His father, Lamar Hunt, founded the Chiefs in 1960, calling them the Dallas Texans, a charter member of the American Football League. Hunt Sports Group oversees not only the Kansas City Chiefs, but FC Dallas and, formerly, the Columbus Crew, and the Kansas City Wizards of MLS. Her father is a founding investor and owner in Major League Soccer and the NFL. Sometimes when I’m training, he cycles next to me and it’s great.” My dad has a little stopwatch and enjoys tracking me and analyzing my splits during my races. My mom always believes in me and has given me the support and encouragement to take leaps of faith throughout my life. “When it comes to my newfound running passion, I love how supportive my friends and family have been. Earrings: JENNIFER FISHER, Bracelets: SYDNEY EVAN, Necklaces: SYDNEY EVAN, Bustier: EMANUEL UNGARO, Skirt: MOSCHINO Bringing forth your best in whatever it is you do is something I’ve watched both my parents model,” she explains. “Excellence in all you do is the attitude I grew up around. In the Hunt household, things are extremely competitive. She’ll be running in the 2023 Boston Marathon to raise money for Camp Shriver, founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, which provides a Unified Sports experience for young people with and without disabilities. ![]() ![]() Since then, Gracie has also run the Boulder Marathon and several half marathons. Earrings: JENNIFER FISHER, Necklaces: SYDNEY EVAN, Rings: SYDNEY EVAN and JENNIFER FISHER, Jacket: LE SUPERBE, Panty: DOS GARDENIAS (Gilles Bensimon) Even so, she finished in three hours and 45 minutes, just 15 minutes short of Boston Marathon qualifying. She spent some time in Aspen, hiking at 9,000 ft., but had never consistently run the mileage needed to become a marathoner. It’s a gutsy move considering she had no real training. Instead of licking her pageant wounds, Gracie traded her pageant heels for a pair of running shoes and, 13 hours before the start of the race, signed up for the Aspen Valley Marathon. This next chapter I’m stepping into is exciting, fun, and it’s allowed me the opportunity to discover new passions.” I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to live out that dream to its fullest. “Like when all chapters in life come to an end, it was bittersweet. “I went from walking like a tomboy in my soccer cleats to gliding in six-inch pageant stilettos,” she laughs at the memory. Earrings: JENNIFER FISHER, Top: Kansas City Chiefs/Model’s Own Gracie won Miss Texas Teen International 2016, Miss Texas International 2018, and Miss Kansas USA 2021. Over her five years competing in pageantry, she made lifelong friends and developed a strong sense of self and confidence along the way. My dad especially wanted us to participate in sports with scoreboards and finish lines and competitions that limit subjectivity.” They got married shortly after she gave up her Miss Kansas USA title and they agreed that none of their kids would do pageants. “My mom and dad were engaged when she went to Miss USA. And also like her mother, in the Miss USA competition she went home having placed at Miss USA. ![]() Like her mother, Gracie was named Miss Kansas USA. “My mom ended up taking on a lot of the coaching for the pageant, so I had this wonderful dynamic where my dad was my soccer coach when I was young, and then when I began my pageant journey, my mom was an excellent resource as she was second runner up to Miss USA in 1993.” Shirt: PLT Earrings: JENNIFER FISHER, Necklaces: SYDNEY EVAN, Jacket: ALICE AND OLIVIA/Model’s Own, Bustier: VICTORIA’S SECRET/Model’s Own, Panty: AGENT PROVOCATEURĬompetitive sports transitioned to competitive pageantry as Gracie turned to her mother, Tavia, aka Miss Kansas 1993, for guidance in the pageant world. She had plans to play in college, but the concussions ended that dream. He was my first coach when I was little and those are sweet memories I’ll always cherish,” she recalls. “Soccer helped build my relationship with my dad. Earrings: SYDNEY EVAN, Dress: PATBO/Model’s Own, Shoes: PLT Gracie herself would be playing soccer today if she hadn’t suffered four concussions. Here at home, her nonprofit work has contributed funds toward building multipurpose sports fields in disadvantaged areas. Four years later she landed in Brazil for the next World Cup and donated soccer gear to children from the favelas. ![]() In 2010 Gracie partnered with Athletes in Action on a soccer clinic for impoverished kids in South Africa during the World Cup. “Even though there’s a lot of heartache in the world, there’s also a lot of goodness and increasingly that is what brings me joy.” Earrings: SYDNEY EVAN, Vintage Top: ASHISH, Lingerie Set: AGENT PROVOCATEUR
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