Nana Meriwether
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Nana Meriwether in Las Vegas during the Miss USA 2012 pageant.
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| Born |
May 24, 1985 Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| Hometown | Potomac, Maryland, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Title(s) |
Miss Maryland USA 2012 Miss USA 2012 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss California USA 2008 (Unplaced) Miss California USA 2009 (3rd Runner-Up) Miss California USA 2010 (1st Runner-Up) Miss California USA 2011 (4th Runner-Up) Miss Maryland USA 2012 (Winner) Miss USA 2012 (1st Runner-Up) |
Nana Meriwether (born May 24, 1985) is a two-time NCAA All-American UCLA volleyball player and Miss USA 2012. She represented Maryland at Miss USA 2012 and finished as 1st runner-up. On December 19, 2012 after Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe 2012, Nana assumed the title of Miss USA. Nana is currently Assistant to Glenda Bailey, the Editor-in-Chief of Harper's Bazaar. She has worked for and contributed to Carine Roitfeld’s CR Fashion Book, Vanity Fair, and Vogue Australia. Nana co-founded a 501 (c) (3) international non-profit organization, Meriwether Foundation that operates programs in health, education, nutrition and development in rural and impoverished communities of Southern Africa.
Meriwether competed in her 1st pageant for the Miss Universe Organization, Miss California USA 2008, representing Malibu, where she didn't place in the semifinals.
Nana returned to the Miss California USA stage in 2009, this time representing Beverly Hills, where she finished as 3rd runner-up to Carrie Prejean.
Meriwether competed in Miss California USA 2010 where she finished as 1st runner-up to Nicole Johnson.
Meriwether competed in the Miss California USA one last time in 2011 where she eventually finished as 4th runner-up to Alyssa Campanella.
After competing in Miss California USA for 4 years, Nana decided to move back to her home state of Maryland where she entered Miss Maryland USA 2012 and won the title, gaining the right to represent the state at Miss USA.
Meriwether represented Maryland at Miss USA 2012 where she eventually finished at 1st runner-up to Olivia Culpo of Rhode Island. On December 19, 2012, Olivia Culpo won the title of Miss Universe 2012. Due to pageant protocol, Miss USA must resign her title in order to fulfill her duties as Miss Universe. The 1st runner-up assumes the title of Miss USA, meaning that Meriwether is the new Miss USA 2012. After assuming the crown, Meriwether became the oldest contestant ever to be crowned Miss USA at the age of 27.
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