Nina Davuluri
Nina Davuluri is the first Indian Girl to win Miss America Beauty Pageant. She was crowned Miss America 2014 on September 15 at a function held at New Jersey. She is also the first Indian to be crowned with Miss New York and Miss Syracuse titles.
Miss America is a beauty pageant that awards scholarships to young women in United States.
She is an excellent Dancer and lists Bollywood Dance as her primary talent on Miss America official page. She is a trained Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam for past 15 years. She is also an excellent piano player and can wield the tennis racquet with aplomb.
In 2006 she was the first runner-up of Miss Teen America. Despite struggling with problems like Asthma, Bulimia and Overweight, she managed win a series of Beauty Pageants in 2013 including, Miss Syracuse, Miss New York and Miss America.
She is proud to be an Indian. “I was the first Indian Miss New York and I’m so proud to be the first Indian Miss America,” she said in an interview. She visits India every summer along with her parents.
Her mother Sheila Ranjani and father Davuluri Koteshwara Choudhary hail from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh and migrated to US in 1981. Davuluri Koteswara Choudhary is a practising gynaecologist in New York, while her mother Sheila Ranjani is a web programmer.
She was born on April 20, 1989 in Syracuse. He her family later moved to Michigan, where she attended the University of Michigan and graduated with a degree in Brain and Cognitive Science. In past she has won several Scholastic Honors like, Dean’s List; Michigan Merit Award and National Honor Society Award.
She plans to become a Doctor as per her family tradition. Her maternal aunt and uncle are doctors in India while her father’s siblings are doctors in the US. With the prize money $50,000, she hopes to fund her higher education in Medicine. She also holds the title of Miss Syracuse 2013.
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Nina Davuluri
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In
this Indian name, the name Davuluri is
a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred
to by the given name, Nina.
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Nina Davuluri
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Beauty pageant titleholder
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Born
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April 20,
1989 (age 24)
Syracuse, New York |
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Alma mater
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Height
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5 ft 7 in
(1.70 m)
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Hair color
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Black
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Eye color
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Brown
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Title(s)
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Miss Syracuse
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Miss New York 2013 Miss America 2014 |
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Major
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Miss America 2014 (Winner)
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Nina Davuluri (Telugu: నీనా దావులూరి, born April 20, 1989)[1] is an American beauty pageant
titleholder who was named Miss New York 2013, subsequently winningMiss America 2014. She is the first Indian American to be chosen as Miss
America.[2][3]
Davuluri was born
in Syracuse, New York, but moved to Oklahoma at age four
and later to St. Joseph[4] Michigan. She attended college at the University of
Michigan. Along with her family, she moved back to the Syracuse
suburb ofFayetteville in
the mid-2000s, where her father is a gynecologist affiliated with St. Joseph's
Hospital.[5]
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Background
Davuluri was born
to Telugu parents.
Her mother Sheila Ranjani, software engineer, and father Davuluri
Koteshwara Choudhary both hailed originally from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.[6] In 1981, they left for Missouri (United States), where her father worked as a gynecologist. Her maternal aunt and uncle in
India are also doctors and run a nursing home, while her father’s siblings are
doctors in the United States. Following the family trend, she wishes to become
a cardiologist.[7] To honor her Indian roots, she
became a trained Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam danseuse during her yearly visits to
India. Davuluri has learned to play piano as well and she regularly watches Telugu films (Tollywood) to stay connected with India.[7][8]
Davuluri attended
the University of
Michigan and has won several scholastic honors including the
Dean's List, Michigan Merit Award, and National Honor
Society Award.[3] She graduated with a degree in
Brain Behavior and Cognitive Science. In 2006 she placed Runner-up for Miss Teen America.[8] She prepared herself a whole
year for the Miss America competition.
According to her grandmother Koteswaramma support came from "her mother,
most importantly she has strong attachment to India and the city of
Vijayawada," where she spent 2 years as a baby girl.[8]
Miss America
Davuluri was
crowned as Miss America on September 15, 2013, the second Miss Syracuse to win
the competition after Vanessa Williams in
1983. Congresswoman Grace Meng congratulated
Davuluri and compared her win with the first Jewish-American title won by Bess Myerson in 1945. Several
commentators noted that the title was a milestone for the Indian-American and
the Asian-American community as a whole. Davuluri was left on stage with first
Runner-Up Chinese-American Miss CaliforniaCrystal Lee when she said,
"We’re making history standing here as Asian Americans."[9]
The title
announcement was met by a backlash of anti-Indian sentiments in social media. [10] News agencies cited tweets
which misidentified her as Muslim or Arab and associated her with terrorist
groups such as Al Qaeda.[11][12] Davuluri responded to this
criticism, "I have to rise above that, I always viewed myself as first and
foremost American."[13]
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