The past eight Miss winners have all been past runners-up and/or Teen winners, and four had been a runner-up more than once.
In Teen there are two sisters of former Miss Utah USAs - Lesya Feinstein, sister of Kate who was Miss UT Teen USA 2008 & Miss Utah USA 2010 and Rachel Bell, last year's Teen first runner-up and sister of Kendyl who was Miss Utah USA 2012. In addition to Rachel, Madilen Kellogg, second runner-up last year, is the only other returning Teen runner-up. Past semi-finalists who are back are Brooklyn Lang and Madison Baldwin from 2016 and Maddie Jonely from 2014.
Contestant lists
Ciearra Everill • Bear Lake (SF UT TUSA 15)
Shona Seifert • Bountiful (NF 16)
Chealsey Leach • Capitol City
Leia Sergakis • Cottonwood Canyon (4RU 16, SF 13, NF 12)
Anjulie McFarland • Davis County
Thelina Smith • Greater Salt Lake
McCall Bills • Millcreek
Ashlee Haddenham • Northen Utah
Bliss Campbell • Provo
Cortni Beers • Red Rock (SF 16)
Madilyn Holmes • Roy
Rachel Slawson • Salt Lake City (NF 15, NF 14)
Victoria Lynn • Salt Lake County (SF 15, 2RU UT TUSA 14, 1RU 13, SF 12)
Baylee Jensen • South Jordan (1RU 16)
Cheyenne Peterson • St. George
Dani Braun • Sundance (T10 16, 4RU 14, 3RU 13, 2RU UT USA 11)
Courtnee Cloward • Tooele County
Narine Ishhanova • Utah County (2RU 16, 2RU 15, SF 14, NF 13)
TEEN CONTESTANTS (18)
Samantha Padilla • Bountiful
Lesya Feinstein • Centerville
Madilen Kellogg • Davis County (2RU 16, SF 15)
Brooklyn Lang • Draper (SF 16)
Michaela Boyette • Great Salt Lake
Justice Johnston • Herriman
Brooke Lewis • Logan
Hailey Green • Morgan County
Annjole Artist • North Logan
Kaitlyn McCall • North Salt Lake
Natalie Moesinger • Ogden
Mia Strup • Park City
Maddie Jonely • Salt Lake City (SF 14)
Madison Baldwin • St. George (SF 16)
Tabitha Wilson • Utah County
Rachel Bell • Wasatch Front (1RU 16)
MaKall Larsen • Weber County
Kaitlyn Rowberry • West Valley