Kaitlyn Miller is the daughter of John and Mia Miller, of Swoyersville, has an older sister Kelsey, who is a junior at Penn State University and a Shih-tzu puppy named Bella. Kaitlyn is a senior at Wyoming Valley West High School, located in Plymouth, where she is enrolled in Honors and Advanced Placement classes. She is the President of Future Business Leaders of America, and a member of Student Council, National Honor Society, and the Class of 2013 Club. She is also a member of the Colorguard and Dance Team for the Marching Band, who performs on Friday night at the football games. Kaitlyn is also involved in winter and spring track, youth ministry, and is a cantor and alter server at her church. Kaitlyn plans to attend college with a double major in dance and business to eventually perform professionally and one day open her own dance studio.

     Kaitlyn has been competing in the Miss Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Teen Organization since 2009, where she won her first local title within the Miss MidState Organization, being named the first Miss State Capitol’s Outstanding Teen. After receiving Third Runner-Up that year at Miss Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Teen, she never gave up on her journey for the crown. She then won Miss York County’s Outstanding Teen in 2010 and was named Non-Finalist Evening Gown and Scholastic Award Winner at the state pageant. Going back for the third year, representing Berks County as Miss Greater Reading’s Outstanding Teen she was awarded the Leadership Award and Third Runner-Up again. After that state pageant in 2011, Kaitlyn knew the next year would be the last year she would compete as a teen and knew she had to give it her all if she really wanted it. She won her local title within the Miss MidState Organization again, being was named Miss MidState’s Outstanding Teen 2012. Never giving up on her dream in becoming Miss Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Teen, she was crowned on May 25, 2012. She now has the opportunity of representing Pennsylvania at Miss America’s Outstanding Teen in Orlando in August.