Originally published in Carroll Capital, the print publication of the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. .Ģż
Being Miss Massachusetts was never part of Perianne Caronās planāher friends on the Celticsā dance teams encouraged her to enter the pageant, and she just happened to win. āIt was an out-of-body experience,ā says Caron, who took home the top prize at the 2025 Miss Massachusetts USA pageant. āI kept thinking, āWhat am I doing here?ā But in the best way."
Suddenly, Caronās weekends were filled with parades, 5k races to fight hunger and disease, and other events around the state, all while donning her crown. But even during her whirlwind reign, on many weeknights Caron could still be found in her sweatpants in Fulton Hall, working to finish her MSF.
Caron competing in the Miss Massachusetts USA pageant in June 2025.
When she started the finance program in 2023, Caronās plan was to pivot from her then job in investment marketing to something more research focused within the field, but the adventure of serving as Miss Massachusetts and competing for Miss USA last fall enlarged her idea of whatās possible.
As she passes on her crown to the next reigning queen, Caron looks to use what sheās learnedāboth in the classroom and through the pageantsāto pursue newfound dreams of fashion entrepreneurship instead. āThis journey has brought out a higher level of confidence in myself,ā she says. ā[Itās] shown me that I have something to share with the world.āĢż
