A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE MEGAN GORDON FOR BEING NAMED MISS SOUTH CAROLINA USA FOR 2017 AND FOR PLACING IN THE TOP FIVE IN THE MISS USA PAGEANT AND TO HONOR HER FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL POISE, TALENT, AND BEAUTY. Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to learn that Megan Gordon was crowned the 2017 Miss South Carolina USA in November 2016, and that she placed in the Top Five at the Miss USA Pageant in May 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada; and Whereas, a native of North Augusta, she is the daughter of Lisa Dukes and Wilbur Gordon, Jr., and a granddaughter of Deacon John Collins, Sr., and the late Betty Collins and of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Gordon, Sr., of Edgefield; and Whereas, when Megan Gordon was only nine years old, she first saw the Miss USA Pageant and knew then that she wanted to be Miss South Carolina USA and to participate in the Miss USA Pageant; and Whereas, she began her pageant career at the age of fourteen and has acquired numerous titles, including Miss Collegiate America 2014 and Miss Southeast. She also was first runnerup in 2015 in the Miss South Carolina USA Pageant; and Whereas, shortly after being crowned Miss South Carolina USA, Ms. Gordon earned a degree from Armstrong State University in Savannah, Georgia in nursing, specializing in pediatrics and seeking to be an advocate for children with cancer and blood disorders; and
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE MEGAN GORDON FOR BEING NAMED MISS SOUTH CAROLINA USA FOR 2017 AND FOR PLACING IN THE TOP FIVE IN THE MISS USA PAGEANT AND TO HONOR HER FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL POISE, TALENT, AND BEAUTY. Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to learn that Megan Gordon was crowned the 2017 Miss South Carolina USA in November 2016, and that she placed in the Top Five at the Miss USA Pageant in May 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada; and Whereas, a native of North Augusta, she is the daughter of Lisa Dukes and Wilbur Gordon, Jr., and a granddaughter of Deacon John Collins, Sr., and the late Betty Collins and of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Gordon, Sr., of Edgefield; and Whereas, when Megan Gordon was only nine years old, she first saw the Miss USA Pageant and knew then that she wanted to be Miss South Carolina USA and to participate in the Miss USA Pageant; and Whereas, she began her pageant career at the age of fourteen and has acquired numerous titles, including Miss Collegiate America 2014 and Miss Southeast. She also was first runnerup in 2015 in the Miss South Carolina USA Pageant; and Whereas, shortly after being crowned Miss South Carolina USA, Ms. Gordon earned a degree from Armstrong State University in Savannah, Georgia in nursing, specializing in pediatrics and seeking to be an advocate for children with cancer and blood disorders; and
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