Miss Teen USA 2007
Date	August 24, 2007
Presenters	Mario Lopez
Entertainment	Jonas Brothers
Venue	Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Broadcaster	NBC KNBC
Entrants	51
Placements	15
Winner	Hilary Cruz Colorado
Congeniality	Anne Elise Parks Mississippi
Photogenic	Allison Farrow Maryland
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Miss Teen USA 2007, the 25th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held on August 24, 2007 in Pasadena, California. At the conclusion of the final night of the competition Hilary Cruz of Colorado was crowned Miss Teen USA 2007 by outgoing titleholder Katie Blair of Montana.^[1]

The event was hosted by Mario Lopez, who also hosted Miss Teen USA 1998 and Miss Teen USA 2003. In 2007 he also hosted the Miss America and Miss Universe pageants.^[2] The pageant was broadcast on NBC at 8:00 p.m. EST, rather than at 9:00 p.m. EST.

To date, it was the final Miss Teen USA pageant to be televised on broadcast television due to NBC failing to renew its contract. Since then, it is broadcast over the Internet on the pageant's official website, its YouTube channel and on Microsoft's Xbox Live service.

Results

Placements

Map showing placements by state

Historical significance

• Colorado wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 23rd state who wins Miss Teen USA.
• New Jersey earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time.
• North Carolina earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time.
• South Carolina earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
• West Virginia earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
• States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Kansas, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Virginia.
• Kansas and Virginia placed for the third consecutive year.
• New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island and South Carolina made their second consecutive placement.
• Illinois, Minnesota, New Mexico and West Virginia last placed in 2005.
• Alabama, Hawaii and Tennessee last placed in 2004.
• Colorado and Wyoming last placed in 1998.
• Michigan and Oklahoma break an ongoing streak of placements since 2005.
• Georgia and Maryland break an ongoing streak of placements since 2004.

Events

Contestants arrived in Pasadena on August 12 and participated in a number of events in the lead up to the final competition. On August 14 the official swimsuit poster shoot was held by the pool of the Pasadena Hilton, the host hotel.^[3]

Competition rounds

Miss Teen USA delegates in Hollywood, March 2007

Chelsea Welch (West Virginia), Macy Erwin (Tennessee), Jena Sims (Georgia) and Paige Hill (Oklahoma)

Finals

The top fifteen was announced during the final telecast and went on to compete in the swimsuit competition, which featured music by Kat DeLuna. Following this the top ten delegates were announced and they competed in evening gowns, to music by the Jonas Brothers. After this, the two special award winners were announced, followed by the announcement of the top five delegates. The interview competition involved the top five answering a question proposed by one of the judges. Each delegate had 30 seconds to answer. Afterwards the judges had one final look at the top five as they cast their votes for the winner and runners-up. Katie Blair then took her final walk and the runners-up and winner was announced.

During the Final Question round, Aimee Teegarden asked Miss South Carolina, Caitlin Upton, why she thought a fifth of Americans are unable to locate the United States on a world map. Upton's response was:

I personally believe that, U.S. Americans are unable to do so, because some… people out there in our nation that don’t have maps, and I believe that our education, like such as in South Africa and the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should… our education over here in the U.S., should help the U.S., er, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future. For our children.^[4]

The following Tuesday, August 28, Upton appeared on NBC's Today Show, where Ann Curry gave her the opportunity to formulate a new response to the same question. Upton's new reply was: "Personally, my friends and I, we know exactly where the United States is on our map. I don’t know anyone else who doesn’t. If the statistics are correct, I believe there should be more emphasis on geography in our education so people will learn how to read maps better." She said that she was "in shock" during the competition and barely heard the question that had been asked.^[5]

Delegates

The Miss Teen USA 2007 delegates were:

