In the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts Theater on December 1, 2007, in the host city or Portsmouth, 16-year-old Chelsie Folden was crowned Miss Ohio Teen USA® 2008. To the venue's audience, Folden declared, "I was so excited just to make the top 15 and I never dreamed that I would be the winner." The Wellston representative has significant plans for her new position one of which is being the second buckeye representative to bring the national crown home to Ohio!

Chelsie is a sophomore at Wellston High School and is a Varsity Cheerleader, a Varsity Softball Player, a Varsity Crosscountry Runner, a Power Tumbler along with participating in her High School Cheerleading Competition team.

Chelise is also a FCCLA member, which is a Family Career and Community Leader of America. She introduces to students and people in her community the effects of drugs and alcohol. Chelsie continues to help with the project attending the FCCLA conventions and taking part in their many workshops. 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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