Monday, 23 September 2013

Great Information about Nina Davuluri

Great Information about Nina Davuluri


Nina Davuluri[note 1] born April 20, 1989)[1] is an American loveliness parade vendor who was named Miss New York 2013, subsequently pleasing Miss America 2014. She is the first Indian American to be select as Miss America.[2][3]
Davuluri was born in Syracuse, New York, but moved to Oklahoma at age four and later toSt. Joseph[4] Michigan. She attended college at the University of Michigan. Along with her family, she motivated back to the Syracuse village of Fayetteville in the mid-2000s, where her father is a gynecologist united with St. Joseph's Hospital.[5]

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·         1 Background
·         2 Miss America
·         3 References
·         4 External links

Background

Davuluri was born to Telugu parents of Hindu faith.[6] Her mother Sheila Ranjani, software engineer, and father Davuluri Koteshwara Choudhary both hailed formerly fromVijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.[7] In 1981, they left for Missouri (United States), where her father worked as a gynecologist. Her motherly aunt and uncle in India are also doctors and run a nursing home, while her father’s siblings are doctors in the United States. next the family trend, she wishes to become a cardiologist.[8] To honor her Indian roots, she became a trained Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dancer during her yearly visits to India. Davuluri has learned to play piano as well and she frequently watches Telugu films (Tollywood) to stay associated with India.[8][9]
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.[9] She prepared herself a whole year for the Miss America competition. According to her grandmother Koteswaramma support came from "her mother, most prominently she has strong attachment to India and the city of Vijayawada," where she spent 2 years as a baby girl.[9]

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 byBess 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 California Crystal Lee when she said, "We’re making history standing here as Asian Americans."[10]
The title announcement was met by a backlash of anti-Indian sentiments in community media. [11][12] News agency cited tweets that misidentified her as Muslim or Arab and associated her with terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda.[13][14] Davuluri respond to this disparagement, "I have to rise above that, I always view myself as first and leading American."[15]

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