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Athena Eva Su McNinch (born in Tumuning, Guam, December 1997) is a Guamanian graduate student and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Universe Guam 2018. Athena will now represent Guam at the 2018 Miss Universe Pageant in Bangkok, Thailand.

Early Life and Education Athena lives in Mangilao, Guam. Her father is Irish-Norwegian and her mother is from Kaohsiung, Taiwan and is Chinese-Polynesian. In May 2018, she finished two undergraduate degrees with honors at the University of Guam. One degree is in public administration and the other in criminal justice. She is currently working on a graduate degree in Public Administration at UOG and has a strong interest in civil rights for women, children and underserved populations.

In high school Athena was a Summer Camp Aide for five and six year olds at the University of Guam. In college she worked as a barrista at a coffee shop.

Awards and Honors At 13, Athena was the youngest person to finish the Guam Ko’ko Half Marathon Race. In 2017, she was named a national Harry S. Truman Scholar. In 2018, Athena earned the US Congressional Award Gold Medal. Athena is also an active member of Alpha Phi Sigma, Blue Key Honors Society and Golden Key  International Honours Society.

Pageantry

Athena was crowned Miss Universe Guam 2018 by 2017 Miss Universe Guam Myana Welch at the Guam Sheraton. She will represent Guam in Bangkok, Thailand in December 2018. Her 2018 post-pageant missosology interview is posted below. In 2015, Athena was named First Runner Up in the Miss World Guam Pageant. In 2014, Athena represented Guam in the Face of Beauty International Pageant.

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