UK's Mallory Hudson named Miss Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 13, 2023) — Mallory Hudson of Bowling Green, Kentucky, was named Miss Kentucky at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center in Bowling Green on July 1, 2023.
Hudson is a 2020 graduate of South Warren High School and is currently a senior at the University of Kentucky studying communication. She is also a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority at UK.
She will compete for the title of Miss America in January. Hudson will serve as a spokesperson for KY Proud through the Kentucky Department of Agriculture during her year of service to the Commonwealth.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.