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Miss Teen USA 2012

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Date
  
July 28, 2012

Entrants
  
51

Broadcaster
  
UStream, Xbox Live

Placements
  
16

Presenters
  
Colin Hornett and Allie LaForce

Venue
  
Grand Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas.

Miss Teen USA 2012, was the 30th Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant was held on July 28, 2012 at the Grand Ballroom of the Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas. Miss Teen USA 2011 Danielle Doty of Texas crowned Logan West from Connecticut as the new Miss Teen USA 2012 at the end of the event. The 50 states and the District of Columbia competed for the prestigious title and the pageant was streamed globally on the official Miss Teen USA website over its UStream channel and was also streamed to Xbox 360 consoles over Xbox Live in 16 countries using the Xbox Live Event Player application.

Contents

Pageant

The top 16 were announced and competed in Swimsuit and Evening Gown. Then, each girl was interviewed backstage by Colin Hornett. Before the final round, each girl in the top five was asked a personal question then a question the judges written for them. West cited when she was 14 years old and starting a program to combat bullying as her greatest accomplishment. Her crowning marks the first time a contestant from Connecticut won the pageant.

It was also the first time the pageant was streamed to a video game console.

Placements

‡ Voted into Top 16 as America's Choice via Internet/SMS Messaging

Special Awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Vermont - Karsen Woods
  • Miss Photogenic: Oklahoma - Jessica Morgan

    • Delegates

    1 Age at the time of state pageant.

    Historical significance

  • This is the first time Connecticut has won the Miss Teen USA title
  • For the third time, the pageant had no special musical entertainment (the first time since 1997)

    • Replacements

  • Florida - Gracie Simmons was originally Miss Florida Teen USA 2012, but resigned due to unknown reasons. Sydney Martinez, the 1st runner up, will replace her.
  • Tennessee - Samara Ham was originally Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2012, but resigned due to her friend posting a topless photograph of her. Shanese Brown, the 1st runner up, will replace her.

    • Availability

    Xbox Live's broadcast of the pageant was available in the following countries:

    References

    Miss Teen USA 2012 Wikipedia
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