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Meet the 51 women competing to be Miss USA 2025

Meet the 51 women competing to be Miss USA 2025

Miss USA 2025 will take place at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno on Friday.

The live competition will be streamed on the Queen Beauty Network at 8 p.m. ET.

Here are all the women competing, from a lawyer to an "American Ninja Warrior" competitor.

A new queen will be crowned at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, on Friday night after competing in the swimsuit, evening gown, and interview rounds.

This year's contestants include an endurance horse racer, an "American Ninja Warrior" competitor, a lawyer, and more.

Kennedy Whisenant, 24, was featured in Glamour Magazine's "College Women of the Year: HBCU" in 2022, the same year she became the second African-American woman to win Miss Collegiate America.

Whisenant runs her own boutique, Mi'Chan Michelle, and donates a portion of the sales to her nonprofit, The Linda Gail Foundation, to support fundraising events and donation drives for underprivileged communities.

Kelsey Craft, 34, works as a physician assistant. She is an ambassador with the Blue Zones Project and AHA Go Red Campaign and will visit all 50 states within the year as a national spokesperson, according to her Miss USA bio.

Craft once cold-plunged in 30-degree waters in Antarctica alongside penguins, but her favorite way to recharge is with hot yoga.

Elexes Richardson, 30, began assisting at her great-grandmother's psychotherapy practice when she was just 5 years old, according to her Miss USA bio.