Miss Earth USA 2019

Miss Earth USA 2019
Date	June 30, 2019
Presenters	Brittany Ann Payne
Entertainment	Merrick Alexander
Venue	South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa Las Vegas, Nevada
Broadcaster	Facebook
Entrants	50
Placements	20
Withdrawals	Alabama Arizona Central Plains East Coast Kansas Louisiana Nebraska Rocky Mountains Utah Wyoming
Winner	Emanii Davis Georgia Replaced by: Gulf Coast
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The now-called Miss Earth USA 2019, formerly titled Miss Earth United States up until last year, was the 15th edition of the Miss Earth USA pageant. It was held at the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa on June 30, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Brittany Ann Payne returned as host for the third consecutive time.^[1]

Yashvi Aware of Maryland (representing Midatlantic) crowned her successor Emanii Davis as Miss Earth United States 2019. Davis represented the USA at Miss Earth 2019 and placed first runner-up, earning the title of Miss Earth Air 2019.^[2]

Pageant protocol forces Davis to "resign" her Miss Earth USA title in order to fulfill the international duties of the elemental title. In this case, the first runner-up Libby Hill, who competed as Miss Earth Gulf Coast USA 2019, inherited the title of Miss Earth USA 2019.^[3]

Miss Earth 2018, Nguyễn Phương Khánh of Vietnam and Miss Earth Fire 2018, Melissa Flores of Mexico were guests of honor at the pageant.^[4][5][6]

It was the first year the pageant was held under its new name, Miss Earth USA.

Background[]

On April 26, 2019, the Miss Earth USA organization confirmed the pageant would be held on June 30, 2019 at the South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the second time Nevada was served as the host state, with Laughlin last hosting in 2010.^[7][8]

This edition also reflected changes in the age requirement, as the Miss Earth organization announced in January it would increase the age limit to 28.^[9]

South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa, the host venue of the Miss Earth USA 2019 competition.

Results[]

Libby Hill, first runner up and serving Miss Earth USA 2019

Awards[]

Notes

§ Earned Top 20 placement as highest fund raiser for Charitable Giving Fund

∞ Davis earned title of Miss Earth Air 2019. Due to protocol, Davis resigns her title as Miss Earth USA 2019. 1st runner-up, Libby Hill, replaces her as Miss Earth USA 2019.^[11]

^ Templier assumed Miss Earth USA Eco title in November 2019.

High Point Awards[]

Award	Delegate
Photogenic	Georgia – Emanii Davis
Media	West Coast – Hannah Stout
Interview	Gulf Coast – Libby Hill
Runway	Georgia – Emanii Davis
Gown	Delaware – Mia Jones
Swimwear	South Carolina – France Evans

Non-Finalist Awards[]

Award	Delegate
Photogenic	Maine – Vanessa Sabo
Media	New England – Isabella Bennett
Interview	Midatlantic – Lili Klainer
Runway	Oregon – Hannah Cromer
Gown	Virgin Islands – Sinead Jenkins
Swimwear	Massachusetts – Jamie Connors

Other Awards[]

Award	Delegate
Congeniality	New England – Isabella Bennett
Beauty for a Cause	Great Lakes – Allie Graziano
Director's Leadership	West Virginia – Mikaela Gillespie
Charitable Giving Fundraising	West Coast – Hannah Stout
Fresh Face of Gavee Gold	Nevada – Kirsten Fernow
Queenly Spokesmodel	Wisconsin – Catherine Smith
HOTWORX Spokesmodel	South Carolina – France Evans
Darling of the Media	West Virginia – Mikaela Gillespie

Order of announcement[]

Pageant[]

Pageant activities took place from June 26, 2019 through July 1, 2019 in the Las Vegas, Nevada area, which included both public and private events, and a community service day involving a local park cleanup alongside delegates from the supporting divisions.^[12][13]

Selection of delegates[]

14 delegates were crowned during state pageants that were held between February and May 2019. The remaining delegates were appointed regional or at-large state titles by the national pageant office.

Preliminary rounds[]

Preliminary rounds took place between June 28-June 30, 2018 at the South Point Hotel. Delegates competed in a private judges and media interviews, private poolside media and swimwear presentations, and on-stage runway and evening gown competitions.^[14]

Media interviews were a new phase of competition and were hosted by Payne. On-stage preliminaries were hosted by Payne and the reigning titleholders from the supporting divisions of Miss Earth USA, respectively.

Finals[]

Coronation took place on June 30, 2018. During the final competition, the top 20 competed in runway, while the top 12 also competed in swimwear and evening gown. The top five delegates also competed in an on-stage question round and were scored on their response to: What does the power of pageantry mean to you?

