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Miss Three Rivers Festival, Caylie Simmons was crowned Miss West Virginia USA 2024 last Saturday, June 1 at the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts in Buckhannon. The 24-year-old registered dental hygienist and oral health advocate from Franklin triumphed over 10 other contestants to win the state title. Caylie succeeds last year's winner Nevaeh Harmon and will now prepare to represent West Virginia at Miss USA 2024 this summer in Hollywood, California. View this post on Instagram A post shared by empower2 productions (@empower2prod) FINAL RESULTS Miss West Virginia USA 2024 - Caylie Simmons (Three Rivers Festival) 1st runner-up - Caitlyn Stupi (Berkeley Springs) 2nd runner-up - Erin Wellman (Sweetheart Festival) 3rd runner-up - Cassidy Myers (C-K AutumnFest) 4th runner-up - Emily Boyd (Eastern Panhandle) The Miss West Virginia Teen USA 2024 title went to Miss Barboursville Fall Fest Olivia Travis, a 19-year-old sophomore at West Virginia Univers

Nevaeh Harmon was crowned Miss West Virginia USA 2023 on Sunday, June 4 at the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts, West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon. The 21-year-old Filipino-American (Blasian) pre-med student from Charleston-Huntington Area will now prepare to represent West Virginia at Miss USA 2023 in Reno, Nevada this fall. Rounding out the Top 5 were Tamia Hardy, Emma Knapp, Cassidy Myers, and Erin Wellman. They were proclaimed the first, second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively. "This is the most surreal feeling I have ever felt in my life. If you would have asked me one year ago today if I pictured myself winning, I would have said you were crazy," Nevaeh shared on social media. "I am honored and excited to represent my wild and wonderful state and community on the national stage, and I promise I won't let you down. This year is going to be a wild one, but I'm ready for the ride," she added. View this post

Miss West Virginia, Chelsi Rose, was crowned Miss for America Strong 2022 on Thursday, August 18 at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino in Nevada. The runners-up were Chantelle Pressley of Kentucky and Kelly Breuer of New York. Last year's titleholder Dr. Rachel Fenters crowned her successor at the end of the event. "It's been an incredible nine months as Miss for America," she wrote on social media. The new Miss for Strong America is a 27-year-old communications graduate from Parkersburg. She is presently working as a marketing executive at FST Image Solutions and an executive producer for Crowning Rose Productions. Chelsi was named Miss West Virginia United States in 2018 and went on to compete in the Miss United States pageant. She is an advocate for inclusive education and is interested in hunting and conservation. "How is this even real life y’all," she wrote in a statement on social media while still in disbelief after winning her title. "It’s