13 things about Miss Missouri USA 2025 Shae Smith

Shae Addison Smith competed in Miss Missouri USA twice. She represented Missouri, United States in the 40th edition of Miss Teen USA and the 74th edition of Miss USA.

BIOGRAPHY

Smith is an American dancer and beauty queen from Bolivar, Missouri. She is Mark Smith and Angie Price Smith‘s daughter.

On August 18, 2025, Shae turned 22. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. Aside from Bolivar, she has lived in other parts of Missouri including Branson and Springfield.
2. In 2013, she joined Hoffman International Model and Talent Agency in Missouri as a model.
3. In 2018, she underwent anterior scoliosis correction surgery.
4. She is Miss Springfield’s Outstanding Teen 2018.
5. She is Miss Missouri’s Outstanding Teen 2019.
6. She was Miss America’s Outstanding Teen 2020 fourth runner-up.
7. She was Miss Missouri Teen USA 2021 first runner-up.
8. In 2022, she entered the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri to pursue a bachelor’s degree in health sciences with a minor in business administration.
9. She won Miss Missouri Teen USA 2022.
10. She is a Miss Teen USA 2022 candidate.
11. She was Miss Missouri USA 2024 first runner-up.
12. She won Miss Missouri USA 2025.
13. She was a Miss USA 2025 semifinalist.

TIMELINE

Shae is an advocate for scoliosis awareness. She played softball in high school and she enjoys dancing, modeling, makeup artistry, zip-lining and traveling.

2019

• On June 15, 2019, she represented Branson at Miss Missouri’s Outstanding Teen 2019 and competed against 10 other finalists at Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri. She won the title.
• On July 27, 2019, she represented Missouri at Miss America’s Outstanding Teen 2020 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Linda Chapin Theater in Orlando, Florida, USA. She was fourth runner-up to Payton May of Washington, USA.

2020

• On February 7, 2020, she went to the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri to watch the “Runaway Tour” concert of Austin Richard Post, who is professionally known as Post Malone.

2021

• On May 1, 2021, she competed against 26 other Miss Missouri Teen USA 2021 at the B&B Live Performing Arts Theatre in Shawnee, Kansas. She was runner-up to Anna Long.

2022

• On May 1, 2022, she represented Springfield at Miss Missouri Teen USA 2022 and competed against 21 other candidates at The Mansion Theatre for the Performing Arts in Branson. She won the title.
• On May 23, 2022, she graduated from Bolivar High School.
• On October 1, 2022, she represented Missouri at Miss Teen USA 2022 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA. She was unplaced.

2023

• On May 21, 2023, she crowned her successor Miss Missouri Teen USA 2023 Madison Beck at The Mansion Theatre for the Performing Arts in Branson.

2024

• In May 2024, she traveled to La Romana, Dominican Republic.
• On June 15, 2024, she represented Springfield at Miss Missouri USA 2024 and competed against 26 other candidates at Polsky Theater in Overland Park, Missouri. She was runner-up to Ashleigh Bedwell.

2025

• On May 11, 2025, she represented Springfield at Miss Missouri USA 2025 and competed against 20 other candidates at The Mansion Theater in Branson. She won the title.
• On October 24, 2025, she represented Missouri 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.