13 things about Miss Earth USA 2025 Haley Grace Poe

Haley Grace Poe competed in Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA twice and Miss Pennsylvania USA twice. She represented the United States in the 25th edition of Miss Earth.

BIOGRAPHY

Poe is an American dancer, model and beauty queen from Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. While reigning as Miss Pennsylvania Earth 2024, she launched the Microplastic Awareness Project (MAP), an initiative she created to bring awareness to the serious impact of microplastics on the environment and people’s health.

On December 11, 2024, Poe turned 22. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She was born in Waterford, Pennsylvania.
2. She was a sophomore at Gannon University in Erie when she was accepted to medical school.
3. In 2010, she started her classical ballet training.
4. In 2021, she graduated from Mercyhurst Preparatory School in Erie and was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
5. From 2021 to 2025, she attended Gannon University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in biology with a minor in health care ethics.
6. She was Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2020 third runner-up.
7. She was a Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2021 semifinalist.
8. She was a New York Fashion Week 2022 model.
9. She was a Miss Pennsylvania USA 2023 seminalist.
10. She was a Miss Pennsylvania USA 2024 seminalist.
11. In 2025, she visited the Philippines.
12. She won Miss Earth USA 2025.
13. She was a Miss Earth 2025 candidate.

TIMELINE

Poe was 16 when she competed at Miss Pennsylvania USA 2020, her first beauty pageant. After her PCOS diagnosis at age 18, she started advocating for women’s health.

2010s

• On April 15, 2016, her mother Christy Sensor married her stepfather Chad Anthony Sensor.
• In August 2019, she visited Washington, D.C., USA.
• On November 3, 2019, she competed at Miss Pennsylvania USA 2020 at the Richland Performing Arts Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. She was third runner-up to Kiara Lin.

2020s

• In December 2020, she was photographed by Carlos Velez in Orlando, Florida, USA.
• In May 2021, she graduated from Mercyhurst Preparatory School.
• In August 2021, she entered Gannon University.
• On July 31, 2021, she finished in the Top 16 at Miss Pennsylvania USA Teen 2021 at the Richland Performing Arts Center in Johnstown.
• In September 2022, she walked the runway at the New York Fashion Week 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
• On April 16, 2023, she competed against 50 other Miss Pennsylvania USA 2023 candidates at the Richland Performing Arts Center in Johnstown. She finished in the Top 17.
• On June 29, 2024, she represented Erie at Miss Pennsylvania USA 2024 at the Richland Performing Arts Center in Johnstown. She finished in the Top 13.
• On July 14, 2024, she was appointed Miss Pennsylvania Earth 2024.
• On January 5, 2025, she competed against 35 other Miss Earth USA 2025 candidates at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando and was chosen as one of the 12 finalists.
• On May 10, 2025, she graduated from Gannon University.
• On July 6, 2025, she competed against 11 other Miss Earth USA 2025 finalists at the Schuyler Hall of the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., USA and won the title.
• On November 5, 2025, she represented the U.S. at Miss Earth 2025 and competed against 77 other candidates at the Okada Manila in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. She was unplaced.