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Miss Teen USA 2020 πΊπ²πβ€οΈ
Winner: Miss Hawaii, KiΚ»ilani Arruda, 19 years old, 1.70 m.
1st Runner-Up: Miss Oregon, Shayla Montgomery, 18 years old
2nd Runner-Up: Miss Georgia, Shayla Jackson, 18 years old
3rd Runner-Up: Miss Nebraska, Audrey Eckert, 18 years old
4th Runner-Up: Miss Louisiana, Sydney Taylor, 19 years old
Arruda is from Kapaa, Hawaii. She has a brother with autism.
Arruda attended Island School in Lihue, where she was elected student body president and maintained a GPA of 4.0, graduating in 2020. While in high school, Arruda was additionally a member of her school’s volleyball, swim, and track and field teams. Prior to becoming Miss Teen USA, she was a freshman at the University of Puget Sound, studying molecular and cellular biology on a pre-medical track, with a minor in Spanish
Arruda began her pageantry career after competing in Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2019, where she placed as the second runner-up. She later returned to the competition the following year, and was crowned Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2020.
As Miss Hawaii Teen USA, Arruda was awarded the opportunity to represent Hawaii at Miss Teen USA 2020. Originally slated for the spring of 2020, the competition was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later held on November 7, 2020 at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.
She competed in finals, where she was ultimately crowned as the winner by outgoing titleholder Kaliegh Garris, besting first runner-up Shayla Montgomery of Oregon. Following her win, she became the second entrant from Hawaii to win the competition, following Kelly Hu who had been crowned Miss Teen USA 1985…(read more at source)
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