AUGUSTA – The Maine contestant in the Miss Teen USA pageant made it into the round of 15 Tuesday but failed to survive the cut to the top 10.

Ashley Alden, 18, of Augusta, participated in the pageant in Palm Springs, Calif., after being chosen Miss Maine

Teen USA in January.

The pageant, won by Tami Nichole Farrell of Oregon, was broadcast live on television Tuesday night.

Alden’s showing was the first time in 10 years that a Maine contestant has ranked in the top 15 of the contest.

Alden graduated from Cony High School last spring and plans to study communications at the University of Southern Maine beginning this fall.