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Nina Davuluri
Davuluri standing at a podium
Davuluri at the White House Forum on Minorities in Energy, November 2013
Born (1989-04-20) April 20, 1989 (age 35)
Syracuse, New York
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Michigan
(B.S. in Brain Behavior and Cognitive Science, 2011)
St. Joseph High School
Occupation(s)Speaker and advocate
Known forFirst Indian-American Miss America and Miss New York
TitleMiss America 2014
Miss New York 2013
Miss Syracuse 2013
Second runner-up, Miss New York 2012
Miss Greater Rochester 2012
First runner-up, Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2007
Miss Michigan's Outstanding Teen 2006
TermSeptember 15, 2013 - September 14, 2014
PredecessorMallory Hagan
SuccessorKira Kazantsev
Websiteninadavuluri.com

Nina Davuluri (Telugu: నీనా దావులురి; born April 20, 1989) is an Indian American public speaker and advocate for civil rights and humanitarian causes.

Davuluri first began to participate in pageants to earn scholarship money for college, winning the title of Miss Michigan's Outstanding Teen title in 2006. In September 2013, she became the first Indian American (and second Asian American) woman to win the titles of Miss America (Miss America 2013) and Miss New York (Miss New York 2013). Shortly after becoming Miss America, however, Davuluri became the target of xenophobic and racist commentary in American social media. Her win also inspired dialogue in India and the Indian diaspora over the topic of colorism. Davuluri drew upon these experiences to promote her platform "Celebrating Diversity Through Cultural Competency" during her year as Miss America.

Since ending her reign as Miss America in September 2014, Davuluri has continued to travel throughout the United States and India as a speaker and advocate for diversity, gender equality, and the promotion of STEM education. She plans to attend graduate school in public policy and business, and to have a future career in politics.

Early Life and education

Davuluri was born on April 20, 1989 in Syracuse, New York, to Hindu Telugu parents from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her mother, Sheela Davuluri, is an Information technology specialist and her father, Chaudhury Davuluri, is a gynecologist.[1][2][3] When she was six weeks old, Davuluri was brought to live with her grandmother and aunt in Vijayawada. She stayed there until she was two-and-a-half years old, when her parents brought her back to the United States.[3] However, she returned to India each summer, to study Indian dance.[4] She is also fluent in Telugu.[5]

She lived in Oklahoma until she was 10 years old, eventually moving with her family to St. Joseph, Michigan.[6] As a child, Davuluri studied ballet, tap, and jazz dance. A few years later at St. Joseph High School, she was in the marching band, played varsity tennis, and was on the Science Olympiad team.[4]

Davuluri graduated from St. Joseph in 2007, the same year that her parents moved to Fayetteville, New York.[6][7] However, she stayed in Michigan and began college at Michigan State University. She later transferred to the University of Michigan where she was a Sigma Kappa (Alpha Mu), was on the Dean's List, and received Michigan Merit and National Honor Society Awards.[8][9][10] She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2011, with a B.S. in Brain Behavior and Cognitive Science.[1][4][9][11]

Originally a pre-med student (Davuluri returned to New York after graduation and took nine pre-med courses at Le Moyne College), she announced midway through her tenure as Miss America that she would not be applying to medical school.[12][13] Instead, she will be pursuing a career in politics and hopes to join an MPP-MBA (Master of Public Policy-Master of Business Administration) graduate program in the future.[14][2]

Miss Michigan's Outstanding Teen and Miss New York

At the age of 16, Davuluri became interested in beauty pageants after her older sister Meena won the title of Miss St. Joseph.[15] Because she was too young to enter local pageants, Davuluri became involved with the Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant, and realized that she could also earn scholarship money for college.[15] As a Michigan resident, she won the Miss Michigan's Outstanding Teen title in 2006, and was first runner-up at the 2007 Miss America Outstanding Teen pageant. She then stopped competing in pageants and used the $25,000 in scholarship money which she won from these pageants to fund her undergraduate education.[6][16]

After graduation, Davuluri returned to competing in pageants in order to fund graduate school, this time as a New York resident.[16] As Miss Greater Rochester, she placed second in the 2012 Miss New York pageant.[17][18][19] The following year, she won the title of Miss New York 2013 (as Miss Syracuse).[20]

