Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2018 was the 12th
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 Theatre in the
Orange County Convention Center
The Orange County Convention Center is a convention center located in Orlando, Florida. Opened in 1983 as the Orange County Convention and Civic Center, it is the primary public convention center for the Central Florida region and the second-lar ...
in
Orlando, Florida
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on July 29, 2017, the same date as
Miss Teen USA 2017
Miss Teen USA 2017 was the 35th Miss Teen USA pageant held at the Phoenix Symphony Hall in Phoenix, Arizona on July 29, 2017. Karlie Hay of Texas crowned her successor, Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff of Missouri at the end of the event. The pagea ...
. Nicole Jia of
Oklahoma
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crowned her successor Jessica Baeder of
Alabama
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at the end of the event. This was the first time that
Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen
The Miss Alabama's Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Alabama in the Miss America's Teen pageant.
Jessica Baeder of Auburn, Alabama was the first contestant from Alabama to win the national titl ...
captured the title of Miss America's Outstanding Teen.
As of 2023, it is the first and only edition of Miss America's Outstanding Teen to have two contestants who would later go on to capture the title of
Miss America
Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 18 and 28. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty revue", the contest is judged on competition segments with scoring percentages: ''Priva ...
;
Emma Broyles of Alaska and
Grace Stanke
Grace Marie Stanke (born April 30, 2002) is an American Pro-nuclear energy movement, pro-nuclear energy activist and scholarship pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss America 2023 on December 15, 2022. A native of Wausau, Wisconsin, she is the ...
of Wisconsin, who won Miss America 2022 & 2023 respectively.
Overview
Judges
The panel of judges on the final night of competition included TV anchor, veterinarian, and
Miss America 1990,
Debbye Turner Bell; beauty business executive, Sinead Norenius-Raniere, sociologist and professor, Hilary Levey Friedman; American tenor, Benjamin Brecher; pediatrician, Jamie Wells; and co-founder of Dance Network, Julie Stadler.
Results
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Placements
§ America's Choice
Order of announcements
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Top 9
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Top 5
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Awards
Preliminary awards
Talent awards
Other awards
Contestants
*The Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2018 contestants are:
References
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2018
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2018 beauty pageants
2018 in Florida