Ann-Blair Thornton
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Ann Blair Thornton, is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Bowling Green, Kentucky
who was named Miss Kentucky
2011.
on July 16, 2011, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Djuan Trent. Thornton's platform, Alzheimer's awareness and research, was inspired by her grandfather's own struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Her competition talent was a piano performance of Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G Minor. Thornton is majoring in English and economics at Western Kentucky University
, where she is a sister of Chi Omega
sorority. After graduation, she plans to attend law school and become an attorney. At the age of 17, Thornton won the title of Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen in 2007, and went on to compete in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen
pageant in 2008, where she finished 4th runner-up and won the Troy Scholarship.
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Bowling Green is the third-most populous city in the state of Kentucky after Louisville and Lexington, with a population of 58,067 as of the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Warren County and the principal city of the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area with an estimated 2009...
who was named Miss Kentucky
Miss Kentucky
The Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss America pageant. Kentucky has once won the Miss America crown.- Winners :...
2011.
Biography
She won the title of Miss KentuckyMiss Kentucky
The Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss America pageant. Kentucky has once won the Miss America crown.- Winners :...
on July 16, 2011, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Djuan Trent. Thornton's platform, Alzheimer's awareness and research, was inspired by her grandfather's own struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Her competition talent was a piano performance of Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G Minor. Thornton is majoring in English and economics at Western Kentucky University
Western Kentucky University
Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....
, where she is a sister of Chi Omega
Chi Omega
Chi Omega is a women's fraternity and the largest member of the National Panhellenic Conference. Chi Omega has 174 active collegiate chapters and over 230 alumnae chapters. Chi Omega's national headquarters is located in Memphis, Tennessee....
sorority. After graduation, she plans to attend law school and become an attorney. At the age of 17, Thornton won the title of Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen in 2007, and went on to compete in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen
Miss America's Outstanding Teen
Miss America's Outstanding Teen is an American scholarship pageant. It is a sister company to the Miss America Organization, and it aims to "promote scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for America's teens." The first competition was held in...
pageant in 2008, where she finished 4th runner-up and won the Troy Scholarship.
External links
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