Nichole Mead crowned Miss Oregon 2012
Nichole Mead was named Miss Oregon 2012 on Monday by the Miss Oregon Scholarship Organization.
Mead, a native of Newport, will represent Oregon in the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas on Jan. 12, 2013. The final night of competition and crowning of a new Miss America will be broadcast live on the ABC television network.
Mead is a graduate of the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Communication Studies. As Miss Oregon 2012, Mead receives a $10,000 cash scholarship.
Rachel Berry resigned last week as Miss Oregon. Berry quit after questions arose about her length of residency prior to competing in the Miss Willamette Valley pageant. Winning that pageant qualified her to participate in the state pageant.
Mead, 24, was the reigning Miss Three Rivers and first runner-up at the state pageant.
Miss Oregon gives up crown over residency dispute
Miss Oregon has given up her crown following questions about her residency.
Rachel Berry will not be able to compete in the Miss America pageant next year. She was selected as Miss Oregon last month.
Pageant director Dana Phillips says Berry couldn’t prove she had lived in Oregon for six months before competing in the Miss Willamette Valley pageant in April.
Berry says competing to be Miss America is a dream she’s worked toward since she was young, but she accepts the decision. She says she wouldn’t want to deprive another contestant of the opportunity to represent Oregon.
Instead, the runner-up will compete in Las Vegas in the January pageant.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
Miss Oregon 2012
Miss Oregon 2012, Rachel Berry
Rachel Berry, a 24-year-old from Aloha, is this year’s Miss Oregon. Crowned late Saturday night, Berry is an aspiring television news correspondent who is currently writing a book about holding onto big dreams after graduating college. Berry, Miss Willamette Valley, competed against 23 women for a $10,000 scholarship at the Seaside Civic & Convention Center in Seaside. Her talent was tap dancing.
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