Chiefs Owner Clark Hunt and Wife Tavia, Congratulates their Daughter Gracie, on Her Surprise Engagement to Lover Tyler Cameron as they Confirm their Engagement to be “True”

Gracie is following in her mom’s footsteps and making a powerful statement along the way.

Earlier this year, Gracie — who is the daughter of Clark Hunt, the owner, chairman, and CEO of the Kansas City Chiefs, and granddaughter of team founder Lamar Hunt — was crowned Miss Kansas USA 2021.

The accomplishment came 28 years after Gracie’s mom, Tavia Hunt, won the same title back in 1993. Tavia went on to place as the second runner-up at the Miss USA pageant, which Gracie is set to compete in on Nov. 29.

With just one week to go before the big day, Gracie, 22, says she is leaning on her mom for support as she sets her sights on winning the crown.

“She tells me, ‘Just be you. You are enough,'” Gracie tells PEOPLE (the TV Show!) host Kay Adams in Monday’s episode. “It’s really nice to get to walk down a road with someone who has been down that path before. It really has just bonded us so much.”

Though Gracie will soon be on one of the biggest pageantry stages in the world, she admits she didn’t always dream of competing in them.

“Soccer was my first love,” she says. “I wanted to play in college. I won the championship when I was in high school with my high school team, and played club, as well.”

“After suffering four concussions, that was a dream that I could no longer pursue, which is really hard when you work your entire life to be good at something,” she continues. “I had to find a new dream.”