey McC.
• Giovanna McCord (NF 16)
• Nancy M.
• Dulce M.
• Elise N.
• Andrea Neu  (1RU 13, 1RU 12, 1RU 11)
• Natasha O.
• Rebecka R.
• Erika Redmond (NF 14)
• Natalie Rogge (NF CO TUSA 16)
• Erin Roney (NF CO TUSA 15, NF 14, SF 13)
• Jasmine S.
• Gladis S.
• Annika Sandberg (NF 16, NF 14, NF 13, NF 11, SF CO TUSA 10, NF 09)
• Joleen S.
• Breanna Scurry (NF SC USA 14, NF 13, NF SC TUSA 12, T15 SC TUSA 11)
• Sadie U.
• Cecilia Wenzinger (NF 16)

TEEN CONTESTANTS (71)

• Joyous Allred 
• Nyanika Arora 
• Lisa A.
• Alysia B.
• Destiny B.
• Erilyn Bandy
• Naomi B.
• Keely Beck (NF 16)
• Ashley B.
• Emily Bernstein (SF 16)
• Tanvi B.
• Jasmine B.
• Olivia B.
• Kelcee B.
• Chloe Breen (NF 16, SF 15)
• Molly B.
• Bryton Buxton
• Bailee Campbell
• McKenna C.
• Tiana C.
• Kelsey C.
• Ellison C.
• Kaylan Paige D.
• Ashlyn D.
• Edita D.
• Brines Espaillat
• Alexa Fiscus (NF 16)
• Arabella Forcellini (3RU 16, NF 14)
• Kaitlyn F.
• Esmeralda G.
• Alexis G.
• Olivia G.
• Aleena G.
• Kendall H.
• Holly Rose Harrington (3RU WY TUSA 16, 1RU WY TUSA 15)
• Kayla Hardy (SF 16)
• Lillian H.
• Kayden H.
• Carolina I.
• Brieann Johnson (SF 16)
• Ammie K.
• Sara L.
• Megan L.
• Carolina L.
• Makayla L.
• Echo L.
• Shiva Lor (NF 16)
• Sarah M.
• Summer Michaels
• Jessica M.
• Kaitlyn M.
• Allison Montgomery (NF 16, NF 15)
• Naomi Mullins (NF 16)
• Grace O.
• Alexis P.
• Hannah S.
• Alexandra Shoemaker (NF 16)
• Megan S.
• Sydney Snyder (NF 16, NF 15)
• Stephanie S.
• Aryana T.
• Kiley Thomas (NF 16)
• Emma T.
• Shanae T.
• Mackailee V.
• Danielle W.
• Abigail W.
• Kiana W.
• Hannah W.
• Lerin W.
• Chloe Zambrano