Hayley Leach, 18, of Dry Ridge, will compete in the Miss University of Kentucky pageant on July 1.
Leach is majoring in political science, writing and rhetoric and digital studies.
Her ambition is to attend law school and become a special needs attorney. Her platform issue is “Autism Awareness-See the Able, Not the Label.”
Her talent presentation will be clogging to Michael Jackson’s “BAD”.
Leach is sponsored by the Miss University of Kentucky Scholarship Organization and received a $400 scholarship.