On Thursday, Miss USA topped Justus Kelley, previously Miss Virginia, as its winner. Kelley is the primary mom and first married girl to take dwelling the title within the pageant’s 75-year historical past.

As a High 5 contestant, Kelley answered a remaining query onstage: What would her 12 months say about American ladies as we speak? She responded, “Not questioning if now we have to decide on between our bold careers, our households and our wildest desires.” Kelley is a foster mother of two, a kids’s e-book writer and founding father of the nonprofit Foster Footprints.