Shriya Boppana

Shriya Boppana (born January 8, 1999) is an Indian-American beauty pageant titleholder, award-winning activist, and on-air personality who was crowned as the winner of Miss India America 2020 and 1st Runner Up at Miss Grand US Virgin Islands 2024. Boppana is a broadcast journalist currently at WDCA (locally known as "FOX 5 Plus") in Washington, D.C. and a consulting analyst at Accenture.

Early life
Boppana was raised in Herndon, Virginia. She graduated from Herndon High School in 2017 and later received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University in 2021. She currently attends Duke University's Fuqua School of Business for her Master of Business Administration as a Forte Foundation Fellow and a Fuqua Impact Scholar.

Pageantry
In September 2020, Boppana placed 1st Runner Up at Miss India DC 2020 and was later awarded Miss India America 2020.

In August 2022, Boppana placed 1st Runner Up at Miss Earth DC 2022.

On 25 March 2024, Boppana placed 1st Runner Up at Miss Grand US Virgin Islands 2024, preliminary to Miss Grand International.

Advocacy
In 2021, Boppana founded Becoming A Voice, a resource creation center for gender and sex crime advocacy content. On 21 July 2022, the Malala Fund (founded by Malala Yousafzai) featured Boppana's activism journey on their social media. Malala later featured Boppana in her 2022 International Day of the Girl video on Tik Tok.

In 2023, Boppana made the inaugural Forbes 30 Under 30: Austin local list as an activist and TV personality for her anti-sex trafficking work with Becoming A Voice. In April, she was inducted into the Fairfax County Public Schools Hall of Fame also for her anti-sex trafficking and youth empowerment advocacy with Becoming A Voice.

On-Air Personality
'Becoming A Voice with Shriya Boppana' produced by Global Television Networks first aired on the show, Capital Forum, on WDCA (locally known as "FOX 5 Plus") in February 2021. The segment aired six episodes in season one and was renewed for season two in 2023.

On 3 August 2021, Boppana was featured in an episode of WJLA (locally known as "ABC 7 News") 'Future Leaders of America.'