Ashlee Baracy
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Ashlee Nicole Baracy is an American
beauty pageant winner. She was Miss Michigan
2008 and finished in the Top 10 at Miss America 2009
on January 24, 2009.
She was also the 1st runner-up for the Quality of Life Award. Baracy’s platform was “Breast Cancer Awareness and Education.” Baracy has been a caregiver for her mother who is a breast cancer survivor of five years. She took on the mission to create an online support network that went live in 2007. She is a founder of BCDaughters.com, which is an international Web site that serves as an outlet for breast cancer victims. She has worked on fundraising efforts for the American Cancer Society and also has become a legislative ambassador and has lobbied in Washington for cancer research.
Baracy's competition talent was Jazz Dance
.
Baracy was born in Westland, Michigan
where she currently resides, and graduated from John Glenn High School
. She is a student at the University of Michigan
. She says she is paying for her education through her previous pageant winnings.
Baracy was a former Michigan's Junior Miss 2003, a Top Ten Finalist and Overall Fitness Winner at America's Junior Miss 2003, a 1st runner-up at National Sweetheart
2007, a Miss Michigan Preliminary Swimsuit Award 2008, and a Miss America 2008 Academic Scholarship winner.
More recently, she served as the spokesperson for the city of Westland's television advertising campaign.
Baracy is currently a morning traffic reporter for WDIV-TV
Channel 4 in Detroit.
United States
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beauty pageant winner. She was Miss Michigan
Miss Michigan
The Miss Michigan competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Michigan in the Miss America pageant. Michigan has won the Miss America crown on five occasions.- Winners :- External links :*...
2008 and finished in the Top 10 at Miss America 2009
Miss America 2009
Miss America 2009, the 88th Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 24, 2009. The winner was Katie Stam from Indiana....
on January 24, 2009.
She was also the 1st runner-up for the Quality of Life Award. Baracy’s platform was “Breast Cancer Awareness and Education.” Baracy has been a caregiver for her mother who is a breast cancer survivor of five years. She took on the mission to create an online support network that went live in 2007. She is a founder of BCDaughters.com, which is an international Web site that serves as an outlet for breast cancer victims. She has worked on fundraising efforts for the American Cancer Society and also has become a legislative ambassador and has lobbied in Washington for cancer research.
Baracy's competition talent was Jazz Dance
Jazz dance
Jazz dance is a classification shared by a broad range of dance styles. Before the 1950s, jazz dance referred to dance styles that originated from African American vernacular dance. In the 1950s, a new genre of jazz dance—modern jazz dance—emerged, with roots in Caribbean traditional dance...
.
Baracy was born in Westland, Michigan
Westland, Michigan
Westland is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located about west of downtown Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 84,094.-Politics:...
where she currently resides, and graduated from John Glenn High School
John Glenn High School (Westland, Michigan)
John Glenn High School is a public high school in Westland, Michigan. It is a part of the Wayne-Westland Community Schools district. The school mascot is a rocket.-History:...
. She is a student at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. She says she is paying for her education through her previous pageant winnings.
Baracy was a former Michigan's Junior Miss 2003, a Top Ten Finalist and Overall Fitness Winner at America's Junior Miss 2003, a 1st runner-up at National Sweetheart
National Sweetheart
Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1952 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart....
2007, a Miss Michigan Preliminary Swimsuit Award 2008, and a Miss America 2008 Academic Scholarship winner.
More recently, she served as the spokesperson for the city of Westland's television advertising campaign.
Baracy is currently a morning traffic reporter for WDIV-TV
WDIV-TV
WDIV-TV, virtual channel 4, is an NBC-affiliated television station based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is owned by Post-Newsweek Stations and is the flagship station and home base of the group with the offices of the group located alongside WDIV's studios; the "Local" branding now...
Channel 4 in Detroit.
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