ALEXA KNUTZEN, MISS UTAH VOLUNTEER, CROWNED MISS VOLUNTEER AMERICA DURING INAUGURAL PAGEANT IN JACKSON, TN
MISS UTAH VOLUNTEER, ALEXA KNUTZEN, CROWNED AS MISS VOLUNTEER AMERICA DURING INAUGURAL PAGEANT ON MAY 7, 2022 AT THE CARL PERKINS CIVIC CENTER IN JACKSON, TN
PHOTO BY RYAN MILES FOR MISS VOLUNTEER AMERICA
JACKSON, Tennessee (May 7, 2022) – Alexa Knutzen, Miss Utah Volunteer was crowned Miss Volunteer America tonight in Jackson, TN during the inaugural pageant held at Carl Perkins Civic Center.
The evening was streamed live worldwide on PageantsLive.com.
The program was founded by Allison DeMarcus, wife of Jay DeMarcus from Rascal Flatts and multiple pageant titleholder.
“We are thrilled to have Alexa Knutzen as our inaugural Miss Volunteer America,” says Allison DeMarcus, founder / CEO of the Miss Volunteer America pageant system. “She has an extremely important role as the first national titleholder and we cannot wait for her to get started. Alexa's qualities excellently represent the values of the Miss Volunteer America pageant system. We are excited to have Alexa help us establish this program and look forward to watching her flourish in this process.”
In addition to $50,000 in scholarship money, Alexa, Miss Volunteer America, will have the opportunity to meet with Creative Artists Agency Nashville, Big Machine Label Group, Red Street Records, and collaborate with Dance Network.
The evening finals concluded a week of competition from 47 state titleholders across the country.
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The Miss Volunteer America organization is a nationwide, service-oriented scholarship program based in Tennessee that seeks to empower young women through educational scholarships and extraordinary opportunities.
During the year, forty-seven titleholders have been crowned across the country in the Volunteer Pageant system with over $500,000 in college scholarships already awarded at the state level.
The spirit of service is at the very heart of the Miss Volunteer America program. The inaugural Miss Volunteer America will partner nationally with the Salvation Army, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, and American Heart Association. Additionally, she will serve as an Ambassador for White Flag, an app that provides anonymous mental health assistance. During pageant week, State Titleholders will participate in volunteer activities daily to promote community service.
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ABOUT ALLISON DEMARCUS
Allison DeMarcus is a former Miss Tennessee Teen USA, Miss Tennessee America and Miss Tennessee USA and is the only woman in pageant history to represent the state of Tennessee at the Miss Teen USA, Miss America and Miss USA pageants. DeMarcus began working with Country Music Television in January 2007 when she co-hosted the Miss America Pageant with Mario Lopez and has worked as a television personality for Country Music Television for ten years.
Allison is married to Jay DeMarcus of the country music supergroup, Rascal Flatts. In 2020, Allison and Jay - along with their adorable children - warmed hearts in their own NETFLIX reality show, DeMarcus Family Rules.
Additionally, the couple has appeared together on The Chew, NASHVILLE, Good Morning America and Chrisley Knows Best.When she is off camera, DeMarcus enjoys serving in her third year as President of the Board of Directors of Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital and recently finished chairing an $18M Pediatric Cancer Campaign. She also enjoys serving as a Board Member for the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center’s Board of Overseers, Board member for the Memorial Foundation on the Grants Committee, as well as the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Pageant.
She formerly served on the Board of Directors for Cheekwood, The Women’s Fund, Sigma Epsilon Chi Omega Advisory Board at Vanderbilt, Chi Omega’s National Recruitment Team and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee, and has enjoyed volunteering for The Nashville Symphony, Sexual Assault Center, Swan Ball, Nashville Humane Association, Nashville Ballet, Second Harvest Food Bank, Nashville Alliance, Warner Parks, The Frist Center, Nashville Zoo and the Oasis Center.
Allison’s most important job is being a wife to Jay, and mother to Madeline and Dylan.
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