Three of last year's runners-up - who were all also in the top five in 2014 - are back this year. They are Rachel Smith lookalike Rachel Morris, 1st runner-up last year & 4th RU in 2014, Miss Kansas Teen USA 2008 Jessie Colonna, 3RU last year and 2RU in 2014 and 2015 2RU and 2014 1RU Victoria Wiggins who will be competing for the seventh time (across three Vanbros states: Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas).
2014 Teen runner-up Tobie Roberts, is competing in Miss for the second time after making the semi-finals last year. Other returning semi-finalists are Kandice Johnson, Lindsay Cunningham, Meghan Saravanja and Miss Kansas Teen USA 2009 Alexis Rewalt. There is also a second 2009 Teen titleholder in the pageant this year: Miss CO Teen USA 2009 Taylor Schettler, a graduate of the University of Kansas, is competing in Miss for the first time.
Earlier in the year Miss CO Teen USA 2013 first runner-up Lexy Kadey was a semi-finalist in the Missouri pageant and now it's the turn of another of that year's top five to compete in a Vanbros pageant: second runner-up & Photogenic winner Racya Doyle is competing in Kansas for the first time. Two former CO girls in the pageant!
In Teen, last year's third runner-up Madison Moore (2RU in 2014) is competing again, as is fourth runner-up Lily Anderson. 2014 first runner-up Riley Alston is back after not competing last year. Returning semi-finalists are Danielle Thoele, Makennah Whightsil, Hailey Colborn, all from 2015, and Gracen Gueldner from 2013.
* indicates contestant is competing in Miss in 2006 | ^ indicates Teen contestant
2014 Teen runner-up Tobie Roberts, is competing in Miss for the second time after making the semi-finals last year. Other returning semi-finalists are Kandice Johnson, Lindsay Cunningham, Meghan Saravanja and Miss Kansas Teen USA 2009 Alexis Rewalt. There is also a second 2009 Teen titleholder in the pageant this year: Miss CO Teen USA 2009 Taylor Schettler, a graduate of the University of Kansas, is competing in Miss for the first time.
Earlier in the year Miss CO Teen USA 2013 first runner-up Lexy Kadey was a semi-finalist in the Missouri pageant and now it's the turn of another of that year's top five to compete in a Vanbros pageant: second runner-up & Photogenic winner Racya Doyle is competing in Kansas for the first time. Two former CO girls in the pageant!
In Teen, last year's third runner-up Madison Moore (2RU in 2014) is competing again, as is fourth runner-up Lily Anderson. 2014 first runner-up Riley Alston is back after not competing last year. Returning semi-finalists are Danielle Thoele, Makennah Whightsil, Hailey Colborn, all from 2015, and Gracen Gueldner from 2013.
* indicates contestant is competing in Miss in 2006 | ^ indicates Teen contestant
 2015 Miss Top Five | Jessie Colonna* (3RU), Victoria Wiggins* (2RU), Alexis Railsback (Miss KS USA), Rachel Morris* (1RU), Rachel Santschi (4RU) |  2014 Miss Top Five | Sara Herbel (3RU), Jessie Colonna* (2RU), Audrey Banach (Miss KS USA), Victoria Wiggins* (1RU), Rachel Morris* (4RU) |
 2015 Teen Top Five | Lily Anderson^ (4RU), Maggie Marx (2RU), Melanie Shaner (Miss KS Teen USA), Makenzie Deines (1RU), Madison Moore^ (3RU) |  2014 Teen Top Five | Tobie Roberts* (4RU), Riley Alston^ (1RU), Claire-Bailey Lee (Miss KS Teen USA), Talia Hubble (3RU), Madison Moore^ (2RU) |
See also:
Miss Kansas USA & Teen USA Titleholder History | Kansas state pageant results
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Miss Kansas USA & Teen USA Titleholder History | Kansas state pageant results
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Contestants
MISS KANSAS USA 2016 (27)
Ciera Lundgren • Blue Valley (NF IA USA 14, SF 10, SF IA TUSA 07)
Jordan Christian • Chiefs Nation
Kelly Davis • Cottonwood
Kirsten Peterson • Douglas County (NF 14, NF KS TUSA 12)
Montanna Harrod • Elk County
Nicole Jones • Greater Douglas County
Taylor Schettler • Greater Lawrence (Miss CO Teen USA 2009)
Elizabeth Kovarik • Greater Overland Park
Kaytlyn Schwartz • Hutchinson
Meghan Saravanja • Jayhawk Nation (SF & Photogenic 15)
Bridget McBratney • Johnson County
