{{short description|American beauty pageant titleholder|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | image= | name=Hailey Colborn | birth_name= | caption= | title=Miss Kansas Teen USA 2018<br>Miss Teen USA 2018 | nationalcompetition = {{ubl|Miss Kansas Teen USA 2018|(Winner)|Miss Teen USA 2018|(Winner)}} | birth_date ={{Birth date and age|2000|10|10|mf=yes}} | birth_place= Wichita, Kansas, U.S. | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}} | education = Princeton University | eye_color=Brown | hair_color=Brown}} '''Hailey Colborn''' (born October 10, 2000) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2018. She is the second entrant from Kansas to win the title after Keylee Sue Sanders won Miss Teen USA 1995.
==Life and career== ===Biography=== Colborn was born in Wichita, Kansas to parents Kevin and Denise Colborn, and trained in classical ballet for 14 years.<ref name="stumpe">{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article201092034.html|title=Do-everything Hailey Colborn works to help younger girls|last=Stumpe|first=Joe|date=20 February 2018|publisher=The Wichita Eagle}}</ref> While a student, she started the mentorship program SelfPosi, which she uses to travel to middle schools to talk to girls about the importance of self-love.<ref name="MUO">{{cite web|url=https://www.missuniverse.com/missteenusa/contestant/1000393|title=Miss Kansas Teen USA|accessdate=18 May 2018|publisher=Miss Universe Organization}}</ref> Colborn graduated from Wichita Northwest High School in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/news/local/education/article208821099.html|title=Wichita teen gets into Princeton, then Yale, then a national magazine takes notice|last=Neil|first=Denise|date=16 April 2018|publisher=The Wichita Eagle}}</ref><ref name="MUO"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/news/local/education/article196625244.html|title=Southeast High student receives $64,000 scholarship|date=25 January 2018|publisher=The Wichita Eagle|last=Perez Tobias|first=Suzanne}}</ref> While in high school, she was class president.<ref name="stumpe"/> Colborn attended Princeton University, studying English Literature and graduating in 2022. As of 2023, she leads an online Substack and TikTok community of "hot, cool, well-read people" called "Hot Literati."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moreno |first=Valentina |date=10 March 2023 |title=Hot girls read Eve Babitz: TikToker Hailey Colborn ’22 blends reading and pop culture |url=https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2023/03/feature-hailey-colburn-tiktok-princeton |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=The Princetonian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cavender |first=Elena |date=4 May 2023 |title=BookTok encourages reading as an aesthetic and no one is safe from its gaze |url=https://mashable.com/article/booktok-reading-aesthetic |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref>
===Pageantry=== In 2017, Colborn competed in the Miss Kansas Teen USA 2018 competition, representing Greater Wichita.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/entertainment/article186739933.html|title=Wichita teen wins right to represent Kansas in Miss Teen USA pageant|date=27 November 2017|publisher=The Wichita Eagle|last=Neil|first=Denise}}</ref> She went on to win the competition, and was crowned Miss Kansas Teen USA 2018 by outgoing titleholder Malerie Moore. She had previously competed in the Miss Kansas' Outstanding Teen 2016 competition, where she was the first runner-up and a finalist in the fitness and talent categories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pratttribune.com/news/20160611/hesston-teen-earns-state-title|title=Hesston teen earns state title|publisher=Pratt Tribune|date=11 June 2016|last=Bronson|first=Carol}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pratttribune.com/news/20160614/pageant-includes-everything-kauffman-loves|title=Pageant includes everything Kauffman loves|date=14 June 2016|publisher=Pratt Tribune|last=Bronson|first=Carol}}</ref> As Miss Kansas Teen USA 2018, Colborn earned the right to represent Kansas at the Miss Teen USA 2018 competition in Shreveport, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2018/05/18/lafayette-girl-competing-miss-teen-usa-pageant/620263002/|title=Lafayette girl makes top 10 in Miss Teen USA pageant|date=18 May 2018|publisher=The Advertiser|last=Wartelle|first=Kris}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/05/miss-teen-usa-2018-watch-winner/|title=Miss Teen USA 2018 Live Stream: How to Watch the Winner Get Crowned Online|date=18 May 2018|last=Weigle|first=Lauren|publisher=Heavy}}</ref> She competed in the final on May 18, 2018 in Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, and was crowned the winner, besting first runner-up Kirby Elizabeth Self of South Carolina.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/entertainment/2018/05/18/miss-teen-usa-crowned-finals/623385002/|title=And the 2018 Miss Teen USA is . . . Miss Teen Kansas|publisher=Shreveport Times|last=Kennell|first=Tiana|date=18 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksla.com/story/38227312/miss-kansas-teen-crowned-as-miss-teen-usa|title=Miss Kansas Teen crowned as Miss Teen USA|publisher=KSLA|date=18 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-teen-crowned-miss-teen-usa/1187767487|title=Kansas teen crowned Miss Teen USA|date=18 May 2018|publisher=KSN}}</ref> She is the second entrant from Kansas to win the crown.
Colborn completed her reign on April 28, 2019, after crowning Kaliegh Garris of Connecticut as her successor at the Miss Teen USA 2019 competition in Reno, Nevada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw024sVjJeY/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bw024sVjJeY |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=registration|title=Miss Teen USA is... CONNECTICUT!|date=April 29, 2019|publisher=Miss Universe Organization}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw048KmDbYT/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bw048KmDbYT |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=registration|title=It's happening... you're the new Miss Teen USA 2019!|date=April 29, 2019|publisher=Miss Universe Organization}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/connecticut-teen-crowned-miss-teen-usa-2019/1963106269|title=Connecticut teen crowned Miss Teen USA 2019|last=Geneviva|first=Alex|date=April 29, 2019|publisher=WTNH}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/Hailey-Colborn-crowned-Miss-Teen-USA-2019/eventshow/69097385.cms|title=Kaliegh Garris crowned Miss Teen USA 2019|date=April 29, 2019|publisher=Femina Miss India}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
{{S-start}} {{S-ach}} {{Succession box | before={{flagicon|Missouri}} Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff | title=Miss Teen USA | years=2018 | after={{flagicon|Connecticut}} Kaliegh Garris }} {{Succession box | before=Malerie Moore | title=Miss Kansas Teen USA | years=2018 | after=Hunter Fraley }} {{S-end}}
{{Kansas Pageant Winners}} {{Miss Teen USA titleholders}} {{Miss Universe Organization titleholders |Year = 2018 |Miss Universe= {{flagicon|Philippines}} Catriona Gray |Miss USA= {{flagicon|Nebraska}} Sarah Rose Summers |Miss Teen USA= {{flagicon|Kansas}} '''Hailey Colborn''' }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Colborn, Hailey}} Category:2000 births Category:American beauty pageant winners Category:Living people Category:Miss Teen USA winners Category:People from Wichita, Kansas Category:African-American beauty pageant winners Category:21st-century American women