Nine-year-old influencer Brie Bird is crowned 2025 Little Miss America Princess
- Oct 14, 2025
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14 October 2025
Brie Bird, a 9-year-old content creator and cancer advocate, has been crowned Little Miss America Princess at the 2025 Baby Miss America pageant after winning the Project Princess award. Her mother, Kendra Bird, shared the joyful news on social media, posting images of Brie wearing the pageant sash and medals and revealing that an official proclamation, signed by the mayor, was sent to their home.
Brie’s journey has been intimately documented for nearly one million Instagram followers, as she battles stage 4 cancer while continuing to share updates about her life, her treatment, and her spirit. Her crowning came at a time when her health had reportedly declined. In earlier posts, her mother revealed that Brie’s condition “took a turn so quickly” and that she had received a blood transfusion to stabilize her.
The pageant community rallied in support. Former titleholders sent congratulatory messages and welcomed her into the pageant sisterhood. Among them was Aaliyah Thomas, a past winner who encouraged Brie to continue shining her light. The announcement came amid deeply emotional context for the Bird family: just days before, they had celebrated what may be their last Christmas together, decorating early so Brie could enjoy the holiday at home with her loved ones.
Brie’s mother expressed immense gratitude to those who had rallied behind her daughter during her journey. She acknowledged how the pageant title and the messages have brought joy and light at a time when her family has reason to cling to hope. The recognition is a tribute not only to Brie’s resilience but also to the way she has touched many hearts through her openness and courage.
The title Little Miss America Princess carries symbolic weight here. For many, it represents a moment of recognition beyond illness of beauty, joy, and aspiration in a child whose life has already faced challenges no one should endure. The award is not just about pageantry. It is about affirming identity, presence, and dignity amid vulnerability.
Brie’s crowning also highlights how influencer culture and public storytelling intersect with personal crisis. Her social media presence is not polished spectacle but a chronicle of daily courage, medical hardship, celebration, and community. Followers have seen her hospital stays, the transfusions, the good days and bad. Through it all she remains visible, real, and emotionally present.
The gifts and support she has received have resonated deeply. Earlier this year, pop star Ariana Grande sent Brie a care package filled with Wicked-themed items plush toys, makeup, nail polish, and thoughtful notes after learning about Brie’s love for the musical. The gesture affirmed that through her pain and public journey, Brie inspires connection, generosity, and kindness from those around her.
In many ways, Brie’s story mirrors a broader conversation about how we witness childhood, illness, and social media. She is a child and influencer in one frame young, vulnerable, and still growing. Her platform gives her reach, but it also subjects her life to public gaze. That she was crowned during this season of her life may feel both celebratory and bittersweet.
As Brie wears the title, her family and followers will see what that name means in practice: how much light can one crown bring on hard days; how much meaning can a sash carry to a girl navigating hospitals, treatment, and uncertainty.
In the end, Brie Bird’s crowning is not an endpoint but a milestone. It acknowledges not just her journey, but her story, her voice, her will. In a world often uncomfortable with illness and age, she is recognized as princess, as influencer, as young person pursuing life in all its complexity.
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