[4] Earley competed in the 2012 Miss Maine pageant as Miss Sanford Region with the platform "Literacy: Healthy Minds and Body" and a contemporary clogging performance in the talent portion of the competition.
[13][14] Earley won the competition at Catherine McAuley High School in Portland, Maine, on Sunday, April 26, 2015, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Maine titleholder Audrey Thames.
[15] She earned several thousand dollars in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant.
[14] Earley was Maine's representative at the Miss America 2016 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 2015.
[15][16] In the televised finale on September 13, 2015, she placed outside the Top 15 semi-finalists and was eliminated from competition.