Alexandria Nichole Mills (born February 26, 1992) is an American model and beauty queen who was crowned

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on October 30, 2010, in

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, China. Mills is the third woman from the United States to win

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Early life

Mills, a resident of

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, had an interest in modeling at least as early as the eighth grade; following Mills' victory in Miss World 2010, a counselor at her middle school recalled that she had a modeling portfolio even then. The counselor also recalled her as being "very outgoing and very confident", and that Mills had demonstrated fearlessness by volunteering to sing "

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" over the school intercom. Prior to participating in

, 18-year-old Mills was

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for high school, graduating shortly before the competition, and wanted to become a teacher. According to her mother, she also has an interest in landscape photography. A vegetarian, Mills was also a fashion model and was listed with

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agency.

Miss World 2010

Mills was appointed as Miss World America 2010 to represent her country at the 2010

pageant held in

, China. She placed first runner-up during the

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fast track event held on October 19 and second-runner-up in

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was held on October 23, becoming the eventual winner of

on October 30. Early favourite

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of Norway, listed by British bookmaker William Hill as the woman to beat ahead of Mills, finished in the top seven. Mills wept as the outgoing Miss World

Kaiane Aldorino Kaiane Loise Aldorino Lopez, GMH (née Aldorino; born 8 July 1986) is a Gibraltarian politician and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World 2009. From 2017 to 2019, she held the ceremonial position of Mayor of Gibraltar, after ...

of Gibraltar placed the tiara on her head.

References

External links

Official Miss World website
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