Miss America 2011

Miss America 2011 was the 84th Miss America pageant. Since the first Miss America pageant was held 100 years ago, in 1921, the Miss America Organization was celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2011.

Miss America 2011
DateJanuary 15, 2011[1]
PresentersChris Harrison,[2]
Brooke Burke[3]
VenueTheatre for the Performing Arts, Paradise, Nevada
BroadcasterABC[1]
WinnerTeresa Scanlan
Nebraska

It was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts of Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on Saturday, January 15, 2011. Miss America 2010, Caressa Cameron from Virginia, crowned her successor Teresa Scanlan from Nebraska at the end of this event. Scanlan became the first representative from Nebraska to win the Miss America title.

Delegates from the 50 states and the District of Columbia, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico competed for the title of Miss America 2011. The pageant was broadcast live on ABC. This was the first pageant telecast on ABC since Miss America 2005.[1]

The judges were Joy Behar from ABC's The View, Miss America 1990 Debbye Turner Bell, television executive producer Mark Cherry, dancer Tony Dovolani from Dancing with the Stars, actress Marilu Henner, orthopedic surgeon and shoe designer Taryn Rose, and country singer Mark Wills.

Results

Placements

Final results[4] Contestant
Miss America 2011
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 10
Top 12
Top 15

* - America's Choice

** - Contestant's Choice

Awards

The Miss America 2011 scholarship award winners are:[5]

Preliminary awards

Awards Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness
Talent

Quality of Life award

Results Contestant Platform
Winner Raising Awareness of Human Trafficking
1st runner-up
-
2nd runner-up
-
Finalists[6]
Various

Other awards

Awards Contestant
Miss Congeniality
Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Miracle Maker Award
Four Points Award
Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award
Marion A. Crooker Award
Non-finalist Talent Award
Ric Ferentz Non-finalist Interview Award
  • Iowa - Pauli Mayfield

Delegates

The Miss America 2011 delegates were:[7]

