Miss Maryland USA & Teen USA 2017 contestant commentary

Miss Maryland USA & Teen USA 2017 will be crowned starting at 2pm tomorrow!  Both Miss and Teen contestants are posted here.  Miss contestant numbers have recovered from the huge drop seen last year and Teen has increased a little, although there has still been a 40% drop on recent years.  MD will farewell their 2016 titleholders Christina Denny and Amy Ingram.

In the Miss division, there are two returning runners-up from 2016: second runner-up Adrianna David and fourth runner-up Chelsea Boone.  Two-time Miss runner-up & two-time Teen RU Kathleen Masek, who last competed in 2015, is back this year.  2016 Pennsylvania third runner-up Antonia Gore and 2015 Virginia third runner-up Brittinay Nicolette are both competing in Maryland this year.  Miss MD Teen USA 2015 fourth runner-up Galienne Gilmer (also a Teen SF last year) is competing in the Miss competition for the first time.  Chelsea and Brittinay are competing in their sixth pageant, and Antonia and Kathleen their fifth.

Returning semi-finalists are Alyssha Shanks (2016), Shanel James (2013), Savannah Chamberlain (Teen 2013), Courtney Williams (District of Columbia 2016) and Gretchen Schoeck (Pennsylvania 2014).

In the Teen competition there are no returning runners-up and only three past semi-finalists competing: Louise Daniel, Megan Goins, and Taylor Spruill​.

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Contestant lists 

MISS CONTESTANTS (71)

• Vinielle Acha-Morfaw 
• Samantha Aldridge 
• Adwoa Asare (NF 13)
• Azah Awasum
• Sujita Basnet 
• Julia Bassett 
• Terri Baumann (NF 16)
• Monica Beal 
• Kenyatta Beazer 
• Selena Behram 
• Shama' Better 
• Chelsea Boone (4RU 16, SF DC USA 15, SF MD USA 14, NF 13, NF 12) 
• Kaitlyn Borries 
• Antoinette Brunson 
• Aijha Byrd 
• Dominique Campbell-Thornton (NF 16)
• Taylor Campos 
• Savannah Chamberlain (SF MD TUSA 13)
• Sydney Chaney 
• Elizabeth Clancy (NF MD TUSA 14)
• Crystal Clauser (NF 15)
• Jordyn Cristaudo 
• Adrianna David (2RU 16)
• Dominique Davis (NF 16)
• C'yana Denby
• Rebecca Eisenhardt 
• Chiamaka Ezeonyebuchi 
• Alexandra Flanagan 
• Jeanelle Foster 
• Amanda Gay 
• Gallienne Gilmer (SF MD TUSA 16, 4RU 15)
• Antonia Gore (3RU PA USA 16, SF 15, NF GA USA 13, SF MD TUSA 09)
• Rebecca Hendrickson 
• Tiffany Hope 
• Shanel James (SF 13)
• Erica Johnson 
• Morgan Johnson
• Tina Kanonuhwa 
• Melody Khosravi
• Katheryn Kim 
• Piper Lewis 
• Nia Liberty 
• Audrey Lomax 
• Kathleen Masek (2RU 15, 2RU 14, 1RU MD TUSA 13, 3RU 12)
• Gabrielle Milton 
• Hope Mookim 
• Kayla Morgan (NF MD TUSA 10)
• Lukwesa Morin 
• Michelle Hope Nicolas 
• Brittinay Nicolette  (3RU VA USA 15, SF MD USA 11, 2RU MD TUSA 10, 3RU MD TUSA 09, SF MD TUSA 08)
• Ruth Orevba 
• Paige Parker 
• Lashira Petty 
• Ha Phan 
• Tiffaney Robinson 
• Chalinda Robinson 
• Gretchen Schoeck (SF PA USA 14)
• Alyssha Shanks (SF 16)
• Karli Space 
• Rachel Starr 
• Samantha Stephan 
• Cheyanne Stonisfer 
• Fatoumata Sy 
• Bria Taylor 
• Tayler Troup 
• Angelika Ullsperger 
• Linda Velasquez 
• Sarah Walsh 
• Catherine Wang 
• Kelsey Washington 
• Courtney Williams (SF DC USA 16, NF MD USA 14)

TEEN CONTESTANTS (43)

• Ciara Bartz 
• Danielle Blagmon 
• Sterling Bollman (NF 16)
• Mikayla Brown 
• Isabella Capuano
• Kennedy Cole 
• Louise Daniel (SF 16)
• Ardelle Dickerson 
• Khloe Doyle 
• Agatha Dulce 
• Meredith Eby 
• Caitlyn Evans 
• Alexis Garrish 
• Kathleen Gingell 
• Megan Goins (SF 16)
• Grace Hewitson 
• Elizabeth Hicks 
• Desha Hill 
• Casandra Hopkins 
• Amina Jennifer 
• Taiyeler Johnson
• Lindsay Jones 
• Kaylee Kirkland 
• Sapna Kumar 
• Karla Maiden-Vazquez 
• Sophia Martin 
• Vera-Lee Mason 
• Camryn McCullough 
• Carol Minott 
• Kaitlyn Murray 
• Brittany Nixon 
• Preethi Pagadala 
• Kaylin Paul 
• Faith Peoples 
• Katie Redd 
• Lily Robertson 
• Kadija Shaw (NF 14)
• Brielle Simmons 
• Jewel Smith 
• Taylor Spruill (SF 16)
• Emily Tichnell 
• Rhiannon Vandertie 
• Reagan Welch