When Elizabeth Hawthorne stepped onto the stage at the McMorran Place Theater on September 22, 2007 she could not believe she would be walking away as MISS MICHIGAN TEEN USA® 2008. Elizabeth is a student attending Clarkston High School.

Elizabeth will not only be busy preparing for MISS TEEN USA®, she will also spend her time as a spokesperson for National Osteoporosis Foundation and completing her book “No Bones About It’. Elizabeth is also involved with the Clarkston Coalition For Youth; S.A.D.D and the Octagon Club.

In Elizabeth's spare time, she enjoys vocal ensemble, drama and theater club, modeling and dance. She feels very blessed to have won the title of MISS MICHIGAN TEEN USA® 2008 and is eager to make a difference, travel her state and the county and represent Michigan in the 2009 MISS TEEN USA® Pageant.

The Miss Universe Organization, producers of the MISS UNIVERSE®, MISS USA® and MISS TEEN USA® Pageants, is a Donald J. Trump and NBC Universal partnership. Miss Teen USA spends her year building relationships with organizations committed to education and action, such as Best Buddies, Outside the Classroom, Do Something, Sparrow Clubs and D.A.R.E.

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