Caelynn Miller-Keyes Biography
Caelynn Miller-Keyes is a model and beauty pageant winner from the United States. Miller-Keyes rose to prominence after appearing as a contestant on season 23 of The Bachelor.
How old is Caelynn Miller-Keyes? – Age
She is 27 years old as of 15 June 2022. She was born in 1995 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States. Her real name is Caelynn Marie Miller-Keyes.
Caelynn Miller-Keyes Family
Miller-Keyes was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia to Jerry Keyes and Jai-leah Miller and raised by her mother and stepfather John Kamenicky. Her mother and maternal grandmother are both members of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. Her paternal grandmother was the first woman to be appointed as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Los Angeles.
Caelynn Miller-Keyes Education
Miller-Keyes studied broadcast journalism at Virginia Commonwealth University after graduating from Stafford Senior High School. Miller-Keyes moved from Virginia to Asheville, North Carolina, before becoming Miss North Carolina USA, and began working as a social media consultant.
Are Dean and Caelynn engaged? – Boyfriend
During season six of Bachelor in Paradise, Miller-Keyes began dating Dean Unglert. They bought a house in Summerlin, Nevada, in January 2021, and will move there permanently in April. They plan to marry in October 2022.
Caelynn Miller-Keyes Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $6.97 million.
How tall is Caelynn Miller-Keyes?
She stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m).
Caelynn Miller-Keyes Illness
She was diagnosed with encephalitis as a child and doctors told her she had only a 10% chance of ever walking again; she eventually recovered completely.
Caelynn Miller-Keyes Miss USA
Miller-Keyes’ pageantry career began when she was 16 years old, when she competed in Miss Virginia Teen USA 2013. She placed second runner-up in the Miss Greater Fairfax Teen USA 2013 preliminary pageant before competing in and winning the Miss Arlington County Teen USA 2013 preliminary a month later. She went on to win the state title on her first try and represented Virginia at Miss Teen USA 2013 in Nassau, Bahamas, at Atlantis Paradise Island. Miller-Keyes did not place in the pageant, which was won by Cassidy Wolf of California. At the end of her reign, Miller-Keyes crowned Olivia Fletcher as her successor.
Miller-Keyes returned to pageantry several years after winning Miss Virginia Teen USA, competing in Miss Virginia USA in 2016 and 2017, finishing third runner-up to Desiree Williams and first runner-up to Jacqueline Carroll, respectively. Miller-Keyes moved to North Carolina and competed in Miss North Carolina USA 2018, representing Asheville, where she won the title and was crowned by outgoing titleholder Katie Coble.
Miller-Keyes was chosen as Miss North Carolina USA to represent North Carolina at the Miss USA 2018 pageant, which was held in Shreveport, Louisiana. Miller-Keyes advocated for her platform of sexual assault awareness while she was Miss USA. She went on to finish as the competition’s first runner-up, trailing eventual winner Sarah Rose Summers of Nebraska. Miller-Keyes was unable to crown her successor after the end of her reign due to filming commitments for The Bachelor. Cheslie Kryst was crowned instead by Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2018 Kaaviya.
Caelynn Miller-Keyes Bachelor
Miller-Keyes was cast in season 23 of The Bachelor, which starred former NFL player Colton Underwood, in 2018. Filming for the season began in the fall of 2018, and Miller-Keyes was later revealed as a contestant by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on December 6, 2018. Another contestant, Hannah Brown, was crowned Miss Alabama USA 2018 and was Miller-Keyes’ roommate at Miss USA.
Miller-Keyes revealed to Underwood in the season’s January 28, 2019 episode the details of a sexual assault she experienced during her sophomore year of college, and how the experience caused her to have difficulty opening up and trusting men for a time.
After the episode aired, Miller-Keyes received widespread attention and praise from the media, with outlets identifying the airing of their conversation as support for the Me Too movement. Miller-Keyes finished fourth in the season after being eliminated by Underwood during the show’s hometown dates segment on February 25, 2019. She debuted on season six of Bachelor in Paradise in August 2019, before leaving the show with boyfriend Dean Unglert in the episode that aired on September 9, 2019.