Delegates[]

Delegate information provided by the Miss Earth USA organization.^[15][16][17]

State	Name	Placement	Notes
Arkansas	Klein Jahne’ Lee Mitchell	Top 20
California	Kirstin Bangs[18]	Miss Earth USA - Eco 2019	Los Angeles Rams Cheerleader[19]
Colorado	Tobie Roberts		Previously Miss Teen Earth United States - Air 2014 representing Kansas[20]
Connecticut	Genesis Rueda		Previously competed in 2017 representing South Carolina
Delaware	Mia Jones	Miss Earth USA - Water 2019	Previously Miss Delaware USA 2017 and Miss Delaware Teen USA 2014, Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2014
District of Columbia	Bilikisu Adeyemi[21]	Top 12
Florida	Chelsea Killman	Top 20
Georgia	Emanii Davis[22]	Miss Earth USA 2019	Previously 3rd runner-up at Miss World America 2017[23] and Miss Georgia USA 2016, 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 2016[24]
Grand Canyon	Thelima Smith		Previously competed at Miss Black USA 2013 representing Utah[25]
Great Lakes	Allie Graziano	Top 20	Previously Top 15 at Miss Earth United States 2017 representing Michigan
Great Plains	Amanda Pedrianes		Previously competed in 2017 representing Colorado
Gulf Coast	Libby Hill	Miss Earth USA - Air 2019	Previously Top 16 at Miss Texas USA 2019[26]
Hawaii	Daniela Scarpelli[27]
Idaho	Sarah Massingale		Previously competed in 2018
Illinois	Brett Brooks[28]		Reporter for WTVO[29] Previously represented Illinois at Miss Black America 2018 and Miss Black USA 2016[30]
Kentucky	Emma Rhodes		Previously Top 8 at Teen Miss Earth United States 2018[31] representing Kentucky
Maine	Vanessa Sabo
Maryland	Bethany Wheatley		Previously competed in 2017 representing Delaware
Massachusetts	Jamie Connors		Member of the Boston Cannons Dance Team Previously Top 12 in 2018
Michigan	Emily Tomchin
Midatlantic	Lili Klainer		Previously Top 12 in 2018 representing Virginia Previously competed for Miss World America 2017 as Virginia[32]
Midwest	Sara Yeganeh-Kazemi
Minnesota	Emily Johnson[33]
Missouri	Hunter McDonald
Montana	Salena Pham	Top 20
Nevada	Kirsten Fernow	Top 20
New England	Isabella Bennett		Previously Top 20 in 2018 and competed in 2017 representing Rhode Island Second consecutive award for Miss Congeniality
New Hampshire	Ashley Cooper[34]	Top 20
New Jersey	Leighke Santiago[35]	Top 12
New Mexico	Erin Maestas
New York	Nicolette Templier[36]
North Dakota	Ellie Spicer[37]
Northeast	Jillian Rivera		Previously Face of the World USA Teen 2018[38]
Northwest	Danielle Davidson
Ohio	Elena Jean Yemma
Oregon	Hannah Cromer
Pennsylvania	Krista Collins
Rhode Island	Alexandra Curtis	Top 12	4th runner-up at Miss World America 2017[39] Previously Miss Rhode Island 2015, Finalist for Quality of Life Award at Miss America 2016 Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 Previously National All-American Miss Teen 2010-2011[40]
South Carolina	Francie Evans	Miss Earth USA - Fire 2019	Previously Top 20 in 2018 and Face of the World Miss USA 2018[41]
South Dakota	Jana Vetter
Southeast	Nadya Yurawecz
Southwest	Cameron Olson
Texas	Ilyhanee Robles	Top 12
Virgin Islands	Sinead Jenkins
Vermont	Nicole Rotante
Virginia	Katie Ann Magyar[42]	Top 12
Washington	Brooke Williams
West Coast	Hannah Stout	Top 20
West Virginia	Mikaela Gillespie		Previously Teen Miss West Virginia Earth 2016[43]
Wisconsin	Catherine Smith[28]	Top 20

Withdrawals[]

• Alabama – Rebekah Newton
• Arizona – Taylor Fogg
• Central Plains – Madelynn Dixon
• East Coast – Tori Miller – Previously competed in 2018 representing Gulf Coast
• Kansas – Hannah Edelman
• Louisiana – Chelsea Grant
• Nebraska – Melonie Myers
• Rocky Mountains – Louie Caragao
• Utah – Rachel Slawson
• Wyoming – Allie Mekolon - Previously competed in 2017 as Teen Miss Nebraska Earth^[44]

Judges^[45][]

Preliminary judges[]

• Kristin Chucci, Ms. Earth 2017 and Elite Miss Earth United States 2016
• Yanné Halen Givens - United States of America’s Ms. 2019
• Alyssa Klinzing - Miss Kansas USA 2019 and Miss Teen Miss Earth United States 2015
• Tionna Petramalo, International Ms. USA 2019
• Stephen P. Smith, Founder & CEO of Planet Beach & HOTWORX
• Tanice Smith, Executive Director of the United States of America Pageants

Finals judges[]

• Vincenza Carrieri-Russo - Restaurateur, Elite Miss Earth United States 2015 and Miss Delaware USA 2008
• Ashley Lauren Kerr - Creator and lead designer of ASHLEYlauren
• Franz Orban - Owner of Vizcaya Swimwear
• Kamini Shankar - International Ms. 2019

• Dani Walker Miss Montana USA 2018 and YouTube vlogger

References[]