Miss North Carolina USA & Teen USA 2021 contestant commentary

UPDATE: Congratulations to Miss North Carolina USA 2021 Madison Bryant and Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2021 Madison Walker!  Click here to see the full results.

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Link to contestant photos -- www.missnorthcarolinausa.com/contestants-miss/

• Kaaviya Sambasivam becomes the 3rd 2018 Teen to compete for Miss 
• Madison Bryant is the only 2020 Miss RU returning, Victoria Vesce, perennial former RU is back. 
• Haleigh Jo Baker, 3x Teen RU is competing in Miss for the first time this year - she competed every Teen year she was eligible, can't remember the last Teen who did that then moved up into Miss immediately?
• Other Teen RUs competing in Miss are Reagan Wayne (2RU to Kaaviya) & Paige Adkins (3RU 2013)
• In Teen, again the only returning RU is 1RU Gabriel Barnhart (I've seen her name spelt both Gabriel and Gabrielle?). The Teen group is mostly new.

Contestant lists

MISS CONTESTANTS (37)
Kayla Allison • Alamance County
Madeline Delp • Asheville (T10 20, T16 19)
Victoria Vesce • Capital City (T16 NC USA 20, T10 SC USA 19, 4RU NC USA 18, 1RU 17, T10 15, NF 13, 3RU NC TUSA 12, T15 11)
Natalie Bode • Chapel Hill
Celia Stafford • Chatham County (NF 20)
Kaylee Spruill • City of Oaks (NF NC TUSA 12)
Alaisha Pratt • Cumberland County (NF 20)
Juliana Morehouse • Eastover (T16 SC USA 20, T10 NC USA 20, NF SC TUSA 18, T16 NC TUSA 17, 3RU 16)
Madison Humphries • Fayetteville
Kaaviya Sambasivam • Forsyth County (NC TUSA 18, 1RU 17, 2RU 16)
Imani Cooper • Halifax County
Samantha Berg • High Point (NF 19, T15 18, NF MA TUSA 15)
Amber Buergermeister • Kernersville (T16 20)
Kleo Torres • Lake Johnson
Allison Spears • Lexington
Sophie Powell • Lincoln County
Newlyn Ngo • Mebane
Hollis Brown • Mecklenburg County
Jessicka Tucker • Mecklenburg (NF TN USA 18, NF 17)
Madison Bryant • Metrolina (1RU 20)
Emma Knapp • Mint Hill
Sarah Roof • Myers Park (T16 20, T10 19, NF SC USA 17)
Paige Martin • New Light
Haleigh Jo Baker • Pembroke (T10 NC TUSA 20, 2RU 19, 1RU 18, 2RU 17, T15 16)
Paige Adkins • Pinehurst (T15 NC TUSA 14, 3RU 13)
Morgan Romano • Queen City (T10 SC USA 19
Sarah-Michelle Olivo • Raleigh
Erica Shepard • Raleigh-Durham
Kelsey Fagan • Research Triangle
Shelby Brown • South Charlotte
Alexis Raeana • Southeastern
Reagan Wayne • Tar Heel (2RU NC TUSA 18, T10 17)
Adele Marchant • Triangle Area (T16 20)
Olivia Stinson • Uptown
Kiah Ruffin • Wake Forest (T10 19, T15 18)
Kiki Walls • Wilmington
Tenijah Fant • Winston-Salem

TEEN CONTESTANTS (27)
Amisha Chhabra • Cary
Julia Narvaez Munguia • City of Oaks
Chantelle Cane • Claremont
Alexa Rodriguez • Currituck County
Faith Maxwell • Davie (T16 19, T19 18)
Zanah Whitted • Durham
Natalie Morehouse • Eastover (NF 20)
Angeline Hoang • Fayetteville
Zuri Sweatt • Forsyth County
Madison Walker • Garner
Macie Miller • Hickory
Alicia Joy Cone • Kernersville
Gabrielle Barnhart • Lake Norman (1RU 20)
Selah Price • Leicester
Alyson McNair • Matthews (T10 20, T16 19)
Jessica Cameron • Mocksville (NF 20)
Marji Pendergraft • Raleigh
Kelcie Farmer • Raleigh-Durham
Maycee Kay Aycock • Red Oak
Bria Pinckney • South Charlotte (T16 20)
Makayla Alston • Southpark
Mia Washington • Tar Heel
Julieanne Amick • Triangle Area
Gabriela Ortega • Wake County
Emma Patel • West Cary
Averee Jaden Bell • Wilmington
Allison-Joy Reid • Winston-Salem