W’burg native fares well in Miss Kentucky Pageant

Williamsburg native and current Louisville resident Morgan Moses placed in the Top 10 during the 2023 Miss Kentucky competition, which was held June 28 – July 1 at SKyPAC in Bowling Green.

Moses is a 2016 Williamsburg High School graduate. She is also a University of Kentucky alumni and recent graduate of the University of the Cumberlands Physician Assistant Program. She is the daughter of Christey Moses.

In addition to the Top 10 finish, she received a BeMedispa EmpowHERment Award, which is $1,500 in scholarships.

Moses is a veteran of the Miss Kentucky Pageant, having finished in the top 11 in 2018 and the top 12 in 2021.

“None of it would be possible without the best support system, the sweetest sisterhood, and all of the volunteers that pour their heart into this organization! Thank you thank you thank you!!! I am honored to have gotten to share the stage with some of the most incredible women in the whole state! I’ve had the most fun with my sister queens and can’t wait to see what else they will accomplish!” Moses wrote in a Facebook post. “Congratulations to our new Miss Kentucky, Mallory Hudson! I can’t wait to follow her year of service!”

Tayler Plunkett was the first runner-up. Chapel Tinius was the second runner-up.

The Miss Kentucky competition is the official state preliminary to the Miss America competition.