Heidi Alice Voight

Heidi Alice Voight (born June 24 1982) is Miss Connecticut 2006.

Voight is a native of Milford who now resides in New Canaan, Connecticut. She was crowned on her fourth attempt at the crown on June 24 2006, which coincidentally was also her 24th birthday. Her issue of concern as Miss Connecticut 2006 was "Educate, Empower, Eradicate: Stop The Violence", which concerned violence against women and children and "seeks to identify and address the causes of sexual violence in our culture." In her title year, Voight was noted and honored for her efforts to support relevant legislation in Connecticut and Pennsylvania. She successfully lobbied for a Connecticut law that provided rape victims with protected access to emergency contraception in hospital emergency rooms.

Voight is a five-time Kennedy Center Irene Ryan Acting Award nominee, a Eugene O'Neill Critic Fellow, a two-time KC-ACTF National Critics Institute Regional winner and national winner. She is also a state-certified rape crisis counselor, victim advocate, Community Educator and Prevention Speakers Bureau member, and was the front woman for Ankora, an all-girl rock band since the age of 14.

She is the first in her family to attend college, a notable accomplishment that she credits the Miss America Organization with helping her achieve. She competed in the Miss America 2007 pageant on January 29 2007. The Miss America pageant was broadcast live on CMT.

Miss Voight now works as an actress in New York City, and as a motivational speaker and emcee in the tri-state area.

Known living relatives: Heidi Alice Voight is patrilineally related to American actor Jon Voight.

External links

* [http://www.miss-ct.org Miss Connecticut official website]
* [http://www.missamerica.org Miss America official website]