Heather Renee French Henry (born December 29, 1974)[1] is an American fashion designer, politician, veterans advocate and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss America 2000.

[2] Raised in Augusta, Kentucky, Heather French Henry graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning.

Heather spent the year as Miss America 2000 promoting the scholarship pageant program and advocated her cause of support of American veterans.

[6] In October 2003, French Henry struck and subsequently killed Karola Stede, 44, a native of Germany and mother of four who was crossing against the traffic light in a Louisville intersection.

[9] She was replaced by Governor Matt Bevin with retired Brigadier General Norman E. Arflack on March 15, 2016, with French Henry subsequently being appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs.