Audra Mari

Audra Mari
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born Audra Diane Mari
(1994-01-08) January 8, 1994
Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Hair color Dark brown
Eye color Green
Title(s) Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2011
Miss North Dakota USA 2014
Miss World America 2016
Major
competition(s)
Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2011
(Winner)
Miss Teen USA 2011
(1st runner-up)
Miss North Dakota USA 2014
(Winner)
Miss USA 2014
(1st runner-up)
Miss World America 2016
(Winner)
Miss World 2016
(TBA)

Audra Diane Mari (born January 8, 1994) is an American model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss World America 2016 on July 8, 2016 and will represent the United States at Miss World 2016. She also represented the state of North Dakota at the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants where she placed 1st runner-up in each pageant.

Biography

Mari was born on January 8, 1994 in Fargo, North Dakota. Her grandfather is from the Philippines.[1] In an interview with Seventeen, she discussed being bullied her sophomore year of high school.[2] She attended North Dakota State University, where she studied public relations and communications.[1]

Mari represented the state of North Dakota on July 16, 2011 at Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas where she placed 1st runner-up.[3][4] Three years later she won the Miss North Dakota USA 2014 title.[5] In the Miss USA 2014 pageant[6] held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana she again placed 1st runner-up.[7][8] This was the highest placement for a contestant from North Dakota.[9]

On July 8, 2016 Mari was crowned Miss World America 2016 at National Harbor in Washington, D.C.[10][11] She will represent the United States at the Miss World 2016 pageant on December 18, 2016.[11][12]

As a model she graced the Ocean Drive Swimsuit issue.[13]

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Arizona Victoria Mendoza
Miss World America
2016
Succeeded by
TBA
Preceded by
Stephanie Erickson
Miss North Dakota USA
2014
Succeeded by
Molly Ketterling
Preceded by
Ariana Walker
Miss North Dakota Teen USA
2011
Succeeded by
Tiffany Fletschock
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