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:
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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
http://www.pageantcast.com/2019/07/maot-announces-tuesday-nights-preliminary-award-winners-at-the-2019-miss-americas-outstanding-teen-competition/