Miss Teen USA 2020 (Jayverse)

Miss Teen USA 2020 was the 38th Miss Teen USA pageant. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it was originally slated for spring 2020, and held on November 7, 2020 at the Exhibition Centre and the Soundstage at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. The competition was hosted by Allie LaForce and Cheslie Kryst with Color Commentary by NASCAR on UBC's Mike Joy, Katie Anway of NASCAR Thunder Trax and Miss USA 2003 Susie Castillo when it aired on Tempo. Kaliegh Garris of Connecticut crowned her successor Ki'ilani Arruda of Hawaii at the end of the event.

The competition marked the first year that a new crown made by luxury jeweler Mouawad was used at Miss Teen USA, effectively retiring the Mikimoto Crown.

For a third consecutive year, the competition will be held concurrently alongside the Miss USA competition.

Location
On August 30, 2020, Graceland announced on their schedule that the competition would be held on November 7 on their premises in Memphis, Tennessee. The MUO later confirmed that the competition will be hosted at Graceland the following day.

This was the first time the competition has been hosted in Tennessee since Miss Teen USA 1984 was also held in Memphis.

Hosts
On October 22, it was announced that the competition would be hosted by Allie LaForce and Cheslie Kryst. LaForce formerly was crowned Miss Teen USA 2005, and has worked as a sports reporter for UBC and Turner Sports, while Kryst was crowned Miss USA 2019 and serves as a correspondent for Extra in addition Color Commentary was done by Mike Joy in which he did his first Miss Teen USA Telecast alongside Susie Castillo who was crowned Miss USA 2003 and Tempo Choir Drill Analyst and host of NASCAR Thunder Trax, Katie Anway.

Selection of contestants
51 delegates from the 50 states and the District of Columbia are selected in state pageants which began in September 2019 and ended in February 2020.

Preliminary round
Prior to the final competition, the delegates competed the preliminary competition, which the judges and a presentation show where they competed in swim wear and evening gown. It was held on November 6 at Graceland Exhibition Center and the Soundstage in Memphis and hosted by Kryst and Garris.

Broadcasting
The pageant is aired on Tempo Television on November 7, 2020,

Judges

 * Danielle Doty Fitzgerald – Miss Teen USA 2011 from Texas
 * Sara Echeagaray – social media personality and TikToker
 * Nia Franklin – Miss America 2019 from New York
 * K. Lee Graham – Miss Teen USA 2014 from South Carolina
 * Iman Oubou – scientist, entrepreneur, and medical missionary

Results
Miss Teen USA 2020


 * Hawaii – Kiʻilani Arruda

1st Runner-Up


 * Oregon – Shayla Montgomery

2nd Runner-Up


 * Georgia – Shayla Jackson

3rd Runner-Up


 * Nebraska – Audrey Eckert

4th Runner-Up


 * Louisiana – Sydney Taylor

Top 16


 * Arizona – Molly Schwanz
 * Arkansas – Anna Claire Hay
 * California – Zoe Hunt
 * Connecticut – Samantha Sarelli
 * Maine – Grace Morey
 * New Jersey – JaeLynn Polanco
 * North Carolina – Peyton Brown
 * Ohio – Lily McLaughlin
 * Oklahoma – Danika Christopherson
 * South Carolina – Gracen Grainger
 * Tennessee – Ansley Ecker



Contestants
All 51 state titleholders have been crowned.

Song Performances by The Contestants
Opening Number - "Kings and Queens" by the 2020 Miss Teen USA Contestants and The Troupe (which included all the 2020 Miss USA Contestants competing for the Crown) with Solos by Audrey Eckert and Olivia Lulich with Mike Joy reads the Delegates Names who are competing for the title of Miss Teen USA 2020 (cover version of "Kings and Queens" by Ava Max)

Swimwear Competition -

Evening Gown Competition -

First Walk Song after Ki'Ilani Aruda was Crowned Miss Teen USA: "I Still Do" by Anissa Mendez (cover version of "I Still Do" by Kiiara)