Amilee Turner • Lawrence (NF MO USA 12, NF KS TUSA 08)
Jessie Colonna • Leawood (3RU 15, 2RU 14, NF CA USA 13, Miss KS Teen USA 2008)
Racya Doyle • Manhattan (2RU & Photogenic CO TUSA 13)
Victoria Wiggins • Milford Lake (2RU 15, 1RU 14, SF MO USA 13, SF MO USA 12, 4RU OK TUSA 08, SF OK TUSA 07)
Cassie Waggoner • Northeast Kansas
Morgan Trout • Olathe (SF KS TUSA 14)
Tobie Roberts • Overbrook (SF 15, 4RU KS TUSA 14, NF 13)
Crissy Ryun • Overland Park
Alexis Espinoza • Prairie Pines
Angelica Jacobs • Sedgwick County
Lindsay Cunningham • Shocker Nation (SF 15, NF 14)
Alexis Rewalt • South Johnson County (SF 15, SF 14, SF 13, Miss KS Teen USA 2009, 2RU 08)
Rachel Morris • South Overland Park (1RU 15, 4RU 14)
Sara Strand • Sunflower State (NF 15)
Kandice Johnson • Topeka (SF 15, NF 14)
Ashley Ulmer • Wichita (NF 14)
MISS KANSAS TEEN USA 2016 (31)
Lily Anderson • Blue Valley (4RU 15)
Adrienne Culbertson • County Line
Mariah Grizzle • DeSoto
Sidney Shiflet • Dodge City
Riley Alston • Greater Leawood (1RU 14)
Sarah Gustin • Hays
Hailey DeWolfe • Johnson County
Bethany Hutchings • Kansas City
Natasha King • Leawood
Cyara Ruiz • Liberal
Victoria Johnson • Maize
Abby Pfannenstiel • Midwest
Makiah Smith • Minneapolis
Gracen Gueldner • Northwest Olathe (SF 13)
Madison Moore • Olathe (3RU 15, 2RU 14, SF 13)
Rachel Rigler • Overland Park
Danielle Thoele • P S U (SF 15, SF 14)
Elizabeth Knoedler • Priority Motorsports
Jazmyn Gaither • Riley County
Emily McGehee • Rose Hill
Sophia Easter • Sedgwick County
Yazzie Gabler-Alonzo • Shawnee County
Madison Jostes • Sherman County
Malerie Moore • South Olathe
Macy Kotzman • Southeast Kansas
Kendrah Payne • Sterling
Karina Camacho • Sunflower State
Makennah Whightsil • Topeka (SF 15)
Emily Raine • Wheat State
Hailey Colborn • Wichita (SF 15)
Ali Haught • Wyandotte County
Ciera Lundgren • Blue Valley (NF IA USA 14, SF 10, SF IA TUSA 07)
Jordan Christian • Chiefs Nation
Kelly Davis • Cottonwood
Kirsten Peterson • Douglas County (NF 14, NF KS TUSA 12)
Montanna Harrod • Elk County
Nicole Jones • Greater Douglas County
Taylor Schettler • Greater Lawrence (Miss CO Teen USA 2009)
Elizabeth Kovarik • Greater Overland Park
Kaytlyn Schwartz • Hutchinson
Meghan Saravanja • Jayhawk Nation (SF & Photogenic 15)
Bridget McBratney • Johnson County
Amilee Turner • Lawrence (NF MO USA 12, NF KS TUSA 08)
Jessie Colonna • Leawood (3RU 15, 2RU 14, NF CA USA 13, Miss KS Teen USA 2008)
Racya Doyle • Manhattan (2RU & Photogenic CO TUSA 13)
Victoria Wiggins • Milford Lake (2RU 15, 1RU 14, SF MO USA 13, SF MO USA 12, 4RU OK TUSA 08, SF OK TUSA 07)
Cassie Waggoner • Northeast Kansas
Morgan Trout • Olathe (SF KS TUSA 14)
Tobie Roberts • Overbrook (SF 15, 4RU KS TUSA 14, NF 13)
Crissy Ryun • Overland Park
Alexis Espinoza • Prairie Pines
Angelica Jacobs • Sedgwick County
Lindsay Cunningham • Shocker Nation (SF 15, NF 14)
Alexis Rewalt • South Johnson County (SF 15, SF 14, SF 13, Miss KS Teen USA 2009, 2RU 08)
Rachel Morris • South Overland Park (1RU 15, 4RU 14)
Sara Strand • Sunflower State (NF 15)
Kandice Johnson • Topeka (SF 15, NF 14)
Ashley Ulmer • Wichita (NF 14)
MISS KANSAS TEEN USA 2016 (31)
Lily Anderson • Blue Valley (4RU 15)
Adrienne Culbertson • County Line
Mariah Grizzle • DeSoto
Sidney Shiflet • Dodge City
Riley Alston • Greater Leawood (1RU 14)
Sarah Gustin • Hays
Hailey DeWolfe • Johnson County
Bethany Hutchings • Kansas City
Natasha King • Leawood
Cyara Ruiz • Liberal
Victoria Johnson • Maize
Abby Pfannenstiel • Midwest
Makiah Smith • Minneapolis
Gracen Gueldner • Northwest Olathe (SF 13)
Madison Moore • Olathe (3RU 15, 2RU 14, SF 13)
Rachel Rigler • Overland Park
Danielle Thoele • P S U (SF 15, SF 14)
Elizabeth Knoedler • Priority Motorsports
Jazmyn Gaither • Riley County
Emily McGehee • Rose Hill
Sophia Easter • Sedgwick County
Yazzie Gabler-Alonzo • Shawnee County
Madison Jostes • Sherman County
Malerie Moore • South Olathe
Macy Kotzman • Southeast Kansas
Kendrah Payne • Sterling
Karina Camacho • Sunflower State
Makennah Whightsil • Topeka (SF 15)
Emily Raine • Wheat State
Hailey Colborn • Wichita (SF 15)
Ali Haught • Wyandotte County
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