Houston Pageant Weekend

The Miss Houston / Miss Houston Teen 2010 Pageant was held on April 2-3, 2010 at the Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel. Contestants from all over the Greater Houston Area competed for an estimated $20,000 in cash and prizes. The show was hosted by Albert Soliz of San Antonio and co-hosted by Miss Texas USA 2010 Kelsey Moore. Special guests were Miss Houston Teen 2009, Jenny Smith and Miss Houston 2009 Angy Torres.

Taylor Lanning of Friendswood was crowned Miss Houston 2010.  Taylor is no stranger to pageantry or to the Houston stage as she is the former Miss Houston Teen 2005, and was also Miss Bay Area Teen USA 2004 where she advanced in the state pageant placing Second Runner-up to MISS TEXAS TEEN USA® 2005.  Taylor hopes to follow in her sister Lauren’s footsteps that won the title of Miss Houston USA and advanced to win the coveted title of MISS TEXAS USA® 2006.

First Runner-Up to Miss Houston was Brittany Kent who also won the Evening Gown Specialty Award, Second Runner-Up was Thamer Favor, Third Runner-Up was Lauren Sapaugh, also selected as Miss Congeniality and Fourth Runner-Up was Tara Crawford.  Krystal Ramirez received the specialty Swimsuit Fitness Award and Kallye Mitchell was selected as the Evening Gown Winner in the Miss division.


Miss Houston 2010 Top 5

Hannah Johannes was crowned Miss Houston Teen 2010 and also won the Evening Gown Award. Hannah says she is a true African-American as her father is from Asmara, Eritrea in Africa and she is proud to be the first African-American teen titleholder in the 29 year history of the Miss Houston / Miss Houston Teen pageants.  Miss Houston Teen was Hannah’s first pageant.  She has won numerous awards in ice-skating, track and soccer and is the school mascot at Lamar High School where she is in the National Honor Society.

First Runner-Up was Tiffany Faul, Second Runner-Up and Most Photogenic Teen was Caitlyn Rasmussen, Third Runner-Up and winner of the specialty Swimsuit Fitness Award was Lindsey Cowsert and Fourth Runner-Up was Brennah Blackwelder.  Devon Kline was selected by the teen contestants as Miss Congeniality..


Miss Houston Teen 2010 Top 5

Miss Houston and Miss Houston Teen will represent the Greater Houston Area, if they meet all of the eligibility requirements in their respective state pageants, MISS TEXAS TEEN USA® or MISS TEXAS USA® 2011, produced by the Crystal Group which is part of the prestigious MISS USA®, MISS UNIVERSE® and MISS TEEN USA® pageant system owned in partnership by the Donald Trump Organization and NBC Enterprises.

Most Photogenic
Swimsuit Winner
Miss - Brittany Kent
Teen - Caitlyn Rasmussen
Miss - Krystal Ramirez
Teen - Lindsey Cowsert
Evening Gown Winner
Congeniality
Miss - Kallye Mitchell
Teen - Hannah Johannes
Miss - Lauren Sapaugh
Teen - Devon Kline