Best of Luck to Gabrielle in Vegas!

Miss America Week has come to Vegas once again and Gabrielle is making Indiana proud! Competition kicked off with Interview on Tuesday, followed by Swimsuit and Evening Gown. Wednesday she will perform her Talent and Thursday will be On-Stage Question. Miss America Finals will be Saturday January 15 at 8:00pm on ABC. Catch all the latest photos of pageant week here: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Or check out the Miss America videos on YouTube.

Meet Gabrielle Reed, Miss Indiana 2010

Name: Gabrielle Lee Reed
Local Title: Miss Southern Heartland
Hometown: Bloomington, Indiana

Education: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Junior, B.M. Vocal Performance
Bluffton Harrison High School

Platform: “Empowerment from the Start” Communities Preventing Domestic Violence

Scholastic/Career Ambition: Obtain a D.M. in Voice and perform professionally

Talent: Vocal Presentation – “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from the musical Carousel by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II

Scholastic Honors: Recipient of Bluffton High School’s Music Scholarship.

Leadership Roles: Musaid Volunteer; Producer for the annual production of the Vagina Monologues, in conjunction with the V-Day Campaign; Committee chair for the annual “Take Back the Night” vigil and speak-out;
Middle Way House, “Building Healthy Relationships,” Educator.

Accomplishments: Named Student Leader, Hoosiers for Hillary; nominated for chair of “Relationship Violence Issues on Campus” by the IUB Advisory Board of the Office of Women’s Affairs; Co-Coordinator for the Crisis Intervention & Prevention Services, Middle Way House Inc.

Interesting Facts: First person in my family to formally study music; I live a near vegan lifestyle; “Movement Actress” for The Luminescence Project; my childhood home was a dome-shaped house on a mountaintop in Tehachapi, CA.

Employment: Weekend Staff Member & On-Scene-Advocate Volunteer, Middle Way House Inc.