Mia Daley, a 16-year-old rising junior at LaSalle Academy, was crowned Miss Rhode Island’s Teen on June 25 at the Event Factory in Warwick.

Daley, from East Greenwich, had competed twice before, and was excited to learn she had this time won the crown.

“Honestly, it feels surreal,” she said. “I’ve been first runner-up in the past, and I’ve been truly blessed to receive that, but the fact that I actually did it – won Miss Rhode Island’s Teen – is truly surreal.”

She’s also a little bit excited about the chance to compete at the Miss America’s Teen competition next January.


“I am looking forward to it beyond words,” she said. “A dream of mine has always been to perform on a national stage. Now, I get the opportunity to do that, and I am incredibly thankful to the organization.”

Daley’s Community Service Initiative is The Anxiety Antidote: The Power of Social and Emotional Learning, and she has raised more than $7,000 for the cause, with the goal of infusing that social-emotional initiative into school curriculums. She also wants to actively recruit other young women into the Miss Rhode Island’s Teen program.

“I want to go from five girls on this stage to 50 girls on this stage,” she said. “As big of a dream as that is, I feel like it’s possible. I want to get into schools and promote this organization, because my life just changed and I want other girls to have this opportunity, as well.”

For more information, visit http://www.missri.org.