Miss Capital City 2024 Shaylee Barnes

A native of Zionsville, Indiana, and a graduate of Zionsville High School, Shaylee is a junior at Indiana University pursuing a bachelor's degree in Neuroscience with a minor in Contemporary Dance. She aspires to attend Indiana University Medical School with the goal of becoming a neurosurgeon. Her community service initiative is the MEDLIFE Movement. She is a Hudson and Holland Scholar, a member of the Hutton Honors College, InMotion Dance Company Chair of Fundraising and a STEM Summer Scholars Institute Scholar. Shaylee is a talented vocalist who also loves to dance. And in the summer, Shaylee works as a dance instructor. She is self-taught on piano, ukulele and kalimba.

Miss Capital City’s Teen 2024 Sadie Cohen

A ninth-grader at Carmel High School, Sadie is an honors student and a member of the freshman girl's choir Expressions and the theatre department. Sadie is a talented actor and vocalist and has performed in 20 shows since she was 7. She received the 2020 Best Performer Under 18 Award (Encore Association of Indiana) as well as the 2020 Best Newcomer (Mitty Award of ASOTA). Through Broadway Artists Alliance, she has performed in cabaret shows in two New York City theatres. Sadie has been honored to sing the National Anthem on many occasions and recently signed with a local talent agency. As a young Jewish woman, Sadie is especially proud to have been contracted to appear as Anne Frank in the premiere of Anne Frank’s Tree by composer Victoria Bond with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra in January 2024. Sadie's community service initiative is Sadie Smiles for Seniors, in which she fosters joy within the senior community, especially those living in elder facilities.