Bailey Anne Kennedy Explained

Bailey Anne Kennedy
Miss Maryland USA 2024
Nationalcompetition:Miss Maryland USA 2024
(Winner)
Miss USA 2024
(Unplaced)
Birth Place:Cambodia
Eye Color:Brown
Hair Color:Black
Spouse:Casey Gup

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.

Early life

Kennedy was born in Cambodia and emigrated to the United States when she was eleven.[1]

Career

In 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

Bailey Anne is married to Casey Gup, an officer of the United States Marine Corps.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ‘Every woman, universally': Military wife is first Asian American, transgender woman to win Miss Maryland. Maggie. More. Tommy. McFly. News4 Scene. Reporter. Leon. Harris. News4. Anchor • •. June 13, 2024.
  2. Web site: Here's Why Maryland And Alabama Pageant Winners Are Going Viral And Facing Right-Wing Attacks. Conor. Murray. Forbes.
  3. Web site: Bailey Anne Kennedy Becomes First Trans Miss Maryland USA: 'I Knew It Was Going to Mean a Lot for All the LGBTQ Kids'. People.
  4. Web site: Trans woman wins Miss Maryland USA, making history with a list of pageant firsts. John-John Williams. IV. June 7, 2024. The Baltimore Banner.
  5. News: 'We're just like you,' says Bailey Anne Kennedy, first trans woman to win Miss Maryland USA. The Baltimore Sun. June 12, 2024.
  6. Web site: Asian American trans Miss Maryland USA speaks out against hate. June 10, 2024. NBC News.