by MIKE CHAIKEN
CTFashionMag.com
The Connecticut representatives’ stay on stage was brief on Saturday, Jan. 4 and Sunday, Jan. 4 at the Miss America’s Teen and Miss America competitions in Orlando, Fla.
Neither Miss Connecticut Monica Fenwick nor Miss Connecticut’s Teen Camryn Patton were selected for the final top 11 each night (10 contestants based on judges’ scores and one selected as a people’s choice).
Fenwick of Watertown and Patton of Bristol received some screen time during their taped introductions and during the live opening number. But on both Saturday and Sunday, as the states were read off for the finals, Connecticut’s name was not called.
After the competitions were wrapped, Abbie Stockard, a 22-year-old Auburn University nursing student and cheerleader who was competing as Miss Alabama, was tapped as the new Miss America. Peyton Bolling, a high school student competing as Miss Arkansas’ Teen, was selected as Miss America’s Teen.
The top 11 contestants for Miss America’s Teen were:
- Ali Mims, Miss Alabama’s Teen 2024
- Keira Bixler, Miss California’s Teen 2024
- Melissa Le, Miss Louisiana’s Teen 2024
- Peyton Bolling, Miss Arkansas’ Teen 2024
- Nicole McClain, Miss Hawaii’s Teen 2024
- Kynlee Schultheis, Miss Oklahoma’s Teen 2024
- Macie Krause, Miss Texas’ Teen 2024
- Abigail Mignucci, Miss New Jersey’s Teen 2024
- Carrington Manous, Miss Georgia’s Teen 2024
- Avery Bradley, Miss Iowa’s Teen 2024
- Brooke Bumgarner, Miss Mississippi’s Teen 2024
The top 11 for Miss America were:
- Miss Alabama 2024, Abbie Stockard
- Miss Florida 2024, Casana Fink
- Miss Texas 2024, Annette Addo-Yobo
- Miss Wisconsin 2024, Mandi Genord
- Miss South Carolina 2024, Davis Wash
- Miss Colorado 2024, Alexandra Lotko
- Miss Oklahoma 2024, Lauren Frost
- Miss Georgia 2024, Ludwidg Louizaire
- Miss Minnesota 2024, Emily Schumacher
- Miss Tennessee 2024, Carley Vogel
- Miss Ohio 2024, Stephanie Finoti