Kaliegh Garris (born August 21, 2000) is an American TV host, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2019.
[8] Prior to being crowned Miss Teen USA, Garris was a dual enrolled student at Joseph A. Foran High School in Milford, Connecticut, and the ACES Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven, where she studied theatre.
[11][12] After graduating from high school, Garris attended Southern Connecticut State University studying communications, while volunteering at Yale New Haven Hospital.
She competed in the finals on April 28, 2019, at the Grand Sierra Resort, and was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Hailey Colborn, besting first runner-up Caitlyn Vogel of North Dakota.
She ended her reign on November 7, 2020, after crowning Kiʻilani Arruda as Miss Teen USA 2020, at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.