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Congratulations to Natasha Martinez Miss California USA 2015 and Melanie Mitchell, Miss California Teen USA 2015! Natasha was 1RU last year and Melanie was 4RU. Natasha is the most experienced winner since Alyssa Campanella and the first California runner-up to win Miss CA USA since 2010. This is the first time since 2009 that both winners were a runner-up the year before.

Natasha is one of four Miss California USA 2013 contestants who will be competing at Miss USA this year. That year’s first runner-up Olivia Jordan is the current Miss Oklahoma USA, and top ten finalists Brittany McGowan and Liz Cardillo are Miss Nevada USA and Miss Pennsylvania USA respectively.

Melanie Mitchell and Natasha Martinez

First runner-up was Brittany Wagner, who made the top 10 last year and was a Teen top 10 finalist in 2007. The rest of the runners-up were all newcomers, Brittany Payne, Shelbi Buchholzand Chanelle Riggan from second through fourth runner-up respectively.

Two of the three former Teens who were competing this year made the semi-finals: Alexis Swanstrom, Miss California Teen USA 2011, made the top 10 and Miss Georgia Teen USA 2007 Jena Sims made the top 20. Miss Vermont Teen USA 2009 Brittany Kelemen missed the cut.

I was pretty shocked that 2014 California and Nevada runners-up Amanda Delgado, Alexis Swanstrom and Cierra Jackson missed the top five this year - I thought they all deserved a repeat placement.

In the Teen division, the entire top five had competed previously, including three runners-up from 2014. Gigi Gauthier repeated her 1RU placement from last year and past top ten and 20 semi-finalists Savannah Palacio and Athenna Crosby were second and third runners-up respectively. Fourth runner-up Toneata Morgan was a runner-up for the third time, in her fourth and final year competing in the Teen pageant.

Full results:

Miss California USA 2015 - Natasha Martinez (1RU 14, 3RU 13, T10 11)
1RU: Brittany Wagner (T10 14, NF 10, T10 CA TUSA 07)
2RU: Brittany Payne
3RU: Shelbi Buchholz
4RU: Chanelle Riggan

Top 10:
Dia Davis (T10 14, NF 13)
Amanda Delgado (2RU 14, Miss US International 2012, NF 10, T10 CA TUSA 08)
Cierra Jackson (4RU NV USA 14, NF CA USA 13, T20 CA USA 12, NF CA USA 10, NF CA USA 09)
Susanna Shkrabak
Alexis Swanstrom (Miss California Teen USA 2011, 1RU 10, 2RU 09)

Top 20:
Janessa Alberre (NF 12)
Brittney Brown (T10 14)
Coco Hunter (T20 14, T20 13, 3RU 11, NF 10)
Nadia Mejia (T20 CA TUSA 14, 4RU 13, T20 12)
Jena Sims (Miss Georgia Teen USA 2007)
Lauren Smolka (T20 14)
Carly Diamond Stone (NF 14, NF MI USA 12)
Stephanie Thomas
Jenny Ting (2RU 12)
Lauren York (4RU 14, T10 CA TUSA 12)

Congeniality: Alma Beaty
Photogenic: Sarah Colbert

Natasha Martinez, Brittany Wagner, Brittany Payne, Shelby Buchholz, Chanelle Riggan

Miss California Teen USA 2015 - Melanie Mitchell (4RU 14)
1RU: Gigi Gauthier (1RU 14)
2RU: Savannah Palacio (T20 14, T20 13)
3RU: Athenna Crosby (T10 14, T20 13)
4RU: Toneata Morgan (3RU 14, T10 13, 2RU 12)

Top 10:
Mia Ahles
Caitlin Dahlin (T20 14, T10 13)
Kelly Hughes
Masha Shadchina
Juliet Weaver

Top 20:
Jessica Duhay
Erin Graham
Haleigh Hekking
Savannah Hudson
Leona Koxha
Jocelyn McCoy (NF 14)
Kaitlyn Nolan (NF 13)
Sarah Rafeh
Mackenzie Seagren (T20 14)
Alexandra Wilkins

Congeniality: Mia Ahles
Photogenic: Athenna Crosby