♛ MISS TEEN USA 2016 | Meet the Candidates ♛

Miss Teen USA 2016, the 34th edition, will be held at The Venetian Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 30, 2016. Katherine Haik of Louisiana will crown her successor at the end of the event. The pageant will be webcast on the Miss Universe website, Facebook page, and mobile app as well as on Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles via Xbox Live.

This is the first time that the state of Nevada will host the pageant.

For the first time, the swimsuit competition will not take place and will be replaced with an athletic wear competition. Tapout, in collaboration with clothing designer Goldsheep, will design the athletic wear outfits for the pageant, with each individual outfit based on the delegates' representative states.

Judges: 
Eva Marie - WWE wrestler
Hilary Cruz - Miss Teen USA 2007 from Colorado
Keylee Sue Sanders - Miss Teen USA 1995 from Kansas
Lu Parker - Miss USA 1994 from South Carolina
Savannah Keyes - Singer

Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant run by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. Unlike its sister pageants Miss Universe and Miss USA, which are broadcast on Fox, this pageant is webcast on the Miss Teen USA website and simulcast on Microsoft's Xbox Live service.

The pageant was first held in 1983 and has been broadcast live on CBS until 2002 and then on NBC from 2003–2007. In March 2007, it was announced that the broadcast of the Miss Teen USA pageant on NBC had not been renewed, and that Miss Teen USA 2007 would be the final televised event.

This is the first Miss Teen USA pageant held in the United States since 2007.From 2008–15, the pageant was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort, located in Nassau, Bahamas.

Katherine Haik of Franklinton, Louisiana was crowned Miss Teen USA on August 22nd at Atlantis, Paradise Island Resort in The Bahamas. Not only was Katherine the youngest contestant competing for the title, the 15-year-old sophomore in high school also became the youngest teen in history to win the crown.