Miss World America 2016

Miss World America 2016
Date	July 8, 2016
Presenters	Guy Lambert, Annie Yu
Venue	National Harbor, Maryland, United States
Entrants	28
Placements	12
Winner	Audra Mari North Dakota

Miss World America 2016 was the 2nd edition of the Miss World America pageant held on July 8, 2016 at the National Harbor, Washington, D.C. Victoria Mendoza of Arizona crowned her successor Audra Mari of North Dakota at the end of the event.^[1] she will represent the United States in the Miss World 2016 pageant on December 20 in Washington, D.C., United States.^[2]

Just prior to the announcement of the official results, Sameera Khan, Miss World America finalist and former Miss New Jersey United States, while seated in the audience, disrupted the moment by making a political statement for Democracy Spring, a progressive social movement organization that uses campaigns of escalating nonviolent civil disobedience to "end the corruption of big money in politics and protect the right to vote for all Americans."^[3][4] In a 14-second video clip - that she apparently recorded herself while holding her cellphone from a lower angle - she said: "I rise today in protest against corporate greed. Our democracy has been stolen, our voices have been silenced and plutocracy has taken over."^[5][6] Quickly escorted off premises, Sameera Khan made history by being the first person ever to disrupt a pageant while videotaping herself.^[7]

Results

§ Voted into the Top 12 by America as the "People's Choice" (ties).

Challenge events

Interview

Beauty with a Purpose

Beach Beauty

Top Model

Sports & Fitness

Multimedia

Talent

Most Photogenic

People's Choice

Contestants

• The Miss World America 2016 contestants are:^{[8] [9]}

N°	Name	Age	Hometown	State
1	Amanda Pedrianes	20	Thornton	Colorado
2	Amara Berry	22	Providence	Rhode Island
3	Andrea Hightower	18	Oxford	Mississippi
4	Annysia Arthur	19	Seattle	Washington
5	Audra Mari	22	Fargo	North Dakota
6	Azia Hernandez	22	Detroit	Michigan
7	Christina Denny	25	Baltimore	Maryland
8	Dymond Elise Hayes	19	Memphis	Tennessee
9	Faatima Brown	21	Lorton	Virginia
10	Hiam Hafizuddin	20	Chicago	Illinois
11	Keilani Afalava	26	Seattle	Washington
12	Kelsey Knutsen	19	Hartford	Connecticut
13	Leslie Hawkins	23	Chicago	Illinois
14	Maria Barrero	24	Chicago	Illinois
15	Martina Bandoo	18	Atlanta	Georgia
16	Maude Gorman	22	Hingham	Massachusetts
17	Michelle Pierrot	24	Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia
18	Natalie Macdisi	21	Virginia Beach	Virginia
19	Rachel White	24	Houston	Texas
20	Ramina Ashfaque	22	Jacksonville	Florida
21	Ruby Johnson	19	Annapolis	Maryland
22	Salisha Thomas	21	Los Angeles	California
23	Sasha Perea	22	Richmond	Virginia
24	Shivali Patel	19	Raleigh	North Carolina
25	Sujita Basnet	23	Baltimore	Maryland
26	Tarese Taylor	25	Baltimore	Maryland
27	Tarryn Shelman	20	Houston	Texas
28	Yvette Blaess	24	Virginia Beach	Virginia

Other pageant notes

Withdrawals

• Michaela Kenny ( New York)
• Misha Kaura ( Utah)
• Sameera Khan ( New Jersey)

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed at other beauty pageants:

Miss World America

• 2015:  Massachusetts: Maude Gorman (Top 12)
• 2015:  Rhode Island: Amara Berry
• 2015:  Texas: Rachel White (2nd Runner-up)

Miss America

• 2014:  Maryland: Christina Denny (Top 10)

Miss USA

• 2014:   North Dakota: Audra Mari (1st runner-up)
• 2016:  Maryland: Christina Denny

Miss Teen USA

• 2011:   North Dakota: Audra Mari (1st runner-up)
• 2015:  Mississippi: Andrea Hightower

Miss U.S. International

• 2015:  Connecticut: Kelsey Knutsen (Top 15)
• 2016:  Tennessee: Dymond Elise Hayes

Miss Earth United States

• 2015:  Maryland: Ruby Johnson (Finalist)

Miss United States

• 2015:  New Jersey: Sameera Khan (Finalist)
• 2014:  Texas: Rachel White (Top 16)

Miss Pakistan World

• 2016:  Florida: Ramina Ashfaque (Winner; Miss Earth Pakistan 2017)

Supermodel International

• 2016:  USA: Kelsey Knutsen (Top 15)

References

External links

• Miss World Official Website
• Miss World America Official Website
• Miss World United States Official Page