What is Erika Harold?
{{Infobox person |name = Erika Harold |image = Ms. Erika Harold (cropped).JPG |caption = Harold in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] in January 2014 |birth_name = Erika Natalie Louise Harold |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|2|20}} |birth_place = [[Urbana, Illinois]], US |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |education = [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) |title = [[Miss Illinois]] 2002<br>[[Miss America 2003]] |predecessor = [[Katie Harman]] |successor = [[Ericka Dunlap]] }} '''Erika Natalie Louise Harold''' (born February 20, 1980) is an [[United States|American]] [[beauty queen]], [[politician]], [[lawyer]] and former [[Miss America]]. She was Miss America 2003. Before that she was Miss Illinois 2002. Harold's pageant platform was against [[bullying]]. In 2014, she was a candidate in the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] primary for the 13th Congressional District Seat in the State of Illinois. She lost the nomination to the [[incumbent]] [[Rodney Davis]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Miss America Erika Harold Joins Congressional Race in Illinois|publisher=The Washington Times|url=https://abc7chicago.com/politics/ap-harold-wins-gop-attorney-general-nomination-raoul-leads-democrats/3239622|access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref> Harold was born in [[Urbana, Illinois]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harold, Erika}} [[Category:1980 births]] [[Category:Miss America winners]] [[Category:lawyers from Illinois]] [[Category:People from Urbana, Illinois]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Politicians from Illinois]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Illinois]] {{us-bio-stub}}