Sunday, August 23, 2009
Miss Teen USA 2008, the 26th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held on August 16, 2008 from Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, the Bahamas. This was the first Miss Teen USA pageant that was not televised, after Miss Universe Organization broadcast partner NBC failed to renew its contract, and it was also the first Miss Teen USA pageant held outside the United States. The pageant was hosted by Seth Goldman and Miss Teen USA 2004, Shelley Hennig.
At the conclusion of the pageant, outgoing titleholder Hilary Cruz crowned her successor Stevi Perry of Arkansas as the new Miss Teen USA.
1st runner-up South Carolina - Brittany Pjetraj
2nd runner-up North Carolina - Julia Dalton
3rd runner-up Louisiana - Lindsey Evans
4th runner-up Idaho - Shareece Pfeiffer
Top 15
Alabama - Courtney Parker
Arizona - Ashley Stainton
California - Taylor Atkins
Colorado - Danielle Scimeca
Florida - Jillian Wunderlich
Massachusetts - Caroline Lunny
New Hampshire - Courtney Morgan
Oklahoma - Taylor Gorton
Pennsylvania - Elliot Griffin
Virginia - Megan Myrehn
Special Awards
Miss Congeniality Mississippi - Elizabeth Hollomon
Miss Photogenic New York - Sana Idnani
