What began as a childhood dream in a small-town pageant became a reality Saturday night as 20-year-old Kennedy Holland of Greenwood was crowned Miss Arkansas 2025.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Miss Arkansas Scholarship Organization crowned a new Miss Arkansas Saturday night. University of Central Arkansas student, Kennedy Holland, 20, is now the 2025 Miss Arkansas.

— A Greenwood native has been crowned Miss Arkansas 2025. According to a Facebook post from the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Organization, Kennedy Holland took home the crown on June 14.

University of Central Arkansas students and alumnae will be among the 47 contestants competing for the 2025 Miss Arkansas title from June 8-14.