Kamie Crawford

Crawford was born on October 25, 1992 in Cleveland, Ohio. She moved to Maryland after the first grade and graduated from Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland in 2010 where she was captain of the varsity cheerleading team. Prior to winning Miss Teen USA, she was selected into the medical program for the Congressional Student Leadership Conference at Georgetown University. In September 2010, Crawford enrolled in classes at the New York Film Academy while taking some core classes at a local college. She began her freshman year of college at The University of Alabama where she was enrolled in the pre-med program, originally wanting to pursue a career in dermatology. She transferred to Fordham University and graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and a double concentration in television and digital media. While in college, Crawford began a career in television and hosting in the tri-state area.