Miss Missouri USA 2016 and Miss Missouri Teen USA 2016 will be crowned this weekend at Lindenwood University in St Charles. The new Missouri winners will be the second pair of new Vanbros titleholders for 2016. Contestants are posted on the Warriors for Ross site here - in Illinois earlier in the month, people's choice voting contributed more than $15,000 towards this worthy charity! Contestant numbers are up in both - between Miss and Teen there are over 120 contestants this year.
Miss
In the Miss division the only returning runner-up is Miss MO Teen USA 2011 and 2015 second runner-up Sydnee Stottlemyre. I loved last year's top five so I'm disappointed more aren't back! 2015 Teen 3RU Kennedy Thomas and 4RU Hannah Beilman are competing in Miss this year for the first time, as is 2014 Illinois Teen runner-up Madison Langley and 2011 Illinois Teen runner-up Shenell Randall (there are two other Beilman's competing this year, Olivia and Samantha... sisters?). Lexy Kadey, third runner-up at Miss Colorado USA last year, and Teen runner-up in 2013, has returned to the state where she first competed as a Teen. Lexy is utilising her Lindenwood scholarship, and I'd interested to see how many other contestants are too. Also competing is Samantha Shackleford, 3RU at Miss MO Teen USA 2007 who last competed in Miss in 2011. There are two MO 2015 semi-finalists back: Tori Kruse (who has competed in Iowa previously) and Alexandria Spry.
Teen
In Teen, first runner-up Dallas Ezard, daughter of Miss Missouri USA 1993 Stephanie Nunn Ezard, is competing again; she was also a semi-finalist in 2012. None of the other semi-finalists are back! There are a few returning non-finalists, including one who had competed in Colorado until this year (again, Lindenwood scholarship?), but for the most part this is an entirely fresh group of contestants.
Previous pageant photos
(2016 contestants marked with asterisks)
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Contestants
MISS MISSOURI USA (54)
MISS MISSOURI TEEN USA (71)
- Cassidy Bartolotta • Show Me State
- Hannah Beilman • Defiance (4RU MO TUSA 15)
- Samantha Beilman • Gateway to the West (NF 15)
- Savannah Bice • New Melle
- Kyrstin Blevins • Eureka
- Ashtin Bruere • St Louis (NF MO TUSA 12)
- Noel Burke • Gateway St Louis
- Lauren Claussen • Springfield
- Cassidy Cunnynham • Stone County
- Lauren Dahmer • Warrensburg
- Lacey Dalton • Creighton
- Bayleigh Dayton • Greater Lee's Summit (SF 14)
- Mallory Diaz • Mineral Springs
- Cassidi Dye • Greater Kansas City
- Miranda Ehrich • St Peters
- Libbianna Eutsler • Christian County
- Taylor Fanning • Lamar
- Anna Fitzgerald • University City
- Casie French • Spirit of St. Louis
- Darbi Fuhrman • Maryville
- Sydney Gebken • Jefferson County
- Sarah Gruett • Foristell
- Lanessa Hickman • Lake Lotawana
- Cearra Jenkins • St Charles
- Moriah Jones • Lady Liberty
- Lexy Kadey • Katy Trail (3RU CO USA 15, NF 14, 1RU CO TUSA 13, SF 12, SF 11, NF MO TUSA 10)
- Catherine Kennebeck • Central Columbia
- Tori Kruse • Osage Beach (SF 15, SF IA USA 13, SF IA TUSA 10)
- Madison Langley • Columbia (3RU IL TUSA 14)
- Rachel Leigh • Parkville
- Michelle Martinez • Jackson County
- Shannon McVey • Wildwood
- Hannah Moore • Boone County (NF MO TUSA 14)
- Amber Parr • Hawthorne
- Jaime Ponder • Mid Missouri
- Heather Price • Platte County
