Ashley Zais

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Ashley Zais
Beauty pageant titleholder
Birth name: Ashley Derham Zais
Birthdate: March 12, 1987 (1987-03-12) (age 21)
Birth location: Fort Lewis, Washington
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Brown
Title(s): Miss South Carolina USA 2007
Major Competition(s): Miss USA 2007 (Top 15)

Ashley Derham Zais (born March 12, 1987 in Fort Lewis, Washington) is a beauty queen from Newberry, South Carolina who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2007.

Zais competed in the Miss South Carolina Teen USA pageants from 2002-2003, making the semi-finals of the 2003 event and placing first runner-up to Lindsay Sporrer at Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2004. In 2005 she competed in the Miss South Carolina USA pageant for the first time and in 2006 won the 2007 title. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder Lacie Lybrand of Lexington. Her sister titleholder was Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007.

Zais represented South Carolina in the nationally televised Miss USA 2007 pageant which was broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 23, 2007 and placed in the top 15.

Zais graduated from Wofford College with a Bachelor of science degree in psychology and a minor in religion.[1] She is a recipient of the Palmetto Fellowship for academic excellence. She is a professional model who has worked in Tokyo, Japan. Her father is president of Newberry College, the school attended by Amanda Pennekamp, Miss South Carolina USA 2004.

In 2008 Zais was hired as Summer Intern coordinator for the John McCain presidential campaign.[2][3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wofford College (2006-11-22). "Wofford senior Ashley Zais crowned Miss South Carolina USA 2007". Press release. Retrieved on 2006-11-26.
  2. ^ "McCain camp hires beauty queen", Politico, 2008-04-21. 
  3. ^ McCain Internships. www.JohnMcCain.com.

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Preceded by
Lacie Lybrand
Miss South Carolina USA
2007
Succeeded by
Jamie Hill
RPM Productions
Titleholders 2007
Miss Louisiana USA
Elizabeth McNulty
Miss Louisiana Teen USA
Logan Travis
Miss North Carolina USA
Erin O'Kelley
Miss North Carolina Teen USA
Katie Coble
Miss South Carolina USA
Ashley Zais
Miss South Carolina Teen USA
Caitlin Upton