Miss World America 2017

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.

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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Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
America's Miss World 2017 Miss World America 2017	Florida – Clarissa Bowers
1st Runner-Up	Arizona – Maureen Ann Montagne
2nd Runner-Up	District of Columbia – Chance Cessna
3rd Runner-Up	Georgia – Emanii Davis
4th Runner-Up	Rhode Island - Alexandra Curtis
Top 10	Florida - Louina LaFalaise   Georgia - Sierra Bognéar   Maryland - Mariela Pepin   Ohio - Krithika Rajkumar   Texas - JoAnn Imosi Emale
Top 16	California - Katerina Villegas   New York - Marjana Chowdhury   New York - Evelyn Abena Appiah   North Carolina - Shivali Patel   Virginia - Sasha Perea   Virginia - Mollie Thorsen

Challenge Events

Beauty with a Purpose

Final Result^[1]	Contestant
Winner	Georgia - Sierra Bognéar
1st Runner-up	Virginia - Lili Klainer
2nd Runner-up	New York - Marjana Chowdhury
3rd Runner-up	Ohio - Krithika Rajkumar
4th Runner-up	District of Columbia - Chance Cessna
Top 10	Rhode Island - Alexandra Curtis   Nevada - Kaelyn Crede   Arizona - Ariyanna Zoe Norman   Florida - Clarissa Bowers   Virginia - Mollie Thorsen

Interview

Final Result^[2]	Contestant
Winner	District of Columbia - Chance Cessna
1st Runner-up	Florida - Clarissa Bowers
2nd Runner-up	Rhode Island - Alexandra Curtis
3rd Runner-up	Texas - JoAnn Emale
4th Runner-up	Ohio - Krithika Rajkumar
Top 10	Maryland - Mariela Pepin   Arizona - Maureen Ann Montagne   Virginia - Mollie Thorsen   Georgia - Sierra Bognéar   California - Katerina Villegas

Multimedia

Final Result^[3]	Contestant
Winner	Ohio - Krithika Rajkumar
1st Runner-up	Arizona - Ariyanna Zoe Norman
2nd Runner-up	Rhode Island - Alexandra Curtis
3rd Runner-up	Florida - Clarissa Bowers
4th Runner-up	Texas - JoAnn Emale
Top 10	Virginia - Lili Klainer   Virginia - Mollie Thorsen   California - Katerina Villegas   North Carolina - Shivali Patel   Maryland - Chelsea Boone

Top Model

Final Result^[4]	Contestant
Winner	Florida - Clarissa Bowers
1st Runner-up	Arizona - Maureen Ann Montagne
2nd Runner-up	North Carolina - Shivali Patel
3rd Runner-up	Maryland - Mariela Pepin
4th Runner-up	California - Katerina Villegas
Top 10	Florida - Louina LaFalaise   Georgia - Emanii Davis   District of Columbia - Chance Cessna   Georgia - Sierra Bognéar   New York - Evelyn Abena Appiah

Sport & Fitness

Final Result^[5]	Contestant
Winner	Georgia - Emanii Davis
1st Runner-up	Maryland - Mariela Pepin
2nd Runner-up	Florida - Clarissa Bowers
3rd Runner-up	District of Columbia - Chance Cessna
4th Runner-up	Rhode Island - Alexandra Curtis
Top 10	Texas - JoAnn Emale   Arizona - Maureen Ann Montagne   New York - Evelyn Abena Appiah   Virginia - Mollie Thorsen   Florida - Louina LaFalaise

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 Congeneality)

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

1. Beauty with a Purpose Top 10 Finalists
2. Interview Top 10 Finalists
3. Multimedia Top 10 Finalists
4. Top Model Top 10 Finalists
5. Sport & Fitness Top 10 Finalists
6. "America's Miss World".
7. "America's Miss World".
8. thegreatpageantcommunity (2017-07-28). "Meet the Contestants of America's Miss World 2017 !!!". The Great Pageant Community. Retrieved 2019-12-04.

External links

• Miss World Official Website
• Miss World America Official Website