The 88th Miss America Pageant - Miss America 2015

Miss America 2015 (the 88th Miss America pageant) will be held at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Sunday, September 14, 2014. Nina Davuluri of Fayetteville, New York will crown her successor at the end of the event. It will be broadcast on ABC, UniMás, and streamed to mobile devices via the WatchABC app as well as Xbox One consoles via its live TV functionality. Tickets for the 2015 Miss America competition went on sale in Spring 2014.
Chris Harrison and Lara Spencer will return as co-hosts. The panel of judges will include: Gary Vaynerchuk, Marc Cherry, Kathy Ireland, Lee Ann Meriwether, Donald Driver, Shawn Johnson, and retired Army Brig. Gen. Anne Macdonald.

Contestants

• The Miss America 2015 contestants are:

State	Name	Hometown	Age	TALENT
Alabama	Caitlin Brunell	Tuscaloosa	22	Dance "Let It Go" from Frozen
Alaska	Malie Delgado	Anchorage	19	Vocal
Arizona	Alexa Rogers	Scottsdale	23	Dance
Arkansas	Ashton Campbell	Hindsville	20	Vocal "Note to God"
California	Marina Inserra	San Diego	24	Vocal
Colorado	Stacey Cook	Littleton	23	Tahitian Dance			.
Connecticut	Acacia Courtney	Hamden	21	Ballet en Pointe
Delaware	Brittany Lewis	Wilmington	24	Jazz Dance
District of Columbia	Teresa Davis	Hoschton	23	Piano
Florida	Victoria Cowen	Panama City	21	Dance			.
Georgia	Maggie Bridges	Brinson	21	Vocal "Bridge Under Troubled Water"
Hawaii	Stephanie Steuri	Kalaheo	20	Hula
Idaho	Sierra Sandison	Twin Falls	20	Vocal
Illinois	Marisa Buchheit[18]	Chicago	24	Operatic Vocal “Je veux vivre ” fromRoméo et Juliette
Indiana	Audra Casterline	Fishers	23	Vocal "Over the Rainbow"			.
Iowa	Alyson Lou Olson	Des Moines	21	Vocal "If I Loved You" from Carousel
Kansas	Amanda Sasek	Moberly	23	Vocal "I Don't Know My Own Strength"
Kentucky	Ramsey Ruthann Carpenter	Hartford	23	Fiddle ""Sally Goodin'" and "Orange Blossom Special"			.
Louisiana	Lacey Sanchez	Baton Rouge	23	Vocal
Maine	Audrey Thames	Topsham	18	Comedic monologue "Yma Dream"
Maryland	Jade Kenny	Madison	23	Contemporary Ballet en Pointe"Everybody Dance Now"
Massachusetts	Lauren Kuhn	Boston	23	Piano
Michigan	Kaitlyn Maviglia	Dundee	21	Dance "Be Italian" from Nine
Minnesota	Savannah Cole	Brainerd	18	Vocal "Somebody to Love" by Queen
Mississippi	Jasmine Murray	Columbus	22	Vocal
Missouri	Jessica Hartman	Pueblo	23	Dance
Montana	Victoria Valentine	Missoula	22	Harp "Danny Boy"
Nebraska	Megan Swanson	Omaha	20	Vocal
Nevada	Ellie Smith	Henderson	17	Vocal
New Hampshire	Megan Cooley	Auburn	19	Vocal "On My Way" written by songwriters Ali Tamposi and Fernando Garibay
New Jersey	Cierra Kaler-Jones	Galloway	21	Dance "Listen" by Beyoncé			.
New Mexico	Jessica Burson	Roswell	20	Jazz Dance "Steam Heat" show tune from the 1954 Broadway musical The Pajama Game, written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.
New York	Kira Kazantsev	Manhattan	23	Vocal with cup percussion, "Happy"
North Carolina	Beth Stovall	Goldsboro	20	Vocal
North Dakota	Jacky Arness	Fargo	21	Vocal "Feeling Good" written by English songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse
Ohio	Mackenzie Victoria Bart	Columbus/Brockway, Penn.	22	Ventriloquism"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" fromMary Poppins
Oklahoma	Alexandra Eppler	Edmond	24	Dance “Wonderland"
Oregon	Rebecca Anderson]	Oregon City	23	Vocal
Pennsylvania	Amanda Fallon Smith	Pittsburgh/Dade City, Fla.	21	Vocal "Wishing You Were Here Again" from "Phantom of the Opera
Puerto Rico	Yarelis Salgado	Toa Alta	20	Flamenco Fusion
Rhode Island	Ivy DePew[45]	Providence	23	Flute "Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band
South Carolina	Lanie Hudson[46]	Spartanburg	23	Clogging "Think" by Aretha Franklin			.
South Dakota	Meridith Gould[47]	Sioux Falls	19	Dance en Pointe "Hedwig's Theme"
Tennessee	Hayley Lewis	Nashville	21	Vocal "I (Who Have Nothing)"
Texas	Monique Evans	Austin	22	Ballet en Pointe “Requiem for a Tower”
Utah	Karlie Major	Logan	20	Dance "Forget About the Boy" fromThoroughly Modern Millie
Vermont	Lucy Edwards	Burlington	19	Vocal “I Am Changing" from theDreamgirls cast album
U.S.Virgin                 Islands	Ashley Gabrie	Orlando	19	Vocal "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele
Virginia	Courtney Garrett	Pamplin	21	Opera "Parla Piu Piano" from The Godfather
Washington	Kailee Dunn	Kennewick	22	Vocal
West Virginia	Paige Madden	Moundsville	21	Vocal
Wisconsin	Raeanna Mary Johnson	Holmen	24	Dance "Hallelujah" by Alexandra Burke
Wyoming	Jessie Allen	Lander	24	Dance

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