A new Miss Missouri has been crowned

A new Miss Missouri has been crowned. 

Miss Missouri is Hayley Leach from St. Louis. 

She was awarded the crown at the final night of the Miss Missouri pageant competition on Saturday at the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, along with the title of Miss Missouri, Leach was also the recipient of a 14-thousand dollar scholarship. 

Haley’s community service initiative is Autism Awareness and Acceptance: See the Able, Not the Label. 

She will now go on to compete for the crown of Miss America in December.