User:MissPriss09/Mallory Ervin

Mallory Ervin is Miss Kentucky 2009  and will be competing for the title of Miss America 2010 at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino Live on TLC on January 30, 2010.

About Her

Mallory was born in Henderson, Ky, to parents Gary and Lisa Ervin, and grew up on a farm in Union County, in Morganfield. She has a younger sister, Jade, and two younger brothers Luke and Gabriel. She competed in Miss Kentucky for three years as Miss Heartland, Miss Berea Area, then finally Miss Bowling Green. She was top ten and Miss Congeniality in 2007, Fourth Runner Up and Miss Congeniality in 2008, and won in 2009, winning both the Talent and Swimsuit Preliminary Awards as well as the Quality of Life Award for her work with her platform of Autism. She was Valedictorian of Union County High School then went on to attend Sewanee: The University of the South, where she graduated in May 2008 with a degree in Theatre Arts. Mallory is a country music singer and has been going back and forth to Nashville, TN all of her life pursuing this dream and will continue it after Miss America. She has recorded several demos in Nashville and has written music as well. She is currently working as Miss Kentucky 2009 speaking to close to 200 schools during her reign on her personal platform of Autism Awareness as well as her statewide platform of Kentucky Proudhttp://www.misskentuckypageant.com/missky.html.

Academic Honors

Valedictorian of Union County High School, Governors School for the Arts, Governors Scholar, Sewanee Deans List, Order of the Gownsmen, being accepted into the Credit Suisse International Program for Young Investors. She studied abroad at Oxford University in England.

Interesting Facts

She is the oldest of 23 cousins on one side who all grew up within a mile of each other. She sang the National Anthem for an NBA playoff Game at age 12 (Houston Rockets vs. Utah Jazz). She opened for the Charlie Daniels Band. She was a finalist for the CBS show Survivor. She has skydived from 15,000 ft. Mallory auctioned off a country ham for 1.3 million dollars at the Kentucky State Fair. Mallory is also a dancer.

Future Plans

Mallory plans to attend graduate school and continuing to pursue her dream of singing country music. She also aspires to be a national television personality. 

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