Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009 was the 4th
Miss America's Outstanding Teen
Miss America's Outstanding Teen is an American scholarship pageant. It is the sister program to the Miss America Organization, and it aims to "promote scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for Am ...
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 16, 2008. At the conclusion of the event,
Caitlin Brunell
Caitlin Brunell (born May 17, 1992) from Great Falls, Virginia won the Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 title in August 2007. In 2014, she was crowned Miss Alabama and represented the state at the Miss America 2015 competition where she was ...
of
Virginia
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crowned her successor Taylor Hanna Fitch of
South Carolina
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. The pageant was hosted by
Miss America 2008
Miss America 2008, the 81st Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, on Saturday, January 26, 2008.
The pageant was broadcast live on TLC from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Planet Hollywood Resort a ...
Kirsten Haglund
Kirsten Iora Müller-Daubermann (née Haglund; born September 14, 1988) is a public speaker, eating disorder awareness activist, commentator, and president of the Kirsten Haglund Foundation. She served as Miss America 2008.
Education
At age 12, ...
and performer Billy Flanigan.
Results
Placements
Other Awards
Order of Announcement
Top 10
# California
# Pennsylvania
# Arkansas
# Missouri
# South Carolina
# District of Columbia
# Texas
# Oklahoma
# Maryland
# Virginia
Top 5
# Pennsylvania
# Arkansas
# Missouri
# South Carolina
# Maryland
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 between September 2007- July 2008
Preliminaries
During the 3 days prior to the final night, the delegates compete in the preliminary competition, which include a private interview with the judges and a show where they compete in lifestyle and fitness in athletic wear, evening wear, talent, and on-stage question. They were held on August 13–15, 2008.
Finals
During the finals, the top 10 compete in lifestyle and fitness in athletic wear, talent, and evening wear, and the top 5 compete in on-stage question.
Contestants
52 delegates participated:
References
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2009
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2009 in Florida
2009 beauty pageants