# Miss World America 2016

Miss World America 2016 was the 8th Miss World America pageant, held at the National Harbor in Washington, D.C., United States, on July 8, 2016.
Victoria Mendoza of Arizona crowned Audra Mari of North Dakota as her successor at the end of the event. Mari represented the United States at the Miss World 2016 pageant on December 20 in Washington, D.C., and placed Top 11.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World America 2016 | North Dakota – Audra Mari |
| 1st Runner-Up | North Carolina – Shivali Patel |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Virginia – Sasha Perea |
| 3rd Runner-Up | District of Columbia – Michelle Pierrot |
| 4th Runner-Up | Mississippi – Andrea Hightower |
| Top 12 | Michigan – Azia Hernandez  Maryland – Christina Denny  Illinois – Leslie Hawkins  Texas – Rachel White  Maryland – Sujita Basnet  Maryland – Tarese Taylor §  Texas – Tarryn Shelman § |
§ Voted into the Top 12 by America as the "People's Choice" (ties).

## Challenge events
### Interview

| Final Result | Contestant |
| Winner | North Dakota - Audra Mari |
| Top 5 | Rhode Island - Amara Berry  Illinois - Leslie Hawkins  District of Columbia - Michelle Pierrot  Virginia - Sasha Perea |

### Beauty with a Purpose

| Final Result | Contestant |
| Winner | Rhode Island - Amara Berry |
| Top 5 | Tennessee - Dymond Elise Hayes  Maryland - Ruby Johnson  Virginia - Sasha Perea  North Carolina - Shivali Patel |

### Beach Beauty

| Final Result | Contestant |
| Winner | Virginia - Sasha Perea |
| Top 5 | Mississippi - Andrea Hightower  North Dakota - Audra Mari  North Carolina - Shivali Patel  Maryland - Sujita Basnet |

### Top Model

| Final Result | Contestant |
| Winners | North Dakota - Audra Mari (ties)  North Carolina - Shivali Patel (ties) |
| Top 5 | Michigan - Azia Hernandez  District of Columbia - Michelle Pierrot  Maryland - Sujita Basnet |

### Sports & Fitness

| Final Result | Contestant |
| Winner | Texas - Rachel White |
| Top 5 | Maryland - Christina Denny  Massachusetts - Maude Gorman  Maryland - Ruby Johnson  North Carolina - Shivali Patel |

### Multimedia

| Final Result | Contestant |
| Winner | Tennessee - Dymond Hayes |
| Top 5 | Maryland - Tarese Taylor  North Carolina - Shivali Patel  Mississippi - Andrea Hightower  Illinois - Leslie Hawkins |

### Talent

| Final Result | Contestant |
| Winner | California - Salisha Thomas |
| Top 3 | Massachusetts - Maude Gorman  North Carolina - Shivali Patel |

### Most Photogenic

| Final Result | Contestant |
| Winner | Washington - Keilani Afalava |

### People's Choice

| Final Result | Contestant |
| Winner | Maryland - Tarese Taylor  Texas - Tarryn Shelman |

## Contestants

* The Miss World America 2016 contestants are:
| N° | Name | Age | Hometown | State |
| 1 | Amanda Pedrianes | 25 | Thornton | Colorado |
| 2 | Amara Berry | 22 | Providence | Rhode Island |
| 3 | Andrea Hightower | 18 | Oxford | Mississippi |
| 4 | Annysia Arthur | 23 | Seattle | Washington |
| 5 | Audra Mari | 22 | Fargo | North Dakota |
| 6 | Azia Hernandez | 22 | Detroit | Michigan |
| 7 | Christina Denny | 25 | Baltimore | Maryland |
| 8 | Dymond Elise Hayes | 19 | Memphis | Tennessee |
| 9 | Faatima Brown | 21 | Lorton | Virginia |
| 10 | Hiam Hafizuddin | 20 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 11 | Keilani Afalava | 26 | Seattle | Washington |
| 12 | Kelsey Knutsen | 26 | Hartford | Connecticut |
| 13 | Leslie Hawkins | 23 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 14 | Maria Barrero | 24 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 15 | Martina Bandoo | 17 | Atlanta | Georgia |
| 16 | Maude Gorman | 22 | Hingham | Massachusetts |
| 17 | Michelle Pierrot | 24 | Washington, D.C. | District of Columbia |
| 18 | Natalie Macdisi | 21 | Virginia Beach | Virginia |
| 19 | Rachel White | 24 | Houston | Texas |
| 20 | Ramina Ashfaque | 25 | Jacksonville | Florida |
| 21 | Ruby Johnson | 19 | Annapolis | Maryland |
| 22 | Salisha Thomas | 21 | Los Angeles | California |
| 23 | Sasha Perea | 22 | Richmond | Virginia |
| 24 | Shivali Patel | 19 | Raleigh | North Carolina |
| 25 | Sujita Basnet | 23 | Baltimore | Maryland |
| 26 | Tarese Taylor | 25 | Baltimore | Maryland |
| 27 | Tarryn Shelman | 20 | Houston | Texas |
| 28 | Yvette Blaess | 24 | Virginia Beach | Virginia |

## Other pageant notes
### Withdrawals

* Alabama
* Alaska
* American Samoa
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* Delaware
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Minnesota
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey - "Sameera Khan"
* New Mexico
* New York - Michaela Rose Kenny
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Utah - Misha Kaura
* Vermont
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin

### Did not compete

* Wyoming

### Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed at other beauty pageants:

#### Miss World America

* 2015: Massachusetts: Maude Gorman (Top 12)
* 2015: Rhode Island: Amara Berry
* 2015: Texas: Rachel White (2nd Runner-up)
* 2017: North Carolina: Shivali Patel (Top 16)
* 2017: New York: Michaela Rose Kenny
* 2017: Virginia: Sasha Perea (Top 16)
* 2018: North Carolina: Shivali Patel (2nd Runner-up)
Miss Universe
* 2021: Maryland: Sujita Basnet (as Nepal)

#### Miss America

* 2014: Maryland: Christina Denny (Top 10)

#### Miss USA

* 2014: North Dakota: Audra Mari (1st runner-up)
* 2016: Maryland: Christina Denny
* 2021: Virginia: Sasha Perea (as District of Columbia)

#### Miss Teen USA

* 2011: North Dakota: Audra Mari (1st runner-up)
* 2015: Mississippi: Andrea Hightower

#### Miss U.S. International

* 2015: Connecticut: Kelsey Knutsen (Top 15)
* 2016: Tennessee: Dymond Elise Hayes

#### Miss Earth United States

* 2015: Maryland: Ruby Johnson (Finalist)
* 2017: Connecticut: Kelsey Knutsen (as US Virgin Islands)
* 2017: Colorado: Amanda Pedrianes (Unplaced)
* 2017: Washington: Annyssia Arthur (Unplaced)

#### Miss United States

* 2015: New Jersey: Sameera Khan (Finalist)
* 2014: Texas: Rachel White (Top 16)

#### National American Miss Jr. Teen

* 2011: North Carolina: Shivali Patel (2nd runner-up)

#### Miss Pakistan World

* 2016: Florida: Ramina Ashfaque (Miss Earth Pakistan 2017)

#### Miss Earth

* 2017: Florida: Ramina Ashfaque (as Pakistan)

#### Supermodel International

* 2016: Connecticut: Kelsey Knutsen (Top 15 ; as United States)