Kelley Johnson

Kelley Elizabeth Johnson (born October 22, 1992) is an American nurse, television host and beauty pageant titleholder. In addition to being a Chief Nurse Advocate, she is also a doctoral student, keynote speaker and national spokeswoman. Kelly Johnson was also crowned Miss Colorado 2015 and placing second runner-up at Miss America 2016. Johnson later won Miss California USA 2018. She placed in the top 10 at Miss USA 2018.

Early life and education

Johnson was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, and spent her later childhood in Windsor, Colorado.

On September 17, 2015, Johnson appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to discuss her on-stage question and answer, suggesting DeGeneres should be on the ten-dollar bill and her decision to perform a monologue about nursing for her talent. After her interview, Johnson received $10,000 from Shutterfly to help pay for her tuition for nurse anesthetist school.

Miss USA 2018 On December 3, 2017, Johnson was crowned Miss California USA 2018 after representing Redondo Beach in the competition by outgoing titleholder India Williams. She represented California in Miss USA 2018 and placed in the top 10. She was succeeded by Erica Dann at the end of her reign.