Miss World America 2015

Miss World America 2015
Date	July 3, 2015
Presenters	Alexandria Mills, Jessica Black
Venue	University of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., United States
Entrants	51
Placements	22
Withdrawals	Wyoming
Winner	Victoria Mendoza Arizona

Miss World America 2015 was the 1st edition of the Miss World America pageant held on July 3, 2015 at the Auditorium of the University of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.. Elizabeth Safrit of North Carolina, who was also Miss United States 2014 and the 2nd runner-up in Miss World 2014, crowned her successor at the end of the event. All fifty states, the District of Columbia, and American Samoa competed for the crown. The winner was Victoria Mendoza from Arizona, and she represented the United States in Miss World 2015 pageant on December 19 in Sanya, China.^[1]

Results

Order of announcement

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:^[14]

State	Name	Age	Hometown
Alabama	Bailey Pereira	19	Birmingham
Alaska	April Maroshick	22	Anchorage
American Samoa	Salamasina Salcido	20	Pago Pago
Arizona	Victoria Mendoza	19	Phoenix
Arkansas	Celeste Sherer	25	Little Rock
California	Isela Vasquez	18	San Pedro
Colorado	Angelica Cromwell	18	Sedalia
Connecticut	Lauren Ralston	18	Brookfield
Delaware	Taylor DeMario	24	Newark
District of Columbia	Shannon Lynch	23	Washington, D.C.
Florida	Kailyn Perez	23	Tampa
Georgia	Talisha White	21	Ellenwood
Hawaii	Samantha Iha-Preece	20	Haleiwa
Idaho	Erza Haliti	24	Meridian
Illinois	Carlyn Bradarich	24	Homer Glen
Indiana	Alexandra Syndram	18	Fishers
Iowa	Jenna Rae Mills	25	Bettendorf
Kansas	Catherine Carmichael	24	Manhattan
Kentucky	Ashley Milburn	22	Harrodsburg
Louisiana	Kristy Landers Niedenfuer	23	New Orleans
Maine	Colleen Geaumont	20	Old Orchard Beach
Maryland	Syanne Centeno	23	Hughesville
Massachusetts	Maude Gorman	21	Hingham
Michigan	Cristi Fisher	22	Lake Orion
Minnesota	Ashley Flores-Johnson	24	Woodbury
Mississippi	Courtney Kelleigh	24	Gulfport
Missouri	Corrin Stellakis	18	Kansas City
Montana	Jessica Jensen	21	Missoula
Nebraska	Teresa Scanlan	22	Gering
Nevada	Bianca Gaden	20	Las Vegas
New Hampshire	Ali Calder	20	Moultonborough
New Jersey	Amanda Freas	25	Hamilton
New Mexico	Ashley Mora	23	Albuquerque
New York	Katherine Cooksey	25	New York City
North Carolina	Selena Price	19	Huntersville
North Dakota	Aili Hillstrom	19	Dickinson
Ohio	Chelsie Folden	23	Wellston
Oklahoma	Ivana Hall	25	Oklahoma City
Oregon	Courtney Prather	25	Portland
Pennsylvania	Jennifer Lilley	25	Philadelphia
Rhode Island	Amara Berry	21	Providence
South Carolina	Dawn Logg	22	Myrtle Beach
South Dakota	Tiffany Hope	23	Sioux Falls
Tennessee	Mariel Lane	23	Memphis
Texas	Rachel White	23	Houston
Utah	Breshell Hurley	24	Salt Lake City
Vermont	Ali Barros	21	Burlington
Virginia	Arielle Saige Rosmarino	23	Salem
Washington	Delia Lubanovici	23	Seattle
West Virginia	Leanna Williams	21	Moorefield
Wisconsin	Shawna Melvin	20	Milwaukee

Other pageant notes

Withdraw

•  Wyoming: Kaylynn Keller

Replacement

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

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed at other beauty pageants:

Miss America

• 2011:  Nebraska: Teresa Scanlan (Winner)
• 2014:  Oklahoma: Ivana Hall (Top 10)
  •  Texas's representative

Miss USA

• 2011:  Idaho: Erza Haliti
• 2014:  Illinois: Carlyn Bradarich (5th runner-up)
  •  Iowa's representative
• 2014:  Louisiana: Kristy Landers Niedenfuer (Top 20)
  •  Tennessee's representative
• 2014:  Virginia: Arielle Rosmarino (Top 20)

Miss Teen USA

• 2008:  Ohio: Chelsie Folden
• 2014:  Missouri: Corrin Stellakis
  •  New York's representative

Miss Earth United States

• 2016:  Missouri: Corrin Stellakis (TBA)
  •  New York's representative

Miss United States

• 2014:  District of Columbia: Shannon Lynch
• 2014:  Ohio: Chelsie Folden (Top 16)
• 2014:  Texas: Rachel White (Top 16)
• 2011:  Tennessee: 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:  Alabama: Bailey Pereira (3rd runner-up)
• 2014:  Nevada: Bianca Gaden
• 2010:  Tennessee: Mariel Lane (1st runner-up)

References

External links

• Miss World Official Website
• Miss World America Official Website
• Miss World United States Official Page