by Queen of the Clouds » Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:47 pm
The Miss Missosology USA Organization has decided to appoint.........
KIM LAYNE
Kim was born to an Irish-American father and a Filipina mother in Nampa, a small city in the rural and mountainous US state of Idaho. Kim began her career in pageantry as a teenager, winning the Miss Idaho Teen USA crown in 2012, going on to represent Idaho at Miss Teen USA 2012 in the Bahamas. Following the competition, Kim took a break from pageantry, moving to New York to attend the Ivy League school Cornell University, where she graduated with a degree in animal sciences. While at Cornell, Kim was an undergraduate researcher and lab assistant, where she worked on research projects studying the bacteria Xanthomonas oryzae and the parasite Haemonchus contortus.
After graduating with her bachelor's degree in 2016, Kim took a year off from school, where she worked as a veterinary assistant at an animal hospital on Long Island in New York. She returned to her education the following year, beginning two degree programs: a graduate public health program at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree program at Washington State University. She graduated with her master's degree in public health in 2021, and plans to receive her degree to work as a veterinarian in 2022. After graduating, she plans on using her degrees to research animal-to-human transmitted diseases such as coronavirus, ebola, and zika.
In 2019, Kim returned to her pageantry career after competing in Miss Idaho USA 2020. She went on to win the title, receiving the opportunity to represent Idaho at Miss USA 2020 in Memphis, Tennessee. Kim ultimately placed as the first runner-up in the competition, becoming the best-placing Idahoan since Brandi Sherwood placed as the first runner-up at Miss USA 1997, later assuming the title after Brook Lee became Miss Universe 1997. Being the fan favorite of Miss USA 2020, rumors have swirled regarding whether Kim could be appointed as Miss USA Universe 2021 or compete at Miss Universe Philippines, but instead she has been appointed Miss Missosology USA 2021!