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Great Information about Nina Davuluri
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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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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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