| R 377 |
| 2015 -- H 6300 Enacted 06/10/2015 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER 13, 2015, TO BE "ALEXANDRA CURTIS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND CONGRATULATING HER ON WINNING THE 2015 MISS RHODE ISLAND PAGEANT |
| Introduced By: Representative Patricia A. Serpa |
| Date Introduced: June 10, 2015 |
| WHEREAS, Accomplished young women from across Rhode Island participated in the |
| 2015 annual Miss Rhode Island Pageant. Competing as Miss West Warwick, Alexandra Curtis |
| took top honors and was crowned as the 2015 Miss Rhode Island. In September, she will |
| represent our state at the National Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey; and |
| WHEREAS, No stranger to winning pageants, Alexandra was selected as Miss East |
| Greenwich in 2014, was named Miss West Warwick in 2015, and was selected as a 2015 Cherry |
| Blossom Princess, representing Rhode Island in the National Cherry Blossom Festival; and |
| WHEREAS, Alexandra is doubly blessed. She is not only a celebrated beauty, but also |
| possesses amazing brainpower. She is currently enrolled in the Master of Public Affairs program |
| at Brown University and is a 2014 honors graduate of Syracuse University; and |
| WHEREAS, In addition, as part of the preliminary for the Miss Rhode Island Pageant, |
| Alexandra held fundraisers in West Warwick, collecting over $2,000 in donations for the |
| Children’s Miracle Network; and |
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Kathi and Mark Curtis, Alexandra's accomplishments have |
| not only brought great pride and recognition to her parents and the Town of West Warwick, but |
| also to our state; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
| Providence Plantations hereby proclaims September 13th of 2015 to be "Alexandra Curtis Day." |
| We moreover congratulate her on being named Miss Rhode Island 2015, and wish her much |
| happiness, good health, and continued success at the Miss America Pageant; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Miss Alexandra Curtis. |
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