JessiKate Riley was crowned Miss Utah USA 2021 on 21st August 2021 at the Grand Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah. She succeeds and was crowned by the outgoing queen Miss Utah USA 2020 Rachel Slawson.
Jessica Kathleen “JessiKate” Riley is a violinist who hails from Beaver, Utah, United States. In 2013, she attended Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan, USA. From then until 2019, she studied performance violin at Brigham Young University.
Not new to the pageant world, Kathleen was Miss Utah’s Outstanding Teen 2014. She also held the titles of Miss Heart of Utah 2015, Miss Panoramaland 2016. In 2017, Kathleen held the title of Miss Utah 2017 but remained unplaced in Miss America where she represented her state.