#220 Tayan Stansfield: Teen Miss Earth USA 2023

Tayan Stansfield is a fifteen year-old sophomore at Martha Layne Collins High School. She was recently crowned Teen Miss Earth USA 2023 and is the youngest winner in the organization’s history to have received this honor.Tayan is a two-sport varsity athlete in dance and tennis. She serves as an ambassador and volunteer for Kentucky Harvest where she goes on food rescues and recently conducted a holiday food drive at her school that raised more than 1500 lbs of food in 3 weeks for families throughout Louisville and the surrounding areas.She is also a mentor and tutor where she serves weekly for a kindergarten class at Marnell C Moorman School.In 2019 Tayan founded and created YEA! Youth Empowering Acceptance, helping to break the stigma surrounding young people's mental and emotional health and helping her peers to find a purpose bigger than themselves through community service. Tayan is a lifeguard and swim instructor at her local recreational center and a huge outdoor enthusiast. Tayan was discovered at the age of thirteen by a model scout in Chicago and has been working for the Rock Agency in the Chicago market ever since.She spends the summers hiking around national and state parks in the United States with her family. In her spare time she loves cuddling with her three dogs.Follow Tayan on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/tayansagestans/---⠀⠀Be more than just a queen. Make an IMPACT. Join our sorority:⠀⬇️⬇️⬇️⠀http://thepageantsorority.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thepageantproject.com/subscribe