Kira Kazantsev
| Kira Kazantsev | |
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Kazantsev at the USO World Spring Tour in March 2015
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| Born |
July 20, 1991 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Education |
Walnut Creek Intermediate Las Lomas High School Hofstra University |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Title | Miss City of New York 2014 Miss New York 2014 Miss America 2015 |
| Term | September 14, 2014 – September 13, 2015 |
| Predecessor | Nina Davuluri |
| Successor | Betty Cantrell |
| Website | kirakazantsev |
Kira Kazantsev (born July 20, 1991) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss America 2015 on September 14, 2014. She is the third consecutive Miss America winner from New York and had won the title of Miss New York on May 24, 2014 while serving as Miss City of New York. Her talent was singing with cup percussion to "Happy" by Pharrell Williams. She is an advocate for women and is raising awareness about domestic violence with her platform "Love Shouldn't Hurt".
Kazantsev was born on July 20, 1991 in San Francisco, California, to Russian immigrants who left Moscow in 1990 for the United States, making her a first-generation American. Kazantsev stated in a Miss New York video that she has lived in San Francisco, Chicago, Lexington, San Antonio and New York City. Her father, George, is a general surgeon and her mother, Julia (née Afrikian), is a real-estate broker. She has a brother, Boris, who is three years younger. At age 13, she reigned as Miss California Preteen while attending Walnut Creek Intermediate. At 16, she served as Miss California Jr. She graduated from Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek where she served as student body president in 2009. She was also a member of the high school varsity cheerleading squad. She attended Hofstra University with a triple major in political science, global studies, and geography. She chose Hofstra because of its close proximity to New York City and a generous scholarship. During her time at Hofstra, she was in the honors college, which requires a 3.6 G.P.A., and during her junior year, she studied abroad in Barcelona.
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