Mikkayla Flores

Mikkayla Flores grew up in Carroll County, AR and was originally home-schooled, then attended Eureka Springs, Clear Spring and Berryville schools where she played middle school and high school sports, primarily soccer, although she also played softball and basketball, and ran track. She signed up to play baseball with the boys when she was seven, and now that she's grown, she's a football player for the Cleveland Crush. Mikkayla loved dressing up and being the center of attention, and routinely played sports on Saturday mornings before entering pageants on Saturday evenings. The result was boxes filled with trophies, medals, ribbons, sashes and crowns. This March, Mikkayla competed against roughly 200 hopefuls to make the first cut of 40 trying out for the Cleveland Crush. She made an additional cut during an April mini-camp, and then earned a spot on the final roster of a 20-player Cleveland team. On Sept. 23 Mikkayla debuted in Quicken Loans Arena with the first year expansion team. Mikkayla is the niece of actress Karen Vaccaro.