Alexis Railsback

Railsback was born September 8, 1995, in Overland Park, Kansas to John and Robin Railsback and is of Mexican and German descent. She has a twin sister, Ashley, and a younger brother, Jordan. She attended Shawnee Mission West High School and graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in May 2014.[1] She attends Johnson County Community College.[1]

Railsback was a semifinalist in Miss Kansas Teen USA 2014 and 4th runner-up to Miss Kansas Teen USA 2013.[2] She was crowned Miss Kansas USA 2015 in November 2014. In June 2015 she represented the state of Kansas in Miss USA 2015 pageant, where she was the youngest contestant.[2]

When NBC, Univision and Telemundo pulled their coverage of the event, following pageant co-owner Donald Trump's derogatory comments about Mexicans, Railsback, a third generation Mexican-American was quoted in the Kansas City Star and repeated in Newsweek:[3][4]

I think it's really unfortunate and kind of unfair that the Miss USA pageant is kind of taking the brunt for Donald Trump's speech. That's a personal decision that he made to make that speech and to run for president, and I don't think it is really related to the pageant in any way, other than the fact that he is the co-owner.