Miss District of Columbia USA and Teen USA under new leadership. 2022 Pageant to be held in June.

5-12-2022 Washington, DC. Mark your calendars and grab your most stylish evening attire as the District of Columbia sets out to crown new pageant queens!

The 2022 Miss District of Columbia USA and Miss District of Columbia Teen USA Pageants will be held on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at the Renaissance Washington DC Downtown Hotel. The winners of both divisions will move on and compete at the nationally televised MISS USA® Pageant and nationally streamed MISS TEEN USA® Pageant, respectively. The 2022 pageants are produced by Brains & Beauties Productions headquartered in Washington, DC and will be hosted by Miss District of Columbia USA 2001, Liane Angus Whinfield and Voice of DC Podcast host and producer Rick Bernstein.

The pageants are now under new leadership. The new Executive Director, Chelsey S. Rodgers, Esq, is a former Miss District of Columbia USA (2008) and has been involved in pageantry as a contestant, judge, pageant coach, consultant, and volunteer for more than a decade. As the new Executive Director, she understands the importance of empowering young women to share their community passions and professional aspirations while teaching them life skills, healthy self-confidence and public speaking skills.

The Miss District of Columbia USA Organization has had four former titleholders win the MISS USA title: Bobbie Johnson (1964), Shauntay Hinton (2002), Deshauna Barber (2016), and Kára McCullough (2017). The reigning Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 2021, Hannah Gilliard, placed First Runner-Up in the 2021 MISS TEEN USA Pageant.

Time: 2022 Teen and Miss Preliminary Competition- 1:30 p.m.; Finals Show and Crowning- 6:30 p.m.

Advance Ticket Costs: $35 for preliminary competition tickets; $55 for finals show and crowning 

At Door Ticket Costs: $40 for preliminary competition; $60 for finals show and crowning

Dress Code: Black tie optional

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