StateNameHometownAge1Talent PlatformPlacementAwardsNotes
AlabamaAshley DavisDothan22Vocal Marching Toward a Brighter Future for BabiesPreliminary Lifestyle & Fitness
AlaskaAbby HancockAnchorage24Piano Raising Global Citizens: The World is Our Classroom
ArizonaKathryn BulkleyMesa20Classical Vocal Drowning Prevention AwarenessTop 10Daughter of Miss Hawaii 1981 Pamela Offer
ArkansasAlyse EadyFort Smith22Variety Act Developing Leaders through The Boys and Girls Clubs of America1st runner-upMiss Arkansas' Outstanding Teen 2004
CaliforniaArianna AfsarSan Diego19Vocal A Helping Hand for America's SeniorsTop 10
ColoradoMelaina ShipwashColorado Springs24Jazz Dance Self Reflection: Eating Disorder Awareness and Education
ConnecticutBrittany DeckerBristol21Vocal One World: Global Awareness for Global Prosperity
DelawareKayla MartellMilford21Contemporary Dance National Alopecia Areata FoundationTop 10Quality of Life 1st runner-upAmerica's Choice
District of ColumbiaStephanie WilliamsAtlantic City, NJ23Broadway Vocal A Dose of Prevention: Smart Medicine for What Ails AmericaFourpoints
FloridaJaclyn RaulersonPlant City20Vocal Stop Bullying Now!Quality of Life Finalist
GeorgiaChristina McCauleyMarietta21Vocal "Let's Get it Straight" - Scoliosis Awareness and SupportQuality of Life Finalist
HawaiiJalee FuselierHale'iwa22Vocal Ready for the "Real World"2nd runner-upPreliminary Lifestyle & FitnessMiss Hawaii's Outstanding Teen 2005
IdahoKylie KofoedEagle19Vocal Strengthening the Family; Family Plus: The Boys and Girls Clubs of America
IllinoisWhitney Thorpe-KlinskyNew Baden22Tap Dance United: The Miss America Organization and Susan G. Komen for the Cure
IndianaGabrielle ReedBloomington22Vocal "Empowerment from the Start" Communities Preventing Domestic ViolenceNon-finalist Talent
IowaPauli MayfieldDavenport24Vocal Mentoring America's Kids: M.A.K.ing a DifferenceRic Ferentz Non-finalist Interview
KansasLauren WerhanWichita20Ballet en Pointe "Do the Deed" - Deeds of Service
KentuckyDjuan TrentColumbus, GA[8]24Vocal Homelessness Awareness and Prevention: A Hand Up, Not a Hand OutTop 10Contestants' Choice
LouisianaKelsi CrainMonroe20Ballet en Pointe Heart for the Arts1st runner-up at Louisiana's Junior Miss 2008
MaineArikka KnightsChester24Tap Dance Connecting the GenerationsContestant at National Sweetheart 2007
MarylandLindsay StaniszewskiEdgewater22Vocal Beyond Beauty: Building Self-Esteem and Positive Body Image in GirlsQuality of Life FinalistSister of Kasey Staniszewski, Miss Maryland's Outstanding Teen 2007, Miss Maryland Teen USA 2009 and 3RD Runner up at Miss Teen USA 2009 and Later Miss Maryland USA 2013 and top 15 at Miss USA 2013.
MassachusettsLoren Galler-RabinowitzBrookline24Piano Fighting Childhood HungerMiracle Maker2004 U.S. Ice Dancing Bronze Medalist
MichiganKatie Lynn LaRocheBay City23Contemporary Dance Raising Awareness of Human TraffickingQuality of Life, Miss CongenialityContestant at National Sweetheart 2009
MinnesotaKathryn KnuttilaDetroit Lakes24Piano Inspiring America: Crowning the Good in Your NeighborhoodQuality of Finalist, Non-finalist Talent, Louanne Gamba InstrumentalSister of Miss Minnesota 2001 Kari Knuttila
MississippiSarah Beth JamesMadison21Piano Donate Life - Promoting Organ and Tissue DonationNon-finalist Talent
MissouriErika HebronO'Fallon24Lyrical Dance Asthma Awareness EducationMissouri's Junior Miss 2005
MontanaKacie WestKalispell21Musical Theater Vocal Rising Above the Influence: Prevention of Underage DrinkingMiss Montana USA 2013
NebraskaTeresa ScanlanGering17Piano Eating Disorders: A Generation at RiskWinnerPreliminary TalentYoungest Miss America winner since Bette Cooper in 1937;[9] Later Miss Nebraska World 2015, 1st Runner-up at Miss World America 2015
NevadaCris CrotzMesquite24Vocal Promoting Cancer Prevention through Nutrition and Overall WellnessContestant on Whodunnit?
New HampshireKrystal MuccioliNashua20Vocal Volunteerism: "Be the Change You Wish to See in the World"
New JerseyAshleigh UdalovasMillville22Tap Dance Read to Succeed: Improving America's Future through LiteracyQuality of Life 2nd runner-upContestant at National Sweetheart 2007 & 2008
New MexicoMadison TabetAlbuquerque18Jazz Dance Domestic Violence: The Solution WithinMiss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2007
New YorkClaire BuffieNew York City24Contemporary Lyrical Dance Straight for Equality: Let's TalkTop 12America's ChoiceContestant at National Sweetheart 2008 as Miss Indiana, First contestant to campaign for the Miss America title on a gay rights platform[10]
North CarolinaAdrienne CoreErwin22Clogging Supporting the V Foundation for Cancer ResearchPreliminary Talent, Non-finalist Talent
North DakotaBeth DennisonHutchinson, MN21Contemporary Dance Leading by Example; A Child's Guide to Becoming a Volunteer
OhioBecky MingerSylvania22Vocal Discovering You, Empowering You: A Movement for Youth Development
OklahomaEmoly WestEdmond25Ballet En Pointe Leadership and Character Development4th runner-upPreliminary Lifestyle & Fitness
OregonStephenie SteersHillsboro24Vocal Human Trafficking AwarenessTop 15Contestants' Choice
PennsylvaniaCourtney ThomasPhiladelphia22Fiddle Don't C.O.P.P. Out! Consequences of Peer PressureTop 10 at National Sweetheart 2009
Puerto RicoMariselle MoralesSan Juan24Vocal Brilliant Futures of America
Rhode IslandDeborah Saint-VilProvidence22Vocal Mind Power: Ensuring Our FutureTop 15Preliminary Talent
South CarolinaDesiree PugliaSimpsonville22Tap Dance Children's Miracle Network
South DakotaLoren VaillancourtHuron20Gymnastics Dance Dangers of Distracted Driving
TennesseeNicole JordanMemphis21Vocal America's Promise Alliance: Grad Nation and Dropout Prevention
TexasAshley MelnickFort Worth21Vocal The Voice of AutismTop 12
UtahChristina LoweMidway21Vocal Spectacular Citizenship: It's Time to Give BackTop 15
VermontCaroline BrightSt. Albans20Vocal Rock the World - Run for OfficeMiss Vermont's Outstanding Teen 2007
Virgin IslandsSheniqua RobinsonSaint Croix22Dance Dance: A Movement Towards Better Health
VirginiaCaitlin UzeArlington22Irish Dance Uniquely You: Building Positive Self ImageTop 10Quality of Life Finalist, Marion A. Crooker
WashingtonJacquie BrownVancouver21Vocal Mentoring: Positive Influences That Can Change a Life3rd runner-up
West VirginiaCali YoungGlen Dale24Dance Inter-generational Programs: Keeping a Young Connection
WisconsinKimberley SawyerEgg Harbor23Operatic Vocal Service for the Soul
WyomingAlicia GroveRock Springs23Jazz Dance Embrace Yourself: Women's Heart Health and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

1 Age at the time of the Miss America pageant

References

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