Alissa Anderegg (born April 8, 1994) is an American beauty pageant titleholder and national Alzheimer's activist who was crowned as the winner of
Miss World America 2020
Miss World America 2020 was the 12th edition of the Miss World America pageant. it was held virtually due to COVID-19 on October, 2020. Emmy Rose Cuvelier of South Dakota crowned her successor Alissa Anderegg of New York at the end of the event ...
to represent the
United States in
Miss World
Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss Int ...
. Anderegg represented
New York (state) in the national competition as
Miss World New York.
Early life
Anderegg was raised in
Danville, California.
As a child, she starred several professional theatrical productions - including the Los Angeles premiere of ''
Parade
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'', the world premiere of ''Night of the Hunter,'' and a three-year contract in the West Coast premiere of ''An American Girls Revue''.
Anderegg graduated from
Duke University
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in 2016. She went on to graduate with a Masters in Science from
Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
Alzheimer's activism
Anderegg began advocating for
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegeneration, neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in short-term me ...
at age 11, in honor of her grandmother Mary Fran Anderegg who had the disease. She has been featured in the Emmy-winning
HBO
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documentary The Alzheimer's Project, contributed an essay to ''The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Takes on Alzheimer’s'' and ''Alzheimer's in America'', served as a face of Maria Shriver's Women's Alzheimer's Movement national campaign, and more. In 2021, she partnered with CaringKind: The Heart of Alzheimer's Caregiving as an ambassador and joined the Board of Directors of the Youth Movement Against Alzheimer's.
Pageantry
On 16 August 2020, Anderegg was awarded the title of
Miss World America New York 2020, a preliminary to
Miss World America 2020
Miss World America 2020 was the 12th edition of the Miss World America pageant. it was held virtually due to COVID-19 on October, 2020. Emmy Rose Cuvelier of South Dakota crowned her successor Alissa Anderegg of New York at the end of the event ...
.
On 16 October 2020, Anderegg was crowned as
Miss World America 2020
Miss World America 2020 was the 12th edition of the Miss World America pageant. it was held virtually due to COVID-19 on October, 2020. Emmy Rose Cuvelier of South Dakota crowned her successor Alissa Anderegg of New York at the end of the event ...
, succeeding the outgoing Miss World America 2019 and
Miss World 2019 Top 40 semifinalist, Emmy Rose Cuvelier. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pageant was conducted virtually over the course of a month.
Anderegg also won the Beauty with a Purpose Award.
References
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Miss World America
1994 births
Living people
American beauty pageant winners