Shortly after winning the Miss New York title, she held a party in her hotel room, where a fellow contestant in the neighboring room later claimed to have heard her refer to the previous Miss New York Mallory Hagan (who later went on to become Miss America 2013) as "fat as [bleep]" during this party.[21] Davuluri denied making these comments, later stating that "Mallory and I are good friends."[22] An official from the Miss America pageant also stated that the "situation was investigated fully back in July and there is no validity to the story whatsoever. Miss New York spoke to Mallory Hytes Hagan to let her know there was no validity and to apologize if she was offended in any way."[21] In addition, Davuluri has spoken publicly about losing 53 pounds (24 kg), her struggle with bulimia, and her belief that "you don't need to be a certain size to be healthy".[23][24]

Miss America

Davuluri speaking, wearing her Miss America tiara, large earrings and a long necklace of red flowers
At the International Alliance for the Prevention of AIDS (IAPA) benefit dinner, April 19, 2014

Davuluri, the first Indian American to win the Miss America pageant (and the second Miss New York in a row), held the title of Miss America 2014 from September 15, 2013 to September 14, 2014.[25][26][27] In doing so, she followed in the footsteps of a previous Miss Syracuse/Miss New York, Vanessa L. Williams, who (as Miss America 1984) was the first African American winner of the pageant.[28][29] She is also the second Asian American contestant to be crowned Miss America (the first was Filipino American Angela Perez Baraquio in 2001).[30] NPR's Michael Martin commented on this aspect of her win by noting that “there were five Asian-Americans competing for the crown. That's the highest number in pageant history. Three of you were in the top five. Two of you were the finalists, and this in a contest where initially the requirements were that contestants be of good health and of the white race."[16][31][32]

Davuluri’s talent performance (which she developed with the help of choreographer Nakul Dev Mahajan as a fusion of Bollywood and Indian classical dance) marked the first time a Bollywood routine appeared on the Miss America stage.[33] Drawing on her background in Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam, she danced to the song "Dhoom Taana" from the film Om Shanti Om.[33][1][3][34] She also later noted that she chose to do this routine despite despite being told that she was "never going to win with a Bollywood talent so just go back to singing if you are serious about [winning].”[23]

Lara Spencer, one of the pageant hosts, approached Davuluri and Miss California Crystal Lee at the end of the pageant (when they were the only contestants left on the stage) and asked them how they were "feeling" at that moment. Davuluri replied that both she and Lee were "so proud. We’re making history right here, standing here as Asian-Americans."[35] She later described that part of the pageant as “very surreal.”[16]

I really wanted to help effect a change in beauty standards .... Miss America's branding is so associated with the girl next door, which has always meant blonde hair and blue eyes with only a few exceptions, but the girl next door must evolve as the country evolves. When I was younger I wanted to fit in, but I was aware growing up that I didn't fit that mould, and I really wanted to help make a change that meant young girls wouldn't feel like that.

— Nina Davuluri[36]

Aftermath

[After being named Miss New York 2013], people called me a terrorist and ridiculous things like that. When that happened, I sat down with my mom and sister and [asked], "Why is this happening? I was born in New York, and I've always thought of myself as first and foremost American".[15]

The biggest thing I realized is that many of these remarks aren’t necessarily meant to be malicious but are simply a factor of ignorance [...] understanding everyone’s beliefs and backgrounds and finding that common ground [...] is something I’ve essentially been promoting my entire life.[37]

Nina Davuluri

Shortly after she was crowned Miss America 2014, Davuluri became the target of xenophobic and racist commentary in American social media.[38][39] The backlash was compared to a similar backlash, faced by Miss America 1984 Vanessa Williams after her win. (Congresswoman Grace Meng additionally compared Davuluri to Jewish-American Bess Myerson who experienced antisemitism as Miss America 1945).[28][29][40][41] Many of the comments demanded to know why she was chosen over the soldier, Miss Kansas Theresa Vail, misidentified her as Muslim or Arab (equating both terms to the word "terrorist”), or associated her with groups such as Al-Qaeda.[42][43][44] They also noted the pageant date relative to the September 11 anniversary, and generally expressed anti-Indian sentiments.[45][46] Davuluri later noted 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.[47][48]

A number of people defended Davuluri. Actor and civil-rights activist George Takei (the original Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek) posted a comment on Facebook stating that while he normally doesn't "care about Miss America … the uproar over an Indian-American winning (whom many decried for being "Arab") has me shaking my head. Please tell me I'm not alone in wondering whether we've learned anything at all.[49][50] Takei later appeared with Davuluri in a joint ABC News interview to discuss both his post and the backlash. During the interview, she noted that she is a Trekkie and told Takei: "I have to say, 'live long and prosper.' " He then gave her the Vulcan salute, which she returned.[51] Editorials that likewise differentiated between a critique of beauty pageants in general and defending Davuluri against discrimination also appeared.[52][53] In addition, Miss Kansas Theresa Vail denounced the comments made about both her and Davuluri.[54][55] Finally, students at Duke University and Yale University created videos and ran photo campaigns in a show of solidarity with her.[56][57][58]

