Did They Deserve to Lose? The Black Contestants of Miss USA 2012

Miss USA
Miss Maryland

Miss Maryland


Name: Nana Meriwether


Age: 27

Pageant Results: Placed Runner-Up


Nana Meriwether is a graduate of the University of California where she was a two-time NCAA All-American, a Collegiate Volleyball Update Player of the Year and a holder of three national NCAA women’s volleyball records.

Following her undergraduate studies, Nana was admitted as a graduate student at the University of Southern California, where she studied as a post-baccalaureate pre-medical student. She is currently applying to medical schools.

Miss Maryland also co-founded a 501(c)(3) international nonprofit organization called The Meriwether Foundation.

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