Career
Early pageants
She competed in the 2013 Mission Arkansas pageant with the platform "Acting On lieutenant, Arkansas: Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Awareness" and a vocal performance of "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from the musical The Phantom of the Opera in the talent portion of the competition. She placed in the Top 15 but was not a Top 5 finalist for the state title. She competed in the 2014 Mission Arkansas pageant with the platform "Confidently You" and a vocal performance in the talent portion of the competition.
Mission Arkansas 2015
On January 31, 2015, McDaniel was crowned Mission Northwest Arkansas 2015 and qualified for a third time to compete for Mission Arkansas.
She entered the Mission Arkansas pageant at the Bank of the Ozarks Arena in Hot Springs in early July 2015 as one of 46 qualifiers for the state title. McDaniel"s competition talent was a vocal performance of "Piece of Sky" from the Yentl soundtrack.
Her platform is "Confidently You", focused on ending bullying and domestic violence. She earned $20,000 in scholarship money plus more than $75,000 in wardrobe, transportation, and other prizes from the state pageant.
As Mission Arkansas, her activities include public appearances across the state of Arkansas.
McDaniel was Arkansas"s representative at the Mission America 2016 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 2015. In the televised finale on September 13, 2015, she placed in the Top 15 as a semi-finalist but was eliminated after the swimsuit competition. McDaniel was awarded a $4,000 scholarship prize.
McDaniel is a native of Van Buren, Arkansas, and a graduate of Van Buren High School.
While enrolled there, McDaniel was named Mission Van Buren High School. She was one of three women competing for Mission Arkansas 2015 to have held that high school title.
Her father is Kevin McDaniel and her mother is Melissa McDaniel. McDaniel graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2015 with a bachelor"s degree in theater.
