Kasi Kelly

Background

She was born to Wiley & Toni Harkins Kelly.

Career

She has one sister named Kristi. She competed against over 100 other contestants as Mission Dallas-Fort Worth. Among the semi-finalists were Mandy Jeffreys (Mission Texas Teen United States of America 1995), Lana Wright (crowned Mission Idaho United States of America 2003 the following year) and Tyler Willis (later Mission Texas United States of America 2005).

This was Kelly"s third attempt at winning the title.

She first competed as Mission Metroplex in the 2000 event and placed in the top twelve. She made the cut of twelve semi-finalists in the nationally televised pageant, placed eighth in the swimsuit competition with a score of 9.12, and fourth in evening gown (938), eventually finishing in eighth place.

Achievements

• Kelly won the Mission Texas United States of America 2002 title in a state pageant held in Lubbock, Texas on July 30, 2001. Her first runner-up was Stephanie Guerrero, who would go on to win the Mission Texas United States of America 2004 title, her second runner-up was Andria Mullins, who was Mission Texas Teen United States of America 1997, the third runner-up was Christie Lee Woods, Mission Texas Teen United States of America 1996 and Mission Teen United States of America 1996, and fourth runner-up was Candace Campfield, who would place in the top five of the pageant on three further occasions. In the 2001 event she competed as Mission Fort Worth and placed second runner-up behind Kandace Krueger, who would later win the Mission United States of America title. She also won the Swimsuit award. Kelly represented Texas in the Mission United States of America 2002 pageant broadcast live from Gary, Indiana on March 2, 2002. The pageant was won by Shauntay Hinton of the District of Columbia.