Connor Perry of Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States attended Lafayette High School in Lexington from 2015 to 2019. She graduated from the University of Kentucky in Lexington with a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience in 2023.
As Miss Heart of Lexington USA 2024, Perry competed against 26 other Miss Kentucky USA 2024 candidates at the Center for Rural Development in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky. She won the title.
On July 19, 2025, Perry crowned her successor Mattie Barker at The Vern Riffe Center for the Arts of Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, USA. The latter will represent Kentucky at Miss USA 2025.
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Miss Kentucky USA 2025 results
| beauty pageant: Miss Kentucky USA national membership: Miss USA |
| edition: 71st date: July 19, 2025 venue: The Vern Riffe Center for the Arts of Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, United States candidates: 24 |
FINALISTS
| PLACEMENT | NAME (HOMETOWN) |
| Top 24 | Maci Clark (Belle of Louisville) LeaKel Potter (Doerhoefer) Arianna Taylor-Wright (Elizabethtown) Janay Cook (Frankfort) Taylor Butler (Greater Lexington) Tara Curry (Hardin County) Sierra Warren (Keeneland) Raynia Goodman (Louisville) Shea Martin (Marion) Lanisha Porter (North Louisville) Jessica Wallace (Prospect) Jordan Crozier (Pulaski County) Alexus Alamone (Somerset) Ciana Araya (Winchester) |
| Top 10 | Sydney Poor (Bardstown) Gabriella Melea Hembree (Carrollton) Hilary Curneal (Madisonville) Audrey Schlegel (Springhurst) |
| Top 5 | Samantha Strong (East Louisville) Rebecca Lynn Cook (Lexington) Kennedy Mosley (London) Haven Wolfe (Pendleton County) Mattie Barker (Run for the Roses) Hannah Harrison (Southeastern Kentucky) |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2025 | 2024 |
| 5th runner-up | Kennedy Mosley London | Tania Sigler-Orihuela Woodford County |
| 4th runner-up | Hannah Harrison Southeastern Kentucky | Veronica Chisholm North Central Kentucky |
| 3rd runner-up | Haven Wolfe Pendleton County | Caelin Taylor Capital City |
| 2nd runner-up | Rebecca Lynn Cook Lexington | Hannah Harrison Tri County |
| 1st runner-up | Samantha Strong East Louisville | Julia Long Keeneland |
| Miss Kentucky USA | Mattie Barker Run for the Roses | Connor Perry Heart of Lexington |
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