MAOT ANNOUNCES TUESDAY NIGHT’S PRELIMINARY AWARD WINNERS AT THE 2019 MISS AMERICA’S OUTSTANDING TEEN COMPETITION
Orlando, Florida – July 23, 2019 – Miss Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Teen, Riley Evans, was named Tuesday night’s preliminary Talent winner for her jazz/acrobatic dance to “The Greatest Show” during the first night of the 2019 Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Competition at the Linda Chapin Theater in Orlando.
Also in the spotlight was Miss Alabama’s Outstanding Teen, Zoe´ Champion, who won the preliminary Evening Wear/On-Stage Question award. Each will receive a $500 scholarship.
Six other young women were recognized as finalists for the Teens in Action Award, a $1,000 scholarship that recognizes outstanding achievement in their personal platform. The finalists who will be interviewed for the award later this week are:
- Miss Delaware’s Outstanding Teen, Jacqueline Means
- Miss Florida’s Outstanding Teen, Hannah Adams
- Miss Oklahoma’s Outstanding Teen, Claire Grace
- Miss South Carolina’s Outstanding Teen, Kellan Fenegan
- Miss Virginia’s Outstanding Teen, Morgan Rhudy
- Miss Massachusetts’ Outstanding Teen, Rachel Perry
Also honored for their Ad Sales efforts were Miss Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Teen, Riley Evans; Miss South Carolina’s Outstanding Teen, Kellan Fenegan; and Miss Texas’ Outstanding Teen, Allie Graves who won the overall award.
Awarded anonymously to “pay it forward”, this year’s winner of the Random Act of Kindness Award is Miss Utah’s Outstanding Teen, Claire Inouye.
The little sister to Miss America, the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Organization is one of the nation’s leading achievement programs and will make available more than $122,000 in cash scholarships in 2019. 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 $450,000 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’s Outstanding Teen 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, July 27, 2019 at 6pm Eastern at http://live.maoteen.com for a minimum $25 donation.
Source: Miss America’s Outstanding Teen email
