Laurie Gray is one of only a few Harvard graduates to compete in Miss America, appearing in 2004.
[1][2] She has demonstrated her skills, winning the talent competition in Miss America, and finishing with highest honors at Harvard (undergrad), and finishing with honors from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.
Gray was a violinist and concertmaster of the Harvard Bach Society Orchestra and promoted music education as her pageant platform.
Fellow contestant Nancy Redd, Miss Virginia, graduated from Harvard in the same year and the reigning (at that time) Miss America, Erika Harold, had been admitted to Harvard Law School.
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