*This press release was published on the Miss North Carolina website*
RALEIGH 6/25/2015 – Catherine White, Miss Clayton’s Outstanding Teen was crowned Saturday afternoon at Raleigh’s Memorial Auditorium.
White is the daughter of David & Amy White of Clayton, NC. Her platform for the competition was “The Power of S.H.E: Selfless, Humility, Esteem.” White performed a tap dance to “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now.”
The field of 41 Outstanding Teens each competed in Private Interview, Lifestyle and Fitness, Talent and Evening Gown and On Stage Question. After tabulating the week’s scores the following contestants secured the event’s top scores:
Top 5:
4th Runner Up: Isabella Gaines, Miss Goldsboro’s OT
3rd Runner Up: Megan Huff, Miss Moore County’s OT
2nd Runner Up: Meri-Morgan Lochner, Miss Cumberland County’s OT
1st Runner Up: Aliza Matthews, Miss Eastern Carolina’s OT
Top 15:
Ashlyn Glass, Miss Gastonia’s Outstanding Teen; Megan Huff, Miss Moore County’s Outstanding Teen; Calli McIntyre, Miss Garner’s Outstanding Teen; Catherine White, Miss Clayton’s Outstanding Teen; Meri-Morgan Lochner, Miss Cumberland County’s Outstanding Teen; Makensie McDaniel, Miss Queen City’s Outstanding Teen; Marissa Garrison, Miss Gaston County’s Outstanding Teen; Isabella Gaines, Miss Goldsboro’s Outstanding Teen; Savanna Mayes, Miss Belmont’s Outstanding Teen; Deja Grant, Miss Mount Holly’s Outstanding Teen; Savanna Culbreth, Miss Dunn’s Outstanding Teen; Mattie Lee, Miss Charlotte’s Outstanding Teen; Peyton Brown, Miss Greater Sandhills’ Outstanding Teen; Sophia Kellstrom, Miss Metrolina’s Outstanding Teen; Aliza Matthews, Miss Eastern Carolina’s Outstanding Teen.
Top 8:
Meri-Morgan Lochner, Miss Cumberland County’s Outstanding Teen; Calli McIntyre, Miss Garner’s Outstanding Teen; Deja Grant, Miss Mount Holly’s Outstanding Teen; Catherine White, Miss Clayton’s Outstanding Teen; Savanna Mayes, Miss Belmont’s Outstanding Teen; Aliza Matthews, Miss Eastern Carolina’s Outstanding Teen; Megan Huff, Miss Moore County’s Outstanding Teen; Isabella Gaines; Miss Goldsboro’s Outstanding Teen.
White will receive a four year renewable $23,000 scholarship to Hollins University.
About the MNCOTeen Organization
Miss North Carolina’s Outstanding Teen is an official state preliminary associated with the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Organization. Miss America’s Outstanding Teen, Inc. has been organized to encourage positive achievement by helping to nurture and build the scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living, and community involvement of our nation’s youth.For more information about volunteering or competing, please visit www.missnc.org.
REBECCA ROSS 