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Miss Pennsylvania Biography
Kendria Perry
Kendria Perry was crowned
Miss Pennsylvania 2008 on Saturday July 12, 2008 in Nazareth, PA. The 23
year old from Pittsburgh is currently a graduate student at Carnegie
Mellon University’s Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, where
she was the recipient of a $40,000 Academic Scholarship. Kendria is also
a Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Scholarship recipient, a William
Zimmerman Scholar, and a recipient of the 2007 Presidential Volunteer
Service Award.
Her career ambition is to complete a masters degree in
Arts Management and work as director of development, or community
outreach for a professional arts organization. Kendria formerly served
as a Special Assistant in the office of Senator Elizabeth Dole and she
has recently completed an internship at Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.
Throughout the year, Kendria will travel the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania making appearances, hosting events, and
acting as a spokesperson and advocate for youth involvement in the arts
through her chosen platform, “Art Works!”
An accomplished musician, her talent for the Miss Pennsylvania Pageant
was a classical piano piece. A 2006 graduate of the North Carolina
School of the Arts, Kendria obtained a Bachelor of Music degree under
the tutelage of pianist Clifton Matthews. Kendria has also studied piano
at L’ Académie de Musique in Sion, Switzerland. She is the daughter of
Kevin and Shirley Perry.
She will represent the Keystone State in the Miss
America Pageant at Planet Hollywood Casino, Las Vegas, in January 2009.
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