Miss Earth United States 2018

Miss Earth United States 2018 was the 14th edition of Miss Earth United States pageant that was held at Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria, Virginia, on July 14, 2018, with Brittany Ann Payne and Justin Stewart served as hosts.^[1][2] Andreia Gibau of Massachusetts crowned her successor Yashvi Aware of Maryland (representing Midatlantic) as Miss Earth United States 2018. Aware represented the United States at the Miss Earth 2018 pageant in the Philippines.^[3]

Miss Earth United States 2018
Date	July 14, 2018
Presenters	Brittany Ann Payne Justin Stewart
Entertainment	Lili Klainer Merrick Alexander
Venue	Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center Alexandria, Virginia
Broadcaster	Facebook
Entrants	40
Placements	20
Withdrawals	California Michigan Ohio Rocky Mountains Utah
Winner	Yashvi Aware Midaltantic
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Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Earth United States 2018	Midatlantic – Yashvi Aware
Miss Air (1st Runner-Up)	Hawaii – Kailey Parker
Miss Water (2nd Runner-Up)	Texas – Yvette Vaughn
Miss Fire (3rd Runner-Up)	Puerto Rico – Natalia Aldarondo
Miss Eco (4th Runner-Up)a	New York – April Maroshick
Top 12	Arizona – Aimee Parker   District of Columbia – Jasmine Zarou   Florida – Alexi Gropper   Georgia – Ariana Blaize   Massachusetts – Jaime Connors   Missouri – Chrystelle Volckmann   Virginia – Lili Klainer
Top 20	Delaware – Kelly Pierson §   Illinois – Kristina Decheva   Maryland – Amber Dawn Butler   Mississippi – Ivy White   Nebraska – Merrick Alexander   New England – Isabella Bennett   New Mexico – Soraya B'Yanar   South Carolina – Francie Evans

§ - Earned Top 20 placement as winner of Charitable Giving Fundraiser award

Awards

Finalist Awards

High Point Award	Delegate
Modeling	Texas – Yvette Vaughn
Interview	Maryland – Amber Dawn Butler
Public Speaking	Puerto Rico – Natalia Aldarondo
Swimsuit	Illinois – Kristina Decheva
Congeniality	New England – Isabella Bennett

Non-Finalist Awards

Award	Delegate
Public Speaking	Southeast – Talisha White
Interview	Kansas – McKenzie Hersh
Photogenic	Gulf Coast – Tori Miller
Runway	Colorado – Bre L'Estrange
Swimsuit	Indiana – Mahogani Johnson
Evening Gown	Colorado – Bre L'Estrange
Social Media	Tennessee – Elizabeth Upshur

Other Awards

Award	Delegate
Charitable Giving Fundraiser	Delaware– Kelly Pierson
Director's Leadership (tie)	West Virginia – Ashley Schifano   Nebraska – Merrick Alexander
Beauty for a Cause	New England – Isabella Bennett
HOTWORX Cover Model	Hawaii – Kailey Parker

Order of announcement

Top 20 Georgia New Mexico Mississippi Hawaii Missouri Massachusetts Florida South Carolina New York Arizona Puerto Rico District of Columbia Texas Midatlantic Virginia Nebraska Illinois Delaware Maryland New England

Top 12 Missouri Texas Hawaii Georgia Massachusetts Florida Midatlantic Puerto Rico Virginia Arizona New York District of Columbia Top 5 Texas Midatlantic Hawaii Puerto Rico New York

Pageant

Pageant activities took place from July 10–14, 2018 in the Washington metropolitan area, which included a service day in Washington, D.C., with delegates from the Teen, Miss, and Elite divisions cleaning up trash within the National Mall.^[4]

Additionally, delegates are scored on their social media activity leading up to the national pageant, as well as their environmental project that occurred in June for the organization's Think Local, Act Global initiative.

All phases of the pageant were available via livestream on the Miss Earth United States Facebook page.

Preliminary rounds

Preliminary rounds took place on July 12 and July 13, 2018, at the Crystal City Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. Delegates competed in a public speaking presentation, and on-stage the following day for runway, swimwear, and evening gown. The runway and swimwear preliminaries were hosted by Brittany Payne, Adele Scala, and Leslie Jackson, with Payne returning to host the evening gown preliminary alongside Andreia Gibau.

Finals

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 do you do to inspire others to be green?

