Deidre Downs (July 7, 1980), Miss America2005, is an aspiring doctor from Birmingham, Alabama. As part of her year of service, she will advocate her platform of Preventing Childhood Cancer. For her talent, she sang a rendition of the ballad "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love". Downs succeeded Miss America 2004 Ericka Dunlap. Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs File links The following pages link to this file: Deidre Downs ... Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs File links The following pages link to this file: Deidre Downs ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Erika Harold, Miss America 2003, wears the traditional winners tiara. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Birmingham is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Downs received her undergraduate degree in history from the University of Virginia, where she graduated magna cum laude. She currently attends medical school at the University of Alabama. The University of Virginia (also referred to as UVa and often called simply Virginia for short) is a research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... Medical school generally refers to a tertiary educational institution (or part of such an institution) which is involved in the education of future medical practitioners (medical doctors). ... University of Alabama The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA, or colloquially as Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ...
Downs was also a Rhodes Scholar finalist, and she played volleyball while at Virginia. Rhodes House in Oxford Rhodes Scholarships were created by Cecil John Rhodes. ... Volleyball is a popular sport where teams separated by a high net hit a ball back and forth between the teams. ...
DeidreDowns, 24, crowned Miss America Sept. 18 in Atlantic City, N.J., also is a member of a Baptist church with a female pastor in her hometown of Birmingham, Ala.
Downs, who wants to be a pediatrician but delayed entering medical school a year to compete for the Miss America crown, plans to use her title as a platform to raise awareness about pediatric cancer.
Downs also pledged to use her year to improve the image of Miss America amid criticism that it is outdated and irrelevant to modern women.
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