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A Pella High School soon-to-be senior is spending the rest of her summer preparing for a national pageant after earning state recognition.

Maggie Leach was crowned as Miss Iowa’s Outstanding Teen 2021 at the Adler Theatre in Davenport earlier this month. Leach, the daughter of Paula and James Leach, had her talent portion highlighting musical theater-vocal, and her social impact initiative was Lighten 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. Hear more from Leach on today’s Let’s Talk Pella.