Trent graduated from Berea College in 2009 having majored in theater performance. Trent won the title of
Miss Kentucky on July 17, 2010, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder
Mallory Ervin. Trent was among the top ten in the
Miss America 2011 pageant. The self-described former student from a Southern Baptist conservative Christian school told
The Huffington Post that she came out "to help foster visibility of young queer women of color." Trent is an honorary co-chair of Southerners For the Freedom to Marry. ==References==