Elizabeth Ann Wertenberger is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Dundee, Michigan

Dundee, Michigan

Dundee is a village in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,522 at the 2000 census. The village is located within Dundee Township. Through a series of annexations and land transfers, the village has greatly increased in size over the past several years...

 who was named Miss Michigan

Miss Michigan

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

 2011.

Biography

She won the title of Miss Michigan on June 18, 2011, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Katie LaRoche. Wertenberger’s platform is “Volunteerism: Closing the Gap, Youth & Senior Citizen Interaction” and she said she hoped to promote youth volunteering with the elderly during her reign as Miss Michigan. Wertenberger graduated from Ferris State University

Ferris State University

Ferris State University is a public university with its main campus in Big Rapids, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1884 as the Big Rapids Industrial School by Woodbridge Nathan Ferris, an educator from New England who later served as governor of the State of Michigan and finally in the US Senate where...

's Kendall College of Art and Design

Kendall College of Art and Design

Kendall College of Art and Design, of Ferris State University, is a college of the visual arts in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States...

 in May 2011 with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Interior Design and a minor in Graphic Design. At 13, Wertenberger was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common form of persistent arthritis in children. JIA is a subset of arthritis seen in childhood, which may be transient and...

, and had to undergo chemotherapy. Wertenberger said she also plans to speak out against cyberbullying after photos and gossip about her were posted online when she began dating former University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

 quarterback Tate Forcier

Tate Forcier

Robert Patrick "Tate" Forcier is an American college football quarterback. He was a starting quarterback for the 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team ahead of Denard Robinson and Robinson's back up for the 2010 Michigan Wolverines football team before leaving the program in January 2011...

External links

• Elizabeth Wertenberger on Facebook
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