This weekend, Texas teen Karlie Hay was crowned Miss Teen USA at the annual pageant in Las Vegas. Before Hay officially took home the crown, the contestants were narrowed down five finalists, including Miss North Carolina Emily Wakeman, Miss South Carolina Marley Stokes, Miss Alabama Erin Snow, and Miss Nevada Carissa Morrow.
The official Miss Teen USA twitter account shared a picture of the five finalists that left some, including model and all-around social media goddess Chrissy Teigen, critical of the pageant's diversity—or lack thereof.
These are your TOP 5 #MissTeenUSA contestants! pic.twitter.com/qi3KJT6CObJuly 31, 2016
In response to the tweet, which features the five totally beautiful, but shockingly similar looking finalists, Teigen tweeted jokingly, "Wow how can we choose from such a diverse bunch."
Teigen later tweeted clarifying that she wasn't criticizing the contestants themselves, and was sure they're all "delightful women."
We agree with Chrissy that the contestants seem like awesome women and aren't to blame, but it would be nice to see a more diverse representation of beauty at next year's pageant.
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Kayleigh Roberts is a freelance writer and editor with more than 10 years of professional experience. Her byline has appeared in Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar, The Atlantic, Allure, Entertainment Weekly, MTV, Bustle, Refinery29, Girls’ Life Magazine, Just Jared, and Tiger Beat, among other publications. She's a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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