Courtney Thomas

Courtney Thomas

Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Courtney Elizabeth Thomas October 30, 1988 (1988-10-30) (age 23) Sigel, Pennsylvania
Education	Drexel University Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Hair color	Brunette
Eye color	Brown
Title(s)	Miss MidState 2007 Miss Moraine State 2008 Miss Cambria County 2009 Miss Jewel of the West 2010 Miss Pennsylvania 2010
Major competition(s)	National Sweetheart 2009 (Top 10), Miss America 2011

Courtney Elizabeth Thomas, (born October 30, 1988) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from the village of Sigel in Eldred Township Pennsylvania who was named Miss Pennsylvania 2010.

Biography

Thomas won the title of Miss Pennsylvania on June 19, 2010, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Shannon Doyle. Thomas’s platform is “Don't C.O.P.P. Out! Consequences Of Peer Pressure." Shortly before her 15th birthday, Thomas was severely injured as a passenger in a car accident caused by a drunk driver in which she broke both of her arms and legs. According to Thomas, her story “about rising above the Consequences Of Peer Pressure encourages youth as well as adults to take inventory of their lives and to think about every decision they make so that a bad decision won't end their life prematurely, or have a negative impact on their life.”^[1][2] Thomas is a senior biological sciences major at Drexel University. She hopes to become a physician with her own family practice.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ "Area woman wins Miss Pennsylvania Pageant". The Courier Express. June 24, 2010. http://www.thecourierexpress.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20437372&BRD=2758&PAG=461&dept_id=572984&rfi=6. Retrieved 2010-08-30. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Miss Pa. crown goes to U. senior". The Triangle. July 9, 2010. http://media.www.thetriangle.org/media/storage/paper689/news/2010/07/09/News/Miss-Pa.Crown.Goes.To.U.Senior-3923136.shtml. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
3. ^ "Drexel Student Named Miss Pennsylvania". Drexel University. June 28, 2010. http://www.drexel.edu/news/digest/default.aspx?d=6%2F28%2F2010&id=9374. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
4. ^ "Courtney Thomas - Miss Pennsylvania Bio". Miss Pennsylvania. August 30, 2010. http://www.misspa.org/miss_pa_bio.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 

External links

• Courtney Thomas at the Internet Movie Database
• Courtney Thomas on Twitter

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Shannon Doyle	Miss Pennsylvania 2010	Succeeded by Juliann Sheldon

Persondata
Name	Thomas, Courtney
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Date of birth	October 30, 1988
Place of birth	Sigel, Pennsylvania
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