One year after competing in Miss LSU for the first time, Kira Ekukpe stood on the same stage again, this time hearing her name called as the winner.
Her path toward the crown was not easy, she said. It started with tackling her insecurities and finding the confidence to be herself.
“I did it to get out of my comfort zone,” Ekukpe said. “I was very insecure all the time. I thought, ‘What better way to push my insecurities than by directly confronting them?’”…