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Miss Missouri USA – Bayleigh Dayton

Miss Kansas City, Bayleigh Dayton, recently competed in the Miss Missouri USA Pageant and won the title. Bayleigh is a graduate of Notre Dame de Sion High School and Baylor University. She is the first African American to hold the title in the pageant’s history. Bayleigh hails from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, and she will compete in the nationally-televised Miss USA Pageant next year. Congratulations, Bayleigh!

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Miss Missouri 2017 Bayleigh Dayton with Tori Kruse, first runner up

Also featured in the October 15, 2016 issue
Photo Credit: Laurel Austin

 

Features

BOTAR Presidents’ Tea

The traditional BOTAR Presidents’ Tea was held on August 23rd at The Kansas City Country Club, led by Mandy and Meg Burditt, and Martha Gail Hughey and Andrea Hughey and…

Bride’s Book – Fowler

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Latina Leadership Summit

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Engagement – Freeman

Mr. and Mrs. John Everett Baxter of Bentonville, Arkansas, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Nicole Baxter, to Paul Jarrel Freeman, Jr., the son of Mr.…