Miss World America 2017

Miss World America 2017 America's Miss World 2017
Date	August 13, 2017
Venue	Linda Chapin Theater, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida
Entrants	28
Placements	16
Withdrawals	Colorado Connecticut Illinois Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi North Dakota Tennessee Washington
Returns	Arizona Nevada New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania
Winner	Clarissa Bowers Florida
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Miss World America 2017, also referred to as America's Miss World 2017, was the 9th edition of the Miss World America pageant and it was held in the Linda Chapin Theater in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida and was won by Clarissa Bowers of Florida. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Audra Mari of North Dakota. Bowers went on to represent the United States at the Miss World 2017 Pageant in Sanya, China later that year. She finished in the Top 40 at Miss World.

Results

Placements

Challenge Events

Beauty with a Purpose

Interview

Multimedia

Top Model

Sport & Fitness

Judges

Contestants were evaluated by separate panels of judges for the preliminary and final competitions.^[6]

Final Judges

• Charles Woodson – Miss World America Sports Challenge Head Coach^[7]
• Jefre – creative concept artist for the new Miss World America and Miss Teen World America crowns
• Cyrus Frakes-King
• Wendy Oliver
• Davonda Simmons
• Dr. John Cavanaugh
• Ieena Duggal

Preliminary Judges

• Jefre – creative concept artist for the new Miss World America and Miss Teen World America crowns
• Cyrus Frakes-King
• Wendy Oliver
• Davonda Simmons
• Antoinette Romero
• Rene Bionat
• Cary Ombres

Multimedia Competition Judges

• Ed Huckfelt
• Sarah Jane Waddell – Miss World Trinidad & Tobago 2014
• GL Rivera
• Ellie McKeating – Miss World Scotland 2014

Beauty with a Purpose Judges

• Frankie Cena – Mr World Canada 2012
• Courtney Thorpe – Miss World Australia 2014
• Tracy Galloway
• Victoria Mendoza – Miss World America 2015 from Arizona

Contestants

• The Miss World America 2017 contestants are^[8]

N°	Name	Age	Hometown	State
1	Alexandra Curtis	25	West Warwick	Rhode Island
2	Ariyanna Zoe Norman	26	Tempe	Arizona
3	Chance Cessna	26	Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia
4	Chelsea Boone	26	Glenn Dale	Maryland
5	Chrissy La’Parriea	22	Atlanta	Georgia
6	Clarissa Bowers	20	Umatilla	Florida
7	Emanii Davis	23	Griffin	Georgia
8	Evelyn Abena Appiah	24	New York City	New York
9	JoAnn Imosi Emale	26	Arlington	Texas
10	Kaelyn Crede	25	Las Vegas	Nevada
11	Katerina Villegas	24	Chino	California
12	Krithika Rajkumar	25	Cleveland	Ohio
13	Leila Kraja	24	New York City	New York
14	Lili Klainer	24	Leesburg	Virginia
15	Louina Lafalaise	25	Boynton Beach	Florida
16	Mariela Pepin	21	Severn	Maryland
17	Marjana Chowdhury	23	New York City	New York
18	Maureen Ann Montagne	23	Chandler	Arizona
19	Michaela Rose Kenny	23	Geneva	New York
20	Mollie Thorsen	25	Alexandria	Virginia
21	Nicole Owens	19	Lumberton	North Carolina
22	Radhika Patel	24	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
23	Razana Angel	26	New York City	New York
24	Sally Sawant	21	Somerset	New Jersey
25	Sasha Perea	23	Richmond	Virginia
26	Shivali Patel	20	Raleigh	North Carolina
27	Sierra Bognear	26	Atlanta	Georgia
28	Tori Miller	22	Gainesville	Florida

Notes

Withdrawals

•  Arizona - Kayleen Workman
•  Colorado
•  Connecticut
•  Illinois
•  Massachusetts
•  Michigan
•  Mississippi
•  North Dakota
•  Tennessee
•  Washington

Returns

Last competed in 2015:

•  Arizona
•  Nevada
•  New Jersey
•  New York
•  Ohio
•  Pennsylvania

Did not Compete

•  Alabama
•  Alaska
•  American Samoa
•  Arkansas
•  Delaware
•  Hawaii
•  Idaho
•  Indiana
•  Iowa
•  Kansas
•  Kentucky
•  Louisiana
•  Maine
•  Minnesota
•  Missouri
•  Montana
•  Nebraska
•  New Hampshire
•  New Mexico
•  Oklahoma
•  Oregon
•  South Carolina
•  South Dakota
•  Utah
•  Vermont
•  West Virginia
•  Wisconsin
•  Wyoming

Crossovers

Contestants who either competed in or will be competing in other beauty pageants:

Miss World America

• 2016:  North Carolina: Shivali Patel (1st Runner-up)
• 2016:  New York: Michaela Rose Kenny (Withdrew)
• 2016:  Virginia: Sasha Perea (2nd Runner-up)
• 2018:  North Carolina: Shivali Patel (2nd Runner-up)
• 2019:  New York: Marjana Chowdhury (Top 25; as  Alaska)

Miss America

• 2016:  Rhode Island: Alexandra Curtis

Miss USA

• 2015:  Arizona: Maureen Ann Montagne (Top 15)
• 2016:  Georgia: Emanii Davis (2nd Runner-up)
• 2019:  Maryland: Mariela Pepin (Top 10)
• 2020:  California: Katerina Villegas (as  Oregon)
• 2021:  Virginia: Sasha Perea (as  District of Columbia)

Miss Teen USA

• 2014:  Maryland: Mariela Pepin

Miss U.S. International

• 2016:  California: Katerina Villegas (1st Runner-up)
• 2016:  Texas: JoAnn Emale (as Southern States; Miss Congeniality)

Miss Universe

• 2014:  New York: Evelyn Abena Appiah (as  Ghana)

Miss Earth USA

• 2018:  Virginia: Lili Klainer (Top 12)
• 2019:  Georgia: Emanii Davis (Winner)
• 2019:  Rhode Island: Alexandra Curtis (Top 12)
• 2019:  Virginia: Lili Klainer (as Midatlantic)

Miss Earth

• 2019:  Georgia: Emanii Davis (1st Runner-up; Miss Earth Air; as  United States)

Face of Beauty International

• 2016 :  Texas: JoAnn Emale (as  United States)

National American Miss Jr. Teen

• 2011:  North Carolina: Shivali Patel (2nd runner-up)

Miss Asia Pacific International

• 2018:  New York: Marjana Chowdhury (Top 20; as  Bangladesh)

Mutya ng Pilipinas

• 2013:  Arizona: Maureen Ann Montagne (1st Runner-Up)

Miss World Philippines

• 2018:  Arizona: Maureen Ann Montagne (Miss Eco Philippines; as Batangas)

Miss Eco International

• 2019:  Arizona: Maureen Ann Montagne (1st Runner-Up; as  Philippines)

Binibining Pilipinas

• 2021:  Arizona: Maureen Ann Montagne (Binibining Pilipinas Globe 2021; as Batangas)

Miss Globe

• 2021:  Arizona: Maureen Ann Montagne (Winner; as  Philippines)

Miss Intercontinental

• 2022:  Maryland: Mariela Pepin (1st runner-up; as  Puerto Rico)

References

External links

• Miss World Official Website
• Miss World America Official Website