Audrey Bolte

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Audrey Bolte
Born
Audrey Claire Bolte

(1989-04-05) April 5, 1989 (age 32) [1]
Batavia, Ohio USA
Education St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Batavia USA 2012
Miss Ohio USA 2012
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)		 Miss Ohio USA 2012
(Winner)
Miss USA 2012
(2nd Runner-Up)

Audrey Claire Bolte (born April 5, 1989) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Batavia, Ohio. She was crowned Miss Ohio USA 2012 and competed in the Miss USA 2012 pageant where she was named second runner-up. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] She had never competed in a beauty pageant before becoming Miss Batavia 2012 and then Miss Ohio USA. [10]

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Early life

Bolte was born in 1988 to Bill Bolte and Shelly Bolte. [9] She grew up as an only child in Batavia, Ohio. [11] She graduated from Batavia High School in 2007, and went on to attend St. Andrews Presbyterian College in North Carolina. She graduated in 2011 with a degree in business administration and a minor in equine science. [12] [13] While at St. Andrews, Bolte competed on the school's equestrian team. Bolte claims her mother encouraged her to participate in the Miss Ohio USA pageant. She had never competed in a beauty pageant prior to becoming Miss Batavia USA 2012 and then Miss Ohio USA 2012. [13]

Pageant answer

Bolte received international and sustained press coverage for her response to the question "Do you think women are depicted in movies and on television in an accurate and positive way? And please give us an example.” She answered by naming a prostitute as a positive role model: "I think there are some movies that depict women in a very positive role, and then some movies that put them in a little bit more of a negative role. But by the end of the movie, they show that woman-power that I know we all have. Such as the movie Pretty Woman . We had a wonderful, beautiful woman, Julia Roberts, and she was having a rough time, but, you know what? She came out on top and she didn’t let anybody stand in her path." [14] [15]

In a follow-up interview, Bolte maintained that she stood by her answer, claiming that "I feel very confident in the way I answered it. I felt I had 30 seconds on live TV and I felt I answered it the best I could at that moment... For the record, I do not feel that prostitutes are role models. That was not the question. Those words were not ever "out of my mouth." [16]

Murder trial testimony

In April 2015, Bolte testified in the trial of Shayna Hubers, who was charged with the murder of Ryan Poston. On October 12, 2012, the night of Poston's murder, she and Poston were scheduled to go on a date at a bar in Milford, Ohio. Bolte testified that she and Poston were supposed to meet at the bar at 9:30 that night, and that she was looking forward to it, but Poston never showed up. [17] Hubers was ultimately convicted of Poston's murder and sentenced to life in prison. [18]

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Murder of Ryan Poston Murder of an American attorney

On October 12, 2012, Ryan Carter Poston, an American attorney from Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, was shot to death by his on-again off-again girlfriend Shayna Michelle Hubers. After a trial in the Campbell County circuit court, Hubers was convicted of murder on April 23, 2015. She was sentenced to 40 years in the Kentucky Department of Corrections on August 14, 2015, with parole eligibility after 34 years. On August 25, 2016, Hubers' conviction was overturned on appeal when one of the jurors in her murder trial was revealed to be a convicted felon. Hubers was convicted of murder during her second trial on August 28, 2018. On October 18, 2018 she was sentenced to life imprisonment with parole eligibility after 20 years.

References

  1. ↑ "Audrey Claire Bolte, Batavia Public Records Instantly". ClustrMaps.com.
  2. ↑ "Miss Ohio USA 2012". Miss USA. 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ Bednarski, Kristin (May 31, 2012). "Audrey Bolte to compete in Miss USA pageant". The Clermont Sun. Batavia, OH . Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ McBride, Carson (May 2012). "Miss Ohio 2012 - Audrey Bolte". The Columbus Magazine. Columbus, OH . Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Brad (June 2012). "Beauty Queen: Audrey Bolte". Cincinnati Magazine . Cincinnati, OH: Emmis Communications . Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Audrey Bolte second runner-up in Miss USA Pageant". The Highland County Press. Hillsboro, OH. June 4, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ Thagard, Grayson (June 5, 2012). "Miss Ohio: 'Pretty Woman' an inspiration?". HLN. Archived from the original on 2015-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Miss Ohio: 'I'm going to stick with my answer'". Cincinnati, OH: WXIX-TV. June 6, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Audrey Bolte second runner-up in Miss USA Pageant". highlandcountypress.com.
  10. ↑ Allen, Wayne (October 17, 2011). "Bolte crowned Miss Ohio USA 2012". Portsmouth Daily Times . Scioto County, OH: Heartland Publications. Archived from the original on 2015-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Ohio: Audrey Bolte". 2012.
  12. ↑ "Multiple SAPC Equestrian teams successful at weekend events". Laurinburg, NC: St. Andrews Presbyterian College. February 21, 2011. Archived from the original on 2015-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  13. 1 2 Bednarski, Kristin (October 28, 2011). "Batavia graduate is the new Miss Ohio". The Clermont Sun.
  14. ↑ "Miss Ohio Cites Prostitute In 'Pretty Woman' As Positive Portrayal Of Women In Film". mediaite.com. 3 June 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Top five beauty pageant fails". Stuff. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Miss Ohio: 'I'm going to stick with my answer'". Archived from the original on 2015-04-26.
  17. ↑ "Witness: Hubers 'cackled' she shot boyfriend". cincinnati.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Kentucky woman guilty of murder for killing on-again, off-again boyfriend on night he had date with Miss Ohio". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss USA 2nd Runner-Up
2012 		Succeeded by
Flag of Illinois.svg Stacie Juris
Preceded by
Ashley Caldwell
 Miss Ohio USA
2012		Succeeded by
Kristin Smith
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