Over the weekend a Bristol woman took home the Miss Indiana USA title and will represent Indiana in the 2014 Miss USA® Pageant. Mekayla Diehl is the daughter of Bill Diehl and Katie Sautter.

The 5’8″ brown-eyed beauty queen is a graduate from White Pigeon High School and Albion College. According to her pageant biography, she is currently employed as the Manager and Marketing Director of Ashley Rene’s Prom, Pageant & Bridal and her career ambition is to one day use her formal fashion industry experience to create her own line of pageant gowns.

Mekayla is an advocate for Bashor Children’s Home. She describes herself as vivacious, adventurous and classic.

Crowned by Emily Hart, former Miss Indiana USA,  Mekayla will represent Indiana in the 2014 MISS USA® Pageant, which will be televised LIVE on the NBC television network.