Amy Diaz
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Diaz in April 2014
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| Born |
Amy Diaz August 6, 1984 New York City, New York, U.S. |
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| Title(s) |
Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2001 Miss Rhode Island USA 2008 Miss Earth United States 2009 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2001 (Winner) Miss Teen USA 2001 Miss Florida USA 2007 (3rd Runner-Up) Miss Rhode Island USA 2008 (Winner) Miss USA 2008 (Top 15) Miss Earth United States 2009 (Winner) Miss Earth 2009 |
Amy Diaz (born August 6, 1984) is an American actress, model, TV Host, and beauty pageant titleholder who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008 and Miss Earth United States 2009. She is from Providence, Rhode Island. Diaz, along with her husband Jason Case, won the twenty-third installment of the U.S. reality television show The Amazing Race. The season premiered on September 29, 2013, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
Diaz attended Classical High School in Providence, Rhode Island. She is of Dominican descent.
She graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication with a Minor in Psychology from Barry University. In May 2007 she completed dual master's degrees in Business Administration and Sport Management there. She is a nationally recognized President and Founding Sister of the Iota Theta Chapter of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority and was the recipient of several leadership awards including: Graduate Assistant of the Year, Greek Organization President of the Year, Residential Life Hall Staff of the Year, and National Broadcasting Society Outstanding Member of the Year.
Diaz was a co-host of "Social Women", a Rhode Island’s talk-show and entertainment program.
In 2013, Diaz was nominated for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Man & Woman of the Year Award, and she raised close to $10,000 in a 10-week period to help cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. She has worked in media and production since 1999, and has been a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) member since 2000. She was also employed as the first personal assistant to tennis champion, Venus Williams.
She competed on the 23rd season of The Amazing Race with her boyfriend, Jason Case. After having six second-place finishes overall, she and her partner Jason won the one million dollar grand prize and the Amazing Race 23 title over exes Tim & Marie and married ER doctors Nicole & Travis.
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