Hailey Colborn (born October 10, 2000) is an American writer, blogger, formally beauty queen who was crowned

Miss Teen USA 2018 Miss Teen USA 2018, the 36th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held on May 18, 2018, at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana. Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff of Missouri crowned Hailey Colborn of Kansas as her successor at the end of the event. ...

. She is the second entrant from Kansas to win the title after Keylee Sue Sanders won Miss Teen USA 1995.

Life and career

Biography

Colborn was born in

Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the List of cities in Kansas, most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397, ...

to parents Kevin and Denise Colborn, and trained in

classical ballet Classical ballet is any of the traditional, formal styles of ballet that exclusively employ classical ballet technique. It is known for its aesthetics and rigorous technique (such as en pointe, pointe work, turnout (ballet), turnout of the legs, ...

for 14 years. While a student, she started the mentorship program SelfPosi, which she uses to travel to middle schools to talk to girls about the importance of self-love. Colborn graduated from

Wichita Northwest High School Wichita Northwest High School, known locally as Northwest High, is a public Secondary education in the United States, secondary school in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is operated by Wichita USD 259 school district and serves 1,320 students ...

in 2018. While in high school, she was

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. Colborn attended Princeton University, studying English Literature and graduating in 2022. As of 2023, she leads an online

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community of "hot, cool, well-read people" called "Hot Literati."

Pageantry

In 2017, Colborn competed in the Miss Kansas Teen USA 2018 competition, representing Greater Wichita. She went on to win the competition, and was crowned Miss Kansas Teen USA 2018 by outgoing titleholder Malerie Moore. She had previously competed in the Miss Kansas' Outstanding Teen 2016 competition, where she was the first runner-up and a finalist in the fitness and talent categories. As Miss Kansas Teen USA 2018, Colborn earned the right to represent Kansas at the

competition in

Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, Lo ...

. She competed in the final on May 18, 2018 in Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, and was crowned the winner, besting first runner-up Kirby Elizabeth Self of

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

. She is the second entrant from Kansas to win the crown. Colborn completed her reign on April 28, 2019, after crowning Kaliegh Garris of

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as her successor at the Miss Teen USA 2019 competition in

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References

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