Meagan Elise Fuller (born September 25, 1992) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Attleboro, Massachusetts, who was named Massachusetts' Junior Miss 2010 and crowned Miss Massachusetts 2015. She competed for the Miss America 2016 title in September 2015.
Meagan Fuller | |
|---|---|
| Born | Meagan Elise Fuller September 25, 1992 Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | University of Alabama Emerson College Tulane University |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Junior Miss 2010 Miss Plymouth County 2013 Miss Boston 2014 Miss Collegiate Area 2015 Miss Massachusetts 2015 |
| Hair color | Black |
| Major competition(s) | Miss America 2016 |
Pageant career
editEarly pageants
editFuller began competing in pageants at the age of 10.[1] As a teen, Fuller was chosen as Massachusetts' Junior Miss 2010 and earned $3,600 in scholarship prizes.[2][3][4] Competing for the national title, she was a top 10 finalist at the Distinguished Young Women of America 2010 program at the Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, Alabama.[3][5][6]
On March 10, 2013, Fuller won the Miss Plymouth County 2013 title.[4] As one of 21 qualifiers, she competed in the 2013 Miss Massachusetts pageant with the platform "Knocking Out Dropping Out: Promising Youth Success in School" and a jazz dance performance in the talent portion of the competition.[7] She was named was first runner-up to winner Amanda Narciso and earned $1,400 in scholarship prizes.[8] As first runner-up, Fuller represented Massachusetts at the 2013 National Sweetheart pageant in Hoopeston, Illinois.[9] She placed first runner-up for the national title.[10]
On February 16, 2014, Fuller won the Miss Boston 2014 title.[6][11] She also won the top talent and photogenic awards.[12] Fuller competed in the 2014 Miss Massachusetts pageant with the platform "Knocking Out Dropping Out: Promising Youth Success in School" and a dance performance in the talent portion of the competition.[13] She was named was third runner-up to winner Lauren Kuhn and earned an $1,800 scholarship prize.[14]
Miss Massachusetts 2015
editIn March 2015, Fuller was crowned Miss Collegiate Area 2015 and qualified for a third entry to the state pageant.[15][16][17] She entered the Miss Massachusetts pageant at Worcester's Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts in late June 2015 as one of 23 qualifiers for the state title.[16] Fuller's competition talent was a jazz dance performance to Jennifer Hudson's cover of "Feeling Good".[1][18] Her platform is "For the Common Good: Promoting Proactive Healthcare".[17]
Fuller won the competition on Sunday, June 28, 2015, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Massachusetts titleholder Lauren Kuhn.[19] She earned more than $11,250 in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant.[18][20] As Miss Massachusetts, her activities include public appearances across the state of Massachusetts.[17]
Vying for Miss America 2016
editFuller was Massachusetts's representative at the Miss America 2016 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 2015.[19][21] In the televised finale on September 13, 2015, she placed outside the Top 15 semi-finalists and was eliminated from competition. She was awarded a $3,000 scholarship prize as her state's representative.[22][23]
Early life and education
editFuller was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, and raised in Attleboro, Massachusetts.[6][14] She is a 2010 graduate of Attleboro High School.[17][18][24] Her father is Brian Fuller and her mother is Lisa Fuller.[14]
Fuller graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication studies.[24] In 2013, Fuller began pursuing a master's degree at Emerson College in Boston then in 2014 shifted her studies to the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, to complete her Master of Public Health degree in 2015.[1][9][16][19][24]
References
edit- ^ a b c Duplessis Jasmin, Alicia (July 31, 2015). "The Insider: Tulane student to compete in Miss America pageant". New Wave. New Orleans, LA: Tulane University. Archived from the original on August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ "Meagan Fuller named Mass. Junior Miss 2010". The Sun Chronicle. Attleboro, MA: United Communications Corporation. February 24, 2010. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ a b "Distinguished Young Women Past Participants: Massachusetts". Distinguished Young Women. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ a b Buckley, Anna (February 12, 2014). "Emerson represented at Miss Boston". The Berkeley Beacon. Boston, MA: Emerson College. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ Werner, Daniel (June 26, 2010). "America's Junior Miss gets new name; 10 finalists introduced as Distinguished Young Women". Press-Register. Mobile, AL: Advance Publications. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Meagan Fuller: Miss Boston 2014". Miss Boston. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ "State Contestants: Massachusetts - 2013". Miss America. 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ "Bridgewater and Raynham residents receive awards in Miss Massachusetts contest". Taunton Daily Gazette. Taunton, MA: GateHouse Media. July 2, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ a b "Student competes for Miss National Sweetheart". Boston, MA: Emerson College. August 28, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ "2013 National Sweetheart Pageant Results" (PDF). Hoopeston, IL: National Sweetheart. September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ Shanahan, Mark; Goldstein, Meredith (February 17, 2014). "Meet Miss Boston and Miss Cambridge". The Boston Globe. Boston, MA: John W. Henry. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ "Miss Boston/Cambridge 2014 Award Winners". Miss Boston. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ "State Contestants: Massachusetts - 2014". Miss America. 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ a b c Rhodes, George W. (July 2, 2014). "Attleboro resident third runner-up in Miss. Mass. pageant". The Sun Chronicle. Attleboro, MA: United Communications Corporation. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ "Meet Meagan Fuller ~ Miss Massachusetts 2015". Miss Massachusetts. Archived from the original on August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ a b c Bassler, Erin (June 19, 2015). "Attleboro, Rehoboth residents to vie for Miss Mass. Scholarship title". The Sun Chronicle. Attleboro, MA: United Communications Corporation. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Allen, Paige (June 29, 2015). "Attleboro woman headed to Miss America competition". The Sun Chronicle. Attleboro, MA: United Communications Corporation. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Attleboro woman crowned Miss Massachusetts". Cranston, RI: WJAR. June 29, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ a b c Shanahan, Mark (July 2, 2015). "Attleboro's Meagan Fuller crowned Miss Massachusetts". The Boston Globe. Boston, MA: John W. Henry. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ "Attleboro woman seizes Miss Massachusetts crown". Telegram & Gazette. Worcester, MA: New Media Investment Group. June 29, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ "State Contestants: Massachusetts - 2015". Miss America. 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ "Miss America Show Scholarships 2016". Miss America. Archived from the original on October 13, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- ^ "The 2016 Miss America Competition Scholarships & Awards" (Press release). Miss America. September 16, 2015. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Meagan Fuller". Mountain View, CA: LinkedIn. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
