Haley Jordan Begay represented Indiana, United States in the 72nd edition of Miss USA. It is a national beauty pageant that selects the Miss Universe candidate of the U.S.
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BIOGRAPHY
Begay is an American sports broadcaster, teacher and beauty queen originally from Pittsboro, Middle Township, Hendricks County, Indiana. She is Cherokee and Navajo.
From Pittsboro, Begay moved to Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. Here are 13 more things about her:
- From 2016 to 2020, she attended Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana where she earned her bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism.
- She won Miss Indiana 2017.
- She was a Miss America 2018 candidate.
- From January 2019 to March 2020, she worked for Big Ten Network in Bloomington as a sports reporter.
- From August 2019 to May 2021, she was an intern at IU Studios in Bloomington.
- From August 2020 to March 2021, she was a WISH-TV sports intern.
- From December 2020 to May 2021, she was a Hoosier lottery host at WXIN-TV Fox 59 in Indianapolis.
- From October 2021 to June 2023, she worked for FanNation as a sports reporter.
- She was Miss Indiana USA 2022 first runner-up.
- She won Miss Indiana USA 2023.
- She was a Miss USA 2023 candidate.
- On June 2, 2024, she turned 26.
- She was a Miss Indiana USA 2025 host.
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TIMELINE
Begay is 5’9″ tall and she speaks English and Spanish. She is Darryl Begay and Susan Farmwald Begay‘s daughter and Matthew Begay‘s younger sister.
2017
- On June 17, 2017, she competed against 35 other Miss Indiana 2017 candidates in Zionsville, Boone County, Indiana and won the title.
- On December 24, 2017, she represented Indiana at Miss America 2018 and competed against 50 other candidates at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. She was unplaced.
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2019
- From June 2019 to August 2019, she was an intern at WISH-TV in Indianapolis.
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2021
- From February 2021 to May 2021, she worked for Sports Illustrated in Indianapolis as a host.
- From May 2021 to October 2021, she worked for CBS as a sports reporter.
2022
- On April 10, 2022, she represented Central Indiana at Miss Indiana USA 2022 and competed against 23 other candidates at Noblesville High School in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana. She was runner-up to Samantha Paige Toney.
- In August 2022, she joined ESPN+ as an analyst and a sideline reporter.
2023
- In April 2023, she joined Indianapolis Indians as a pregame show host.
- In May 2023, she joined Indy Eleven as a television show host.
- In June 2023, she joined Plainfield High School in Plainfield, Hendricks County as a broadcasting teacher.
- On July 17, 2023, she represented Central Indiana at Miss Indiana USA 2023 and competed against 25 other candidates at Noblesville High School. She won the title.
- On September 29, 2023, she represented Indiana at Miss USA 2023 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA. She was unplaced.
2024
- On June 8, 2024, she crowned her successor Miss Indiana USA 2024 Stephanie Sullivan at the Schrott Center for the Arts of Butler University in Indianapolis.
2025
- On April 5, 2025, she co-hosted Miss Indiana USA 2025 at Noblesville High School.
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