Amy Diaz (born August 6, 1984) is an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who competed in the
Miss USA 2008 and
Miss Earth United States 2009. She is from
Providence,
Rhode Island. Diaz, along with her husband Jason Case, won the
twenty-third installment of the U.S. reality television show ''
The Amazing Race''.
Background
Diaz attended
Classical High School in Providence, Rhode Island. She is of Dominican descent.
She graduated cum laude with a
Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication with a Minor in Psychology from
Barry University. In May 2007 she completed dual master's degrees in Business Administration and Sport Management there. She is a nationally recognized President and Founding Sister of the Iota Theta chapter of
Phi Sigma Sigma sorority and was the recipient of several leadership awards including: Graduate Assistant of the Year, Greek Organization President of the Year, Residential Life Hall Staff of the Year, and National Broadcasting Society Outstanding Member of the Year.
Diaz was a co-host of "Social Women", a Rhode Island's talk-show and entertainment program.
In 2013, Diaz was nominated for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Man & Woman of the Year Award, and she raised close to $10,000 in a 10-week period to help cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. She has worked in media and production since 1999, and has been a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) member since 2000. She was also employed as the first personal assistant to tennis champion,
Venus Williams.
Television career
She competed on the
23rd season of ''
The Amazing Race'' with her boyfriend, Jason Case. After having six second-place finishes overall, she and her partner Jason won the one million dollar grand prize and the and ''Amazing Race 23'' title over exes Tim & Marie and married ER doctors Nicole & Travis.
Beauty pageant
Miss Rhode Island Teen USA
Diaz won her first notable pageant title in 2001 when she was crowned
Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2001. She represented Rhode Island in the
Miss Teen USA 2001 pageant held in
South Padre Island, Texas in August 2001.
Miss Rhode Island USA
In September 2007, Diaz won the
Miss Rhode Island USA
The Miss Rhode Island USA competition is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state Rhode Island in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently directed by D&D Productions.
Rhode Island made its first placement at Miss USA in ...
2008 title in a state pageant held in
Providence. This was Diaz's first attempt at the Rhode Island title, although she placed third runner-up at
Miss Florida USA
The Miss Florida USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss USA pageant.
Up until the 2017 pageant, both Miss and Teen state pageants were held separately in different months. In recent ...
2007. Diaz is the first Miss Teen USA delegate to win a Miss USA 2008 state title.
Miss USA
She competed in the
Miss USA 2008 pageant held in
Las Vegas, Nevada and placed in the top 15.
Miss Earth 2009
Diaz won the crown and title of
Miss Earth United States 2009 on July 22, 2009. She represented the
United States in the 9th edition of
Miss Earth
Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one of t ...
beauty pageant, which was held at the
Boracay Ecovillage Resort and Convention Center
The Boracay Convention Center (BCC), also known as Boracay Ecovillage Resort and Convention Center, is the biggest convention center in Aklan, Philippines. It is a private ecotourism venue intended for trade events, industry conventions, corpor ...
, in the
Island of Boracay,
Philippines, which started on November 1, 2009, and concluded on November 22, 2009.
The Miss Earth winner serves as the spokesperson for the
Miss Earth Foundation, the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and other environmental organizations. There were 80 delegates from different countries and territories competed in the event.
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Miss Tourism Intercontinental 2010
She competed in the 2010
See also
References
External links
Miss Earth official website
Miss Earth United States official website
Miss Rhode Island USA official website
The Amazing Race
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1984 births
Barry University alumni
Living people
Miss USA 2008 delegates
Actors from Providence, Rhode Island
2001 beauty pageant contestants
21st-century Miss Teen USA delegates
Miss Earth 2009 contestants
Miss Earth United States delegates
The Amazing Race (American TV series) contestants
Actresses from Rhode Island
Reality show winners
Classical High School alumni