Biography of Nina Davuluri

Nina Davuluri is a Native American public speaker. She stepped into the spotlight shortly after becoming the first Miss America of Indian descent. She was born on April 20, 1989 in Syracuse, New York. Nina Davuluri’s parents were originally from India but later moved to the United States. She grew up in Fayetteville, New York. Her father, Chaudhury Davuluri, is a gynecologist and her mother, Sheela Davuluri, is an information technology specialist.

Nina went to the University of Michigan and graduated there with a degree in Brain Behavior and Cognitive Science. She was interested in beauty pageant from her early age, so Niña entered the Miss New York pageant in the year 2013, winning while performing a ‘Bollywood Fusion-style dance’ as her talent. She then went on to compete in the annual Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, where ‘celebrating diversity through cultural competition’ was her theme song. She won it all, being named Miss America 2014 on September 16, 2013. She succeeded the last Miss America, Mallory Hytes Hagan, who was also Miss New York.

Shortly after being crowned Miss America, Nina became the target of racist and xenophobic comments on American social media. She received a lot of negative comments. They typically expressed anti-Arab sentiments and anti-Indian sentiments and also noted the date of the parade in relation to the 9/11 anniversary. However, Davuluri said that she was prepared for that kind of response from him, as she faced a similar situation a few months earlier after being crowned Miss New York.

After completing her year as Miss America, she began working as a public speaker and advocate for gender equality, diversity, and promoting STEM education. She has spoken in both diplomatic and political spaces. She also shared the stage with PBS NewsHour Weekend host Hari Sreenivasan as host in September 2014, for a Madison Square Garden talk by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She even traveled to Vijayawada, Hyderabad and Mumbai as part of the US State Department’s official March 2016 tour to discuss the importance of women’s education.

Regarding his personal life, there is not much information available. She is very reserved when she talks about her own life. However, she mentioned that she is very close to her family and most of her decisions in her life are influenced by her family members. She’s been in a relationship for quite some time, but she hasn’t mentioned her name yet. She is not married yet, so there is no possibility of her husband and her child existing.

She is a strong and independent girl who certainly knows how to deal with her problems. She is a beautiful girl with a height of 5 feet 7 inches and a weight of 49 kg. Her salary and net worth are not officially out, but we expect her to have an amazing net worth after winning all these beauty pageants.