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" Fifty-one (beautiful) girls trotted through the (beautiful) hotel lobby at the Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas. Teenage guests \u2014 looking on in awe \u2014 started shouting out to them, calling out their favorite states: &amp;quot;Mississippi!&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Pennsylvania!&amp;quot; The girls, in colorful dresses and sashes, smiled, waved politely, and even granted photo-op wishes on their way to play on water slides. The girls, contestants in this year&amp;#039;s Miss Teen USA pageant, have a busy few days before the final show on Saturday night. They&amp;#039;ve already played with dolphins at Dolphin Cay, had a reception with the current Miss Teen USA, Hilary Cruz, and their schedule included lots of time spent in rehearsals and photo ops today. Then tonight it&amp;#039;s more rehearsals. These girls never stop. Miss Teen Indiana, Morgan Abel, gave Seventeen some secrets of what goes on behind the scenes. The girls each share a room with another contestant (Morgan and her roommate love each other so much that they were even talking about rooming together in college!). We also got the scoop that there&amp;#039;s a security guard on the floor making sure no one else (besides the contestants) goes there. The girls even have to do their own makeup while they&amp;#039;re here (even for the final show!). All of them we talked with were excited about being in the Bahamas. Some are starting school as soon as Monday, so it&amp;#039;s a nice little vacation before they go back. This is the first year the pageant won&amp;#039;t be broadcast on television, but don&amp;#039;t worry: Seventeen exclusively is bringing you all the coverage leading up to and at the Saturday event. Stay tuned to find out more! Have you ever competed in a pageant? What are your thoughts about them? Let us know! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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