Nia Sanchez
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Nia Sanchez, Miss California pageant, Rancho Mirage, California on November 21, 2010
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| Born |
Nia Temple Sanchez February 15, 1990 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
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| Hometown | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Title(s) |
Miss Nevada USA 2014 Miss USA 2014 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Turismo Latina 2009 (Unplaced) Miss California USA 2010 (2nd Runner-Up) Miss California USA 2011 (Top 20) Reina Mundial del Banano 2011 (Unplaced) Miss California USA 2012 (Top 20) Miss Nevada USA 2014 (Winner) Miss USA 2014 (Winner) Miss Universe 2014 (1st Runner-Up) |
| Spouse | Daniel Booko (m. 2015) |
Nia Temple Sanchez (born February 15, 1990) is an American actress, model, taekwondo coach and beauty queen who won Miss USA 2014. Sanchez is the first contestant from Nevada to be crowned Miss USA. She represented the United States in the Miss Universe 2014 competition on January 25, 2015 and placed 1st runner-up.
Nia Sanchez was born in Sacramento, California on February 15, 1990 to David Sanchez, a military veteran born in a military base in Germany, and mother Nicole Sanford, who was born in a military base in Iran. Her paternal grandfather, Wilbur Sanchez, is Mexican and her paternal grandmother is German, while her mother is of Spanish, and other European mixture. Her parents divorced when she was 6 and she briefly lived in a women's shelter with her mother. When she was eight she and her brother (David, Jr.), moved to Menifee, California with their father, and she went on to graduate from Paloma Valley High School in 2008.
Her first beauty pageant was the Miss San Jacinto Valley, which she entered when she was 13; at 19, she won Miss Citrus Valley USA, which qualified her to take part in the Miss América Latina competition in Ecuador.
Sanchez first competed in the Miss California USA 2010 pageant (as Miss Citrus Valley USA) and was second runner-up out of 133 contestants. Sanchez has also competed in and won Miss Riverside County USA 2011 and Miss Hollywood USA 2012, both of which resulted in unsuccessful Miss California USA bids.
As Miss South Las Vegas USA, Sanchez was crowned as Miss Nevada USA by Chelsea Caswell on January 12, 2014, at Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, winning the title on her first attempt.
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