1st runner-up 2018
A native of Camden, Miss Maine Teen USA 2019 Mara Carpenter represented Maine at the Miss Teen USA 2019 pageant in Reno, Nevada. Along with being a competitive dancer, Mara enjoys cooking, photography, time spent with family and friends and traveling whenever she can. She has enjoyed volunteering with the Liberian Education Fund and assisting with the Special Education program in her previous schools, experiences she will cherish forever.
Miss Maine Teen USA 2019 Mara Carpenter is a 17 year old senior at Camden Hills Regional High School in Camden, Maine. She’s looking forward to attending college in New England to obtain her Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing. Along with nursing she hopes to specialize in psychology while getting her masters in Clinical Nurse Leadership.
Along with being a competitive dancer, she enjoys cooking, photography, time spent with family and friends and traveling whenever she can. She has enjoyed volunteering with the Liberian Education Fund and assisting with the Special Education program in her previous schools, experiences she will cherish forever.
Mara enjoys making people smile and during this next year she hopes to touch the lives of as many people as possible, especially in the younger generation. She would like to empower other young women by helping to raise their self-awareness and self-confidence. She is excited to work with many different organizations during this next year.
The on-stage moments, the tension of the final two and the glory of the crowning, here are Mara’s state pageant photos.
Lights, camera, action! Professional photoshoots are one of the perks that comes from winning a title.
There’s nothing better than watching a contestant progress from year to year! Here’s a look back at Mara’s previous pageant photos.
All beautiful things must come to an end, no matter how bittersweet. See Mara’s farewell walk and other candids from the weekend she crowned her successor Grace Morey as Miss Maine Teen USA 2020.
Winning a state title is a sisterhood for life. Here are Mara’s “after the crown” photos.
