In the Miss division, all four runners-up had competed previously. First runner-up was Tatum Schroeder who competed with Alex at Miss WA Teen USA 2012 and was a semi-finalist - she had also been a semi-finalist & won the Congeniality award in 2011. Second runner-up went to Gelly (Geraldine) Lirio who was a semi-finalist last year and fourth runner-up in 2015. Third runner-up was Chael Stenchever, who was also 3RU last year. Eight-time contestant Evelyn Clark was fourth runner-up - in all those years in Washington Teen & Miss and in Oregon, she has only missed the top five twice!
Among the remaining 11 semi-finalists was Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 2010 Morgan Lucas, past Idaho runner-up Christine Serb, previous NC & WA semi-finalists Brenna Aguilar and Gen Saechao and four contestants who had previously been non-finalists and who made the cut for the first time: Jocelyn Cowan, Riley Elliott, Savannah Morton and Courtney Prather. There were only three newcomers in the entire top sixteen: Whitney Mitchell, Grace Olson, and Sarah Smith.
In the Teen pageant Alyssa's first runner-up Katherine Hansen was also competing for the first time. Second runner-up Kathleen Crosby was a semi-finalist last year, third runner-up Noelle Tapang was the first runner-up in 2016 and fourth runner-up in 2015 and fourth runner-up went to Sylvia Coulson for the second year in a row. 2016 third runner-up Taylor Mann and past semi-finalists Kasey Hobson, Carley Surina and Jesi Williams all made the top 16.
Full results
1RU: Tatum Schroeder (SF WA TUSA 12, SF 11)
2RU: Geraldine Lirio (SF 16, 4RU 15)
3RU: Chael Stenchever (3RU 16, SF 15)
4RU: Evelyn Clark (3RU OR USA 16, SF WA USA 15, 4RU 14, 4RU 13, 3RU 12, SF WA TUSA 10, 3RU 09)
Semi-finalists:
Brenna Aguilar (T15 NC USA 16, NF 13, NF 12, NF NC TUSA 11)
Jocelyn Cowan (NF 16)
Riley Elliott (NF 14)
Morgan Lucas (SF NY USA 16, NF MA USA 14, NH TUSA 10, SF FL TUSA 09, NF 08)
Whitney Mitchell
Savannah Morton (NF 16, NF WA TUSA 15)
Grace Olson
Courtney Prather (NF 14)
Gen Saechao (SF 16, SF 15, NF 14)
Christine Serb (NF CA USA 15, 2RU ID USA 11, NF ID TUSA 09, SF ID TUSA 08)
Sarah Smith
Congeniality: Erika Bruns Mendoza
Photogenic: Tatum Schroeder
1RU: Katherine Hansen
2RU: Kathleen Crosby (SF 16)
3RU: Noelle Tapang (1RU 16, 4RU 15)
4RU: Sylvia Coulson (4RU 16)
Semi-finalists:
Karsyn Brinkley
Kristen Green
Alyssa Hagar
Kasey Hobson (SF 15)
Natasha Kacharia
Summer Keffeler
Taylor Mann (3RU 16, SF 15)
Gianna Pistoresi
Carley Surina (SF 16)
Arianna Torno
Jesi Williams (SF 16)
Congeniality: Sylvia Coulson
Photogenic: Tiffany Abrams