PAGEANT Circle

Miss South Park, Kenzie Hensley, was crowned Miss North Carolina USA 2024 on Saturday, June 15 at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center in North Charleston, South Carolina. The 25-year-old chief marketing officer hailing from Surf City will now represent the Tar Heel State at Miss USA 2024 in Hollywood, California this August. She succeeds Jordyn McKey, last year's winner and Miss USA 2023 Top 20 semifinalist. Kenzie holds a degree in broadcast journalism from High Point University and a master's in integrated marketing communications from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. The new Miss North Carolina USA is no stranger to pageantry, having previously held the title Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2015 and Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2017. "Not a day has gone by in the last 2 years and 4 months where I wasn't thinking of this exact moment. Eternally grateful and unexplainably humbled to be your Miss North Carolina USA," she wrote online

Miss Uptown, Jordyn Ashlee McKey, was crowned Miss North Carolina USA 2023 during the glittering state competition held on Saturday, February 25 at the High Point Theatre in High Point, North Carolina. The 25-year-old advocate against domestic violence and a healthcare customer services professional from Charlotte is a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University and currently working as a specialist for a health technology company. Jordyn succeeded last year's winner and current Miss USA Morgan Romano, and will now go on to represent North Carolina at Miss USA 2023 in Reno, Nevada. The runners-up were Miss South Park, McKenzie Hansley, Miss Mint Hill, Courtney Smith, Miss RDU, Caroline Credle, and Miss Pittsboro, Celia Stafford. Miss Capital City, Scarlett Freeman, Miss Charlotte, Jarin Simmons, Miss Davidson County, Terra Johns, Miss Fourth Ward, Serenity Edwards, and Miss Rowan County, Chelsea Skeens (Rowan County) rounded out the Top 10. Emma Knapp (City of Oaks), Genna Lockle

Miss North Carolina USA 2023 state competition will take place on Saturday, February 25 at the High Point Theatre in High Point, North Carolina. RPM Productions gathered over 100 contestants (including the Miss Teen USA 2023 division) to compete for the state titles and the chance to represent North Carolina at Miss USA 2023 and Miss Teen USA 2023 in Reno, Nevada. Last year's winners, Gabriela Ortega who went on to win Miss Photogenic at Miss Teen USA 2022, and newly designated Miss USA 2022 Morgan Romano are expected to crown their respective successors at the end of the event. According to the organizers, the Miss North Carolina USA and Miss North Carolina Teen USA pageants are looking for diverse young women who are not only beautiful but intelligent and willing to share their hearts and minds as ambassadors of the state and the nation. The upcoming state finals will be hosted by Emmy Award-winning television host and producer from Colorado, Tim Tialdo who has been a part of the