MISS TENNESSEE’S OUTSTANDING TEEN AND MISS WASHINGTON’S OUTSTANDING TEEN  WIN PRELIMINARY AWARDS AT THE 2019 MAOT COMPETITION

Orlando, Florida, July 24, 2019 – Miss Tennessee’s Outstanding Teen, Taylor Parsons was named Wednesday nights preliminary Talent winner for her clogging performance to “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” during the second night of the 2019 Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Competition at the Linda Chapin Theater in Orlando.  Taylor will receive a $500 scholarship.

Also in the spotlight was Washington’s Outstanding Teen, Payton May, who won the preliminary Evening Wear/On-Stage Question.  Payton will also receive a $500 scholarship.

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.  

Hadley Abram, Tori Pedruzzi and Shae Smith (overall winner) took home the top awards for their fundraising efforts, collectively raising over $50,000 for the children and MAOTeen scholarships.

Source: Miss America’s Outstanding Teen email