Miss World America 2015 was the 7th edition of the

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pageant held on July 3, 2015 at the Auditorium of the University of the District of Columbia,

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Elizabeth Safrit of

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, who was also

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and the 2nd runner-up in

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, crowned her successor at the end of the event. All fifty states, the

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, and

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competed for the crown. The winner was Victoria Mendoza from

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, and she represented the

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pageant on December 19 in

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Results

Order of announcement

Top 22

; First Group # Ohio # Missouri # Kansas # New Mexico # Nebraska # Delaware # New York # Hawaii # Oklahoma # Massachusetts # Illinois ; Second Group # Kentucky # Texas # Arizona # California # Alabama # Florida # Washington # Alaska # Virginia # Maryland # Louisiana

Top 12

# Missouri # Louisiana # Virginia # Arizona # Texas # Nebraska # Delaware # Maryland # Kansas # Illinois # Florida # Massachusetts

Top 5

# Texas # Nebraska # Louisiana # Arizona # Virginia

Challenge events

''Beauty with a Purpose''

''Judges Interview''

''Media Interview''

''Fitness''

''Top Model''

''Beachwear''

''Evening Gown''

''Multimedia''

''Introduction Video''

''Most Photogenic''

''People's Choice''

''Miss Congeniality''

Judges

Final Judges: * Edwin Toledo * Lamont Easter * Terri Bunch * Jayne Wood * Carolyn Watson * Robert York * Jeff Cohen * Janice McQueen Ward * Lisa Gandara * Elaine Espinola Keltz * Emily Gonzagar * Elena Maximova * Joseph Han * Werner Wessels

Contestants

51 delegates have been confirmed:Miss World America 2015 - Official Contestants
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Other pageant notes

Withdrawals

*: Kaylynn Keller *, , , - Last year's

pageant used the

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system to determine the delegate for

(with the winner, Elizabeth Safrit of North Carolina, being the delegate of course), despite the fact that these territories of the US already compete at Miss World, in addition to Miss United States. Because they already compete at Miss World, none of them sent a delegate to the pageant.

Replacement

*: Breshell Hurley replaced Megan Retzko, who resigned due to personal reasons. *: Delia Lubanovici replaced Trinity Shaffer, who resigned due to personal reasons.

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed at other beauty pageants: ;

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: : Maude Gorman *

: : Amara Berry *

: : Rachel White ''(Top 12)'' ;

Miss America Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 17 and 25. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty revue", the contest is now judged on competitors' talent performances and interviews. As ...

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: :

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''(Winner)'' *

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: : Ivana Hall ''(Top 10)'' ** ;

Miss USA Miss USA is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1952 to select the entrant from United States in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operated both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA, until 2020, ...

: : Erza Haliti *

: : Carlyn Bradarich ''(5th runner-up)'' ** *

: : Kristy Landers Niedenfuer ''(Top 20)'' ** *

: : Arielle Rosmarino ''(Top 20)'' *

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: : Catherine Carmichael *

: : Ashley Mora *

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: : Kailyn Perez ''(Top 15)'' ** ;

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: : Chelsie Folden *

: : Corrin Stellakis ** ; Miss Earth United States *2016: : Corrin Stellakis (''Winner'') ** *2020: : Shannon Lynch (''Miss Earth USA Air/1st runner-up'') ;

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: : Corrin Stellakis (''Top 8 then 4th Runner-Up/Miss Earth Fire, as '') *

: : Talisha White (''as '') ;

: : Shannon Lynch *

: : Chelsie Folden ''(Top 16)'' *

: : Rachel White ''(Top 16)'' *

: : Mariel Lane ''(3rd runner-up)'' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHUIipgIsaQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGpXMnvSr-M ;Miss Teen United States *2014: : Bailey Pereira ''(3rd runner-up)'' *2014: : Bianca Gaden *2010: : Mariel Lane ''(1st runner-up)''

References

External links

Miss World Official WebsiteMiss World America Official WebsiteMiss World United States Official Page
{{Miss World countries and territories 2015 in the United States World America

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2015 in Washington, D.C.