UPDATE! - Congratulations to Miss Tennessee USA Hope Stephens and Miss TN Teen USA Savannah Chrisley!
We have a busy two weeks ahead of us with three state pageants this weekend and five the next - one of which is Miss Tennessee USA & Teen USA (for the full list of states head to the State Pageant Calendar)! Contestant photos for Tennesseee are up now, here. Contestant numbers are slightly up on last year but still below 2014.
We have a busy two weeks ahead of us with three state pageants this weekend and five the next - one of which is Miss Tennessee USA & Teen USA (for the full list of states head to the State Pageant Calendar)! Contestant photos for Tennesseee are up now, here. Contestant numbers are slightly up on last year but still below 2014.
Miss
In Miss, first runner-up Kaileigh Bullard is back, but she has quite a curse to overcome if she wants to win: no returning first runner-up has won in Tennessee since 2005! The only other returning runner-up from 2015 is Megan Hale who placed 2RU. Kaileigh isn't the only past 1RU competing: Melissa Gee, first runner-up in Montana in 2014, now lives in TN and is competing there for the first time. There are two former TN Teen runners-up competing in Miss for the first time: Hope Stephens, first runner-up in 2014 and Katerina Daniele, fourth runner-up in 2013. First-time USA competitor Miss Tennessee 2011 Erin Hatley (top ten at Miss America) will be hoping to join TN's contingent of former Miss America delegates, which include consecutive titleholders from 2002 to 2004, host Allison Alderson, Beth Hood and Stephanie Culberson. Megan Miller is also new to MUO but has placed in the top five at Miss Louisiana (MAO) and appeared on American Idol.
In addition to Melissa and Megan, there are two more who have competed in other states: Yesenia Quinones, semi-finalist in Georgia in 2013 and Rachel Stacy, inexplicably a non-finalist in Florida last year (deserved top five based on photos I've seen!) and a semi-finalist in Virginia in 2013 and 2014.
In addition to Melissa and Megan, there are two more who have competed in other states: Yesenia Quinones, semi-finalist in Georgia in 2013 and Rachel Stacy, inexplicably a non-finalist in Florida last year (deserved top five based on photos I've seen!) and a semi-finalist in Virginia in 2013 and 2014.
Teen
Elise Stein, fourth runner-up last year, is the only returning contestant from last year's top five. Hope Parker, third runner-up in 2014 and a semi-finalist in 2015 is competing again as well. Other returning semi-finalists are Allie Corzine and Corbin Hinson.
2016 contestants marked with asterisks:
2016 contestants marked with asterisks:
Click "read more" or scroll down to read the full list of contestants with notes of past placements.
Contestants
MISS TENNESSEE USA (42)
- Carmen Avery • Rhythm and Blues
- Blakely Bays • Mountain States
- Kaileigh Bullard • Nashville (1RU 15)
- Sara Cardona • Greater Nashville
- Brittney Clark • Northern TN (NF 15, SF 14)
- Ginny Cole • Northeast TN
- Lauren Collins • Country Music City (SF 14)
- Katerina Daniele • Clarksville (4RU TN TUSA 13)
- Amiyha Davis • Capital City
- Olivia Davis • West Knoxville
- Lauren DuBose • Oak Ridge
- Melissa Gee • Springfield (1RU MT USA 14)
- Megan Hale • Music City (2RU 15)
- Chertiqua Hargrove • Cumberland Queen
- Alexandra Harper • Williamson Co.
- Erin Hatley • West TN
- Mercedes Johnson • Bluff City
- Jessica Jordan • Blue Raider City
- Lynsey Kamine • Memphis
- Sofia Kovacic • Knoxville
- Kelsey Long • Middle TN (NF 15)
- Erica Meredith • Music Row
- Megan Miller • Brentwood
- Tanna Norman • River Queen (SF TN TUSA 14)
- Ivana Page • North Nashville
- Brooklyn Parker • Henderson Co.
- Paiton Patterson • TN Valley
- Yesenia Quinones • Signal Mountain (SF GA USA 13)
- Kendra Randle • Blues City
- Abigail Ridenour • Anderson Co.
- BrieAnna Shepard • Knox Co.
- Christina Slay • State Capital
- Rachel Stacy • Sevierville (NF FL USA 15, SF VA USA 14, SF VA USA 13)
- Megan Stanley • Twin Cities
- Hope Stephens • Upper Cumberland (1RU TN TUSA 14)
- Tiandra Tranbarger • Tri-Cities
- Rachel Warren • Sumner Co.
- Lexi White • Chattanooga
- Brittani White • Goodlettsville
- Rachel Wilkins • Green Hills
- Brooklyn Wimberly • Rocky Top
- Mary Grace Wolkonowski • Wilson Co.
MISS TENNESSEE TEEN USA (37)
- Alexandria Alder • Volunteer
- Gracy Bilyeu • East TN
- Tenneal Brown • Upper Cumberland
- Taliyah Carroll • Jackson
- Savannah Chrisley • Greater Nashville
- Emma Conn • College Grove
- Allie Corzine • Franklin (SF 15)
- Tara Sue Dawson • Music City
- Sabrina DeHaan • Rogersville
- Cara Donaldson • Shelby Co.
- Abigail Durbin • Wilson Co.
- Makenzie Fancher • Williamson Co.
- Millee Ford • Mt. Juliet
- Jasmine Gardner • River Queen
- Grace Glover • Northeast TN
- Morgan Green • DeKalb Co.
- Jaden Haehl • Macon Co.
- Aysha Harris • Capital City
- Mackenzie Harris • Rutherford Co.
- Dominique Haun • Twin Cities
- Samantha Havenstrite • Murfreesboro
- MeKayla Hester • Adams
- Corbin Hinson • Maury Co. (SF 14)
- Megan Hollingsworth • Middle TN
- Mallori King • Memphis
- Curecia Kreis • Harriman
- Ravin McKelvy • Voice of Franklin
- Scarlett Minor • Rocky Top (NF 15)
- Hope Parker • Clarksville (SF 15, 3RU 14)
- Spencer Petty • Iris
- Haidyn Rankin-Carroll • Nashville
- Carly Reams • South Fulton (NF 15)
- Elise Stein • Unite (4RU 15)
- Jasmine Verde • Volunteer State
- Sarah Ward • Greater TN
- Meredith Ann Watts • Lexington
- Jasmine Wright • TN Volunteer
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