For years, May Dearing has advocated for human trafficking victims. It wasn’t until she was crowned Miss Clark County in November that she felt she was taken seriously.
“I’ve done the work. I’ve been on the ground. I have taken the classes. I’ve got the degree. And for some reason, the eyeliner sold it,” said Dearing, 27.
She found her calling in social work when she was 17 and competing on Clark College’s speech and debate team. She was assigned human trafficking as a topic. About that same time, she learned an internet friend had escaped from her trafficker…