Alyssa Anne George is a pageant

Beauty contest

A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...

 competitor from Minneapolis, Kansas

Minneapolis, Kansas

Minneapolis is a city in and the county seat of Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,032. Minneapolis is part of the Salina Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

 who will compete in the Miss America

Miss America

The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

 pageant in 2008.

George won the Miss Kansas

Miss Kansas

The Miss Kansas competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss America pageant. Kansas has won the Miss America crown on three occasions.- Winners :- External links :*...

 2007 title in a state pageant held in Pratt

Pratt, Kansas

Pratt is a city in and the county seat of Pratt County in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 6,835. Pratt is home to Pratt Community College.-19th century:Pratt was founded in 1884 and named after Caleb S...

 on June 10, 2007. She competed as Miss Sedgewick County, a local title she won in September 2006. She also won the swimsuit competition, the Instrumentalist Award and the Kansas State Ambassador Award.

George had previously competed at Miss Kansas 2004 and 2005. She did not win in either year, but did win a preliminary swimsuit award in 2004. George also competed at Miss Kansas USA

Miss Kansas USA

The Miss Kansas USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss USA pageant.Kansas did not place at Miss USA until 1973, the third-to-last state to make their first placement. From then, no delegate from Kansas made the cut until 1991, when Kelli...

 2006, where she made the top fifteen.

During the remainder of the year 2007 she is scheduled to tour throughout the state of Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

 to talk about her platform "Bullying: The Bystander Effect." She will also compete in the Miss America 2008

Miss America 2008

Miss America 2008, the 87th Miss America pageant, was held at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on January 26, 2008.The pageant was broadcast live on TLC from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, only the third time that the pageant has been...

 contest in Las Vegas

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...

 in 2008.

George graduated from Minneapolis High School and is a student at the University of Kansas

University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...

. She is taking a year off from college to fulfill her duties as Miss Kansas and plans to return in the fall of 2008 for her senior year.

External links

• Miss Kansas official website
• Lawrence Journal World article with photo