Miss North Carolina’s Outstanding Teen 2016 Catherine White of Clayton was the First Runner Up over-the-weekend at the 2016 Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Pageant. The pageant was held in Orlando, Florida.
Her platform for the Miss American’s Outstanding Teen Pageant was “The Power of S.H.E: Selfless, Humility, Esteem.”
Catherine is the daughter of David and Amy White of Clayton. She received a $10,000 scholarship.
![2017 Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Competition Top 5 (l-r) Third Runner-Up, Miss Florida’s Outstanding Teen Anjelica Jones; First Runner-Up, Miss North Carolina’s Outstanding Teen Catherine White; Miss America’s Outstanding Teen 2017 Nicole Jia; Second Runner-Up, Miss Georgia’s Outstanding Teen Kelsey Hollis; and Fourth Runner-Up, Miss Louisiana’s Outstanding Teen Sarah Katherine McCallum. Photos courtesy Miss America’s Outstanding Teen](https://i0.wp.com/www.jocoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/miss-outstanding-teen-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200)
Miss Oklahoma’s Outstanding Teen Nicole Jia was crowned Miss America’s Outstanding Teen. With her platform, Jia will act as the official National Teen Goodwill Ambassador for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a non-profit organization.
Miss North Carolina’s Outstanding Teen is a state preliminary for the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Organization.