Katie Ann Powell

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Katie Ann Powell
Katie Ann Powell - Miss District of Columbia 2024.jpg
Powell in 2025
Alma mater Brigham Young University
University of Redlands
University of Utah
Occupation(s)financial analyst
harpist
podcaster
Term2024–2025
PredecessorJude Maboné
SuccessorKatie Wadman
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Sandy Utah 2016
Queen of Days of '47 2023
Miss District of Columbia 2024
Hair color Blonde
Eye color Blue
Major
competition(s)		 Miss Utah 2021 (first runner–up)
Miss District of Columbia 2024 (won)
Miss America 2025 (congeniality)
Website Official Website

Katie Ann Powell is an American beauty pageant titleholder, harpist, podcaster, and financial analyst. She won the Miss District of Columbia pageant in 2024 and competed at the Miss America 2025 pageant, winning the congeniality award. She serves as the executive director of the Granite Credit Union Foundation and hosts the Full Confidence Ahead podcast.

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Early life and education

Powell was born on a military base and grew up in Sandy, Utah. [1] [2] She is the daughter of Douglas Lester Powell, a veteran of the United States Air Force, and Stephanie Joy Powell. [2] [3] As a child, she was diagnosed with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the bone and underwent surgery to treat it. [1] [2]

She attended Hillcrest High School and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in communications from Brigham Young University, where she was a member of Phi Lambda Beta Honor Society. [4] [5] While in undergraduate school, she was a student journalist and news anchor for BYU Universe Live News. [3] She also studied harp performance at the University of Utah and the University of Redlands Conservatory of Music. [1] [3] She worked on a master of business administration degree at the University of Utah. [3]

Career and pageants

Powell is a harpist and competed in pageants with harp playing as her talent. [4] She has performed internationally, playing the harp in over seven countries. [6]

She was crowned Miss Sandy 2016. [1] Powell competed in the Miss Utah pageant in 2021 and placed as 1st-runner up. [7]

On March 24, 2023, Powell was crowned Queen of Days of '47 during a scholarship competition at the Pioneer Memorial Museum organized by Days of 47 Inc. and the International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers. [3]

She won the Miss District of Columbia pageant in 2024. [1] [2] On February 15, 2025, she sang the "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 2025 Sweethearts and Patriots Gala, hosted by the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution at the French Embassy in the United States to raise money for the National Military Family Association and Le Comite de l’Entraide Defense. [8]

On January 5, 2025, she competed in the Miss America 2025 pageant, playing Baroque Flamenco on the harp and promoting her community service initiative called "Preparing Women for Financial Success." [1] [9] She won the congeniality title "most inspirational". [1] [10]

Powell works as a financial advisor. [1] She is the executive director of the Granite Credit Union Foundation and the founder and host of the Full Confidence Ahead podcast. [3]

Personal life

Powell is a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and the Daughters of the American Revolution. [3] She is fluent in Portuguese and served as a Latter-Day Saint missionary in Portugal. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Darby, Margaret (January 6, 2025). "'God's magnified my gifts and my talents through this process': Utah native wins award at Miss America 2025". Deseret News . Salt Lake City, Utah. Archived from the original on May 23, 2025. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Swindell, Elizabeth (July 11, 2024). "Miss District of Colombia 2024- Katie Ann Powell". RSS . Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Royalty For 2023 Days of '47 Celebration". Daughters of Utah Pioneers . Salt Lake City, Utah: International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers. December 3, 2023. Archived from the original on May 21, 2025. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  4. 1 2 May, Emily (December 10, 2024). "How Miss D.C. unites her community in a politically divisive time and place". The Daily Universe . Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on May 18, 2025. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Katie Ann Powell - Miss DC 2024". Miss District of Columbia . Washington, D.C.: Miss America. Archived from the original on July 12, 2025. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  6. ↑ Santillie, Charis (June 10, 2024). "Charis Chats with Katie Ann Powell – Music and Money". Charis Your Life. Archived from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Miss Utah 2022 Competition Magazine". Issuu . Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  8. ↑ Ritchie, William (February 8, 2025). "2025 Sweethearts and Patriots Gala". D.C. Society Sons of the American Revolution. Washington, D.C.: Sons of the American Revolution. Archived from the original on March 18, 2025. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  9. ↑ "2025 Miss America Delegates". Miss America . Archived from the original on June 14, 2025. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  10. ↑ May, Emily (February 4, 2025). "BYU alumna wins 'Most Inspirational' at 2025 Miss America pageant". The Daily Universe . Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on July 12, 2025. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
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