Averie Bishop is a social activist who is the first Asian American woman to be crowned Miss Texas.

Her work focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and she co-founded a nonprofit supporting educational access for underserved communities.

She was the second-runner up at Miss America 2023, and ran as the Democratic Party's candidate for Texas's 112th House of Representatives district in the 2024 elections.

[1] Her mother, a Filipina immigrant from Banga, South Cotabato, Mindanao,[2] worked as a maid and her father was a white and Cherokee[3] bus driver.

[2] Traditionally an apolitical position, during her year term as Miss Texas, Bishop's platform "Y’all Means All"[2] advocated for diversity and inclusion and the need for comprehensive sex education in schools.

[6] She won the Democratic primary unopposed on March 5, 2024, and faced incumbent Republican representative Angie Chen Button in the general election.