Logan West (born June 20, 1994) is an American

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who competed and won Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2012, and was later crowned

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. West was the first contestant from the state of

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to win the title.

Pageantry

Logan West held the

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2010 title and competed in

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2010. She did not place, but she did win an evening gown award. Logan West won the

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2012 pageant in late 2011. This was her first attempt at the title. Logan West won the

pageant on July 28, 2012, becoming the first contestant from the state of Connecticut to win the

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title. West told media that she had suffered from bullying at school during seventh grade. She was told by a classmate that she "didn't act her skin color" and was "tortured and humiliated for six months," until she started an anti-bullying program and also got the girl who had bullied her removed from her school. West's anti-bullying program is now used in most schools in the state of Connecticut's school-system.

References

American beauty pageant winners People from Southington, Connecticut Miss America's Outstanding Teen delegates Miss Teen USA winners Living people 1994 births African-American beauty pageant winners {{US-pageant-bio-stub