Kailee Dunn

Kailee Dunn (born February 14, 1992) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Tri-Cities, Washington, who was crowned Miss Washington 2014. She competed for the Miss America 2015 title in September 2014 but was not a Top-15 semi-finalist.
Pageant career
Early pageants
On July 23, 2011, Dunn won the Miss Tri-Cities 2011 title.<ref name="tchk110725"/><ref name="smrv140724"/><ref name="mstc12bi"/> She competed in the 2012 Miss Washington pageant as Miss Tri-Cities with the platform "Encouraging Servant Leadership in Today’s Youth" and a vocal performance in the talent portion of the competition.<ref name="msam2012"/> She was not a semi-finalist for the state title.
On April 7, 2013, Dunn was named Miss Northwest 2013.<ref name="tewu130508"/> She competed in the 2013 Miss Washington pageant as Miss Northwest with the platform "Choose Today to Change Tomorrow: Empowering Youth to Take the Lead" and a vocal performance in the talent portion of the competition.<ref name="msam2013"/> Dunn was not named a semi-finalist for the state title.
Miss Washington 2014
On February 16, 2014, Dunn was crowned Miss Spokane 2014.<ref name="smrv140220"/> She earned a $1,000 cash scholarship plus a $12,000 scholarship from Gonzaga University.<ref name="smrv140220"/> She entered her third Miss Washington pageant in July 2014 as one of 20 qualifiers for the state title.<ref name="poac140709wa"/> Dunn's competition talent was a vocal performance.<ref name="msam2014"/> Her platform was "Girls on the Run: Inspiring Positive Decisions Today".<ref name="poac140709wa"/>
Dunn won the competition on Saturday, July 5, 2014, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Washington titleholder Reina Almon.<ref name="smrv140724"/> She earned more than $13,500 in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant.<ref name="smrv140724"/> As Miss Washington, her activities included public appearances across the state of Washington.<ref name="poac140709wa"/><ref name="tchk141126"/>
Dunn was Washington's representative at the Miss America 2015 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 2014.<ref name="msam2014"/> She was not chosen as one of the Top-16 semi-finalists in the competition for the national crown.<ref name="tchk140914"/><ref name="kqnt140914"/>
Early life and education
Dunn is a native of Yakima, Washington, and a 2010 graduate of Kamiakin High School in Kennewick, Washington.<ref name="mstc12bi"/><ref name="tchk110724"/><ref name="tchk140824"/> Her father is Jim Dunn and her mother is Diane Dunn.<ref name="tchk110724"/><ref name="tchk140824"/>
After high school, Dunn attended Columbia Basin College.<ref name="tchk110725"/> In June 2014, Dunn graduated from Eastern Washington University where she earned a bachelor's degree in public relations with a minor in journalism.<ref name="smrv140724"/><ref name="tchk140914"/>

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