Allyn Rose (born May 27, 1988) is an American

beauty pageant A beauty pageant is a competition in which the contestants are judged and ranked based on various physical and mental attributes. Per its name, beauty pageants traditionally focus on judging the contestants' physical attractiveness, sometimes sol ...

titleholder, professional speaker, and

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advocate from Newburg, Maryland. Rose won the title of

Miss Maryland USA The Miss Maryland USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Maryland in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Productions. The first Miss USA winner from Maryland, Mary Leona Gage, won Miss ...

2011 title and represented

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

in the

Miss USA Miss USA is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1952 to select the entrant from United States in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operated both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA, until 2020. ...

2011 pageant in June 2011, placing in the top 8. The following year she won the Miss District of Columbia title and competed in the

Miss America 2013 Miss America 2013 was the 86th Miss America pageant, held at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 12, 2013. Laura Kaeppeler of Wisconsin crowned Mallory Hagan of New York as her successor at the end of the ...

pageant where she was unplaced. After losing her mother to breast cancer at the age of 16, Rose partnered with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the Tigerlilly Foundation, educating women in cancer prevention. In the fall of 2012, Rose revealed her decision to undergo a prophylactic double mastectomy. In June 2013, she gave a TED Talk at

Chapman University Chapman University is a private research university in Orange, California, United States. Encompassing eleven colleges, the university is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". The school maintains its foundi ...

on the Power of Redefining Breasts. Rose continues to work as a

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advocate and contributor on several national media outlets. The 21st Annual Congress on Women's Health awarded her the Women's Health Advocacy Award. Rose was a competitive roller figure skater and won her first USA Roller Sports (USARS) championship at the age of 12. She attended

La Plata High School La Plata High School is part of the Charles County Public Schools and is located in La Plata, Maryland, United States. The current school was built in 1979. Before that, it was in the building (built in 1964) which now holds Milton M. Somers M ...

La Plata, Maryland La Plata ( ) is a town in Charles County, Maryland, Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 10,159 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Charles County. History According to an unconfirmed loc ...

. Rose went on to play volleyball for the

College of Southern Maryland The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) is a public community college with campuses in Hughesville, La Plata, Leonardtown, and Prince Frederick, Maryland. It serves students living in Southern Maryland's Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert cou ...

and later at the

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD i ...

, where she graduated with a B.A. in Government & Politics. In 2017, Rose completed her M.A. in International Business Law at the

University of Mannheim The University of Mannheim (German: ''Universität Mannheim''), abbreviated UMA, is a public university, public research university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1967, the university has its origins in the ''Palatine Aca ...

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Allyn 1988 births Living people American beauty pageant winners American women's volleyball players Miss America 2013 delegates Miss USA 2011 delegates Miss Maryland USA winners People from Charles County, Maryland University of Maryland, College Park alumni Miss Supranational contestants Maryland Terrapins women's volleyball players