Indian Sensation - Nina Davuluri

NINA DAVULURI 

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AMERICAN BEAUTY PAGEANT TITLEHOLDER

Nina Davuluri :

Born : April 20, 1989 (age - 24)

Syracuse , New York.

Alma mater : University of Michigan

Height : 5 ft 7 in

Eye color : Brown

Hair color : Black

Title(s): Miss Syracuse 2013

              Miss New York 2013

             Miss America 2013

Major Competition(s) : Miss America 2014 (winner)

Nina Davuluri is an American beauty pageant title holder who was named Miss New York 2013.

• Subsequently winning Miss America 2014.
• She is the first Indian American to be chosen as Miss America.
• Davuluri was born in Syracuse, New York but moved to Oklahoma at the age of four.
• And later to St.Joseph ,Michigan .
• Where she would go on to attend college at the University of Michigan.
• Along with her family , She moved back to the Syracuse suburb of Fayetteville in the mid - 2000's.
• where her father is a Gynacologist affiliated with St.Joseph's Hospital.

Background :

• Davuluri was born to telugu parents.
• Her mother Sheila Ranjani and father Davuluri koteswara chowdary.
• Both hailed originally from Vijayawada, Andhra pradesh , India.
• In 1981, they left for Missouri ,(United states).
• Where her father worked as a Gynacologist.
  Her maternal aunt and Uncle in India are also doctors and run a nursing home.
• While her father's siblings are doctors in United states.
• Following the family trend , she wishes to become a cardiologist .
• To honour her Indian roots , she became a trained Kuchipud and Bharatanatyam danseuse during her early visits to India 
• As well as she regularly watches to telugu films (Tollywood) to stay connected to India.
• Davuluri was attended to University of Michigan and has won several scholastic honours including the deans list .
  
• Michigan Merit award and national honour society .

National honor society award.

• She graduated with a  degree in brain behavior and Cognitive science.
•  In 2006 , she placed runner-up to for Miss teen america .
• She prepared herself a whole year for the Miss america competition .
• According to her grandmother koteswaramma's support came from "her mother , the most importantly she has strong attachment to India and the city of Vijayawada " where she spent 2 years as a baby girl.
• Response to being selected as miss america :

Davuluri was crowned as Miss America on Sep 15, 2013.

• This was met by a backlash of anti-indian sentiments in Social media.
• News agencies sited tweets which misidentified her as Muslim or Arab and associated her with terrorist groups such as Al qeada.
• Davuluri responded to this criticism .
• " I have to rise above that , I always viewed myself as first and foremost american".

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