Renata Christian was the winner of the 2007 Miss U.S. Virgin Islands Pageant

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Biography

Christian, a lover of science , was raised in the U.S. Virgin Islands by her mother a teacher, and father an entrepreneur. She is a 2000 graduate of All Saints Cathedral School in Saint Thomas

Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea and with the islands of Saint John, Saint Croix, and Water Island a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of...

, and a 2004 chemistry and biology graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. In 2006, Christian began serving as the Pandemic Influenza Planning Coordinator for the U.S. Virgin Islands Government's Department of Health educating her community about the dangers of the "bird flu" influenza pandemic

Influenza pandemic

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Christian, was crowned Miss U.S. Virgin Islands 2007 on February 4, 2007 and credits her aspirations to become a forensic scientist to an internship she completed with the Broward County Sheriff's Office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...

. Christian participated in the 2007 Miss Universe Pageant on May 28, 2007. Her gown and wardrobe for this Pageant were designed by Lisa Thon of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

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Christian was coached by Mytsooko King, Flor Morales, Felecita Donastorg, and Virgin Islands Senator Shawn-Michael Malone.