Photo by Patrick Hill

Founder & Executive Director
Leslie Hughes Kennedy is the Founder & Executive Director of the Barking Beauty Pageant. A former Ms. New York and star of NYCTV's Doggie Moms. She brings her expertise as a national emcee and host of the National American Miss Pageants to the stage along with her "doghter," a sweet little Chihuahua, and the inaugural Austin Barking Beauty, Laverne.