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Scholarship, community service and a platform of personal importance are behind each crown

Jun 27, 2025 01:44PM ● By Mimi Darley Dutton

L-R Myla Taylor, Skylar Zamalloa, Miss Draper Kamryn Stuart and Kianna Conrad. This year’s Miss Draper and Royal Attendants were crowned in May, kickstarting a busy year ahead filled with city events and community service for each of the scholarship program winners. (Courtesy Draper City)

Two are returning to the Miss Draper court for a second year and two are new to the program. Three are college students, one is in high school, two study marketing, and three are singers. Each of them is a student who works and still finds time for community service. They are the new Miss Draper court. 

Kamryn Stuart said she “burst into happy tears” when she was crowned Miss Draper 2025. She is joined by royal attendants Skylar Zamalloa, Kianna Conrad and Myla Taylor. 

Stuart, the daughter of Alex and Stacia Stuart, moved from Farr West in 2020. “I was brand new to high school, brand new to Draper. It was all new, all at the same time,” she said. 

Still, she graduated a 2023 Valedictorian from Corner Canyon High School (CCHS) and is a rising senior on the Dean’s List at the University of Utah. 

“My goal is to work in fashion or beauty marketing,” she said. 

Stuart’s platform is called Waves of Change. After working as a lifeguard, swim instructor and coach, she realized it’s the water safety component that is the most important in her mind. 

“I found a lot of joy in being able to help others learn to swim and educating them on the importance of water safety,” she said. 

Stuart shared statistics to explain why her initiative is especially important in Utah and Draper specifically. 

“According to Utah Water Safety, drowning is the second leading cause of death for children under age 18. (Car accidents are first.) Because many Draper residents have their own private pools or hot tubs, or they go boating in the summer or to Draper Recreation Center and other pools, it’s a very relevant and serious issue,” she said. Her Instagram account @wavesofchange notes swim lessons reduce a child’s risk of drowning by 88%, but sadly 31 Utahns die from drowning each year and 52% of Utah children who drown are toddlers.   

“One of the main reasons I returned to the Miss Draper program for a second year is because I really want to raise awareness about my platform. I was able to do a lot last year, but I’m able to do more as Miss Draper because you’re the face of the organization,” Stuart said. 

She plans to collaborate with Draper’s Fire Department on their Push to Survive campaign to provide free CPR lessons and she hopes to offer free swim lessons at the Draper Recreation Center.

In addition to all things swimming and water safety, Stuart has singing skills. She performed the national anthem at Draper’s rodeo last year.  Having grown up going to rodeos in the Ogden area, she said the rodeo is one of her favorite Draper events. But you won’t find Stuart riding a horse. 

“Unfortunately, I’m very allergic to horses, so I’m just there for the entertainment,” she said. 

Zamalloa is a returning royal attendant. “I have loved being a part of Miss Draper royalty last year. I understood how it feels to immerse yourself in your community and make a difference. I wanted another chance to really serve my city,” she said.

The daughter of Ranch and Dana Pratt, Zamalloa graduated from the University of Utah in 2024 with a degree in Business and Marketing, and is pursuing an MBA there. 

“I’m a marketing girl through and through. I love my sales classes, too,” she said. In addition to school, Zamalloa works for a marketing agency and also does marketing for an offroad company.

Zamalloa’s initiative Kostumes for Kids aims to “make sure every child feels celebrated” by placing drop boxes at local businesses to collect new or gently used Halloween costumes, then working with elementary schools to identify kids in need. Zamalloa cited a national survey indicating one in four families struggles to afford Halloween costumes. As a child growing up in California, she led a costume collection effort for a shelter for women and children who had escaped domestic abuse, so she has experience with her platform.

Conrad moved from Lehi to Draper as a high school senior. “I found a very welcoming community here,” she said. 

The daughter of Tanya and Lance Conrad, she’ll be a senior at BYU studying Psychology with a pre-med focus. She served a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Spanish-speaking mission in Oregon. 

“I loved living there and being able to learn about the Latino community. Their culture is built on unity and love,” she said. 

While there, Conrad had to visit an emergency room as a patient, an experience that shaped her career aspirations. “I was treated so kindly. It was fascinating to see the pace of that environment and also the quality of care and how much the medical team cared,” she said. 

Conrad works at an inpatient hospital for eating disorders, the inspiration for her initiative. 

“Utah has the highest rate of eating disorders out of all the states,” Conrad said. She plans to visit junior high and high schools to bring awareness to eating disorders and “help individuals build the confidence to seek help and healing and to know they’re never alone,” she said. Like Stuart, Conrad also has a passion for singing and she participated in Draper Idol.

The youngest of the 2025 royalty, Taylor will be a senior at CCHS. The daughter of Andrea and Brian Taylor, her family moved many times and settled in Draper in 2020. She likes singing and writing songs and hopes to study criminal justice at a Utah university. Taylor has her own permanent jewelry business.

Though Taylor is the youngest of this year’s royal court, her initiative focuses on the oldest. Taylor plans to visit longtime Draper residents to record their personal experiences which she’ll summarize and share via QR codes on local landmarks where appropriate and on social media. The inspiration for her project was twofold. First, one of her neighbors is the oldest living Draper resident. Second, her family inspired her initiative. 

“I was lucky enough to know three of my great grandparents. It can be hard for kids to connect with older people, so the best way I connected was to have them tell me stories about their childhood,” she said. “The project gives Draper’s older residents an opportunity to share their incredible stories and help younger generations gain a deeper appreciation of the city’s past.” 

The Miss Draper scholarship program focuses on academics and community service. Each young woman promotes a community initiative of importance to her. Women up to age 26 who are enrolled in school are eligible to apply. Miss Draper is awarded a $3,000 scholarship and each attendant receives $1,500. λ