Name Deidre Downs TV shows Miss America | Role TV actor | |
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Born July 7, 1980 (age 44) ( 1980-07-07 ) Alabama, U.S. Alma mater University of VirginiaSamford UniversityUniversity of Alabama School of Medicine Term September 18, 2004 - January 21, 2006 Similar People Veena Goel, Jennifer Dupont, Jalin Wood, Ashley Eicher, Christina Ellington | ||
Former Miss America Deidre Downs Gunn Ties The Knot With Girlfriend Abbott Jones | Access
Deidre Downs (born July 7, 1980) is an American physician and former beauty pageant titleholder. Downs was Miss America 2005 and Miss Alabama 2004.
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Downs initially attended the University of Virginia on a volleyball scholarship. She later attended Samford University and earned scholarship money through pageants, graduating magna cum laude with a degree in History. She was an Echols Scholar at the University of Virginia and a member of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society. She was also a finalist for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship in 2002. After her term as Miss America, she began Medical school at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham. She received her MD degree in 2010 and then completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at UAB Medical Center in 2014. She is currently a Senior Fellow in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at UAB. She changed her name to Deidre Gunn after her marriage to Andrew Gunn in 2008, though they are now divorced. Diedre's personal platform was "Curing Childhood Cancer."
Downs is the only titleholder to reign for part of three calendar years. The pageant, traditionally held in September, was delayed four months to allow the Miss America Organization to secure a TV deal. Her successor, Jennifer Berry of Oklahoma, was crowned as Miss America 2006 on January 21, 2006.
