This weekend Miss RI USA 2017 Kelsey Swanson and Miss RI Teen USA 2017 Alexia Papigiottis will be crowning their successors.
The numbers for this years pageant are slightly down compared to 2017. In Miss there are 24 contestants compared to 27 last year, and in the Teen division their are 27, compared to 42 last year. Even with the lower numbers there are quite a few returners in both divisions. In Miss, last year's 1st Runner Up Asia Turner, 2nd Runner Up Lindsey Bucci and 4th Runner Up Carissa DeSantis are all back. In Teen, 2017 2nd Runner Up Madeline Capaldi, 3rd Runner Up Madison Turner, and 4th Runner Up Aliyah Moore are all returning as well as semifinalists from 2017 Kylie Hartley and Abby Mansolillo.
Miss Rhode Island USA Contestants (24)
Camilla Akbas
Alexis Beckett
Lindsey Bucci (2RU 17, RI TUSA 11)
Gina Colao
Amanda D'Antuono
Lana Delasanta
Daescia DeMoranville
Carissa DeSantis (4RU 17, NF 16)
Kerry Farrea (NF 17)
Ali Felicetti
Christina Fontana
Sharnella Huffman
Carissa Jackson
Jackie Krischtschun (NF 17)
Karly Laliberte
Frances LeBlanc
Sierra Lessing
Nicole Pallozzi
Gabrielle Paone-Hart (NF 17)
Kayla Rainey
Annerys Soto
Heather Thurber
Asia Turner (1RU 17, 3RU 16, SF GA USA 15, NF GA USA 11)
Ashley Waterman (NF 17)
Miss Rhode Island Teen USA Contestants (27)
Alexis Aguiar
Kaitlin Benson
Madeline Capaldi (2RU 17)
Nina DiBenedetto (NF 17)
Kaitlin Dupont
Nicole Famiglietti (NF 17)
Melissa Ferrante (NF 17)
Jennalyn Hainse
Kylie Hartley (SF 17)
Julia Hawkins (NF 17)
Abby-Rain Heiser
Emily Johnson
Adriana Laibel
Abby Mansolillo (SF 17, SF 16, 3RU 15, SF 14)
Lauren McGuirk (NF 17)
Aliyah Moore (4RU 17)
Jaden Moretti
Haylee Pacheco
Audrey Patterson
Gianna Paul
Carlie Powell
Yolymar Ruiz (NF 17)
Gabrielle Santos
Abigail Sayles
Lacey Silverman
Madison Turner (3RU 17)
Lyndsey Ward
Miss Rhode Island USA Contestants (24)
Camilla Akbas
Alexis Beckett
Lindsey Bucci (2RU 17, RI TUSA 11)
Gina Colao
Amanda D'Antuono
Lana Delasanta
Daescia DeMoranville
Carissa DeSantis (4RU 17, NF 16)
Kerry Farrea (NF 17)
Ali Felicetti
Christina Fontana
Sharnella Huffman
Carissa Jackson
Jackie Krischtschun (NF 17)
Karly Laliberte
Frances LeBlanc
Sierra Lessing
Nicole Pallozzi
Gabrielle Paone-Hart (NF 17)
Kayla Rainey
Annerys Soto
Heather Thurber
Asia Turner (1RU 17, 3RU 16, SF GA USA 15, NF GA USA 11)
Ashley Waterman (NF 17)
Miss Rhode Island Teen USA Contestants (27)
Alexis Aguiar
Kaitlin Benson
Madeline Capaldi (2RU 17)
Nina DiBenedetto (NF 17)
Kaitlin Dupont
Nicole Famiglietti (NF 17)
Melissa Ferrante (NF 17)
Jennalyn Hainse
Kylie Hartley (SF 17)
Julia Hawkins (NF 17)
Abby-Rain Heiser
Emily Johnson
Adriana Laibel
Abby Mansolillo (SF 17, SF 16, 3RU 15, SF 14)
Lauren McGuirk (NF 17)
Aliyah Moore (4RU 17)
Jaden Moretti
Haylee Pacheco
Audrey Patterson
Gianna Paul
Carlie Powell
Yolymar Ruiz (NF 17)
Gabrielle Santos
Abigail Sayles
Lacey Silverman
Madison Turner (3RU 17)
Lyndsey Ward