Alexandria Nichole Mills (born February 26, 1992) is an American model and beauty queen who was crowned

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on October 30, 2010, in

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, China. Mills is the third woman from the United States to win

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Early life

Mills, a resident of

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, had an interest in modeling at least as early as the eighth grade; following Mills' victory in Miss World 2010, a counselor at her middle school recalled that she had a modeling portfolio even then. The counselor also recalled her as being "very outgoing and very confident", and that Mills had demonstrated fearlessness by volunteering to sing "

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" over the school intercom. Prior to participating in

, 18-year-old Mills was

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for high school, graduating shortly before the competition, and wanted to become a teacher. According to her mother, she also has an interest in landscape photography. A vegetarian, Mills was also a fashion model and was listed with Elite Models agency.

Miss World 2010

Mills was appointed as Miss World America 2010 to represent her country at the 2010

pageant held in

, China. She placed first runner-up during the

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fast track event held on October 19 and second-runner-up in

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was held on October 23, becoming the eventual winner of

on October 30.

References

External links

Official Miss World website
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