Juliana Morehouse Locklear biography: 13 things about Miss Maine USA 2023

Juliana Morehouse Locklear is an American beauty queen from Portland, Maine, United States. She grew up in North Carolina, USA.

Locklear is married to Taylor Reed Locklear. They were engaged on the steps of St. Philips Church in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

On February 11, 1994, Juliana’s mother Lynn Jenkins Morehouse represented North Carolina at Miss USA 1994. Lynn was second runner-up to Lu Parker of South Carolina, USA.

When Juliana was young, her grandmother and her aunt had Alzheimer’s Disease at the same time and she lived with them in the same house. Now, Juliana wants to raise as much awareness around the disease as she can.

Juliana is the first ever married woman to compete in Miss USA. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From September 2012 to March 2017, she was a National League of Junior Cotillions senior student assistant.
2. From 2013 to 2017, she attended Fayetteville Academy in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
3. In 2016, she competed in a beauty pageant for the first time. She was third runner-up. From August 2016 to September 2016, she was an Alzheimer’s Association student fundraiser.
4. In January 2017, she and Taylor started dating.
5. Between September 2017 and April 2018, she wrote nine articles published in The Daily Gamecock.
6. In June 2018, she was a summer intern at Valley Regional Imaging in Fayetteville.
7. From August 2018 to May 2021, she attended the College of Charleston in Charleston where she earned her bachelor’s degree in English language and literature.
8. In April 2022, Taylor proposed to her at St. Philips Church in Charleston and she said yes.
9. On November 20, 2022, she represented Casco Bay at Miss Maine USA 2023 and competed against 17 other candidates at the Sheraton Sable Oaks in South Portland, Maine. She won the title. At the time, she was pursuing her master’s degree in theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA.
10. On April 29, 2023, she and Taylor got married at St. Philips Church in Charleston. In May 2023, they spent their honeymoon in Italy.
11. In June 2023, she made an appearance at the Bush Family Classic Golf Tournament at Walker’s Point Estate in Kennebunkport, Maine.
12. On September 29, 2023, she represented Maine at Miss USA 2023 and competed against 50 other candidates at Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA. She was unplaced.
13. She was 24 years old when she crowned her successor Miss Maine USA 2024 Anne Baldridge on March 10, 2024 at the Sheraton Sable Oaks in South Portland.