Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Born |
Audra Diane Mari January 8, 1994 Fargo, North Dakota, U.S. |
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Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Hair color | Dark brown |
Eye color | Green |
Title(s) |
Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2011 Miss North Dakota USA 2014 Miss World America 2016 |
Major competition(s) |
Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2011 (Winner) Miss Teen USA 2011 (1st runner-up) Miss North Dakota USA 2014 (Winner) Miss USA 2014 (1st runner-up) Miss World America 2016 (Winner) Miss World 2016 (Top 11) |
Audra Diane Mari (born January 8, 1994) is an American television host, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss World America 2016 on July 8, 2016 and represented the United States at Miss World 2016. She also represented the state of North Dakota at the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants where she placed 1st runner-up in each pageant.
Mari was born on January 8, 1994 in Fargo, North Dakota. Her grandfather is from the Philippines. In an interview with Seventeen, she discussed being bullied her sophomore year of high school. She attended North Dakota State University, where she studied public relations and communications.
As a model she graced the Ocean Drive Swimsuit issue.
Mari represented the state of North Dakota on July 16, 2011 at Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas where she placed 1st runner-up. Three years later she won the Miss North Dakota USA 2014 title. In the Miss USA 2014 pageant held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana she again placed 1st runner-up. This was the highest placement for a contestant from North Dakota.
On July 8, 2016 Mari was crowned Miss World America 2016 at National Harbor in Washington, D.C. She represented the United States at the Miss World 2016 pageant on December 18, 2016 where she placed Top 11 and won the Miss World Americas 2016 title.