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In December of 2018, Mekayla launched her new pageant coaching business titled Reign Pageantry.

Mekayla competed and won the title of Mrs. Indiana America in April of 2017 and went on to win Mrs. America 2018 in August at the Westgate in Las Vegas.

In November of 2015, she married Christopher Eppers of Elkhart, Indiana.

Diehl, who is 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) tall, has been praised for being a "normal", healthy size 4 and for not being skinny, a common stereotype of beauty pageant contestants. Nia Sanchez, the winner of the 2014 pageant, stated that Diehl is no different than the other athletic pageant contestants she competed against. "I felt like this year we had a really healthy class of girls, and that’s what the pageant is about, not being skinny and having the clothes fall off your bones, but being fit, healthy and active. And Mekayla is," she said. "We were at the gym working out together. She was telling me how she does different sports. We all do." Diehl has ignited a wave of positivity encouraging women to be healthy and not go to extremes of having unhealthy habits to be skinny.

In October 2013, Diehl won the Miss Indiana USA 2014 title which qualified her to compete in the Miss USA 2014 pageant the following year, where she placed in the top twenty. She is the first contestant of Native American descent to represent Indiana at the Miss USA pageant.

In 2012, Mekayla accepted a position at Froggy 102.7 WLEG in Goshen, Indiana as the production director and afternoon DJ until the station's format changed in 2013.

Diehl graduated in 2011 from Albion College with a bachelor's degree of liberal arts in mass communication where she played on the volleyball team and track team. In June 2012 she competed in the Miss Indiana 2012 pageant where she placed second runner-up and won the "Joy of Life" award. In October of that year she competed in the Miss Indiana USA 2013 pageant where she was a semi-finalist.

Mekayla Diehl Eppers (née Diehl; born November 28, 1988) is an American beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Indiana USA 2014 and later competed in Miss USA 2014, where she placed in the top twenty. In 2018, Diehl was crowned Mrs. America 2018 and went on to place in the top twelve in South Africa at the Mrs. World competition.Diehl is the first woman of Native American descent to represent Indiana at the Miss USA pageant.

Diehl was born in Elkhart, Indiana in 1988. She is descended from the Ojibwe tribe, a member of the Ontario-based Zhiibaahaasing First Nation through her mother. She was adopted and raised by her grandmother after being sexually abused by a family friend. She went on to graduate from White Pigeon High School in 2007 after having successful sports careers in basket ball, volleyball, and track.