Kleo Torres of Washington, D.C., United States is an alumna of Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama, USA and American University in Washington, D.C. She is of Puerto Rican, Cuban and African American descent.
As Miss Nation’s Capital USA 2024, Torres competed against 15 other Miss District of Columbia USA 2024 candidates at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. on June 29, 2025. She won the title.
On September 6, 2025, Torres crowned her successor Allison Laforce at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown, Maryland, USA. The latter will represent Washington, D.C. at Miss USA 2025, which will select the Miss Universe 2025 candidate of the country.
Miss District of Columbia USA 2025 results
| beauty pageant: Miss District of Columbia national membership: Miss USA |
| edition: 70th date: September 6, 2025 venue: Seneca Valley High School, Germantown, Maryland, United States candidates: 11 |
| host: Austin Phelps |
JUDGES
- Axel Vasquez
- Diamond Champion
- Emily Giovonazzo
- Mia Jones
FINALISTS
| PLACEMENT | NAME |
| Top 11 | Imani Navida David Robyn Kassgerji Ruperta Nelson Taj Jackson |
| Top 7 | Alexis Davis Eleanor Abraham |
| Top 5 | Allison Laforce Alivia Paden Roberts Justus Anye Kelley Kennedy Lucas Kennedy Simone Thomas |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2025 | 2024 |
| 4th runner-up | Kennedy Thomas | Samira Howard Southwest |
| 3rd runner-up | Alivia Roberts | Alivia Roberts Embassy Row |
| 2nd runner-up | Kennedy Lucas | Alexis Becton Capitol Hill |
| 1st runner-up | Justus Kelley | Terra Johns Northwest |
| Miss District of Columbia USA | Allison Laforce | Kleo Torres Nation’s Capital |
Currently, Washington, D.C. has 26 Miss USA placements including the coronations of Barbara Joan “Bobbi” Johnson in 1964, Shauntay Renae Hinton in 2002, Deshauna Barber in 2016 and Kara Deidra McCullough in 2017. Representing the U.S., Johnson finished in the Top 15 at Miss Universe 1964, Hinton was unplaced at Miss Universe 2002, Barber finished in the Top 9 at Miss Universe 2016 and McCullough finished in the Top 10 at Miss Universe 2017.
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