Among the Miss semi-finalists were two contestants who had previously been non-finalists three or four times, Brandi Weber (in Illinois) and Shanna Akins (twice in Arizona, twice in Colorado). Stacy Smith and Samantha Micheli were also non-finalists in Arizona last year. The rest of the top fifteen were newcomers.
In the Teen competition, first runner-up Katie Schaaf, third runner-up Kassidy Neely and fourth runner-up Macy Deak were all competing for the first time. I think Macy is the sister of Darby Deak who was also fourth runner-up last year but have not been able to confirm it. Second runner-up went to Ally Trevino, who was fourth runner-up in 2015 and first runner-up last year. 2016 Illinois Teen USA second runner-up Ellie McGee was a semi-finalist.
Full results
1RU: Leona Doty
2RU: Elizabeth Erickson (SF AZ TUSA 14)
3RU: Candace Kanavel (NF 15)
4RU: Chloe Brown (Miss CO Teen USA 2013)
Semi-finalists:
Brandi Weber (NF IL USA 14, NF IL TUSA 08, NF IL TUSA 07)
Rochelle DeLucia
Bianca Shelman
Shanna Akins (NF 16, NF 15, NF CO USA 14, NF CO TUSA 11)
Whitney Ellis
Olivia Barreras
Stacy Smith (NF 16)
Chelsea Wold
Chelsea Dawson
Karla Becerra
Samantha Micheli (NF 16)
Congeniality: Whitney Ellis
Photogenic: Chloe Brown
1RU: Katie Schaaf
2RU: Ally Trevino (1RU 16, 4RU 15)
3RU: Kassidy Neely
4RU: Macy Deak
Semi-finalists:
Nicole Carney
Lillie Herman
Madelyn Kirkegaard
Leilani Laguna (NF 15)
Alexia Garcia
Ellie McGee (2RU IL TUSA 16)
Alyssa Quinn
Molly Schwanz
Hailey Swanson
Jenny Zapor
Morgan Zittel (NF 16)
Congeniality: Leilani Laguna
Photogenic: Madelyn Kirkegaard