13 things about Miss Tennessee USA 2025 Madison Kunst

Madison Starr Kunst competed in Miss Tennessee USA four times. She represented Tennessee, United States in the 74th edition of Miss USA.

BIOGRAPHY

Kunst is an American actor, singer, model and beauty queen based in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. She started modeling and acting at a young age.

Raised in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA, Kunst attended the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From Pittsburgh, she moved to Kittanning, Pennsylvania and to Madison County, Tennessee.
2. For four years in high school, she starred as the female lead in the school musical.
3. She was born in 1998.
4. In 2011, she signed with her first agency as an artist.
5. In 2021, she moved to Nashville to pursue a career in music.
6. In 2022, she started working for a nonprofit called The Aloe Family and leading a weekly food ministry providing groceries to around 75 families.
7. She was a Miss Tennessee USA 2022 semifinalist.
8. In 2023, she visited Mexico, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
9. In 2024, she visited Vatican City, Italy, Greece and Turkiye.
10. She was Miss Tennessee USA 2023 third runner-up.
11. She was Miss Tennessee USA 2024 first runner-up.
12. She won Miss Tennessee USA 2025.
13. She was a Miss USA 2025 semifinalist.

TIMELINE

Kunst is the youngest of four siblings. Her three older siblings are Brittney Kunst, Jude Kunst and Noah Kunst.

2022

• On March 12, 2022, she represented Madison County at Miss Tennessee USA 2022 and competed against 30 other candidates at the George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. She finished in the Top 15.

2023

• On March 11, 2023, she represented Madison County at Miss Tennessee USA 2023 and competed against 47 other candidates at the George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall of Austin Peay State University. She was third runner-up to Regan Ringler.
• In April 2023, she worked with The Aloe Family in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico.
• In December 2023, she traveled to Jamaica and Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

2024

• On March 9, 2024, she represented Madison County at Miss Tennessee USA 2024 and competed against 56 other candidates at the George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall of Austin Peay State University. She was runner-up to Christell Foote.
• In October 2024, she traveled to Vatican City; Rome, Italy; Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy; Crete, Greece and Selçuk, İzmir, Türkiye.

2025

• In May 2025, she traveled to Valle de Guadalupe, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
• On June 28, 2025, she represented Madison County at Miss Tennessee USA 2025 and competed against 33 other candidates at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. She won the title.
• On October 24, 2025, she represented Tennessee at Miss USA 2025 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA. She finished in the Top 20.