ABOUT ELLE SMITH
Model and reporter known for winning Miss USA 2021. She represented her home state of Kentucky and was crowned Miss USA in May 2021. She is represented by the agency WILHELMINA.
She graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2020. Prior to winning Miss USA, she was a TV reporter from Louisville, Kentucky.
She posts modeling content and updates on her pageant activities on her officialellesmith Instagram, where she has amassed over 90,000 followers.
In May 2020, she posted an Instagram picture of her mom for Mother's Day. She grew up in Springfield, Ohio.
She is the second Kentucky woman to be crowned Miss USA, the first being Tara Conner , who won the pageant in 2006.
