Bailey Anne Kennedy
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Bailey Anne Kennedy | |
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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) |
Bailey Anne Kennedy is a Cambodian-American beauty pageant winner. She won the title of Miss Maryland USA in 2024, becoming the first transgender woman and first Asian American to win the beauty pageant.
Early life
Kennedy was born in Cambodia and emigrated to the United States when she was eleven.[1]
Career
In 2024, Kennedy entered her first pageant and won the title of Miss Williamsport. She became the first transgender woman, and the first Asian American woman, to win Miss Maryland USA when she was crowned in June 2024.[1][2] She is also the first military wife to win the title.[3] She will represent Maryland on August 4, 2024 at the 2024 Miss USA pageant in Los Angeles as the oldest and second transgender delegate, following Kataluna Enriquez of Nevada.[4][5]
Personal life
Kennedy is married to Casey Gup, an officer of the United States Marine Corps.[6][7]
References
- ^ a b https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/every-woman-universally-miss-maryland-is-first-asian-american-married-woman-transgender-woman-to-win-title/3640541/
- ^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/06/10/heres-why-maryland-and-alabama-pageant-winners-are-going-viral-and-facing-right-wing-attacks/
- ^ https://people.com/bailey-anne-kennedy-becomes-first-trans-miss-maryland-usa-8660550
- ^ https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/lifestyle/miss-maryland-bailey-anne-kennedy-trans-woman-7HTR4XLRXJHKHLJBBF3PUR73B4/
- ^ https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/06/12/bailey-anne-kennedy-first-trans-miss-maryland-usa/
- ^ https://thesuperslice.com/blog/bailey-anne-kennedy-admires-millitary-husband-casey-gup/
- ^ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/miss-maryland-bailey-anne-kennedy-speaks-against-transgender-hate-rcna156334
- Articles with bare URLs for citations from June 2024
- Living people
- American beauty pageant winners
- American LGBT people of Asian descent
- American people of Cambodian descent
- American transgender women
- Cambodian emigrants to the United States
- LGBT in Cambodia
- LGBT people from Maryland
- Miss Maryland USA winners
- Transgender female models
- Transgender women entertainers