Alexis Wineman
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| Education | Huntingdon College |
| Known for | First autistic contestant to compete in the Miss America pageant. |
| Title | Miss Cut Bank 2012 Miss Montana 2012 |
| Awards | Miss America 2013 "America's Choice" award |
| Website | http://www.alexiswineman.com/ |
Alexis Wineman is an autism advocate [1] who was named Miss Montana 2012.[1] She won the "America's Choice" award at the Miss America 2013 pageant [1] and is the first autistic contestant to compete in the Miss America pageant.[2][3]
Background
Wineman is from Cut Bank, Montana, and states that as a child, she always felt different[4] and was bullied.[5][6] She said that she began to understand why after she was diagnosed with "PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder- Not Otherwise Specified), an autism spectrum disorder" at the age of 11.[7] As of 2014[update], she is an undergraduate at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama.[8]
Wineman did not grow up with an interest in beauty pageants, stating that she was instead the "girl with the hoodies on. I never wore makeup all that much. I wasn’t much into beauty at all – to be honest, I’m still not all that much.”[6] Her platform as Miss Montana was “Normal is just a dryer setting – Living with autism"[8] and, at the age of 18, she was the youngest contestant in the Miss America 2013 pageant.[2]
Her older sister, Danielle Wineman, was named Miss Montana 2015 in June 2015.[9]
Publications
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Video clips and interviews
- Vote for Miss Montana 2012 Alexis Wineman - Miss America Organization
- Miss America Contestant Makes History - ABC News
- Person of the Week: Miss Montana Alexis Wineman - ABC News
References
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External links
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by
Veronika Ohlinger
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Miss Montana 2012 |
Succeeded by Sheridan Pope |
- Pages with broken file links
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- Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2014
- Official website not in Wikidata
- American beauty pageant winners
- Living people
- Miss America 2013 delegates
- People from Glacier County, Montana
- People on the autism spectrum
- Year of birth missing (living people)
