Nina Davuluri

Nina Davuluri is an Indian American public speaker and advocate for civil rights and humanitarian causes. She was also Miss America 2014.

Davuluri was born on April 20, 1989 in Syracuse, New York, to Hindu Telugu parents from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her mother, Sheela Davuluri, is an Information technology specialist, her father, Chaudhury Davuluri, is a gynecologist, and her older sister, Meena Davuluri has an M.D. and an M.P.H.. When she was six weeks old, Davuluri was brought to live with her grandmother and aunt in Vijayawada. She stayed there until she was twoandahalf years old, when her parents brought her back to the United States. However, she returned to India each summer, to study Indian dance. She is also fluent in Telugu.

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