As a social media analyst for the NFL, Davis is an expert at social media audience behaviors and influencer content strategy. In the same breath, if you ask her about beauty secrets, formal wardrobe fashion and community service with young women, you will receive useful tips and motivating advice. It all comes with the territory of being a product of Howard University – and the perfect Miss America 2025 contestant. “That’s one of the things I love about pageantry: it gets contestants and audiences involved in the different parts about being a woman,” said Taylor. “You can do it all. You can be into beauty and feel super confident and feminine. I competed every year with doctors, educators, mothers, wives. When you attend a pageant, you can see the multifaceted nature of being a woman and being able to do it all.” Representing Dallas, Davis won the title of Miss Texas USA 2025 last summer after vying for the title three times. Her win led her to compete in Miss USA 2025 last fall where she was crowned third runner up. Taking it back to what she called “old-school pageantry,” she said her nude and pearls ball gown choice featured a soft yet strong, elegant yet effortless look, while her state costume entry featured elements of everything Texas: the Longhorn cow, monarch butterfly, prickly pear cactus, bluebonnet flower, a little chili and some inspiration from Houston’s own Beyoncé. Ask Taylor Davis about football stats, Super Bowl metrics and NFL audience analytics, and you’ll get an earful.
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