Nina Davuluri - Miss America 2014

Nina Davuluri The first Indian-American winner of the Miss America Competition, and serve as a role model for the emerging young leaders gathered in the room. At an evening gala, she was awarded the Making History Award.



"Throw out the stereotypes! Nina Davuluri is a role model, and a great one who helps children see new possibilities for their future. The students she was chatting with were participating in JASON Leaning, a program of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics curricula that reaches some
3 million kids annually."


Some tweets even linked Davuluri's coronation with 9/11, suggesting that the choice of a brown woman was in some way disrespectful and unpatriotic, given the fact that the pageant was held four days after the 12th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center.

Those twitters only confirm that the education level in America is very low - placing India among the Arabic countries is worse than not being able to distinguish fish from chicken... It's among of ignorant people like this that the Republicans like to fuel hate and misinformation - being themselves misinformed, to say the least.


She is so sweet, poised, real, funny, and amazing! The 24-year-old Fayetteville, New York, native was on the dean's list and earned the Michigan Merit Award and National Honor Society nods while studying at the University of Michigan, where she graduated with a degree in brain behavior and cognitive science.

Her father, who emigrated from India 30 years ago, is a gynecologist, and Davuluri said she'd like to become a physician one day as well. "During her year as Miss America she will serve as spokesperson for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) this year as she travels to Washington, D.C., to work with the Department of Education," according to a Miss America statement. She also is passionate about healthy lifestyles after battling obesity and bulimia when she was younger.

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