Tamira A. Cole
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Tamira Antwionette Cole (born February 10, 1984), is a pageant contestant, noted collegian, professor and author; she is best known as the winner of the 2009 Miss Black Kentucky USA pageant. A native of Jackson, Tennessee
, she currently resides in Clarksville, Tennessee
.
at Austin Peay State University. She is also a youth advocate, community activist,oversees missionary, 4-H, HOSA, Volunteer Girls State and Tennessee Governor's School alumna. She is the youngest recipient of the Jobelle Holcombe Outstanding Panhellenic Alumna Award of Chi Omega in convention history and a national scholarship winner.
Cole was given an honorable mention for USA Today
's 2004 All-USA Academic College Team All-American, was named a top 22 College Woman of Glamour Magazine
in 2005 and has been featured in Shape Magazine
.
She has been recognized as a 2007 Glamour Magazine Hero, and a top ten national finalist in the Outstanding Youth Service Award named after Harris Wofford
, a former U.S. Pennsylvania senator. She has spoken across the country and traveled internationally promoting her platform: Lights, Camera, YOUth in Action. She competed for the national Miss Black USA scholarship pageant in August 2009 and placed in the top five of the Miss Black USA Scholarship Pageant's People Choice Award.
She is the founder and creator of the Reach Out Initiative and serves as editor-in-chief of Teens for Change Magazine for Africa Change International, a nonprofit organization in Ghana.
Jackson, Tennessee
Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area...
, she currently resides in Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States, and the fifth largest city in the state. The population was 132,929 in 2010 United States Census...
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Biography
Cole is the first African American woman to be selected for membership into the Sigma Kappa Chapter of Chi OmegaChi Omega
Chi Omega is a women's fraternity and the largest member of the National Panhellenic Conference. Chi Omega has 174 active collegiate chapters and over 230 alumnae chapters. Chi Omega's national headquarters is located in Memphis, Tennessee....
at Austin Peay State University. She is also a youth advocate, community activist,oversees missionary, 4-H, HOSA, Volunteer Girls State and Tennessee Governor's School alumna. She is the youngest recipient of the Jobelle Holcombe Outstanding Panhellenic Alumna Award of Chi Omega in convention history and a national scholarship winner.
Cole was given an honorable mention for USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
's 2004 All-USA Academic College Team All-American, was named a top 22 College Woman of Glamour Magazine
Glamour magazine
Glamour magazine means:* Glamour magazine, a U.S. publication aimed at a predominantly female readership* a girlie magazine aimed at a male readership featuring photographs of women...
in 2005 and has been featured in Shape Magazine
Shape Magazine
Shape Magazine is a monthly English language fitness magazine started by Weider Publications in 1981, founded by Christine MacIntyre and became the #1 women's fitness magazine...
.
She has been recognized as a 2007 Glamour Magazine Hero, and a top ten national finalist in the Outstanding Youth Service Award named after Harris Wofford
Harris Wofford
Harris Llewellyn Wofford served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1991 to 1995 and as the fifth president of Bryn Mawr College, and is a noted advocate of national service and volunteering...
, a former U.S. Pennsylvania senator. She has spoken across the country and traveled internationally promoting her platform: Lights, Camera, YOUth in Action. She competed for the national Miss Black USA scholarship pageant in August 2009 and placed in the top five of the Miss Black USA Scholarship Pageant's People Choice Award.
She is the founder and creator of the Reach Out Initiative and serves as editor-in-chief of Teens for Change Magazine for Africa Change International, a nonprofit organization in Ghana.