Kelley Johnson
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Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Born | Kelley Johnson circa 1992 (age 31–32) Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Education | Colorado Mesa University Grand View University |
Title(s) | Miss Liberty 2014 Miss Northern Colorado 2015 Miss Colorado 2015 |
Major competition(s) |
Miss America 2016 |
Kelley Johnson (born c. 1993)[1] is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Windsor, Colorado, who was crowned Miss Colorado 2015. She competed for the Miss America 2016 title in September 2015 and was named second runner-up for the national title.
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Early life and education
Johnson was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, and spent her later childhood in Windsor, Colorado.[2][3] Her mother is Julie Johnson Haffner and her stepfather is Gene Haffner.[3] Johnson also has two older sisters. She is a 2010 graduate of Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Collins.[2]
Johnson attended Colorado Mesa University from 2010 through 2012. She is a 2015 graduate of Grand View University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and was the valedictorian of her nursing class.[2][4] Johnson is a registered nurse.[3]
Pageant career
Early pageants
On March 30, 2014, while a student at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, Johnson won the Miss Liberty 2014 title.[2][5] She competed as one of 15 finalists in the 2014 Miss Iowa pageant on a platform of "Raising Awareness About the Importance of Early Cancer Detection" and piano playing as her talent.[1][6] She was a top-10 finalist for the statewide title.[7]
Miss Colorado 2015
In November 2014, returning to her home state, Johnson was crowned Miss Northern Colorado 2015 which made her eligible to compete at the Miss Colorado 2015 pageant.[8] She entered the state pageant at Denver's Ellie Caulkins Opera House in June 2015 as one of 26 qualifiers.[2] Johnson's competition talent was a monologue about nursing, inspired by her experiences with a patient with Alzheimer's disease.[4] Her platform is "The Health Initiative PLUS: Prevent, Live, Uncover, Study".[3]
Johnson won the competition on Saturday, June 20, 2015, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Colorado titleholder Stacey Cook.[4] As Miss Colorado, her activities included public appearances across Colorado.[3]
Vying for Miss America
Johnson was Colorado's representative at the Miss America 2016 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 2015.[2][8] In the televised finale on September 13, 2015, she performed an original monologue inspired by a patient she encountered as a nurse during the talent portion of the competition.[9] In the interview portion, she was asked what woman should appear on the ten-dollar bill and answered "Ellen Degeneres".[10] Johnson's personal platform was "The Health Initiative PLUS".[9] She was named second runner-up to Betty Cantrell, Miss Georgia 2015, and awarded a $20,000 scholarship prize.[11]
Reactions to Nursing Monologue
On the September 14, 2015 episode of The View, co-hosts Joy Behar and Michelle Collins poked fun at Johnson, a registered nurse, for her Miss America monologue in which she wore a nurse's uniform and stethoscope while speaking about her profession. Their comments sparked a social-media backlash, particularly by nurses, and some advertisers pulled their ads from the show.[12][13]
On September 17, 2015, Johnson appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to discuss her on-stage question and answer, suggesting DeGeneres should be on the ten-dollar bill and her decision to perform a monologue about nursing for her talent. After her interview, Johnson received $10,000 from Shutterfly to help pay for her tuition for nurse anesthetist school.[14]
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Preceded by | Miss Colorado 2015 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |