Abby Hancock
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Abigail "Abby" Hancock held the title of Miss Alaska
in 2010 and competed in the Miss America 2011
Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada
. She is a weekend producer at KTUU-TV
and competed at Miss Alaska
as Miss Anchorage. She also received the Lifestyle & Fitness Award at the Miss Alaska
pageant. She is 23-years-old and a Journalism
student at the University of Alaska Anchorage
. Her platform is "Raising Global Citizens: The World is our Classroom" and her goal is to promote foreign exchange student programs and foreign language
education throughout the state of Alaska.
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Miss Alaska
The Miss Alaska competition is a scholarship pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss America pageant.Alaska's highest placement occurred in 1998, when Joslyn Tinker was selected for the Top Ten. One Miss Alaska won a preliminary swimsuit and another won a...
in 2010 and competed in the Miss America 2011
Miss America 2011
Miss America 2011 was the 90th Miss America pageant. Since the first Miss America pageant was held 90 years ago, in 1921, the Miss America Organization is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2011. It was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas...
Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
. She is a weekend producer at KTUU-TV
KTUU-TV
KTUU-TV is an NBC affiliated television station serving Anchorage, Alaska. The station is owned by Schurz Communications of South Bend, Indiana....
and competed at Miss Alaska
Miss Alaska
The Miss Alaska competition is a scholarship pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss America pageant.Alaska's highest placement occurred in 1998, when Joslyn Tinker was selected for the Top Ten. One Miss Alaska won a preliminary swimsuit and another won a...
as Miss Anchorage. She also received the Lifestyle & Fitness Award at the Miss Alaska
Miss Alaska
The Miss Alaska competition is a scholarship pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss America pageant.Alaska's highest placement occurred in 1998, when Joslyn Tinker was selected for the Top Ten. One Miss Alaska won a preliminary swimsuit and another won a...
pageant. She is 23-years-old and a Journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
student at the University of Alaska Anchorage
University of Alaska Anchorage
The University of Alaska Anchorage is the largest school of the University of Alaska System, with about 16,500 students, about 14,000 of whom attend classes at Goose Lake, its main campus in Anchorage....
. Her platform is "Raising Global Citizens: The World is our Classroom" and her goal is to promote foreign exchange student programs and foreign language
Foreign language
A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her...
education throughout the state of Alaska.
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