Leighton Jordan

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Leighton Jordan
Born (1992-11-05) November 5, 1992 (age 25)
Suwanee, Georgia
Education Georgia State University
Title Miss Capital City 2012
Miss Georgia 2012
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color Brunette
Eye color Blue
Major
competition(s)		 Miss America 2013

Leighton Jordan, (born November 5, 1992) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Suwanee, Georgia who was named Miss Georgia 2012. [1]

Beauty pageant competition of beautiful people

A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, although most contests have evolved to also incorporate personality traits, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria. The term refers largely to contests for women such as the Big Four international beauty pageants.

Suwanee, Georgia City in Georgia, United States

Suwanee is a city in Gwinnett County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,355; this had grown to an estimated 18,694 as of 2015. Suwanee was the practicing home of the Atlanta Falcons football team from 1979 to 2001 and was voted among the Top 10 Best Places to Live by Money in 2007. In 2012, Suwanee was rated by Kiplinger as the third best place in America for raising families. In 2013, Suwanee was identified as one of the nation's 10 Best Towns for Families by Family Circle magazine and in 2018, Suwanee was rated #1 for places with the best public schools in Georgia by Niche.

The Miss Georgia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss America pageant.

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Biography

She won the title of Miss Georgia on June 23, 2012, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Michaela Lackey. Jordan’s platform is the “Sibling Support Project,” a national program designed to increase peer support and information opportunities for siblings of special needs children. [2] Her older brother suffers from numerous health problems, including deafness, cerebral palsy and epilepsy, inspiring her work with families with special needs children. [3] Her competition talent was a ballet en pointe to “He's a Pirate.” [4] Jordan was home-schooled though high school, and plans to attend college at Georgia State University to study nursing and become a pediatric oncology nurse practitioner. [5] [6]

Georgia State University public research university in Atlanta, GA, USA

Georgia State University is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1913, it is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. It is also the largest institution of higher education based in Georgia and is in the top 10 in the nation with a diverse student population around 53,000 including approximately 33,000 undergraduate and graduate students at the main campus downtown as of 2018.

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References

  1. ↑ "2012 Miss Georgia crowned". accessnorthga.com. June 24, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  2. ↑ "Leighton Jordan is crowned Miss Georgia". WTVM. June 24, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  3. ↑ "Miss Georgia Leighton Jordan only 19, but has wealth of experience". Ledger-Enquirer. June 24, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  4. ↑ "Leighton Jordan, Miss Capital City, crowned Miss Georgia 2012". Ledger-Enquirer. June 23, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  5. ↑ "Miss Capital City wins Ga. crown". Marietta Daily Journal. June 25, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  6. ↑ "Capital City contestant wins Miss Georgia crown". Athens Banner-Herald. June 24, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Michaela Lackey		 Miss Georgia
2012 		Succeeded by
Carly Mathis


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