By MATT PIKE
A graduate from Northwest Missouri State University and a news anchor at KQ2 in St. Joseph, Miss Kansas City Courtney Rowe has been crowned as Miss Missouri 2025.
Rowe and 20 other women competed for the title Saturday night in Mexico. Her community service initiative is “The Purple Project” Raising Awareness, Saving Lives,” which advocates for victims of domestic violence. Rowe is a survivor of domestic violence.
As winner of the Miss Missouri competition, Rowe will receive a $14,000 scholarship and will go onto Orlando, Florida to compete for the Miss America crown in August. This year was the 55th consecutive year that the Miss Missouri competition was held in mid-Missouri’s Mexico.
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