- Kimberly Morgan
Pageant titleholder bio
title=Miss Mississippi 2007
nationalcompetition=Miss America 2008
location=Oxford, Mississippi , U.S.
birthname= Kimberly Nicole Morgan
birth = birth date and age|1983|02|22
height=
eye color= Brown
hair color= BlackKimberly Nicole Morgan (born
February 22 ,1983 ) is an American singer, educator, and pageant titleholder. Morgan was crownedMiss Mississippi onJuly 14 ,2007 , becoming just the secondAfrican American woman to win that title. Morgan was a Top 16 semi-finalist at the 2008Miss America pageant.Born in
Oxford, Mississippi and raised in the small community of Taylor, Morgan, who grew up with a severe hearing disability, is currently a music teacher at Madison S. Palmer High School inMarks, Mississippi . Morgan is a graduate ofAlcorn State University and was 'Miss ASU' 2004-2005. In 2005, while a student in college, she performed as part of the Alcorn State University Concert Choir at the inagural ceremony of PresidentGeorge W. Bush . She is a member ofZeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.Morgan's platform as Miss Mississippi is G.O.T.M.I.L.K.! (Golden Opportunity Toward Music Increasing Literacy in Kids), a fifty-five minute per week after-school program of music instructions. [http://www.missmississippipageant.com/missarchive/2007/contestants/cpages/heritage.html]
Morgan participated in the TLC reality show "Miss America: Reality Check".
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOXfCQI4Xqk Footage of Kimberly Morgan's crowning as Miss Mississippi 2007]
* [http://www.missmississippipageant.com/missarchive/2007/contestants/cpages/heritage.html Complete biographical infomation]
* [http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=D0&Date=20070715&Category=ENT13&ArtNo=707150803&Ref=PH Photo gallery]
* [http://www.missamerica.org/competition-info/national-contestants.asp?state=Mississippi&year=2008&contestantName=&GO=GO%21 Miss America 2008 delegate information]
* [http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071227/NEWS/71227003 Miss Mississippi to participate in reality show 12/27/07]
References
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