Miss America organization launches Social Media Campaign

During her year of service as Miss America 2014, Nina Davuluri will be promoting her personal platform, “Celebrating Diversity Through Cultural Competency.” Nina has been working on these issues for several years and will now use her national platform to raise awareness.

Today, she launches a new social media campaign to encourage constructive and civil dialogue on diversity issues. Nina is asking fans to forward representative thoughts and stories about their experiences on how we as a nation can advance cultural awareness. People can send information using the hashtag #CirclesOfUnity on Twitter to @MissAmerica, Instagram to @missamericaorg and to Facebook.com/MissAmericaOrganization.

“I’m so proud to be the first Miss America of Indian descent.”said Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014. “She isn’t the Miss America of ten years ago and she’s not going to be the same ten years down the road. I’m so thankful that children watching at home can relate to a new Miss America. They can look at me and see that they can break barriers, be who they are and be successful despite their race or socio-economic status. I want to use this opportunity to encourage positive dialogue among all Americans about the ways in which we are all unique and how that makes us stronger as a country.”

“This year, 13,000 young women began the journey to Miss America. Nina is representative of a new generation of women – a diverse generation of women – who are making their mark, through education and community service.” said Sam Haskell, Chairman and CEO of the Miss America Organization.

Miss America is the largest scholarship organization for young women in the world making $45 million available to young women across the country.