GLENDIVE – A 22-year-old Helena woman has been crowned Miss Montana 2019.
Mo Shea was crowned Saturday in Glendive, according to the Miss Montana Scholarship Program.
The daughter of Jim and Kathy Shea, she was Miss Montana’s Outstanding Teen when she was 15. The 2019 competition was her first time back to compete for Miss Montana, the organization stated.
Shea graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Montana in cellular and molecular neuroscience and plans to earn a medical degree specializing in dermatology.
Her platform at the scholarship competition was “Love the Skin You’re In: Skin Cancer Prevention.”
While at college, Shea led a successful effort to get the University of Montana certified as a Skin Smart Campus by the National Council for Skin Cancer Prevention.
She won a $5,100 scholarship and will compete in the Miss America Pageant.
The first runner-up was Haylie Storlie of Glendive.
Also at the event, Karsen Murphy was crowned Miss Montana Outstanding Teen 2019. Murphy, 17, of Glendive, won a $1,100 scholarship and a trip to Orlando, Fla., to compete in the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen in July.
You can visit the Miss Montana Scholarship Program Facebook page for more information.
