UPDATE - Congratulations to Miss MS USA 2016 Haley Sowers & Miss MS Teen USA 2016 Lauren Rymer! Full results here.
The first of the five pageants held this weekend will be Miss Mississippi USA & Teen USA 2016. The new titleholders will be crowned Saturday at the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica.
The first of the five pageants held this weekend will be Miss Mississippi USA & Teen USA 2016. The new titleholders will be crowned Saturday at the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica.
Miss
Three of last year's top five are back in the miss division. Jayce Henry, who placed second runner-up in 2014 and first runner-up last year, will be hoping to move up a spot for 2016! The other two are Haley Sowers, 2RU last year, former Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2010 and fourth runner-up at Miss Teen USA and Chandler Short, 3RU last year and a runner-up at Miss Illinois Teen USA 2012.
Unusually, the first runners-up from 2015 in both divisions will be competing for Miss Mississippi USA this year. As well as Jayce, 2015 Teen first runner-up Laine Mansour is competing in Miss for the first time. Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2012 fourth runner-up Alay'keeyan Wilks has also moved up to the Miss competition.
Returning semi-finalists are Juliette King (2015), Kaitlyn Orth (2015), April Mayfield (2014), Melissa Martinez (2013) and Hannah Day (2005 Teen).
Unusually, the first runners-up from 2015 in both divisions will be competing for Miss Mississippi USA this year. As well as Jayce, 2015 Teen first runner-up Laine Mansour is competing in Miss for the first time. Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2012 fourth runner-up Alay'keeyan Wilks has also moved up to the Miss competition.
Returning semi-finalists are Juliette King (2015), Kaitlyn Orth (2015), April Mayfield (2014), Melissa Martinez (2013) and Hannah Day (2005 Teen).
Teen
Only five out of 29 Teen contestants have competed previously. The only returning runner-up is 2015 2RU McKaylan Gray. From last year's top fifteen Alexis Carter and Regan Ringler are back. Three-time Alabama semi-finalist Madeleine Overby is competing in MS this year.
* denotes competing in Miss this year | ^ denotes competing in Teen
* denotes competing in Miss this year | ^ denotes competing in Teen
Click "read more" or scroll below to view the full list of contestants with notes of past placements.
Contestants
MISS MISSISSIPPI USA (33)
MISS MISSISSIPPI TEEN USA (29)
- Brittany Coleman • Jackson Co.
- Emily Cook • Union County
- Hannah Day • Northeast (SF & Photogenic MS TUSA 15)
- Madison Eschan • Starkville
- Meredith Etheridge • Delta River
- Kaley Ford • Summit
- Logan Gray • DeSoto Co.
- Cali Haley • Magnolia
- Olivia Haskins • Pike Co.
- Ellen Hawk • Hospitality State
- Rachel Henderson • Lamar Co.
- Jayce Henry • Pine Belt (1RU 15, 2RU 14)
- Asia Herrod • Calhoun Co.
- Juliette King • Olive Branch (SF 15)
- Lexy Loftin • Deep South
- Laine Mansour • Tupelo (1RU MS TUSA 15, SF 14)
- Melissa Martinez • Tribal Lands (NF 15, SF 13)
- April Mayfield • Vicksburg (SF 14)
- Taylor-Alice Mays • Lafayette Co.
- Tamecia Myers • Southern Magnolia
- Katie Nelson • Jones Co.
- Kaitlyn Orth • Gulf Coast (SF 15)
- Anna-Catherine Parker • Yazoo Co.
- De'Ja Powell • Hattiesburg
- Madison Reap • Capital City
- Kelsey Redus • Golden Triangle
- Chandler Short • Heart of Dixie (3RU 15, 2RU IL TUSA 12)
- Olivia Smith • Oxford
- Haley Sowers • Lauderdale Co. (2RU 15, Miss MS Teen USA 2010)
- Sarah Sutton • Northern MS
- Re'Chelle Turner • Ridgeland (NF 15)
- Ivy White • Magnolia State
- Alay'keeyan Wilks • Forrest Co. (4RU MS TUSA 12)
MISS MISSISSIPPI TEEN USA (29)
- Ashley Arnold • Harrison Co.
- Macy Baker • Southern Magnolia
- Arlene Balch • Gulfport
- Erin Broadus • Magnolia State
- Olivia Brown • Magnolia
- Jenny Burkett • Lincoln Co.
- Alexis Carter • Hattiesburg (SF 15)
- Bre'yana Charles • Jackson Co.
- Emily Cockrell • Panola Co.
- McKaylan Gray • Vicksburg (2RU 15)
- Harleigh Hudson • George Co.
- Hally Hudson • Oxford
- Julia Hummel • Oak Grove
- Tierra Ledbetter • Hospitality State
- Anna Manning • Pascagoula
- Layvionna Mayweather • Grenada
- Acacia McBride • Starkville
- Emily Miller • Madison
- Halle Morrissette • Bellevue
- Madeleine Overby • Columbus (T15 AL TUSA 15, T10 14, T10 13)
- Jade Richardson • South MS (NF 15)
- Seana Ricks • Fulton
- Regan Ringler • Clinton (SF 15)
- Lauren Rymer • Natchez
- Zhane' Steen • Bolivar Co.
- Mary Kathryn Taylor • Senatobia
- Kaitlyn Tullos • Madison Co.
- Savannah Walters • Jones Co.
- Allie Watson • Gulf Coast
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