Teen USA state winners (made the highest number ever surpassed the previous number of 12 former teens in Miss USA 2014), two of them were former Miss America state winners and three of them were former Miss America's Outstanding Teen state winners. Two state titleholders were appointed as replacements after the original titleholders were unable to compete. Stormy Keffeler, the original Miss Washington USA 2016, resigned in January 2016 after pleaded guilty from disclosure of DUI in April 2015. She was replaced by Kelsey Schmidt, who was the first runner-up of the Miss Washington USA 2016 pageant, and Allie Dunn, the original Miss North Carolina USA 2016, resigned two weeks before the start of the Miss USA 2016 competition when she was falling ill and missed the start of pageant activities prevented from entering registration form. She was replaced by Devin Gant, who was the first runner-up of Miss North Carolina USA 2016 pageant and made a last minute trip to Las Vegas as the pageant activities were already started. Results § Voted into the Top 15 by the public as the "People's Choice". Awards Order of announcements Top 15 Top 10 Top 5 Top 3 Historical significance District of Columbia wins competition for the third time. Hawaii earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time and reaches its highest placement since Brook Lee won in 1997. Ironically, Lee went on to win the Miss Universe title in 1997. Georgia earns the 2nd runner-up position for the sixth time. The last time it placed this was in 2014. California finishes as Top 5 for the first time and reached its highest placement since Alyssa Campanella won 2011. Alabama finishes as Top 5 for the first time and reached its highest placement since 2013. States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Alabama, Arizona, Hawaii, Oklahoma and Virginia. South Dakota made its third cut and reaches into the top 10, becoming its highest placement of the state. Alabama placed for the seventh consecutive year. Arizona, Oklahoma and Virginia placed for the third consecutive year. Hawaii made its second consecutive placement. California, Georgia and South Carolina last placed in 2014. Connecticut, Ohio and West Virginia last placed in 2013. Arkansas last placed in 2012. Missouri last placed in 2011. District of Columbia last placed in 2006. South Dakota last placed in 1974. Louisiana and Nevada break an ongoing streak of