Ashley Zais

Pageant titleholder bio
title=Miss South Carolina USA 2007
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 2007 (Top 15)
location= Fort Lewis, Washington
birthname= Ashley Derham Zais
birth = birth date and age|1987|03|12
height=height|ft=5|in=10
eye color= Blue
hair color= Brown

Ashley Derham Zais (born March 12, 1987 in Fort Lewis, Washington) is a beauty queen from Newberry, South Carolina who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2007.

Zais competed in the Miss South Carolina Teen USA pageants from 2002-2003, making the semi-finals of the 2003 event and placing first runner-up to Lindsay Sporrer at Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2004. In 2005 she competed in the Miss South Carolina USA pageant for the first time and in 2006 won the 2007 title. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder Lacie Lybrand of Lexington. Her sister titleholder was Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007.

Zais represented South Carolina in the nationally televised Miss USA 2007 pageant which was broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 23, 2007 and placed in the top 15.

Zais graduated from Wofford College with a Bachelor of science degree in psychology and a minor in religion. [cite pressrelease|title=Wofford senior Ashley Zais crowned Miss South Carolina USA 2007
publisher=Wofford College|date=2006-11-22|accessdate=2006-11-26] She is a recipient of the Palmetto Fellowship for academic excellence. She is a professional model who has worked in Tokyo, Japan. Her father is president of Newberry College, the school attended by Amanda Pennekamp, Miss South Carolina USA 2004.

In 2008 Zais was hired as Summer Intern coordinator for the John McCain presidential campaign. [cite news|title=McCain camp hires beauty queen|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0408/McCain_camp_hires_beauty_queen.html|publisher=Politico|date=2008-04-21] [cite web|publisher=www.JohnMcCain.com|url=http://www.johnmccain.com/Involving/Internship.htm|title=McCain Internships]

References

External links

* [http://www.misssouthcarolinausa.com/ Miss South Carolina USA official website]
* [http://www.missusa.com/ Miss USA official website]

RPM Productions titleholders
Year=2007
LA USA=Elizabeth McNulty
LA TUSA=Logan Travis
NC USA=Erin O'Kelley
NC TUSA=Katie Coble
SC USA=Ashley Zais
SC TUSA=Caitlin Upton