Category:Erika Harold

**Erika Harold**
	American politician
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Date of birth	20 February 1980; Urbana; Erika Natalie Louise Harold
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign; Harvard Law School; Urbana High School; UIUC College of Media;
Occupation	lawyer; model; politician; beauty pageant contestant;
Member of	Phi Beta Kappa Society;
Member of political party	Republican Party;
Victory	Miss America (Miss America 2003, 2003); Miss Illinois (22 years old, 2002);
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English: Erika Harold (born 1980) was Miss America 2003, having qualified for the pageant by being selected Miss Illinois 2002. Her official platform was "Preventing Youth Violence and Bullying: Protect Yourself, Respect Yourself." This platform choice was said to have grown out of personal experience; she recounts having been the subject of racial and sexual harassment while growing up. However, in the first week of her reign, she also adopted a dual platform for Sexual Abstinence, causing some pageant observers to accuse her of harboring a hidden agenda. She held a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington during which she claimed the Miss America organization was bullying her.