Reina Almon

Reina Almon
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born (1991-08-28) August 28, 1991
Yakima, Washington, U.S.
Education Eastern Washington University
University of Washington School of Law
Hair color brown
Eye color brown
Title(s) Miss Yakima County's Outstanding Teen 2008
Miss Apple County's Outstanding Teen 2009
Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2009
Miss Yakima County 2012
Miss Evergreen 2013
Miss Washington 2013
Major
competition(s)		 Miss America 2014

Reina Almon (born August 28, 1990) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Yakima, Washington, who was chosen as Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen 2009 and crowned Miss Washington 2013. She competed for the Miss America 2014 title in September 2013 but was not a finalist.

Pageant career

Early pageants

Almon began competing in pageants at age 13 after witnessing her cousin competing in one.[1][2]

On March 9, 2008, Almon was crowned as the first Miss Yakima County's Outstanding Teen.[3][4][5] She competed in the 2008 Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen pageant and was named third runner-up to Tori Knight.[2][6][7] In 2009, Almon won the title Miss Apple County's Outstanding Teen.[6][7] She competed for and won the Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen crown in July 2009.[4][8] In August 2009, Almon competed in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant in Orlando, Florida.[2][9] She was not a Top-10 Finalist for the national title.[10]

On August 21, 2011, in a local pageant held at Yakima's Capitol Theatre, Almon won the Miss Yakima County 2012 title.[4][5][11] She competed in the 2012 Miss Washington pageant with the platform "Sustain-Ability: Impacting Tomorrow, Today" and a vocal performance in the talent portion of the competition.[12] She was named first runner-up to winner Mandy Schendel.[8]

Miss Washington 2013

On April 7, 2013, Almon was crowned Miss Evergreen 2013.[1][13] The title was one of several awarded by the 2013 Miss Washington Sweeper Pageant, a competition open only to former local pageant titleholders or runners-up as a last chance to qualify for that year's state pageant.[8]

In July 2013, Almon entered the Miss Washington pageant at Burien's Highline Performing Arts Center as one of 22 qualifiers for the state title.[14] Her competition talent was a vocal performance of a song from the musical Les Misérables.[15] Her platform was "Sustain-Ability: Impacting Tomorrow, Today".[8]

Almon won the competition on Saturday, July 6, 2013, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Washington titleholder Mandy Schendel.[16][17] She earned thousands of dollars in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant. As Miss Washington, her activities included public appearances across the state of Washington.[18] Almon's reign as Miss Washington came to an end on July 5, 2014, when she crowned her successor, Kailee Dunn.[19]

Vying for Miss America

She was Washington's representative at the Miss America 2014 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 2013.[5][20] She was not selected as one of the 16 finalists for the national title and earned a $3,000 non-finalist scholarship award.[21]

Early life and education

Almon is a native of Yakima, Washington, and was active in the 4-H program as a child.[15] She is a 2010 graduate of West Valley High School.[8][9][11] Her father is Brett Almon and her mother is Mary Almon.[8]

Almon is a graduate of Eastern Washington University where she studied government in a pre-law program.[8] As of August 2015, she is enrolled at the University of Washington School of Law.

References

  1. 1 2 Lewis, Haley (May 8, 2013). "Students capture beauty crowns". The Easterner (Cheney, WA: Eastern Washington University). Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Snelgrove, Erin (July 18, 2009). "Yakima People". Yakima Herald-Republic (Yakima, WA: The Seattle Times Company). Retrieved August 12, 2015 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "2008 Miss Yakima County Pageant". Yakima, WA: KNDO. March 9, 2008. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Morey, Mark (August 22, 2011). "A crowning achievement-- New Miss Yakima County named". Yakima Herald-Republic (Yakima, WA: The Seattle Times Company). Retrieved August 12, 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
  5. 1 2 3 "West Valley's Reina Almon ready to take national stage". Yakima Herald-Republic (Yakima, WA: The Seattle Times Company). July 12, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Former MWOT". Miss Washington's Outstanding Teen. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Previous Titleholders". Miss Yakima County. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hoang, Mai (July 16, 2013). "Yakima native crowned Miss Washington". Yakima Herald-Republic (Yakima, WA: The Seattle Times Company). Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  9. 1 2 Janovich, Adriana (May 30, 2010). "West Valley grad". Yakima Herald-Republic (Yakima, WA: The Seattle Times Company). Retrieved August 12, 2015 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen, Jeanette Morelan, Wins Miss America's Outstanding Teen Competition". Orlando, FL: Miss America's Outstanding Teen. August 15, 2009. Archived from the original on January 29, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  11. 1 2 Tormey, Lance (August 22, 2011). "Miss Yakima County Crowned". Yakima, WA: KIT (1280 AM). Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  12. ↑ "State Contestants: Washington – 2012". Miss America. 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Miss Washington". Miss America. 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  14. ↑ Lewis, Joshua (July 7, 2013). "2013 Miss Washington Pageant". Seattle, WA: KOMO-TV. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  15. 1 2 Fradd, Betsy (October 14, 2013). "Years with 4-H help shape Miss Washington’s community service ethic". Pullman, WA: Washington State University. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Forever Miss Washingtons". Miss Washington. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Miss Washington 2013 competition". Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA: Hearst). July 9, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  18. ↑ Chong, Ada (August 4, 2013). "Miss Washington 2013 visits Yakima County pageant". Yakima, WA: KIMA-TV. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Thank you, Miss Washington 2013!". Miss America. July 2, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  20. ↑ "State Contestants: Washington – 2013". Miss America. 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  21. ↑ "2014 Miss America Pageant Scholarship Winners". Miss America. September 15, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2015.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Mandy Schendel		 Miss Washington
2013 		Succeeded by
Kailee Dunn
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