Camille Schrier | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Schrier in 2021 | |
| Born | Camille Thomasina Schrier (1995-06-30)June 30, 1995 (age 29) Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Hun School of Princeton University of Michigan Virginia Tech VCU School of Pharmacy |
| Title | National American Miss (NAM) Pennsylvania Teen 2012 Miss Dominion 2019 Miss Virginia 2019 Miss America 2020[1] |
| Term | December 19, 2019 – December 16, 2021 |
| Predecessor | Nia Franklin |
| Successor | Emma Broyles |
Camille Thomasina Schrier (/ˈʃraɪər/; born June 30, 1995) is an Americanpageant titleholder.[2] On June 22, 2019, she was crownedMiss Virginia 2019.[3] On December 19, 2019, she was crownedMiss America 2020 inUncasville, Connecticut.[4]
In May 2020, following the cancellation of the Miss America 2021 competition due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, the Miss America organization announced that Schrier would serve an additional year after her term as Miss America was due to expire in December 2020.[5][6]
Schrier was born inDoylestown, Pennsylvania to Thomas and Cheryl (née Camillo) Schrier. She has one older sibling. As a child, Schrier was diagnosed withEhlers-Danlos Syndrome.[7][8] During theMiss America 2020 competition, Schrier also revealed that she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and recovered from an eating disorder as a teenager.[9]
Schrier graduated with honors from theHun School of Princeton in 2013.[10] During high school, Schrier was a multi-sport varsity athlete; participating in track and field, swimming, and field hockey.[10] Schrier briefly attendedUniversity of Michigan before transferring toVirginia Tech her junior year and graduatingcum laude in 2018 with dual bachelor of science degrees, one inbiochemistry and one insystems biology and a minor inchemistry.[7][11][12] At Virginia Tech, she was inKappa Delta sorority.[11] She was accepted toVCU School of Pharmacy and had completed her first year of doctoral program before winning the Miss Virginia title.
In 2024, Schrier graduated from VCU School of Pharmacy with aDoctor of Pharmacy degree.[13]
Schrier began competing in pageants at the age of 14.[12] She previously earned title of National American Miss (NAM) Pennsylvania Teen 2012 and was named the 1st runner-up in 2012 national competition.[10][14]
On June 22, 2019, she competed as Miss Dominion 2019 at theMiss Virginia 2019 pageant inLynchburg, Virginia after a 6-year hiatus from competing in pageants.[15] For the talent competition, she completed a chemistry demonstration of the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide with potassium iodide (also known as "elephant toothpaste").[15][16] At the conclusion of the pageant, she was crownedMiss Virginia 2019 and took a year off from pharmacy school to fulfill her responsibilities as Miss Virginia.[3][11]
Schrier represented Virginia at theMiss America 2020 competition held atMohegan Sun inUncasville, Connecticut, on December 19, 2019, with a platform of "Mind Your Meds: Drug Safety and Abuse Prevention from Pediatrics to Geriatrics."[2]
She bested first runner-up,Miss Georgia 2019, Victoria Hill, for theMiss America 2020 title and was crowned byMiss America 2019,Nia Franklin, on December 19, 2019.[4] Along with the title of Miss America, Schrier also won a $50,000 scholarship and a $2,000 scholarship for her preliminary talent competition win. Schrier was the fourthMiss Virginia (and second Virginia Tech alumna) to win theMiss America title.[11]
Schrier's reign was originally scheduled to end in December 2020, but the planned 2021 competition was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, with the next pageant scheduled at the end of 2021.
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| Preceded by | Miss America 2020 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Emili McPhail | Miss Virginia 2019 | Succeeded by Dot Kelly |