America’s Teen Beauty 2021

**Editions:** ↔ 2022

**The 1st America's Teen Beauty** Competition was held in New Orleans on February 10, 2021. The Competition was launched by the organizing committee that took charge in 2020 ; headed by 3 former America’s Beauty Titleholders : **Krystal Lee Muccioli**, **Laura McKeeman** and **Kelley Johnson**. They crowned the very first winner, **Riley Evans of Pennsylvania** , along with America’s Beauty 2019, **Taylor Tyson**.

The event's final broadcast was only available on America’s Beauty official YouTube Channel.

Contestants from 50 states , plus **District Of Columbia** competed in this event.

The Competiton was held concurrently with America’s Beauty 2020/21, and concluded one night before the America’s Beauty final.

## Results

 **1st Runner Up** | * Texas - Allie Graves
 **2nd Runner Up** | * Kansas - Tori Pedruzzi
 **Top 6** | * Maryland - Emily Yi
* Nebraska - Phoenix Stanford
* South Dakota - Payton Steffensen
 **Top 15** | * Colorado - Natalie Orsborn
* Massachusetts - Rachel Perry
* Michigan - Madison McElvany
* Minnesota - Rachel Luchsinger
* Missouri - Shae Smith
* Nevada - Molly Martin
* North Carolina - Karlee Sanderford
* Tennessee - Taylor Parsons
* Wyoming - Hannah Moore

* **Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas & Wyoming** Placed For The First Time Ever.

## Order Of Announcements

### Top 16:

Private Interviews :

1. **Missouri**
2. **Tennessee**
3. **Kansas**
4. **Nebraska**
5. **Texas**

Fashion Style :

1. **Massachusetts**
2. **Wyoming**
3. **Minnesota**

Purple Carpet :

1. **Nevada**
2. **Maryland**
3. **Michigan**

#MakeUrSpeech

1. **South Dakota**
2. **Pennsylvania**
3. **North Carolina**
4. **Colorado**

### Top 6 :

1. **Texas**
2. **Pennsylvania**
3. **Kansas**
4. **Maryland**
5. **South Dakota**
6. **Nebraska**

### Top 3 :

1. **Kansas**
2. **Pennsylvania**
3. **Texas**

## Special Awards

### **Scolarships & Prizes**

 **STEM Scolarships Award** | * **Arizona - Katelyn Cai**
* **Nebraska - Phoenix Stanford**
* **Pennsylvania - Riley Evans**
 **Best Evening Gown** | * **Nevada - Molly Martin**
 **Fundraiser Champion** | Winner :
* **Alabama - Zoé Champion**

Finalists :
* Arkansas - Sarah Cate Lay
* Oklahoma - Claire Grace
 **Scholastic Excellence Award** | * **Georgia - Mary Hodges**
 **Talent Award Winners** | * **Kansas - Tori Pedruzzi**
* **Maryland - Emily Yi**
* **Pennsylvania - Riley Evans**

#### Teens In Action

 2nd Place
 3rd Place
 Top 8
* Georgia - Mary Hodges
* Iowa - Caitlin Crome
* New Jersey - Brynn McKinney
* New York - Sarah Lawrence

## Competition Rounds

### Pre-contest Segments

The pre-contest will be somewhat similar of the format introduced at America’s Beauty : The candidates will compete in 3 segments; The jury will choose 8 semifinalists , and then announce the Top Winners of each segment that qualify to the Top 15.

1. **Private Interviews :** Candidates sit down and did private 10 min interviews with jury members, where they discussed their personalities, beliefs, achievements & goals.
2. **Fashion Style :** Candidates walked in casual outfits, that represented their personality the most. They were judged on confidence & self-expression.
3. **The Purple Carpet :** Candidates have to walk in their evening gowns. They will be only judged on confidence, grace, and elegance, regardless of external beauty attributes.
4. **#Tellurspeech - Online Vote** : The contestants will compete in the special **#Tellurspeech** segment, and the voters will choose one winner from each region, giving her an automatic spot to the Top 15.

The candidates with the highest averages from each division move on to the next stage.

#### Private Interviews

* **Missouri - Shae Smith**
* **Nebraska - Phoenix Stanford**
* **Tennessee - Taylor Parsons**
* **Texas - Allie Graves**

#### Fashion Style

* **Minnesota - Rachel Luchsinger**
* **Wyoming - Hannah Moore**

#### Purple Carpet

* **Michigan - Madison McElvany**
* **Nevada - Molly Martin**

### Final Night

* On the Coronation Night, the Top 15 candidates first walk in casual outfits of their choice, and make their opening statement, introducing themselves quickly in 20 seconds. Then they compete in their “Purple Carpet” dresses, either the one they wore during the pre-contest or a new one The **Top 6 candidates** move on to the next round.
* The **Top 6** answer each a question asked by a jury member. Only 3 advance.
* The Top 3 compete in the **Common Question** . Along with impressions from the entire competition, the jury determine the winner & final ranking.

#### Top 6

  Nebraska - Phoenix Stanford
  South Dakota - Payton Steffensen