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Miss RI USA & Teen USA 2016 results recap

8/31/2015

This weekend kicked off the remainder of the Miss USA 2016 pageant season (following the crowning of Brie Gabrielle in FL in July) and the first crowning for Miss Teen USA 2016! The new Miss RI USA is Theresa Agonia, who won on her sixth attempt, and Miss RI Teen USA is Malia Cruz. Click their names to view their profiles.

Out of the top five for Miss RI USA, three were past Miss runners-up (Theresa, Kelsey Swanson & Lyndsey Larabee), one was a past Teen runner-up (Kristen Hanlon, who was first runner-up in Teen just the previous year) and one had competed twice previously in Georgia (Asia Turner). This was the first time since 2003 that all the top five had previous experience - quite different to last year when only one had competed before! The Miss Amity award in the Miss division was won by Isabella Bennett for an incredible third straight year.

By comparison, the Teen top five had only one returning contestant, Sophia Desmarais who was a semi-finalist in 2014. The two returning runners-up, Elizabeth Kane and Abby Mansolillo missed the top five this year but both placed in the semi-finals. Winner Malia Cruz and her first runner-up Stephanie Sandin were both from Warwick and all of the top five except Malia were 16. The brunette streak continues, it has now been 13 years since RI crowned a blonde Teen!

Theresa Agonia

Malia Cruz

Full results:

Miss RI USA 2016: Theresa Agonia (2RU 14, 2RU 13, SF 11, 3RU RI TUSA 09, SF RI TUSA 08)
1RU: Kelsey Swanson (1RU 15)
2RU: Kristen Hanlon (1RU RI TUSA 15, 3RU 14, 4RU 12)
3RU: Asia Turner (SF GA USA 15, NF GA USA 11)
4RU: Lyndsey Laramee (2RU 15)

Semi-finalists:
Deana Adamo
Ashley Coutu
Jordan Donahue
Jaylin Eaves
Kimberly Frazier
Camila Oliveira
Heather Santoro (SF 15)
Julie Shatz
Prutha Patel
Nicolette Peloquin (SF MA TUSA 14, SF 12)
Ariana Reis (SF 13)

Amity: Isabella Bennett
Photogenic: Prutha Patel

Theresa Agonia, Kelsey Swanson, Kristen Hanlon, Asia Turner, Lyndsey Laramee

Miss RI Teen USA: Malia Cruz
1RU: Stephanie Sandin
2RU: Blake Ferretti
3RU: Sophia Desmarais (SF 14)
4RU: Mya Benz

Semi-finalists:
Jasmin Anastacio Blackiston
Lauren Arpin
Dakota Bush
Kate DePetro
Madison Dussinger
Rachel Gil
Elizabeth Kane (2RU 15)
Alexa Papigotis
Abby Mansolillo (3RU 15, SF 14)
Brianna Polanco

Congeniality: Diamond Rivera
Photogenic: Nina DiBenedetto

Malia Cruz, Stephanie Sandin, Blake Ferretti, Sophia Desmarais, Mya Benz

Miss Top Five | Lyndsey Laramee (4RU), Asia Turner (2RU), Theresa Agonia (Miss RI USA), Kelsey Swanson (1RU), Kristen Hanlon (2RU)

Teen Top Five | Stephanie Sandin (1RU), Blake Feretti (2RU), Malia Cruz (Miss RI Teen USA), Mya Benz (4RU), Sophia Desmarais (3RU)

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Congrats to the new Miss RI USA & Teen USA!

8/30/2015

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Theresa Agonia is the new Miss RI USA and Malia Cruz is Miss RI Teen USA!

Theresa, who is from a Portugese family, is a graduate of Roger Williams University, where she majored in Media Communications. She works as a Deputy Chief of Staff for Providence mayor Jorge Elorza. She was second runner-up in 2014, 4RU in 2013, 3RU in Teen in 2009, as well as a Miss semi-finalist in 2012 and Teen SF in 2008.

Malia was competing in Miss RI Teen USA for the first time and is a former Miss Teen Italia.

Photos by Daniel Gagnon

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Miss Teen USA titleholders infographic

8/23/2015

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Congratulations to Miss Teen USA 2015 Katherine Haik

8/22/2015

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Louisiana's Katherine Haik is the new Miss Teen USA 2015! She is Louisiana's second Miss Teen USA and the youngest Miss Teen USA ever! Katherine was 14 when she won her state title, 15 when she won Miss Teen USA and will be a sophomore in high school this year.

I managed to predict ten of the top fifteen, with another two in my "bubble list" - not too bad. That's where my predicting skills ended though, with none of my top five favourites making the next cut. Sounds like a lot of people were quite surprised with the judges' choice of top five - leave a comment and let me know what you thought!

Results

Miss Teen USA 2015 Katherine Haik (LA)
1RU Melanie Mitchell (CA)
2RU Jane Axhoj (NC)
3RU Hannah Faith Greene (TN)
4RU Sophie Baird (MA)

Semi-finalists: Taylor Ryan Elliott (AL), Neda Danilovic (AZ), Arynn Johnson (AR), Christina Stratton (MO), Geena Cardalena (NY), Cherokee Pearce (OK), Jasmine Daniels (PA), Wesley Mitchell (SC), Chloe Kembel (TX), Alex Marek (VT)

Trivia

Katherine's win comes 11 years after Shelley Hennig won Louisiana's first title.
This is the second consecutive Miss Teen USA win for RPM Productions. All four of their titleholders (AL, LA, NC, SC) made the first cut, with NC placing second runner-up and Katherine winning.
Louisiana is this year's most successful state with a Miss Teen USA win and a top 10 placement at Miss USA.

California made the top five for the third consecutive year. This is their second 1st runner-up placement in the history of Miss Teen USA.
North Carolina made the top five for the first time since Jane Axhoj's "big sister" Julia Dalton also placed 2RU in 2008.
Massachusetts placed twice consecutively for the first time since the early 1990s. This is their first top five placement since Jackie Bruno in 2003.
Tennessee made the top five for the first time since Stormi Henley's win in 2009.
South Carolina placed for the fifth consecutive year and Alabama placed for the fourth consecutive year - in both states, between both Miss & Teen eight of their last nine titleholders have now placed.
Arizona, Oklahoma and Texas placed at both Miss USA & Teen USA for the second consecutive year. This was the first time ever that Arizona has placed back to back; Texas last had consecutive placements in 2003/4.
Missouri won Miss Photogenic for the second time. Their first win was in 1993.
Geena Cardalena is the third New York Teen to place in the past four years - all three were Miss Long Island Teen local titleholders!
Vermont placed for the first time since 1993; this was only their third placement ever. I think you might have heard my scream in the Bahamas! (although I would have put her in the top five... anyone else?)
West Virginia's string of four consecutive placements has come to an end, but Cora King did win their first ever Congeniality award.

Notice anything that I've missed? Leave a comment!

Miss Teen USA 2015 Top 5: Hannah Faith Greene (3RU), Melanie Mitchell (1RU), Katherine Haik (Miss Teen USA), Jane Axhoj (NC), Sophie Baird (MA)

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Miss RI USA & Teen USA 2016 results recap

Congrats to the new Miss RI USA & Teen USA!

Miss Teen USA titleholders infographic

Congratulations to Miss Teen USA 2015 Katherine Haik

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