13 things about Miss Rhode Island USA 2025 Brianna Vega

Brianna Vega competed in Miss Rhode Island USA four times. She represented Rhode Island, United States in the 74th edition of Miss USA.

BIOGRAPHY

Vega is an American registered nurse and beauty queen born in Providence, Rhode Island to a Dominican and Puerto Rican family. She is the first college graduate and the first nurse in her family.

Raised in Providence, Vega is an alumna of Classical High School in Providence and the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She was born in 1996.
2. In 2014, she graduated from Classical High School.
3. From 2014 to 2019, she attended the University of Rhode Island where she earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing.
4. She was Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2014 second runner-up.
5. From 2019 to 2021, she worked at The Miriam Hospital in Providence as a nurse.
6. From 2021 to 2023, she worked at Women and Infants Hospital in Providence as a nurse.
7. She was a Miss Rhode Island USA 2021 semifinalist.
8. In 2022, she worked as an academic advisor at the University of Rhode Island.
9. She was Miss Rhode Island USA 2022 first runner-up.
10. In 2023, she joined the Brown Health Medical Group Obstetrics and Gynecology in Providence as an obstetrics and gynaecology (OB/GYN) nurse.
11. She was Miss Rhode Island USA 2023 third runner-up.
12. She won Miss Rhode Island USA 2025.
13. She was a Miss USA 2025 semifinalist.

TIMELINE

As a nurse, Vega was inspired by by the health care professionals who had guided her father through a difficult diagnosis when she was young. As a beauty queen, she was inspired by Olivia Culpo, who won Miss Rhode Island USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe in a span of seven months in 2012.

2010s

• On September 7, 2013, she competed for the Miss Rhode Island USA 2014 title. She was second runner-up to Gabriella Maggiacomo.
• In August 2014, she entered the University of Rhode Island.
• In May 2019, she graduated from the University of Rhode Island.
• In August 2019, she joined The Miriam Hospital in Providence.

2025

• On August 8, 2021, she competed against 39 other Miss Rhode Island USA 2021 candidates at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence and finished in the Top 13.
• In December 2021, she left The Miriam Hospital and joined Women and Infants Hospital in Providence.
• On May 29, 2022, she competed against 49 other Miss Rhode Island USA 2021 candidates at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence. She was runner-up to Elaine Collado.
• On May 28, 2023, she competed against 51 other Miss Rhode Island USA 2023 candidates at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence. She was third runner-up to Mary Malloy.
• From June 2022 to July 2022, she was an academic advisor at the University of Rhode Island.
• In February 2023, she left Women and Infants Hospital and joined the Brown Health Medical Group Obstetrics and Gynecology in Providence.
• On May 25, 2025, she competed against 39 other Miss Rhode Island USA 2025 candidates at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence and won the title.
• On October 24, 2025, she represented Rhode Island 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.