(Bridget Bennett | The New York Times) Hannah Neeleman, last year’s Mrs. American pageant winner, holds her newborn daughter, Flora Jo, after the Mrs. World beauty pageant at the Westgate Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Jan. 21, 2024. Like many online influencers, Neeleman has successfully monetized her popularity. With that success, however, has come scrutiny. And now the Latter-day Saint mother of eight is pushing back on what she says was a biased attempt by a journalist to paint her as the submissive wife to a controlling, if devoted, husband.
Tamarra Kemsley has been a reporter at The Tribune since 2021 but has been covering religion and politics since 2019. Her work has appeared in Religion News Service, the New York Post, and Religion & Politics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Brigham Young University and a master’s in Islamic studies from Hebrew University.