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Heather French
Heather Renee French Henry (born December 29, 1974) is a Miss America title holder, fashion designer, and veterans advocate. She is married to former Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Steve Henry. Biography Raised in Augusta, Kentucky, Heather French Henry graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. She competed in pageants through her teens, including the Miss Ohio pageant. She competed in the Miss Kentucky Pageant four times before winning the title on her fifth attempt in 1999. She won the 2000 Miss America pageant in September 1999, the first Kentuckian to do so. Her platform for her reign was raising awareness of homeless veterans; her father was a wounded veteran of the Vietnam War. She received numerous awards for her work with veterans, including Kentuckian of the Year by ''Kentucky Monthly''. On October 27, 2000, she married Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Steve Henry, 21 years her senior, in Louisville. The wedding le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Henry
Steve Henry (born October 8, 1953) is an American politician and orthopedic surgeon who was the 52nd Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1995 through 2003. He twice ran unsuccessfully in statewide elections, finishing third in Democratic primaries for the United States Senate in 1998 United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1998 and for Governor of Kentucky in 2007 Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2007. Early years Henry was born October 8, 1953 in Daviess County, Kentucky and graduated from Owensboro High School, Owensboro Senior High School in 1972, when he was a starter on the Red Devil's Kentucky Boys Basketball State Championship team led by Sweet Sixteen Tournament MVP, Jerry Thruston. He attended Western Kentucky University and was elected Student Body President in this second attempt, after losing a close election the preceding year to Jeff Costello. As President of the Student Government Association and as a Kentucky resident, Henry also served as a voting member of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Oprah Winfrey Show
''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', often referred to as ''The Oprah Show'' or simply ''Oprah'', is an American daytime broadcast syndication, syndicated talk show that aired nationally for 25 seasons from September 8, 1986, to May 25, 2011, in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Produced and hosted by Oprah Winfrey, it remains the highest-rated daytime talk show in American television history. The show was highly influential to many young stars, and many of its themes have penetrated into the American pop-cultural consciousness. Winfrey used the show as an educational platform, featuring book clubs, interviews, self-improvement segments, and philanthropic forays into world events. The show did not attempt to profit off the products it endorses; it had no licensing agreement with retailers when products were promoted, nor did the show make any money from endorsing books for its book club. ''Oprah'' was one of the longest-running daytime television talk shows in history. The show received 47 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Births
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following List of Prime Ministers of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkey, Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an Guillaume affair, espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the 1974 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the Germany national football team, German national team won the championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Perez Baraquio
Angela Perez Baraquio Grey (born June 1, 1976), known professionally by her birth name of Angela Perez Baraquio, is an American educator. She was crowned Miss America 2001 on October 14, 2000 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, becoming the first Asian American, first Filipino American, and first teacher ever to win the pageant. A politically conservative, anti-abortion Catholic, Baraquio has been publicly active in supporting various Republican politicians and in speaking out against abortion. She is also an educator whose platform as Miss America was character education. Since 2004, Baraquio has co-hosted the Hawaiian television show ''Living Local with the Baraquios''. Early life and education She is the eighth of ten children (sixth of seven girls) born to an immigrant couple from Pangasinan, Philippines. One of her sisters is Hawaiian media personality Bernadette Baraquio Hamada whose husband is Hawaiian conservative talk radio show host and columnist, Rick Hamada. Baraq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Johnson (Miss America)
Nicole Johnson (born January 9, 1974) is an American beauty queen, author, public health professional and activist. Crowned Miss America 1999 and Miss Virginia 1998, she became the first Miss America with diabetes and the first contestant to publicize the use of an insulin pump. She now advocates for diabetes research, treatment, and education, having been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1993. Education Johnson holds a B.A. in English from the University of South Florida and an M.A. in journalism from the School of Communication & the Arts at Regent University in Virginia. She also has a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Pittsburgh gained in 2007. In 2013, Johnson received a Doctor of Public Health degree from the University of South Florida. Pageantry Early pageantry Johnson first started competing in pageants in Florida and placed in the Top 10 at Miss Florida in 1995 and was third runner-up in the Miss Florida USA 1995 pageant. After moving to Virgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanna Kari Moore
Shana or Shanna may refer to: People Shana * Shana Alexander (1925–2005), journalist * Shana Cox (born 1985), athlete * Shana Dale (born 1964), NASA deputy administrator * Shana Hiatt (born 1975), model * Shana Madoff (born 1967), compliance officer and attorney at the securities firm of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, her uncle * Shana Morrison (born 1970), singer-songwriter * Shana Petrone (born 1972), American singer * Shana Swash (born 1990), British actress * Shana (singer), American singer Shana Petrone (born 1972) Shanna * Shanna Besson (born 1993), French actress * Shanna (wrestler), Portuguese professional wrestler * Shanna Collins (born 1983), American actress * Shanna Compton, American poet * Shanna Hogan (1982–2020), American writer * Shanna Hudson (born 1985), Haitian former footballer * Shanna McCullough (born 1960), American pornographic actress * Shanna Moakler (born 1975), American model, actress and reality television star * Shanna Reed (born 1955), American danc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Kentucky
The Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss America pageant. Kentucky has once won the Miss America crown. Multiple Miss Kentucky titleholders have gone on to make themselves notable: * Heather French Henry, Miss Kentucky 1999, is Kentucky's only Miss America winner to date. * Mallory Ervin, Miss Kentucky 2010, is most well known for her appearance on the American television show, ''The Amazing Race (American TV series), The Amazing Race''. * Djuan Trent, Miss Kentucky 2011, was the first Miss America contestant to openly come out as queer. Hannah Edelen from Springfield, Kentucky, Springfield was crowned Miss Kentucky 2022 on June 18, 2022 at Brown Theatre, The Brown Theater in Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville. She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut in December 2022 where she was Jean Bartel Social Impact Finalist and named Miss Congeniality. Gallery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chera-Lyn Cook
Loveta Cheralyn "Chera-Lyn" Cook (born October 7, 1976) is an American crowned Miss Kentucky 1998, was the first young woman from southeast Kentucky to win the Miss Kentucky title. Pageants Representing the title of Miss Lexington, but claiming London, Kentucky as her hometown, Cook had previously held several titles, including Miss Central Kentucky, Miss Fayette County, Miss Monticello, Miss Southeast Kentucky, National Sweetheart, and National All American Teen. A double preliminary winner at Miss Kentucky, Cook won talent preliminary and placed 4th runner-up to Miss America 1999. Awards and recognitions Cook was recognized by the Joint Sessions of the Kentucky Legislature for volunteer work with at-risk youth and was the Kentucky School Psychologist of the Year in 2004. Her platform issue at Miss America, Children's Miracle Network Children's Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals) (French: Réseau Enfants-Santé (RES)) is a nonprofit organization that raises funds fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Wheatley
Charles "Buddy" Wheatley is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Wheatley served as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives for the 65th District from 2019 to 2023. In 2018, Wheatley ran for the House of Representatives, defeating Republican Jordan Huizenga. In 2020, he ran for a second term, defeating Republican Jamir Davis. In 2022, Wheatley ran for a third term but lost to Republican Stephanie Dietz by a 51%-49% margin. On December 20, 2022, Wheatley announced that he was running for Secretary of State in 2023. He was ultimately unsuccessful, losing to incumbent secretary of state Michael Adams by a 60.6%-39.4% margin. Personal life Wheatley graduated from the University of Kentucky with a bachelor's degree in Journalism in 1983 and an additional Bachelors of English from Northern Kentucky University Northern Kentucky University is a public university in Highland Heights, Kentucky. It is primarily an undergraduate institution with over 14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Case Lundergan Grimes (born November 23, 1978) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who was the secretary of state of Kentucky from 2012 until 2020. Grimes was elected in 2011 after defeating incumbent Elaine Walker in the Democratic primary and Republican candidate Bill Johnson in the general election. She was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in 2014, unsuccessfully challenging Republican incumbent and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. She was re-elected for a second term as Secretary of State of Kentucky on November 3, 2015, defeating Republican Stephen Knipper. Term limited in 2019, she was succeeded by Republican Michael Adams. Early life and education Alison Case Lundergan was born in Maysville, Kentucky, the daughter of Charlotte (née Case) and Jerry Lundergan, a former Kentucky Democratic chairman and state representative. She is the middle child of five siblings, all girls. As a child, she knocked on doors on behalf of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People From The Louisville Metropolitan Area
This is a list of people from the Louisville metropolitan area which consists of the Kentucky county of Jefferson and the Indiana counties of Clark and Floyd in the United States. Included are notable people who were either born or raised there, or have maintained residency for a significant period. Actors and entertainment Artists and designers Business Musicians Politicians, military, civil service, activists Science Sports Religion * LaVerne Butler, pastor of 9th & O Baptist Church in Louisville, 1969–1988; president of Mid-Continent University, 1988–1997Michael Foust, Obituary of LaVerne Butler, ''Baptist Press'', December 21, 2010 * Edward Porter Humphrey, Presbyterian minister, gave dedicatory address for Cave Hill Cemetery * Edward William Cornelius Humphrey, lawyer, Presbyterian leader, author, trustee of Centre College and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary * Eugene Ulrich, theologist and chief editor for interpretation of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Adams (Kentucky Politician)
Michael Gene Adams (born March 27, 1976) is an American politician who is a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. He is the Secretary of State of Kentucky, secretary of state of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Kentucky. He succeeded Alison Lundergan Grimes on January 6, 2020. Early life and career Adams is from Paducah, Kentucky. He graduated from Reidland High School, the University of Louisville, and Harvard Law School. Adams was the first in his family to get a bachelor's degree and attended Harvard Law School on low-income aid. After law school, Adams served as a judicial law clerk for Chief Judge John G. Heyburn II, of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. He worked for Mitch McConnell and Ernie Fletcher before becoming counsel to the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, deputy attorney general of the United States during the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
