Miss World America 2018

Miss World America 2018 was the 10th Miss World America pageant, this edition of the pageant differed from previous editions as the winner was selected through a video submission contest, as opposed to a standard pageant event.

Miss World America 2018
Date	September 20, 2018 (Winner Announced)
Presenters	Michael Blakey
Entrants	10
Placements	3
Withdrawals	Arizona District of Columbia Georgia Maryland Nevada New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Texas Virginia
Returns	Maine Michigan Mississippi Oregon
Winner	Marisa Butler Maine

Clarissa Bowers of Florida crowned Marisa Butler of Maine as her successor at the end of the event. Butler then represented the United States at the Miss World 2018 pageant on December 8 in Sanya, China where she was placed in the Top 30.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World America 2018	Maine – Marisa Butler
1st Runner-Up	California – Raquel Basco
2nd Runner-Up	North Carolina – Shivali Patel

Finalists

• The Miss World America 2018 Top 10 finalists are (in alphabetical order) :

N°	Name	Age	State
1	Ashley Barreto	24	Florida
2	Azia Hernandez	24	Michigan
3	Daescia Demoranville	22	Rhode Island
4	Manju Bangalore	21	Oregon
5	Marisa Butler	24	Maine
6	Molly May	23	Mississippi
7	Raquel Basco	23	California
8	Sania Laraib	21	North Carolina
9	Shivali Patel	21	North Carolina
10	Yasmin Ashir	25	California

Other pageant notes

Withdrawals

• Arizona
• District of Columbia
• Georgia
• Maryland
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New York
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Texas
• Virginia

Returns

Last competed in 2015:

• Maine
• Oregon

Last competed in 2016:

• Michigan
• Mississippi

Did not compete

• Alabama
• Alaska
• American Samoa
• Arkansas
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Massachusetts
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• New Mexico
• North Dakota
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Utah
• Vermont
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed at or will be competing at other beauty pageants:

Miss Universe

• 2022:Florida: Ashley Cariño (Top 5) (as Puerto Rico)

Miss World America

• 2016: Michigan: Azia Hernandez (Top 12)
• 2016: North Carolina: Shivali Patel (1st Runner-up)
• 2017: North Carolina: Shivali Patel (Top 16)
• 2019: Oregon: Manju Bangalore (as California; Top 10)
• 2020: Oregon: Manju Bangalore (Top 10)
• 2020: Mississippi: Molly May (Top 5)

Miss USA

• 2016: Maine: Marisa Butler
• 2018: Rhode Island: Daescia Demoranville
• 2021: Florida: Ashley Barreto (as Ashley Cariño; 2nd Runner-Up)

Miss International

• 2019: California: Raquel Basco (Miss International Oceania, as Hawaii)

National American Miss Jr. Teen

• 2011: North Carolina: Shivali Patel (2nd runner-up)

Miss Intercontinental

• 2017: California: Raquel Basco (as United States)

Miss America's Outstanding Teen

• 2013: Mississippi: Molly May (4th runner-up)

Miss Earth USA

• 2021: Maine: Marisa Butler (Winner)

Miss Earth

• 2021: Maine: Marisa Butler (1st Runner-up/Miss Earth Air; as United States)

Miss Supranational USA

• 2020: North Carolina: Shivali Patel (Winner)

Miss Supranational

• 2021: North Carolina: Shivali Patel (as United States)