Here, in America, we have this billion-dollar industry that is tanning salons and products, and abroad in many Asian countries, we have our own billion-dollar industry of fairness creams and bleaching products ... I think when I learned about ... all the ... commentary highlighting this aspect of "She never would have won Miss India if she were competing there", my reaction to that is "Well, I never wanted to be Miss India" ... when I was growing up, I heard people in India say, 'You would be so much more beautiful if you were fairer". But I've been able to take on this role and say, "You know what? I'm proud".

Nina Davuluri[15]

An editorial by the staff of The Hindu highlighted a different narrative in India and the Indian diaspora regarding her win and colorism. They suggested that rather than hold a pageant title in India, "the dark complexioned 24-year-old would not have stood a chance…had she been in India, far from entering a beauty contest, it is more likely that Ms Davuluri would have grown up hearing mostly disparaging remarks about the colour of her skin; she would have been — going by the storyline of most “fairness” cream advertisements — a person with low self-esteem and few friends."[59] Dean Asha Rangappa (Yale Law School) echoed these sentiments in an editorial for the Huffington Post.[60] Similar remarks appeared in social media and in numerous editorials.[61][62][63][64][65][66] Davuluri also discussed the subject with reporters in the American media, stating that she was interested in becoming involved in the "Dark is Beautiful" campaign.[67][68]

Platform

During her year as Miss America Davuluri promoted her platform, "Celebrating Diversity Through Cultural Competency," and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education to high-school and college students.[69][70] She elaborated on her platform in a Yale University talk as one using social media as a form of activism.[71][72][73] Describing it as "Circles of Unity", she encouraged students to view social media as a tool to spread cultural awareness and combat ignorance.[72][74]

During Davuluri's visit to Central York High School in Pennsylvania, 18-year-old Patrick Farves was suspended for inviting her to his 2014 prom during a question-and-answer session.[75][76] Although she requested that the suspension be lifted in a Facebook post, school administrators said that they must maintain standards for student behavior.[75][76] Farves later regretted his joke, since it overshadowed her platform.[76]

Davuluri is a spokeswoman for PETA, extending her campaign celebrating diversity to the adoption of mixed-breed dogs from animal shelters.[77] On October 16, 2013, she met President Barack Obama for the Children's Miracle Network Hospital Champions at the White House.[36][78][79]

Last Tuesday, the first Indian Miss America, Nina Davuluri, came to speak at Yale University. She is also the first Miss America to receive xenophobic comments about being a terrorist or Muslim extremist ... She thoughtfully explained her platform of cultural competence and stressed that patiently answering people’s questions is one of the strongest ways to combat ignorance ... As we can see from Davuluri’s response to her critics, tolerance begets tolerance.

Yale University junior Lorraine James in February 2014[71][80]

Speaker and advocate

Since completing her year as Miss America in September 2014, Davuluri has worked as a public speaker and advocate for diversity, gender equality, and the promotion of STEM education. In this capacity, she has spoken in both political and diplomatic venues. In September 2014, she shared the stage with PBS' NewsHour Weekend anchor Hari Sreenivasan as hosts for a Madison Square Garden talk by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[81][82][83][84] She also participated in the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit Youth and Women Day in Nairobi in July 2015.[85][86] About a year later, Davuluri traveled to Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Vijayawada as part of an official March 2016 tour for the U.S. State Department to discuss women's education.[14][87] Part of this tour focused on events connected with International Women's Day (including a talk for the Asia Society).[88][89]

Davuluri continues to speak on the subjects of diversity and STEM at college campuses. In an October 2014 East Carolina University talk, she discussed the harassment she faced during her childhood."[90] The following month, she spoke on women in STEM at Northeastern University.[91] In March 2015, she spoke at Harvard's "Side by Side" gender-equality campaign.[92][93] Later in the same month, she discussed the subject of diversity at Princeton.[8][94]

Other accolades

  • India Abroad Face of the Future Award 2014: India Abroad, June 19, 2015, M69-M82.[15]
  • Elected trustee to the Miss America Foundation Board in February 2015 (the first Miss America elected to the board).[15][95]
  • In August 2014 fashion designer Tony Bowls announced that he designed a shoe, "The Nina," in her honor.[96][97]

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