Miss Teen USA 2014
Promotional banner for Miss Teen USA 2014 featuring Cassidy Wolf
Date	August 2, 2014
Presenters	Karl Jeno Schmid Erin Brady
Venue	Grand Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, The Bahamas
Broadcaster	Xbox Live YouTube
Entrants	51
Placements	15
Winner	K. Lee Graham South Carolina
Congeniality	Sydney Robertson Pennsylvania
Photogenic	Baskin Champion Alabama
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Miss Teen USA 2014, the 32nd Miss Teen USA pageant. It was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in Nassau, Bahamas on August 2, 2014, and was hosted by Australian journalist Karl Jeno Schmid and Miss USA 2013 Erin Brady. Cassidy Wolf of California crowned her successor K. Lee Graham of South Carolina at the end of the event.

Historical significance

• South Carolina wins competition for the second time.
• Mississippi earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time.
• Pennsylvania earns the 2nd runner-up position for the second time. The last time it was placed in 1993.
• California earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
• New Jersey earns the 4th runner-up position for the second time. The last time it was placed in 2003.
• States that placed in semifinals the previous year were California, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
• South Carolina and West Virginia placed for the fourth consecutive year.
• California, New Jersey, Tennessee and Wisconsin made their second consecutive placement.
• Michigan and Oklahoma last placed in 2012.
• Indiana, Pennsylvania and Texas last placed in 2011.
• Mississippi last placed in 2010.
• Arizona and Massachusetts last placed in 2008.
• Delaware last placed in 1999.
• Georgia and Kansas break an ongoing streak of placements since 2011.
• Alabama, Hawaii and New York break an ongoing streak of placements since 2012.

Pageant

Selection of contestants

One delegate from each state and the District of Columbia was chosen in state pageants held from September 2013 to January 2014.

The date was announced on April 2, 2014, by each delegate, which was officially confirmed shortly thereafter.

Preliminary round

Prior to the final telecast, the delegates competed in the preliminary competition, which involves private interviews with the judges and a presentation show where they compete in swimsuit and evening gown. The preliminary competition took place on August 1, 2014. ^[1]

Finals

During the final competition, the top fifteen competed in swimsuit and evening gown, and the top five competed in the final question signed up by a panel of judges.

Judges

• Amber Katz
• Christielle Lim
• Fred Nelson
• Joe Parisi
• Mallory Tucker

Contestants

Availability

While the webcast was available worldwide via the Miss Teen USA website/YouTube, Xbox Live's broadcast of the pageant was only available in the following countries:

Country	Xbox 360	Xbox One	Windows Phone 8	Language(s)
Argentina	Y	N	Y	Spanish1
Australia	Y	Y	Y	English
Austria	Y	Y	Y	German2
Belgium	Y	N	Y	Dutch, French2
Brazil	Y	Y	Y	Portuguese3
Canada	Y	Y	Y	English, French2
Chile	Y	N	Y	Spanish1
Colombia	Y	N	Y	Spanish1
France	Y	Y	Y	French2
Germany	Y	Y	Y	German2
Italy	Y	Y	Y	Italian2
Mexico	Y	Y	Y	Spanish1
Netherlands	Y	N	Y	Dutch2
Russia	Y	N	Y	Russian2
Spain	Y	Y	Y	Spanish1
Switzerland	Y	N	Y	French, German2
United Kingdom	Y	Y	Y	English
United States	Y	Y	Y	English, Spanish1

• ¹Commentary from Rashel Diaz and Raúl González of Telemundo
• ² Subtitled
• ³Commentary from Sérgio Marone and Debora Lyra

References

External links

• Miss Teen USA official website