New Miss Idaho, More Badass Than Beauty Queen
On Saturday June 19th at the Colonial Theater in Idaho Falls ten hopeful young women competed to be crowned the next Miss Idaho. The winner, while beautiful is not your average 'beauty queen'. She's "built more like a soldier", as she puts it in a recent interview with John O'Connell with the Idaho State Journal. Where she disclosed she is 5' 5" and a size 10, she used to compete nationally in dance and is solid muscle.
Ayriss Paije Torres is proud to be the new Miss Idaho. Ayriss, 21, grew up in Pocatello and went to Highland High School. Ayriss currently goes to Idaho State University and is majoring in political science and pre-law. In 2019, she enlisted in the Army Reserves in a position that will task her with providing humanitarian aid in the Asia Pacific Region. She currently is a civil affairs specialist with the U.S. Army Reserves and a member of the American Veterans Association.