Emily Cox (Miss Kentucky)

For other people named Emily Cox, see Emily Cox (disambiguation).

Emily Cox
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Emily Ann Cox (1986-03-02) March 2, 1986 Campbellsville, Kentucky, U.S.
Education	Taylor County High School Western Kentucky University University of Kentucky
Hair color	Brunette
Eye color	Brown
Title(s)	Miss Commonwealth 2005 Miss Lexington 2006 Miss Bowling Green 2008 Miss Kentucky 2008
Major competition(s)	Miss Kentucky 2005 (2nd runner-up) Miss Kentucky 2006 (2nd runner-up) Miss America 2009 (Top 12)

Emily Ann Cox (born March 2, 1986) is a former American beauty pageant titleholder from Campbellsville, Kentucky, who was named Miss Kentucky 2008.

Cox won the title of Miss Kentucky on July 18, 2008 and participated in Miss America 2009 on January 24, 2009. Cox's platform is "Uniquely Me: Promoting Self-Esteem in Adolescent Girls" and her competition talent was piano. She won the Quality of Life Award and finished in the top 12 overall semi-finalists.^[1]^[2] She attended the University of Kentucky, graduating in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in biology.^[3] After concluding her reign as Miss Kentucky, she planned to return to the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy and pursue a Pharm.D. degree to become a clinical pharmacist specializing in pediatrics.^[4]^[5] She previously competed in the National Sweetheart 2005 pageant, a spot she earned by placing 2nd runner-up to Miss Kentucky 2005.^[6]

Cox is the daughter of Ricky Lee Cox, former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, and the niece of Nancy Cox, Miss Kentucky 1990.

References

↑ "Miss Kentucky Emily Cox wins Quality of Life Award and $6,000 scholarship". Vegas DeLuxe. January 22, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
↑ "Former Titleholders". Miss Kentucky Organization. January 30, 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
↑ "Emily Cox - Biography". IMDb. January 30, 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
↑ "Miss Kentucky Plans Return to UK for Pharm.D.". University of Kentucky. July 28, 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
↑ "Pageantry to Pharmacy, Emily Cox, Miss Kentucky 2008". University of Kentucky. July 28, 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
↑ "Congratulations to Emily Cox who represented Kentucky at the National Sweetheart Pageant in Hoopeston, Illinois, on September 4th.". Miss Bluegrass Area/Miss Commonwealth/Miss Fayette County and Miss Bluegrass Area Teen Pageant. Archived from the original on January 6, 2006. Retrieved January 22, 2012.

External links

Emily Cox at the Internet Movie Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Kaitlynne Postel	Miss Kentucky 2008	Succeeded by Mallory Ervin

Miss America 2009, state titleholders

DE: Galen Giaccone FL: Sierra Minott IN: Katie Stam KY: Emily Cox MS: Christine Kozlowski MT: Jennifer Hepner NM: Christina Olmi NY: Leigh-Taylor Smith SD: Alexandra Hoffman TX: Rebecca Robinson UT: Kayla Barclay VT: Ashley Wheeler

Kentucky pageant winners

Miss Kentucky	Nancy Cox (1990) Lori Menshouse (1997) Chera-Lyn Cook (1998) Heather French (1999) Maria Maldonado (2004) Kaitlynne Postel (2007) Emily Cox (2008) Mallory Ervin (2009) Djuan Trent (2010) Ann-Blair Thornton (2011) Jessica Casebolt (2012) Jenna Day (2013) Ramsey Carpenter (2014) Clark Janell Davis (2015)

Miss Kentucky USA	Lori Menshouse (1999) Kristen Johnson (2005) Tara Conner (2006) Michelle Banzer (2007) Alysha Harris (2008)

Miss Kentucky Teen USA	Kristen Johnson (2000) Tara Conner (2002)

Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen	Ann-Blair Thornton (2007)

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