Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2016 Emily Wakeman.

Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2016 Emily Wakeman

Emily Wakeman was crowned Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2016 on last Saturday, October 10, 2015. She is 16 years old and stands 5'8" tall. She succeeds Jane Axhoj who finished 2nd runner up who finished as 2RU at Miss Teen USA 2015. Emily is from Cornelius and will compete at the Miss Teen USA 2016 Pageant. She was previously 1RU at Miss NC Teen USA 2015

Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2016 Emily Wakeman

North Carolina has never won the Miss Teen USA pageant but has gotten so close to it twice as 1RU in 1987 and 2006 courtesy of Peggy Blackwell and Melissa Lingafelt who also bagged a Miss Photogenic special award. The state also has record of second runners up, finalist and semifinalist. Do you think Emily could bag North Carolina's first crown at Miss Teen USA pageant.

At the same event, Allie Dunn was crowned Miss North Carolina USA 2016.

Emily Wakeman

Emily Wakeman

Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2016 - Top 5

Final Results

Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2016 - Emily Wakeman

First runner-up : Kaitryana Leinbach – Winston-Salem
Second runner-up : Kaaviya Sambasivam – Forsyth County
Third runner-up : Juliana Morehouse – Fayetteville
Fourth runner-up : Emily Zemola – Guilford County