10 things about Miss Texas USA 2024 Aarieanna Ware

Taia Aarieanna Ware is from Dallas, Texas, United States. The city is home to the African American Museum of Dallas, the American Airlines Center, the AT&T Performing Arts Center, the Museum of Biblical Art and Southern Methodist University.

BIOGRAPHY

Ware is an African American and Jewish interior designer, property manager, custom home builder, model and beauty queen. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. Growing up as a military brat, she lived in different countries and admired the unique architecture across the world.
2. She was a teenager when she embarked on a project at her own apartment, a fourplex off Ross Avenue in Dallas. 
3. In 2016, she started a four-year apprenticeship with Tom Motlow of TKM Properties, a real estate firm based in Carrollton, Texas.
4. In 2020, she converted to Judaism.
5. She owns a company in Dallas called Kenmare Homes, which was registered on March 23, 2020.
6. In 2021, she completed her first new construction build on Winton Street in Dallas.
7. She is Miss Dallas 2023.
8. She won Miss Texas USA 2024.
9. She was a Miss USA 2024 finalist.
10. On August 12, 2024, she turned 27.

TIMELINE

Ware enjoys relaxing at home raising her pet chickens, swinging from a trapeze bar and skydiving through the Texas skies. She created the Build It Up program to mentor young women in leadership roles in science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM).

2023

• In September 2023, she visited New York City, New York, USA.
• On October 8, 2023, she was crowned Miss Dallas 2023.
• On December 10, 2023, she took her first Pilates class taught by Carrie Minter Ebers.

2024

• As Miss Dallas 2023, she served as the honorary chair at a Mothers Abandoned or Widowed (MAW) Charities event in Dallas in April 2024.
• In May 2024, she walked the runway at the Miami Swim Week 2024 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
• On June 22, 2024, she represented Dallas at Miss Texas USA 2024 and competed against 73 other candidates at Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel in Houston, Texas. She won the title.
• On August 4, 2024, she represented Texas at Miss USA 2024 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, USA. She finished in the Top 10.
• On October 6, 2024, she crowned her successor Miss Dallas 2024 Taylor Davis.

2025

• On March 25, 2025, she attended the opening of the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas.
• On May 3, 2025, she crowned Davis as Miss Texas USA 2025 Taylor Davis at Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel.