24th Virginia

Carley Briggs

Carley Briggs of Virginia Beach represented Virginia at the Queen Woman Lady of the States 2026 in Miami, a pageant simulated in Pageant Consultant, an online pageant game. She finished 24th of 51. Her strongest preliminary category was swimsuit, at 8.30.

Age

26

Hometown

Virginia Beach

Education

MS in marine biology, Chesapeake Tidewater University, Norfolk

Occupation

Shark tagger. She has tagged 340 sharks off the Atlantic coast.

Platform

Ocean safety

Talent

Rhythmic gymnastics with ribbon

Fun fact

She has been bitten once, by a pelican.

“The ocean is calmer than this.”