“Loudoun County firefighter to compete in Miss USA pageant” — there’s a headline you don’t write every day. But a big congratulations to Ashburn’s Kailee Horvath, who won the Miss Virginia pageant over the weekend.
And yes, she’s also a volunteer firefighter.
The Ashburn Volunteer Fire Rescue Department celebrated Horvath’s victory with a post Sunday: “Congratulations go out to Kailee Horvath, FF/EMT on being crowned Miss Virginia USA 2022. Kailee has been a volunteer with AVFRD since her senior year in high school in 2017,” the announcement read. “We are so very proud of you!!” According to various news reports, Horvath is a graduate of Broad Run High School, studied nursing at Marymount College, and has been a certified medical assistant at Broadlands Family Practice.