- Nya Ramirez • Metro Springfield
- Shenell Randall • Greater St Charles (NF IL TUSA 13, SF 12, 3RU 11, NF 10, NF 09)
- Hayley Richardson • St Charles County
- Ashlea Schmitz • Crossroads of America
- Samantha Shackelford • Chesterfield Valley (SF 11, SF 09, 3RU MO TUSA 07, SF MO TUSA 06)
- Savannah Shields • Grain Valley
- Alexandria Spry • Chesterfield (SF 15)
- Chelsie Stevens • Mizzou (NF MD TUSA 12, NF 11)
- Sydnee Stottlemyre • Wildhorse Creek (2RU 15, Miss MO Teen USA 2011, 1RU 10, MO's OT 08)
- Kennedy Thomas • Jasper County (3RU MO TUSA 15)
- CJ Thomas • Lake of the Ozarks
- Lindsay Tiefenbrunn • Crawford County (SF MO TUSA 14)
- Ashli Turner • Kansas City
- Whitney Welker • Southeast Missouri
- Jorden Wilson • CoMo
- Shenna Woods • Unite (NF 15, SF 14, NF IL TUSA 08)
- Breannin Wunn • Pulaski County
- Ashley Zavala • Callaway County
- Sussane Zubku • Southwest Missouri
MISS MISSOURI TEEN USA (71)
- Catherine Akley • Oakville
- Madison Albert • Springfield
- Lydia Allen • St Peters (NF 15)
- Alexis Austin • Blackjack County
- Talena Bailey • Polk County
- Alice Ballew • Clay County
- Kelly Barnes • Imperial
- Ashlyn Bedell • Show Me State
- Ashleigh Bedwell • Dunklin County
- Olivia Beilman • New Melle (NF 15)
- Sydney Benson • St Charles County
- Claire Brandes • St Charles (NF 15)
- Melissa Brock • Warriors
- Janelle Brown • Olivette
- Maya Bryant • Wentzville
- Autumn Buesking • Washington
- Shade Bullock • Morgan County
- Adrienne Buretta • Gateway St Louis
- Adriona Carey • Ferguson
- Ebony Clark • Heart of St. Louis
- LaKenya Coppock • St Clair
- Camila Dominguez • i Local Radio
- Camryn Dunivin • Metro St Louis
- Dallas Ezard • Lake of the Ozarks (1RU MO TUSA 15, SF 12)
- Claire Finley • Mid Missouri
- Catherine Ford • Independence
- Anna Ford • Ray County
- Catie Frick • Viburnum
- Sydney Gallatin • Marthasville
- Mackenzie Gebken • Jefferson County
- Karishma Goswami • Nevada Vernon County
- Somer Graham • Southern Missouri
- Kelci Hamilton • Carl Junction
- Astin Harlow • Weldon Springs
- Kimberly Henry • Greenwood
- Torre Hoffmann • Wildwood
- Gabriella Holland • Sedalia
- Madison Horner • Heart of the Ozarks
- Emily Huffman • Hillsboro
- Alison James • Spirit of St Louis
- Jacqueline Janorschke • St Joseph
- Candie Johnson • Bootheel
- Alyssa Johnston • Gateway to the West
- Sarah Kerns • Columbia
- Alyssa Kirk • Ballwin (NF 15)
- Tori Kramer • Linn County
- Alyssa Lopez • Marais des Cygnes
- Lizzie Maddox • Boone County (NF CO TUSA 15, SF CO TUSA 14)
- Tiana Mann • Richland (NF 15)
- Niya Martinez • St Louis City County
- Sarah McVey • St Louis
- Kaylee Mirth • Montgomery (NF 15, NF 14)
- Anna Munoz • Kansas City
- Melissa Myers • Lincoln County (NF 15)
- Victoria Newlove • Parkville
- Sophie Nowak • Poplar Bluff
- Tiffany Parker • Flint Hill
- Emily Prenger • Cole County (NF 15, NF 14)
- Remington Richerson • Webster County
- Rae-Ann Riddle • Stoddard County
- Isabella Roth • Cooper County
- Amethyst Sanchez • Lone Jack
- Madison Scott • Capital City
- Kendra Shelton • Greene County
- Haley Stallman • Mehlville
- Danielle Stanfield • Midwest
- Michelle Swink • Pulaski County
- Keely Tomlin • Gladstone
- Victoria Vaughn • Cameron
- Morguen Wilhelm • Smithville
- Laine Yoder • Clark County
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