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Miss Delaware Outstanding Teen 2007 Chelsea Betts received the Jefferson Award from WBOC-TV.  Chelsea has devoted hundreds of hours to community service and volunteer work.  To see Chealsea's video on WBOC-TV, click here.  (Chelsea's video is at the bottom of the page). 

The Jefferson Awards for Public Service are a prestigious national recognition system honoring community and public service in America. The awards are presented on two levels: national and local. The mission of the awards is to encourage and honor individuals for their achievements and contributions through public and community service.

WBOC-TV is proud to be a local partner of the Jefferson Awards. The awards are given annually to volunteers on Delmarva who provide extraordinary public service.
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Miss District of Columbia's Outstanding Teen 2007 Elizabeth Payne was the recipient of the National Center for Black Philanthropy's 2007 Special Achievement in Philanthropy by a Youth Award. This award was presented during the organization's Sixth National Conference on Black Philanthropy. The awards presented that evening recognized the outstanding achievements of African Americans and others who are living examples of the principle of “Time, Talent and Treasure” that has traditionally been an integral part of African-American life and culture. The National Center for Black Philanthropy, Inc. is a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington DC.

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Ellen Striepeke, Miss New Mexico's Outstanding Teen 2006, was crowned Miss Southwest New Mexico 2008.
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Update on Lauren Gagliardino, Miss Delaware’s Outstanding Teen 2006. She was recently crowned Miss Brandywine 2008 which is a preliminary to the 2008 Miss Delaware Pageant. She was the youngest contestant and was among several young women who had previously competed in Miss Delaware. She also had the highest talent & onstage question scores. She is very excited to be competing in the 2008 Miss Delaware Pageant and credits much of her success to her MAOT experience.
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Miss RI Outstanding Teen '06 given $502,000 in college scholarships.  With the Miss America Scholarship program entering its 3rd year with the Miss America's Outstanding Teen program it is truly showing it's benefits in many ways. When Miss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen 2006, Lindsay Lee Rogers, started her search for college she never dreamed of the overwhelming acceptance letters and scholarship opportunities that would be awarded to her.

As Miss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen 2006, Lindsay Lee Rogers, began to receive her first award letters from colleges she found she had an enormous amount of scholarships available to her as Miss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen. This year she will be starting her freshman year of college at her #1 first choice Suffolk University in Boston, MA. She was also accepted to other colleges giving her the opportunity to choose from $502,000.00 in scholarships and one full ride scholarship for 4 years. These were not prizes for winning her title nor were they academic scholarships.
These award scholarships were scholarships from individual colleges for her community and leadership qualities that each college recognized as being Miss RI's Outstanding Teen. That's half a million dollars as Miss RI's Outstanding Teen to choose from of where to go to college!

Lindsay's platform is Teen Peer Pressure, Teen Drinking, Teen Drugs and Making the Right Life's Choices. Every newspaper and TV has covered her story and she has been recognized for outstanding leadership in her state.

Thanks to the Miss America program and the Miss America's Outstanding Teen program, Lindsay is a fine example of the benefits of the Miss America's Outstanding Teen program.
bullet The Jackson Sun featured a nice article on Miss Tennessee Outstanding Teen 2006 Leah Bolton regarding her new role in "Thoroughly Modern Millie," a musical set in 1920s New York (Theatre Memphis). Click here to view the article.

 
bullet Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2007 Maria DeSantis will be attending New York University in the fall as a student in the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development., majoring in Classical Voice and Opera Studies. She has also been invited to be part of the Steinhardt Scholars Program. She has been awarded the Steinhardt Leadership Award and the Steinhardt Scholarship for $7,000. Including her Miss America Scholarship, Maria has been offered $280,000 in scholarships to date. Click here
bullet Miss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen 2005 Kacie Noelle Ferraro had an amazing year as an inaugural title holder and a senior in high school! She finished her year graduating in the top 5% of her class and with scholarship awards from the South Kingstown Teachers Association and the Narragansett chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Kacie is currently a freshman at the University of New Hampshire majoring in mathematics and elementary education with a minor in Italian; she plans to study abroad in Italy as a sophomore. She is a member of the Honors Program and the UNH Dance Team. Kacie shared that it is with the skills and confidence she gained in participating in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen Program that she is where she is today.
bullet Miss Teen Arkansas 2004 Alyse Eady is now a freshman Mass Communications at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. She is on her way to compete for national honors in Washington next week as part of a Boys and Girls Club competition. For more information, go to www.obu.edu/news.  Alyse was one of three teen special guest entertainers who performed as a ventriloquist at the last Miss America Pageant held in Atlantic City.
bullet Virgin Islands is pleased to share the wonderful accomplishments of our very own Shakyma Mercado, Miss VI Outstanding Teen 2005. She was accepted to participated in the youth medical forum in Philadelphia which began on June 25 and will continue up until July 4.
bullet Meghan's Movie Debut! Meghan's USA Network commercial is
now airing in a pre-show called "FirstLook" at AMC and
Cinemark movie theaters nationwide. The first showing in
 theaters was this weekend at 'Scary Movie 4'.
Click here to view the video | Click here to view Meghan's blog
bullet Virginia Ryan, Miss DC's Outstanding Teen, 2005 will be
attending Loyola University, New Orleans, College of Music.
Congratulations Virginia!!  
bullet Amanda Alicea, Miss New York's Outstanding Teen 2005 has a sandwich named after her! Click here.
bullet Meghan Miller has been accepted  to the University of Texas. Go Texas Longhorns
bullet Meghan Miller and the 2005 Pageant contestants participated
in the 2006 Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas. Photographer
Zac Grimaldo captured the different activities. Click here.
bullet Meghan Lamontagne, New Hampshire's Outstanding Teen 2005, was selected as the Golden Girl at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana.  Click here for more info.
bullet Hailey Soyland, Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2005 graduated from school in December 05. Click here for more info.
bullet Miss Delaware Outstanding Teen 2005 Carly Economos has been accepted into "The University of the Arts" and won "The University of the Arts Promising Artist Scholarship." Click here
bullet Heather Harris proudly assumed the title of Miss Texas’ Outstanding Teen 2005.  Click here.
bullet Miss South Carolina’s Outstanding Teen, Lindley Mayer won a $500 scholarship for selling the most ads for the 2005 National Competition Magazine.  Click here.
bullet Miss America's Outstanding Teen contestants perform at the 2006 Miss America Pageant.  Click here.
bullet Miss Mississippi's Outstanding Teen 2005 Natalie Wood is the the leader of the US Dream Academy Mentor Club Scholarship Award.  Click here.