2018 MAOTeen Competition Night 3 Award Winners Announced
MISS PENNSYLVANIA’S OUTSTANDING TEEN AND
MISS CALIFORNIA’S OUTSTANDING TEEN
WIN PRELIMINARY AWARDS AT
THE 2018 MISS AMERICA’S OUTSTANDING TEEN COMPETITION
Orlando, Florida – July 26, 2018– Miss Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Teen, Cecilia Petrush, was named Thursday night’s preliminary Talent winner for her vocal performance of “Don’t Rain On My Parade” during the third night of the 2018 Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Competition at the Linda Chapin Theater in Orlando. Cecilia will receive a $500 scholarship.
Also in the spotlight was Miss California’s Outstanding Teen, Emma Cameron Doan, who was the preliminary Evening Wear/On-Stage Question winner. Cameron will also receive a $500 scholarship.
Academic Awards were a special highlight of the evening. This year’s Scholastic Excellence Award for maintaining the highest grade point average went to Miss Alabama’s Outstanding Teen, Collins McMurray. Collins will receive a $1,000 scholarship. The Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life Award was presented to Miss Arkansas’ Outstanding Teen, Camille Cathey, for achieving a high grade point average and being actively involved with academic activities. Camille will receive a $1,000 scholarship.
The Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Organization is one of the nation’s leading achievement programs and will make available more than $121,000 in cash scholarships in 2018. The Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Organization encourages positive achievement by helping to nurture and build the scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement of our nation’s youth. MAOTeen provides educational scholarships for deserving young people and has developed mentoring programs and community-based initiatives. The Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Organization has a long standing relationship with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Through this partnership, the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Organization raises over $300,000 annually to help improve the lives of children across the country.
Additional information about the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Organization can be found at www.maoteen.org.
For tickets to attend the Miss America Competition, call ETix at 1-800-514-3849 or visit www.etix.com.
Not able to make it to Orlando? Watch the competition finals live on the web, Saturday, August 6th at 6pm Eastern at http://live.maoteen.com for a $15 donation.
Source: Miss America’s Outstanding Teen
