1. Paris Marie Bernard

Singer, dancer, author

Clermont

"I need to have adventures in my life. Maybe the Selection will unfold great journeys for me and maybe make new friends."

2. Bella Justus

Librarian

Baffin

"Money can't buy happiness. But it can buy books and that's sort of the same thing."

3. Elora Rose Pierre

Karate Teacher

Angeles

"Say something worth listening to, and your voice will be heard."

4. Marguerite Nguyen-Dupont

Medical Student

Carolina

"My name is Marguerite Nguyen Dupont. Even my name is a compromise between two different worlds. My mother wanted to call me Lin, my father wanted to call me Giséle. They settled on Marguerite because at least it can be changed to Daisy if I really hated it "

5. Sylvia Challenger-Zhen

Veterinarian

Columbia

6. Karina Rose

Waitress

Midston

"You and what army?"

7. Lillian Rose Angelica

Model

Allens

"People may look back in your past to see who you are, but they aren't looking at your true heart."

8. Lauryn Maria Gerault

Business Owner

Likely

"A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all."

9. Rachel Maria Lee

Performer

Yukon

"The nobility of art is that with makes people happy."

10. Leah Luna Addington

Musician

Ottaro

"We belong with the wildflowers."

11.  Caroline Blake Phillips

Actress

Belcourt

"If anyone even tries to hold you back, show them your bad-a side. You do not do what they say you should."

12. Carter Auden Bennet

Waitress

Kent

"Looking up at the stars, I know quite well that for all they care I can go to hell." ~W.H. Auden

13. Kaia Brynn Carbry

Pastry Chef

Atlin

"Life's no fun if you're always afraid to get a little bit of icing on your nose."

14. Peitho Ariadne Myra

Poet and Florist

Waverly

"Wherever life plants you, bloom with grace."

15. Jasmine Fields

Studying to teach Biology

Sota

"Don't wait. The time will never be 'just right'."

16. Claire Reeves

Waitress

Fennley

"She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future."

17. Esther Campbell

Aspiring Playwright

Labrador

"If I had a glass of water for every time you said that, I would have drowned you by now."

18. Kadence Bellarosa

Dancer, photographer

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"If it doesn't burn a little, then what's the point of playing with fire?"

19. Angelina Sawyer

High School Student

Bankston

"How very."

20. Pandora De Los Santos

Artist

Bonita

"You have to be odd to be number one." ~Dr. Seuss