PROVO — A Provo woman who has competed internationally as a mermaid and scored high honors while doing it is leading the charge on an opportunity for seasoned and aspiring swimmers to be recognized for their talents closer to home.

In 2024, Mia Sim became the fastest “mermaid” in the world after impressing the judges at the Swiss Merlympics in Geneva, Switzerland.

She returned to the annual competition earlier this year in Wolfsburg, Germany, with a team of other U.S. swimmers and took home a gold medal.

The self-proclaimed “Provo Mermaid” has opted to take a break from competing — but she wants to help find a way to bring a form of the contest to her home state. She is planning for the Mermaid Swim Trials to be held in southern Utah in the spring.

Sim is the event coordinator and comp

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