Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 was the third
Miss America's Outstanding Teen
Miss America's Teen is an American scholarship pageant. It is the sister program to the Miss America Opportunity, and it aims to "promote scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for America's teen ...
pageant, held at the Linda Chapin Theater in the
Orange County Convention Center
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in
Orlando, Florida
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on August 11, 2007.
At the conclusion of the event, Maria DeSantis of
New York
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crowned her successor
Caitlin Brunell
Caitlin Brunell (born May 17, 1992) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Great Falls, Virginia who won the Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 title in August 2007. In 2014, she was crowned Miss Alabama and represented the state at t ...
of
Virginia
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. The pageant was hosted by
Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson and performer Billy Flanigan.
Results
Placements
Other Awards
Order of Announcement
Top 10
# Louisiana
# Oklahoma
# Wisconsin
# Utah
# Florida
# Pennsylvania
# Mississippi
# Virginia
# Kentucky
# Indiana
Top 5
# Virginia
# Utah
# Louisiana
# Kentucky
# Pennsylvania
Pageant
Selection of Contestants
One delegate from each state,
District of Columbia
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, and the
Virgin Islands
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were chosen in state pageants held between September 2006 to July 2007.
Preliminaries
During the 4 days prior to the final night, the delegates compete in the preliminary competition, which includes a private interview with the judges and a show where they compete in talent, evening wear, lifestyle and fitness in athletic wear, and on-stage question. They were held August 7–10, 2007.
Finals
During the finals, the top 10 compete in evening wear, lifestyle and fitness in athletic wear, and talent, and the top 5 compete in on-stage question.
Contestants
52 delegates participated:
References
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2008
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2008 in Florida
2008 beauty pageants