Laura Lawless
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Laura Lawless Robertson held the title of Miss Arizona
2002 and placed in the Top 15 Semifinals at the Miss America 2003
Pageant held on September 21, 2002, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
as Miss Maricopa and had previously held the title of New York's Junior Miss 1996. She has also competed in the Miss Massachusetts
and Miss New York
pageants prior to moving to Arizona to attend law school. Her talent was classical piano. Her personal platform was Mental Health
Matters: Encouraging Awareness, Advocacy, and Action, since she had been diagnosed with clinical depression
at the age of 17.
, traveling all around the country. She attended high school at Dominican Academy
in Manhattan, NY. She is a graduate of Harvard University
(2000) and Arizona State University College of Law (2005). She is currently a practicing attorney working for Greenberg Traurig LLP in Phoenix, focusing on labor and employment issues and on general litigation matters.
Miss Arizona
The Miss Arizona competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona in the Miss America pageant. Arizona has twice won the Miss America title.-Results summary:...
2002 and placed in the Top 15 Semifinals at the Miss America 2003
Miss America 2003
Miss America 2003, the 82nd Miss America, pageant, was televised live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 21, 2002 on the ABC Network...
Pageant held on September 21, 2002, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Miss Arizona
Lawless competed at Miss ArizonaMiss Arizona
The Miss Arizona competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona in the Miss America pageant. Arizona has twice won the Miss America title.-Results summary:...
as Miss Maricopa and had previously held the title of New York's Junior Miss 1996. She has also competed in the Miss Massachusetts
Miss Massachusetts
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Massachusetts USAThe Miss Massachusetts competition is a scholarship pageant put on annually by the Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Foundation, Inc...
and Miss New York
Miss New York
The Miss New York competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss America pageant. Miss New York has twice won the Miss America Crown. Also, when city representatives were common at the national pageant, Bess Myerson won as Miss New York City in...
pageants prior to moving to Arizona to attend law school. Her talent was classical piano. Her personal platform was Mental Health
Mental health
Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
Matters: Encouraging Awareness, Advocacy, and Action, since she had been diagnosed with clinical depression
Clinical depression
Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities...
at the age of 17.
Life after Miss Arizona
Lawless is currently a celebrity spokesperson for the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression. She also currently speaks about mental illnessMental illness
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Such a disorder may consist of a combination of affective, behavioural,...
, traveling all around the country. She attended high school at Dominican Academy
Dominican Academy
Dominican Academy is a Catholic college preparatory school for girls in the tradition of Saint Dominic. It is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City...
in Manhattan, NY. She is a graduate of Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
(2000) and Arizona State University College of Law (2005). She is currently a practicing attorney working for Greenberg Traurig LLP in Phoenix, focusing on labor and employment issues and on general litigation matters.