User:Shanay thompson

Shanay Thompson born in Hayward CA June 9, 1988 is the first african american woman to achieve the Miss Sacramento USA title in May of 2010, the 22 year old will be now competing as Miss Sacramento USA in Donald Trump Organizations Miss California USA 2011 November 20-21 2010 in Palm Springs, California.

Shanay grew up in Union City,California and then moved to Sacramento with her family at age 12. She then went to Natomas Charter School Performing Arts School and finished her senior year of high school at Natomas High School in 2006 at age 18. After high school Shanay proceeded to attend college in Sacramento and acheived her Bachelors in Biology Degree in 2010. She plans on continuing her education in hopes to become a Medical Doctor specializing in Radiology. Shanay has always been active in her community volunteering for various organizations.

As Miss Sacramento USA, Shanay will be listed in the Sacramento History Museum as the first african american Miss Sacramento USA. She has been featured on Good Day Sacramento, Sacramento News and Review and Natomas Magazine. Shanay is a dedicated volunteer for a medical clinic in her local neighborhood, March of Dimes, and Susan G komen, and participated in Sacramento's Juneteenth Parade, Celebrate Natomas Festival. Jubilee Festival and was recognized for her achievement on stage.She was also a head judge for the Little Miss capital city pageant in July 2010 and will be again in December 2010. Shanay is now working hand in hand with women escaping a violent environment (WEAVE) to speak and mentor women in the battered women shelter.

When Shanay manages her free time she likes to model, play sports, spend time with her younger sister and family, tap dancing, and playing piano. Her future goals are to win the Miss California title and compete in the Miss America pageant. After the pageant Shanay plans to continue pursuing pageants, attend medical school, be a director of her own pageant with her own pageant dress/ accessories line, be a spokesperson for WEAVE and pursue making a non profit organization which is close to her heart for young women of color to uplift one another and encourage education, self respect, healthy living and physically and emotionally and prevent many of the devastating problems and negative issues that young black women face today and Overall empower all women and give women the assurance that discriminatory barriers will be dismantled. This eloquent beauty is ready to take the world by storm.