Miss Teen USA 2009


Miss Teen USA 2009, the 27th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held at the Imperial Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, The Bahamas on July 31, 2009. For the first time since 1986, the Miss Teen USA pageant was held earlier than the Miss Universe pageant. Miss Teen USA 2008, Stevi Perry of Arkansas, crowned Stormi Henley of Tennessee as her successor.
For the first time, the event was webcast live over the Internet via Ustream. Ed Fields and Stevi Perry hosted the presentation show, where Seth Goldman and Miss USA 2008, Crystle Stewart hosted the final show. Pop rock band Honor Society and Canadian pop singer, songwriter Leah Renee performed during the two hours live event.

Final results

Placements

Special awards

Finals

The top fifteen was announced during the finals show and went on to compete in the swimsuit competition, and previous to that, the group Honor Society played two songs. Following that, Leah Renee sang Imaginary Boyfriend and Insanity from her album Storybook, later the top fifteen went on to compete in the evening gown. After the evening gown competition, Seth Goldman interviewed with the girls on backstage. The top five were announced, and they were asked questions about themselves and questions judges had prepared for them. Each delegate was allowed thirty seconds to answer the question. The judges were allowed one last look at the delegates, and Stevi Perry took her final walk as Miss Teen USA. Then, the runners-up and the winner was announced.

New crown

Diamond Nexus Labs created a new crown for Miss Teen USA 2009, replacing the Milkimoto crown that has been worn since 2002.

Delegates

StateNameHometownAge1PlacementAwardsNotes
AlabamaAlexandria BlansitFort Payne18Later top 15 at Miss Alabama USA 2012
AlaskaZlata SushchikAnchorage19
ArizonaWhitney NelsonPhoenix18
ArkansasAllison KusenbergerLittle Rock18Top 15Later competed in Miss Arkansas USA and placed in the top 5 for six consecutive years from 2012–2017
CaliforniaChelsea GilliganBeaumont182nd runner-up
ColoradoTaylor SchettlerCastle Rock16Later 2x runner-up at Miss Kansas USA
ConnecticutTiffany TeixeiraBridgeport18Later Miss Connecticut USA 2016 and top 10 at Miss USA 2016
DelawareKelsey MillerWilmington18Later Miss Delaware USA 2014
District of ColumbiaJessica NowlinWashington, D.C.17
FloridaKayla CollierPahokee18
GeorgiaBrooke FletcherPeachtree City171st runner-upLater Miss Georgia USA 2015
HawaiiAshley MoserHonolulu17Miss Congeniality
IdahoMarissa WicklandBoise17Sister of Miss Idaho Teen USA 2006 and later Miss Idaho USA 2013
IllinoisStacie JurisTinley Park18Later Miss Illinois USA 2013 and 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 2013
IndianaBailee ZimmermanLebanon17
IowaAllyson HovdaCedar Rapids18Miss Photogenic
KansasAlexis RewaltOlathe18Later 4th runner-up at Miss Kansas USA 2016
KentuckyJefra BlandCampbellsville19Top 15
LouisianaBrittany GuidryHouma164th runner-up
  • Cousin of Miss Louisiana USA 2008, Michelle Berthelot
  • Later Miss Louisiana USA 2014 and 3rd runner up at Miss USA 2014
  • MaineJordan ShiersGorham17Later 4th runner-up at Miss Maine USA 2014
    MarylandKasey StanisewskiEdgewater183rd runner-up
  • Previously Miss Maryland's Outstanding Teen 2007
  • Later Miss Maryland USA 2013 and top 15 at Miss USA 2013
  • MassachusettsKatie VatalaroEaston18
    MichiganKristen DanyalSterling Heights19Top 15Later Miss Michigan USA 2012 and top 15 at Miss USA 2012
    MinnesotaVanessa JohnstonLakeville17Appeared in cycle 15 of America's Next Top Model, eliminated in casting rounds
    MississippiParomita MitraHattiesburg17Later Miss Mississippi USA 2013
    MissouriSierra DrimakCottleville18Top 15
    MontanaHaley BoyerStevensville18
    NebraskaSarah HollinsOmaha19Later Miss Nebraska USA 2016
    NevadaIleri TunrarebiHenderson19Top 15
    New HampshireAmber FaucherPelham18Later Miss New Hampshire USA 2013
    New JerseyAlexa BrunettiBrigantine18
    New MexicoAlexis DupreyAlamogordo18
  • Later Miss New Mexico 2013
  • Later Miss New Mexico USA 2015
  • New YorkTaylor GildersleeveMattituck17Formerly on ABC daytime soap opera All My Children as Sydney Harris
    North CarolinaScarlett HowellAnsonville16
    North DakotaCodi MillerAmidon16Later 4x runner-up at Miss North Dakota USA
    OhioKelsey StevensAurora18Top 15
  • Sister of Miss Ohio Teen USA 2003, Amanda Stevens
  • Later 2x semifinalist at Miss Ohio USA
  • OklahomaChelsea ColvardTulsa18
    OregonMichelle ModeyBurns18
    PennsylvaniaAlexis JahnkeFurlong16
    Rhode IslandTalia TurcoLincoln18Top 15Later 2nd runner-up at Miss Rhode Island USA 2012
    South CarolinaMary Helen CaverNorth Augusta19
    South DakotaFallyn PattersonRapid City17Later 2x runner-up at Miss South Dakota USA
    TennesseeStormi HenleyCrossville18Miss Teen USA 2009
    TexasKelli HarralFort Stockton16
    UtahTasha SmedleySyracuse18Top 15
  • Previously Miss Utah's Outstanding Teen 2006
  • Would resign her title of Miss Utah Teen USA 2009, effective September 17, 2009, for personal reasons.
  • Previously Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader
  • VermontBrittany KelemenRichmond19
    VirginiaMaggie LawsonBristol18Later 1st runner-up at Miss Virginia USA 2014
    WashingtonSadie PorterSelah18Top 15
    West VirginiaAlysia ThompsonRipley17
    WisconsinElizabeth BrysonBrookfield18
    WyomingAmy DavidPinedale17Top 15
    1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

    Judges