Ashley Zais

Ashley Zais

Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Ashley Derham Zais March 12, 1987 (1987-03-12) Fort Lewis, Washington
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Title(s)	Miss South Carolina USA 2007
Major competition(s)	Miss USA 2007 (Top 15)

Ashley Derham Zais (born March 12, 1987 in Fort Lewis, Washington) is a beauty queen from Newberry, South Carolina who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2007 competed in the Miss South Carolina Teen USA pageants from 2002–2003, making the semi-finals of the 2003 event and placing first runner-up to Lindsey Sporrer at Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2004. In 2005 she competed in the Miss South Carolina USA pageant for the first time and in 2006 won the 2007 title. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder Lacie Lybrand of Lexington. Her sister titleholder was Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007.

Zais represented South Carolina in the nationally televised Miss USA 2007 pageant which was broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 23, 2007 and placed in the top 15.

Zais graduated from Wofford College with a Bachelor of science degree in psychology and a minor in religion. She is a recipient of the Palmetto Fellowship for academic excellence. She is a professional model who has worked in Tokyo, Japan. Her father, Dr. Mitchell M. "Mick" Zais, was the president of Newberry College, the school attended by Amanda Pennekamp, Miss South Carolina USA 2004. Dr. Zais is now the State Superintendent of Education for South Carolina.

In 2008 Zais was hired as Summer Intern coordinator for the John McCain presidential campaign. After the election she was hired by Decisive Analytics Corporation in Arlington, Virginia.

Ashley is married to former John McCain presidential campaign staffer Michael Culhane Harper, a Silicon Valley lawyer. Ashley Zais and Michael Harper were married April 17, 2010 in Mt. Pleasant, SC.

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Preceded by Lacie Lybrand

Miss South Carolina USA 2007

Succeeded by Jamie Hill