Bailey Anne Kennedy is a Cambodian-American model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Maryland USA 2024, becoming the first transgender woman and first Asian American to win the beauty pageant. She represented Maryland at Miss USA 2024.
Bailey Anne Kennedy | |
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.jpg) Kennedy in 2024 | |
| Born | |
| Spouse | Casey Gup |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Maryland USA 2024 |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Maryland USA 2024 (Winner) Miss USA 2024 (Unplaced) |
Early life
editKennedy was born in Cambodia and emigrated to the United States when she was eleven.[1]
Career
editIn 2024, Bailey Anne entered her first pageant and won the title of Miss Maryland USA. She became the first transgender woman, and the first Asian American woman, the first immigrant, the first military spouse, the first woman over the traditional age of 28 to win Miss Maryland USA when she was crowned in June 2024.[1][2] She serves the United Service Organizations as a center representative.[3] She will represent Maryland on August 4, 2024, at the Miss USA 2024 pageant in Los Angeles as the oldest and second transgender delegate, following Kataluna Enriquez of Nevada.[4][5]
Personal life
editBailey Anne is married to Casey Gup, an officer of the United States Marine Corps.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b More, Maggie; McFly, Tommy; Reporter, News4 Scene; Harris, Leon; Anchor • •, News4 (June 13, 2024). "'Every woman, universally': Military wife is first Asian American, transgender woman to win Miss Maryland".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Murray, Conor. "Here's Why Maryland And Alabama Pageant Winners Are Going Viral And Facing Right-Wing Attacks". Forbes.
- ^ "Bailey Anne Kennedy Becomes First Trans Miss Maryland USA: 'I Knew It Was Going to Mean a Lot for All the LGBTQ Kids'". People.
- ^ IV, John-John Williams (June 7, 2024). "Trans woman wins Miss Maryland USA, making history with a list of pageant firsts". The Baltimore Banner.
- ^ "'We're just like you,' says Bailey Anne Kennedy, first trans woman to win Miss Maryland USA". The Baltimore Sun. June 12, 2024.
- ^ "Asian American trans Miss Maryland USA speaks out against hate". NBC News. June 10, 2024.