MISS MISSOURI’S OUTSTANDING TEEN AND MISS ARIZONA’S OUTSTANDING TEEN WIN PRELIMINARY AWARDS AT THE 2019 MISS AMERICA’S OUTSTANDING TEEN COMPETITION
Orlando, Florida – July 25, 2019- Miss Missouri’s Outstanding Teen, Shae Smith, was named Thursday night’s preliminary Talent winner for her jazz dance performed to “September” during the third night of the 2019 Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Competition at the Linda Chapin Theater in Orlando. Shae will receive a $500 scholarship.
Also
in the spotlight was Miss Arizona’s Outstanding Teen, Katelyn Cai,
who was the preliminary Evening Wear/On-Stage Question winner.
Katelyn 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 South Carolina’s Outstanding Teen, Kellan
Fenegan. Kellan will receive a $1,000 scholarship. The Outstanding
Achievement in Academic Life Award was presented to Miss Arizona’s
Outstanding Teen, Katelyn Cai, for achieving a high grade point
average and being actively involved with academic
activities. Katelyn 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
$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.
Source: Miss America’s Outstanding Teen email
http://www.pageantcast.com/2019/07/2019-maoteen-competition-night-3-award-winners-announced/