1. Nina Davuluri was born on April 20,1989 and is an American public speaker, advocate, and beauty queen who hosts the reality show Made in America on Zee TV America from Manhattan.
25 Facts About Nina Davuluri
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Nina Davuluri is the second Asian American to be crowned Miss America.
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Nina Davuluri's mother is an Information technology specialist, her father was a gynecologist, and her sister is a doctor.
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When she was six weeks old, Nina Davuluri was brought to live with her grandmother and aunt in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
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Nina Davuluri stayed there until she was two-and-a-half years old, when her parents brought her back to the United States, returning to India each summer in order to study Indian dance.
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Nina Davuluri moved to Oklahoma when she was four years old.
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Nina Davuluri lived there until she was 10, next moving to St Joseph, Michigan.
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Nina Davuluri graduated from St Joseph in 2007, the same year that her parents moved to Fayetteville, New York.
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Nina Davuluri then moved back in with her family in New York, where she took nine pre-med courses at Le Moyne College.
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At the age of 16, Nina Davuluri became interested in beauty pageants after her sister Meena won the title of Miss St Joseph.
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Nina Davuluri won the Miss Southwest Michigan's Outstanding Teen 2005 pageant, followed by the Miss Michigan's Outstanding Teen 2006 pageant, and was first runner-up at the Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2007 pageant.
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Nina Davuluri tried again the following year and won the title of Miss Syracuse 2013.
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Nina Davuluri has spoken publicly about losing 53 pounds, her struggle with bulimia, and her belief that "you don't need to be a certain size to be healthy".
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Nina Davuluri is the second Asian American contestant to be crowned Miss America.
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Shortly after she was crowned Miss America 2014, Nina Davuluri became the target of xenophobic and racist commentary in American social media.
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Many of the comments demanded to know why Nina Davuluri was chosen over the soldier, Miss Kansas Theresa Vail, misidentified her as Muslim or Arab, or associated her with groups such as Al-Qaeda.
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Nina Davuluri later said that she was prepared for the social-media response because she faced a similar situation a few months earlier when she was crowned Miss New York.
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Nina Davuluri discussed the subject with reporters in the American media, stating that she was interested in becoming involved in the "Dark is Beautiful" campaign.
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Nina Davuluri elaborated on her platform in a Yale University talk as one using social media as a form of activism.
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Nina Davuluri met with President Barack Obama for the Children's Miracle Network Hospital Champions at the White House.
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Nina Davuluri is the first Miss America to receive xenophobic comments about being a terrorist or Muslim extremist.
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Since completing her year as Miss America in September 2014, Nina Davuluri has worked as a public speaker and advocate for diversity, gender equality, and the promotion of STEM education.
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Nina Davuluri participated in the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit Youth and Women Day in Nairobi in July 2015.
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About a year later, Nina Davuluri traveled to Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Vijayawada as part of an official March 2016 tour for the US State Department to discuss women's education.
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Nina Davuluri continues to speak on the subjects of diversity and STEM at college campuses.