Jenny Valliere is the reigning Miss Iowa USA 2018 and is ready to make a splash in this year’s Miss USA competition. The 27-year-old from Cedar Rapids succeeded 2017 winner Kelsey Anne Weier. She hopes to be only the second Miss Iowa USA to place in the competition since 2000, and if all goes well she could become Iowa’s second-ever Miss USA joining Carol Morris who won Miss USA and Miss Universe in 1956.
Valliere graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Public Relations and a minor in Spanish from Mount Mercy University. She is involved in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and is a motivational speaker for children who face barriers to success due to her own battle with the effects of parental substance abuse.
If she wins the Miss USA crown, Valliere “hopes to continue encouraging children to resist becoming products of their environments.”
You can follow Valliere and learn more about her journey by clicking follow on Instagram or heading on over to her official Twitter account.
Miss USA takes place Monday, May 21 at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana. The pageant will air live on FOX. The Miss Universe pageant will take place at a yet-to-be-determined date.
