Queen of the Clouds wrote:
A former cheerleader at Colorado Mesa University, Lexi works as a certified foot zone practitioner and esthetician. Following the death of her brother from a drug overdose, she has also become an advocate for holistic health using natural resources to support one’s mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. She has also persevered through the deaths of both her father and a former boyfriend.
Lexi has competed in Miss Wyoming USA seven times, placing as the 1RU in 2020, 2RU in 2019, 1RU in 2018, 3RU in 2017, 1RU in 2016, 3RU in 2015, and 4RU in 2014, while she also was the 2RU in Wyoming Teen 2013, and a semifinalist in Wyoming Teen 2012. Clearly, this was a major goal for her, and she has finally made it to Miss USA.
I like her, but I think even the best girls in her position sent to Miss USA last minute would have a difficult time placing -- 50 other girls spent months preparing, in training, picking out the perfect dress and getting it perfectly refitted, etc.
I don't buy the "busy with school" excuse one bit, but who knows what's behind this change.