13 things about Miss Florida USA 2025 Lou Schieffelin

Lou V. Schieffelin competed in Miss Florida USA twice. She represented Florida, United States in the 74th edition of Miss USA.

BIOGRAPHY

Schieffelin is an American real estate agent, model and beauty queen raised in Connecticut, USA and Orlando, Florida. She is David Rounds Schieffelin and Stacey Schieffelin‘s daughter and Knox Schieffelin‘s sister.

Lou is an alumna of Greenwich Academy in Greenwich, Connecticut and the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Her father played football at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

From Orlando, Lou moved to Winter Park then to Miami, Florida. In 2024, she moved to Palm Beach, Florida.

On June 7, 2025, Lou turned 25. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She won Miss Florida Teen USA 2018.
2. She was a Miss Teen USA 2018 finalist.
3. From 2019 to 2022, she attended the University of Florida where she earned a bachelor’s degree in legal studies and from 2019 to 2021, she was a summer associate and special advisor to the president of Sports Business and Leadership Association (SBLA) in Tampa, Florida.
4. In 2020, she was a retail sales consultant at The Copper Closet in Gainesville.
5. From 2021 to 2022, she was the director of legal and compliance of the Florida Financial Management Association (FFMA).
6. In 2021, she was a user interface engineer intern at Skylab in Dallas, Texas, USA.
7. In 2022, she was a legislative intern for Florida congresswoman Jackie Toledo and and a law clerk intern at Greenspoon Marder in Orlando, Florida.
8. In 2023, she was a luxury real estate agent at Sotheby’s International Realty in Miami Beach, Florida.
9. In 2024, she joined Christie’s International Real Estate in Palm Beach as the director of marketing.
10. She was Miss Florida USA 2024 second runner-up.
11. In 2025, her father passed away.
12. She won Miss Florida USA 2025.
13. She was a Miss USA 2025 finalist.

TIMELINE

Schieffelin is 5’10” tall. Her diverse career spans multiple industries including law, technology, politics, aviation, non-profit work, legislation, beauty and real estate.

2010s

• On December 17, 2018, she was crowned Miss Florida Teen USA 2018 at The Straz Center for Performing Arts in Ferguson Hall in Tampa.
• On May 18, 2018, she represented Florida at Miss Teen USA 2018 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. She finished in the Top 10.
• On November 17, 2018, she crowned her successor Miss Florida Teen USA 2019 Carly Treher at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts in Coral Springs, Florida.
• In June 2019, she joined SBLA in Tampa as an intern.
• In August 2019, she entered the University of Florida.

2020s

• From February 2020 to November 2020, she was an employee at The Copper Closet in Gainesville.
• In April 2021, her internship at SBLA ended.
• From June 2021 to August 2021, she was a Skylab intern in Dallas.
• In August 2021, she joined FFMA.
• From January 2022 to May 2022, she was an intern for Toledo.
• From May 2022 to June 2022, she was a Greenspoon Marder intern in Orlando.
• In May 2022, she left FFMA.
• In December 2022, she graduated from the University of Florida.
• From February 2023 to August 2023, she was a Sotheby’s International Realty real estate agent in Miami Beach.
• On July 7, 2024, she competed against 49 other Miss Florida USA 2024 candidates at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts. She was second runner-up to Peyton Lewis.
• In October 2024, she became Christie’s International Real Estate‘s director of marketing in Palm Beach.
• Her father turned 65 on April 11, 2025 and died on April 25, 2025.
• On May 24, 2025, she represented Palm Beach at Miss Florida USA 2025, competed against 70 other candidates at the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center in Orlando and won the title.
• From June 2025 to August 2025, she was a summer associate at the America First Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., USA.
• On October 24, 2025, she represented Florida 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.