Sierra Minott is a beauty queen from Fort Myers, Florida

Fort Myers, Florida

Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 62,298 in the 2010 census, a 29.23 percent increase over the 2000 figure....

 who was crowned Miss Florida

Miss Florida

The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Florida has twice won the Miss America crown.-Winners:* Assumed the crown after Miss Florida won Miss America...

 2008. She previously held the title of Miss Palm Beach County 2008, and received preliminary swimsuit and evening gown awards at Miss Florida, making her the second Miss Florida to be a double preliminary winner. Minott represented Florida at the 2009 Miss America

Miss America

The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

 Pageant and placed in the top 5, as the 4th runner-up to Miss America.

Sierra Minott was also Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2005 and competed in the first 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. Minott placed 3rd runner-up in the national competition. Minott is a former student at Palm Beach Atlantic University

Palm Beach Atlantic University

Palm Beach Atlantic University is a comprehensive nondenominational faith-based university with a core emphasis on character formation by integrating a Christian worldview with the liberal arts and selected professional studies...

, having majored in psychology

Psychology

Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

 with a minor in musical theatre

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

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