13 things about Miss Alabama USA 2025 Kennedy Whisenant

Kennedy Whisenant represented Alabama, United States in the 74th edition of Miss USA. She started competing in beauty pageants in 2016.

BIOGRAPHY

Whisenant is an American beauty queen from Birmingham, Alabama. She is an only child and was raised by her adoptive mother Cindy Whisenant, who is a single parent.

Kennedy was 2 days old when Cindy adopted her. Before the former graduated high school, the latter was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer.

On June 9, 2025, Kennedy turned 24. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She was a semifinalist at Miss Alabama Teen USA 2017 and Miss Alabama Teen USA 2018.
2. In 2019, she graduated from Ramsay High School in Birmingham.
3. She won Miss Alabama Collegiate 2019.
4. She was Miss Alabama Teen USA 2019 second runner-up.
5. She won 2020 USA National Miss Georgia Teen.
6. She was Miss Alabama Teen USA 2020 fourth runner-up.
7. She was Miss Georgia Teen USA 2020 third runner-up.
8. She won Miss Georgia Collegiate America 2021.
9. She won Miss Collegiate America 2022.
10. In 2023, she graduated from Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA with a bachelor’s degree in fashion design.
11. She was Miss Georgia USA 2024 third runner-up.
12. She won Miss Alabama USA 2025.
13. She was a Miss USA 2025 finalist.

TIMELINE

Miss Collegiate America 2022 is the first national beauty pageant Kennedy won. She is the first African American woman to win Miss Alabama Collegiate, the first African American woman to win Miss Georgia Collegiate America and the the second African American woman to win Miss Collegiate America.

2010s

• On November 5, 2016, she competed at Miss Alabama Teen USA 2017 at the Montgomery Performing Arts Center in Montgomery, Alabama and finished in the Top 15.
• On November 4, 2017, she competed at Miss Alabama Teen USA 2018 at the Montgomery Performing Arts Center and finished in the Top 15.
• On November 17, 2018, she represented Birmingham at Miss Alabama Teen USA 2019 and competed against 32 other candidates at the Montgomery Performing Arts Center. She was second runner-up to Kalin Burt.
• On December 10, 2018, she won Miss Alabama Collegiate 2019.
• On October 5, 2019, she represented Birmingham at Miss Alabama Teen USA 2020 and competed against 25 other candidates at the Gogue Performing Arts Center in Auburn, Alabama. She was fourth runner-up to Katie Watts.
• On November 23, 2019, she competed at Miss Georgia Teen USA 2020. She was third runner-up to Shayla Jackson.

2020s

• On January 27, 2020, she won 2020 USA National Miss Georgia Teen.
• On September 8, 2021, she won Miss Georgia Collegiate America 2021.
• On June 30, 2022, she represented Georgia at Miss Collegiate America 2022 at the Robinson Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA and won the title.
• On June 15, 2024, she competed against 63 other Miss Georgia USA 2024 candidates at the Henry County Performing Arts Center in McDonough, Georgia. She was third runner-up to Emmaline Farmer.
• On September 20, 2025, she represented the North Central part of Alabama at Miss Alabama USA 2025, competed against 10 other candidates at the Bologna Performing Arts Center in Cleveland, Mississippi, USA and won the title.
• On October 24, 2025, she represented Alabama at Miss USA 2025 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA. She finished in the Top 10.