Camille Thomasina Schrier (; born June 30, 1995) is an American

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titleholder. On June 22, 2019, she was crowned

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2019. On December 19, 2019, she was crowned

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. In May 2020, following the cancellation of the Miss America 2021 competition due to the

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, the Miss America organization announced that Schrier would serve an additional year after her term as Miss America was due to expire in December 2020.

Early life and education

Schrier was born in

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to Thomas and Cheryl (née Camillo) Schrier. She has one older sibling. As a child, Schrier was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. During the

competition, Schrier also revealed that she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and recovered from an eating disorder as a teenager. Schrier graduated with honors from the

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in 2013. During high school, Schrier was a multi-sport varsity athlete; participating in track and field, swimming, and field hockey. Schrier briefly attended

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before transferring to

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her junior year and graduating

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in 2018 with dual bachelor of science degrees, one in

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and one in

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and a minor in

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. At Virginia Tech, she was in

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sorority. She was accepted to VCU School of Pharmacy and had completed her first year of doctoral program before winning the Miss Virginia title. In 2024, Schrier graduated from VCU School of Pharmacy with a

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degree.

Pageantry

Camille Schrier at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland

Early pageantry

Schrier began competing in pageants at the age of 14. She previously earned title of National American Miss (NAM) Pennsylvania Teen 2012 and was named the 1st runner-up in 2012 national competition.

Miss Virginia 2019 pageant

On June 22, 2019, she competed as Miss Dominion 2019 at the

2019 pageant in

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after a 6-year hiatus from competing in pageants. For the talent competition, she completed a chemistry demonstration of the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide with potassium iodide (also known as "elephant toothpaste"). At the conclusion of the pageant, she was crowned

2019 and took a year off from pharmacy school to fulfill her responsibilities as Miss Virginia.

Miss America 2020 competition

Schrier represented Virginia at the

competition held at

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, on December 19, 2019, with a platform of "Mind Your Meds: Drug Safety and Abuse Prevention from Pediatrics to Geriatrics." She bested first runner-up, Miss Georgia 2019, Victoria Hill, for the

title and was crowned by

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, on December 19, 2019. Along with the title of Miss America, Schrier also won a $50,000 scholarship and a $2,000 scholarship for her preliminary talent competition win. Schrier was the fourth

(and second Virginia Tech alumna) to win the

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title. Schrier's reign was originally scheduled to end in December 2020, but the planned 2021 competition was cancelled due to the

, with the next pageant scheduled at the end of 2021.

References

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