Delegates

Delegate information provided by the Miss Earth United States organization.^[5][6]

State	Delegate	Placement	Notes
Arizona	Aimee Parker	Top 12
Colorado	Bre L'Estrange		Previously competed for Miss Colorado USA and Miss Colorado Teen USA Later competed for both Miss Colorado USA and Miss Arizona USA 2019^[7]
Delaware	Kelly Pierson	Top 20
District of Columbia	Jasmine Zarou	Top 20
Florida	Alexi Gropper	Top 12
Georgia	Ariana Blaize	Top 20
Great Lakes	Jamie Smith
Gulf Coast	Tori Miller		Contestant at America's Miss World 2017^[8]
Hawaii	Kailey Parker	Miss Earth US - Air	Previously Miss Maui USA 2018^[9]
Idaho	Sarah Massingale		Later competed for Miss Earth USA 2019 as Idaho
Illinois	Kristina Decheva	Top 20
Indiana	Mahogani Johnson
Kansas	McKenzie Hersch
Maryland	Amber Dawn Butler	Top 20	Top 15 at Miss Earth United States 2017 representing Florida
Massachusetts	Jamie Connors	Top 12	Member of the Boston Cannons Dance Team Later competed for Miss Earth USA 2019 as Massachusetts
Midatlantic	Yashvi Aware	Miss Earth United States 2018	Top 10 at Miss Earth United States 2016 representing Maryland Previously competed for Miss Maryland Teen USA^[10]
Midwest	Tyler Prugh
Minnesota	Tegan Gruhot
Mississippi	Ivy White	Top 20
Missouri	Chrystelle Volckmann	Top 12	Previously Miss Philippines USA 2015^[11]
Nebraska	Merrick Randy Alexander	Top 20	Previously competed for Miss Nebraska USA^[12]
Nevada	Taylor Burk
New England	Isabella Brie Bennett	Top 20	Previously competed in 2017 representing Rhode Island Second consecutive award for Beauty for a Cause
New Hampshire	Felicia Arsenault		2x Semi-Finalist at Miss New Hampshire USA^[13] Previously competed for Miss New Hampshire 2016^[14]
New Jersey	Ashlei Watson
New Mexico	Soraya B'Yanar	Top 20
New York	April Maroshick	Miss Earth US - Eco	Previously Top 22 at Miss World America 2015 representing Alaska
North Carolina	Madison McGee
North Dakota	Jacinda Schell
Northwest	Whitney Mitchell
Pennsylvania	Briana McCloud
Puerto Rico	Natalia Aldarondo	Miss Earth US - Fire	Delegate for Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021
South Carolina	Francie Evans	Top 20	Face of the World USA 2018^[15] Later competed for Miss Earth USA 2019 as South Carolina and awarded Miss Earth USA - Fire 2019
Southeast	Talisha White		Later competed at Miss Earth 2019 as Miss Earth US Virgin Islands 2019
Tennessee	Elizabeth Upshur
Texas	Yvette Vaughn	Miss Earth US - Water
Virginia	Lili Klainer	Top 12	Contestant at Miss World America 2017^[16] Later competed for Miss Earth USA 2019 as Midatlantic
Washington	Savannah Morton
West Virginia	Ashley Schifano
Wisconsin	Anastacia King

Replacements

•   California – Tayler Troup was awarded Miss Earth California 2018 after it was announced on June 29, 2018, that the original appointed titleholder, Suzanne Perez, would be unable to compete at Miss Earth United States 2018.^[17]

Withdrawals

•   California – Tayler Troup
•   Michigan – Jasmina Cunmulaj – Decided to withdraw on May 31, 2018, to focus on her studies and advocacy.^[18]
•   Ohio – Grace Tachikawa
•   Rocky Mountains – Lauren MacRitchie
•   Utah – Carolina West

Judges

Preliminary judges

• Siria Bojorquez – Miss Earth United States 2012, Top 8 at Miss Earth 2012 and Miss Teen Earth United States 2010
• Ismatu Daramy – Miss Earth Sierra Leone 2017
• Ayesha Gilani-Taylor – Miss Earth Pakistan 2009
• Jamie Herrell – Miss Earth 2014
• Kristin Chucci – Ms. Earth 2017 and Elite Miss Earth 2017 (Public Speaking)
• Elizabeth Peace – Mrs. Maryland International 2018 (Public Speaking)
• Kinosha Soden – Mrs. DC America 2016 (Public Speaking)
• Angel Strong – Junior Miss Earth United States 2017 (Public Speaking)
• Lisa Van Orden – International Ms. 2018 (Public Speaking)
• Elle White – Former Contestant on Match Made in Heaven (Runway)
• Stephen P. Smith – Founder & CEO of Planet Beach & HOTWORX (Swimwear)

Finals judges

• Siria Bojorquez – Miss Earth United States 2012, Top 8 at Miss Earth 2012 and Miss Teen Earth United States 2010
• CJ Comu – CEO & Founder Chairman of EarthWater
• Ismatu Daramy – Miss Earth Sierra Leone 2017
• Ayesha Gilani-Taylor – Miss Earth Pakistan 2009
• Jamie Herrell – Miss Earth 2014

References

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External links

• Official website