Logan West is an American beauty queen who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2012. West was the first contestant from the state of Connecticut to win the title.
West held the Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen 2010 title and competed in Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010. She did not place, but she did win an evening gown award.
She won the Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2012 pageant in late 2011. This was her first attempt at the title and won the Miss Teen USA 2012 pageant on July 28, 2012, becoming the first contestant from the state of Connecticut to win the Miss Teen USA title. West told media that she had suffered from bullying at school during seventh grade. She was told by a classmate that she "didn't act her skin color" and was "tortured and humiliated for six months," until she started an anti-bullying program and also got the girl who had bullied her removed from her school. West's anti-bullying program is now used in most schools in the state of Connecticut's school-system
Nana Meriwether born on May 24, 1985 is an American beauty queen and current Miss USA titleholder. Meriwether was selected as Miss Maryland USA for 2012, and was first runner-up in the Miss USA 2012 pageant. With the ascension of Olivia Culpo to the Miss Universe 2012 crown on December 19, 2012, Meriwether assumed the title of Miss USA 2012. After winning the crown Meriwether became the oldest contestant ever to be crowned Miss USA at the age of 27.
Born in South Africa while her parents were doing volunteer work, she was raised in Potomac, Maryland and is a 2003 graduate of Sidwell Friends School. She attended Duke University for one semester, where her father Delano Meriwether had been the first African-American medical student. She transferred to UCLA in 2004, where she graduated and was twice-named an All-American in volleyball. She then started graduate school at USC. She previously participated in California pageants (2008–2011), and finished as high as second.
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