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A Pella High School student will represent her community and state as part of the Miss America Organization.

Maggie Leach was crowned as Miss Iowa’s Outstanding Teen 2021 at the Adler Theatre in Davenport Saturday. Leach, the daughter of Paula and James Leach, had her talent portion highlighting musical theater-vocal, and her social impact initiative was Light the Load for Families in Poverty.

Leach will next represent Iowa at the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Competition on July 27-30 in Orlando, Florida.