Ashleigh Udalovas (born January 18, 1988) held the title of

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2010 and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011, in

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. She was the 1st runner-up at the

2009 pageant and competed in 2010 as Miss All-State. She also won the Interview award and Academic award at the 2010 pageant. Her talent is

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. Her platform is "Read to Succeed: Improving America's Future Through

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. Udalovas has twice visited the Downe Township Elementary School in Newport, New Jersey to express the importance of literacy education to students. She is the founder of the Cumberland County chapter of First Book, which is an organization that gives books to financially disadvantaged children, and the spokesperson for Literacy Volunteers of New Jersey. A graduate of

Millville Senior High School Millville Senior High School is a comprehensive community public high school located in Millville, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in eleventh grade and twelfth grade as part of the Millville Public Schools. ...

, Udalovas attended

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'', October 5, 2010. Accessed November 13, 2018. "The Greater Millville Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce its selection as the Outstanding Citizen for October is Ashleigh Udalovas, Rowan University student, graduate of Millville High School and reigning Miss New Jersey." In November 2017, Udalovas was elected to the City of Millville's board of commissioners and was appointed to serve as director of public affairs. She received 2,908 votes.

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* * 1988 births Living people Millville Senior High School alumni New Jersey city council members People from Millville, New Jersey Miss America 2011 delegates Rowan University alumni American beauty pageant winners Women city councillors in New Jersey {{US-pageant-bio-stub