[3] She went on to graduate from White Pigeon High School in 2007 after having successful sports careers in basketball, volleyball, and track.

[8] In 2012, Mekayla accepted a position at Froggy 102.7 WLEG in Goshen, Indiana as the production director and afternoon DJ until the station's format changed in 2013.

[2] Diehl, who is 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) tall, has been praised for being a "normal", healthy size 4 and for not being skinny, a common stereotype of beauty pageant contestants.

Diehl has ignited a wave of positivity encouraging women to be healthy and not go to extremes of having unhealthy habits to be skinny.

[14] She received coverage from all the major networks,[15] interviewed by Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Fox and Friends,[16] The Today Show,[10] Good Morning America,[17] Entertainment Tonight.

[18] and WNDU[19] She went on to gain her real estate license with Century 21 Affiliated serving the Northern Indiana region.