Cincinnatian Caroline Grace Williams, a 2017 graduate of Miami University, will be competing as Miss Ohio in the Miss America Pageant, to air at 8 p.m. Thursday Dec. 19 on NBC.

A talented singer, Williams is planning to perform the gorgeous aria, “O mio babbino caro,” from Puccini’s opera “Gianni Schicchi” — the same aria that propelled her to win the Miss Ohio competition. The orchestra accompanying her on the national broadcast will be a recording of the Miami University Symphony Orchestra led by Ricardo Averbach.

Williams, who graduated with a voice and theater double major and a minor in musical theater at Miami, is currently a graduate student at MU. She also works at the university as an admissions counselor.

Her personal platform has been to create awareness for safety features on your cellphone, telling University News that she used the method after being in a car wreck. If you hit the side button five times on your iPhone, it automatically calls 911, sends your location to emergency contacts, and updates your location every two minutes.

Now called Miss America 2.0, the 98-year-old competition eliminated the swimsuit portion last year, and now has its first female director in 15 years.