Miss Nevada USA & Teen USA 2017 contestant commentary

Miss Nevada USA & Teen USA 2017 will be crowned on Sunday at 7pm!  Contestants are posted here.  Overall contestant numbers are down on recent years but have increased since 2007-2009.
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Six of the last ten Miss Nevada USA winners had previously competed in the MUO system (either Miss or Teen) and one was a former Miss NV (America).  Five had competed in another state: Sarah Chapman (2011), Nia Sanchez (2014) and Brittany McGowan (2015) in California (all made the top five there once), Veronica Grabowski (2008) in Texas and outgoing Miss NV USA Emmy Adams in Arizona.  

In the Miss competition, the two most experienced contestants also both started their pageant career in California.  Susan Romanishin was second runner-up last year and a semi-finalist in 2014 & 2015.  She competed in California in 2011 and 2012 and would be the seventh of the Miss CA USA 2011 top twenty to compete at Miss USA, joining recently crowned Miss AZ USA Tommy Lynn Calhoun.  Lauren York will be competing in Nevada for the first time.  Her most successful year in California was 2014, when she placed fourth runner-up.  She was a semi-finalist the past two years and competed with reigning Miss California USA Nadia Mejia at Miss CA Teen USA 2012.

Two more of last year's runners-up are also returning.  First runner-up, Miss NV Teen USA 2013 Amanda Jenkins, will be vying to be the first former Teen to win since photographer extraordinaire Georgina Vaughan in 2009.  Kimberly Andres has been fourth runner-up the past two years (would be the second 2 x fourth runner-up to win this weekend!) and was a non-finalist in 2013 & 2014.  Miss Nevada Teen USA 2010 first runner-up Cory Bradley is competing for the first time since 2014, when she made the top twenty in her first Miss pageant.

In the Teen pageant pageant two-time runners-up Paris Regan and Kami Deike are both back.  Returning semi-finalists Lluvia Botello, Allison Garcia, and Alexis Smith.  There's a former California contestants in the Teen pageant as well - Jalynn Santos was a non-finalist at Miss CA Teen USA 2015, the second non-finalist from that pageant to compete in as many weeks (Paige Knight was 2RU at Miss Hawaii  Teen USA last weekend).  

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Contestant lists

MISS CONTESTANTS (22)
​Asia Adell • Aliante
Susan Romanishin • Carson City (2RU 16, SF 15, T15 14, NF CA USA 12, T20 CA USA 11)
Nicole Houston • Clark County
Raquel Karagines • Downtown Las Vegas (NF 16)
Stefanie Joseph • East Las Vegas
Alexia Anast • Green Valley
Kayla Barton • Henderson
Taya Sawyers • Indian Springs
Kimberly Andres • Las Vegas (4RU 16, 4RU 15, NF 14, SF 13)
Cory Bradley • Madeira Canyon (T10 14, 1RU NV TUSA 10)
Gabriella Keys • McCarran
Lauren York • North Las Vegas (SF CA USA 16, T20 15, 4RU 14, T10 CA TUSA 12)
Jody Scimone • Red Rock (NF 16)
Ariel Thompson • Reno
Brittany Votendahl • Seven Hills
Stefanie Naylor • Silver Springs (NF 16, NF CA USA 15, NF 14)
Arielle Lipscomb • Silver State
DeAnn DeNovellis • South Las Vegas (NF 16)
Tianna Tuamoheloa • Southwest
Amanda Jenkins • Sparks (1RU 16, NV TUSA 13)
Arleevia McLeod • Summerlin
Diamond Verde • Whitney

​TEEN CONTESTANTS (15)
Lluvia Botello • Belleza Nevada (SF 16, SF 15)
Jalynn Santos • Carson City (NF CA TUSA 15)
Skyler Baldwin • Clark County
Allison Garcia • Green Valley (SF 16, SF 15, T15 14)
Isabela Cipili • Henderson
Emily Jung • Korea Las Vegas
Brianna Llamas • Latina Nevada
Kami Deike • Lake Las Vegas (2RU 16, SF 15, 3RU 14)
Paris Regan • Las Vegas (4RU 16, 1RU 15, T10 14)
Annette Parker • Paradise
Melodee McNulty • Red Rock (NF & Congeniality 16)
Zoe Cheatham • South Las Vegas
Asia Bolden • Spring Valley
Alexis Smith • Summerlin (SF & Photogenic 16)
Neya Avery • Sunrise Mountain (NF 16)

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