State	Contestant	Hometown	Age[a]	Height	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Canden Jackson[6]	Fairhope	17	5 ft 10 in 178 cm	Top 10
Alaska	Muriel Clauson	Anchorage	17	5 ft 9 in 175 cm
Arizona	Tiffany Martin	Phoenix	18	5 ft 7 in 170 cm
Arkansas	Tiffany Greenstreet[7]	Melbourne	18	5 ft 4 in 163 cm
California	Kylee Lin[8]	San Rafael	16	5 ft 6 in 168 cm
Colorado	Hilary Cruz[9][10]	Louisville	18	5 ft 7 in 170 cm	Miss Teen USA 2007
Connecticut	Olga Litvinenko[11]	Greenwich	17	5 ft 9 in 175 cm			Later Miss Connecticut USA 2017
Delaware	Holly Shively	Newark	16	5 ft 4 in 163 cm
District of Columbia	Jasmine Alexis[12]	Washington, D.C.	16	5 ft 5 in 165 cm			Later Miss District of Columbia's Outstanding Teen 2008 and Top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009
Florida	Annilie Hastey	Miami	18	5 ft 8 in 173 cm
Georgia	Jena Sims[13]	Winder	18	5 ft 8 in 173 cm
Hawaii	Serena Karnagy	Honolulu	16	5 ft 5 in 165 cm	Top 15		Later competed at Miss International 2008 as Hawaii's representative.
Idaho	Krista McNeal[14]	Sandpoint	18	5 ft 8 in 173 cm
Illinois	Victoria Davis[15]	Thawville	18	5 ft 8 in 173 cm	Top 15
Indiana	Victoria Tomlinson	Anderson	19	5 ft 7 in 170 cm
Iowa	Dakota Crosswhite[16][17]	Cedar Rapids	18	5 ft 5 in 165 cm
Kansas	Jaymie Stokes[18]	Lenexa	16	5 ft 11 in 180 cm	Top 10		Later Miss Kansas USA 2011
Kentucky	Katrina Giannini[19]	Princeton	17	5 ft 8 in 173 cm
Louisiana	Logan Travis	Amite City	15	5 ft 7 in 170 cm
Maine	Amanda Pelletier[20]	Vassalboro	18	5 ft 3 in 160 cm
Maryland	Allison Farrow	Earleville	18	5 ft 6 in 168 cm		Miss Photogenic
Massachusetts	Kathleen McNiff	Groton	17	5 ft 8 in 173 cm
Michigan	Caitlin Klug	Eau Claire	18	5 ft 4 in 163 cm
Minnesota	Vanessa Vonbehren[21]	Apple Valley	17	5 ft 7 in 170 cm	Top 10
Mississippi	Anne Elise Parks	New Albany	18	5 ft 9 in 175 cm		Miss Congeniality
Missouri	Lauren Peterson[22][23][24]	Farmington	16	5 ft 10 in 178 cm			Later top 20 at Miss Grand International 2015
Montana	Chelsea Nelson[25][26]	Billings	17	5 ft 9 in 175 cm
Nebraska	Lauren Clabaugh	Omaha	16	5 ft 7 in 170 cm
Nevada	Danielle Hashimoto[27]	Reno	16	5 ft 4 in 163 cm
New Hampshire	Alexandra MacDonald[28]	Gilford	18	5 ft 3 in 160 cm
New Jersey	Alyssa Campanella	Manalapan	17	5 ft 8 in 173 cm	1st runner-up		Later Miss California USA 2011 and Miss USA 2011
New Mexico	Liz Kranz	Deming	17	5 ft 8 in 173 cm	Top 15
New York	Tatiana Pallagi[29]	Avon	17	5 ft 7 in 170 cm
North Carolina	Katie Coble[30]	Charlotte	17	5 ft 7 in 170 cm	2nd runner-up		Later Miss North Carolina USA 2017
North Dakota	Taylor Kearns[31]	Fargo	18	5 ft 7 in 170 cm			Later Miss North Dakota USA 2010
Ohio	Rachel Epperly	Gahanna	18	5 ft 6 in 168 cm
Oklahoma	Paige Hill	Oklahoma City	16	6 ft 0 in 183 cm
Oregon	Whitney Whitehouse	Bend	17	5 ft 6 in 168 cm
Pennsylvania	Kelsie Sinagra[32]	Pittsburgh	17	5 ft 5 in 165 cm
Rhode Island	Rochelle Rose	Jamestown	15	5 ft 7 in 170 cm	Top 10
South Carolina	Caitlin Upton	Lexington	18	5 ft 9 in 175 cm	3rd runner-up		Gained notoriety following her answer to the final question, which was criticized as "strange" and "grammarless". Videos of her response were posted to YouTube and have received millions of views. Placed third with her then boyfriend Brent Horne on The Amazing Race 16.
South Dakota	Kari Schull	Watertown	17	5 ft 9 in 175 cm
Tennessee	Macy Erwin	Chattanooga	17	5 ft 7 in 170 cm	Top 15
Texas	Sommer Isdale[33]	Harker Heights	16	5 ft 8 in 173 cm
Utah	Kelsey Brigel	Draper	17	5 ft 7 in 170 cm
Vermont	Olivia Hubbard[34]	Rutland	17	5 ft 6 in 168 cm
Virginia	Emily Bruce[35]	Lynchburg	17	5 ft 9 in 175 cm	Top 10
Washington	Shalane Larango[36]	Vancouver	18	5 ft 9 in 175 cm			Previously Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2005, 2nd runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2006
West Virginia	Chelsea Welch[37]	West Union	16	5 ft 9 in 175 cm	4th runner-up		Later Miss West Virginia USA 2013 and Top 15 at Miss USA 2013
Wisconsin	Shauna Sabir[38]	Milwaukee	17	5 ft 5 in 165 cm
Wyoming	Mollie Smith	Casper	17	5 ft 8 in 173 cm	Top 15

Contestant gallery

Contestant notes

Alyssa Campanella, Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2007, later Miss California USA 2011, Miss USA 2011

• Most delegates won their state crown on the first attempt; however, eight contestants had competed previously.
  • California, Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas won their state crowns on their second attempt. California placed 4th runner up in the 2006 Miss California Teen USA pageant. Florida was unplaced in the 2006 Miss Florida Teen USA pageant. New Jersey was a semi-finalist in the Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2006 pageant. North Carolina placed 4th runner-up in 2006's Miss North Carolina Teen USA pageant. South Carolina placed 3rd runner-up in the 2006 Miss South Carolina Teen USA pageant. Lastly, Texas placed as 1st runner-up in 2006's Miss Texas Teen USA pageant.
  • Maryland won her state title at her third attempt. She previously placed 3rd runner-up in the 2006 Miss Maryland Teen USA pageant and was unplaced at the 2005 pageant.
• Miss Washington Teen USA, Shalane Larango, was the first delegate to cross over from the Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant to compete in Miss Teen USA. Shalane was Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2005 and placed 2nd runner up in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2005 pageant.
• Jena Sims (Georgia) was Miss National Junior Teenager 2005.
• Caitlin Klug (Michigan) competed in the National American Coed circuit, winning several Michigan titles; the Junior Miss America circuit; and the National American Miss circuit.
• Alyssa Campanella (New Jersey) was Miss California USA 2011 and went on to win Miss USA 2011. Katie Blair, Miss Teen USA 2006 who crowned the winner at this pageant, succeeded Campanella as Miss California USA.