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Nia Franklin

Miss America 2019, Classically Trained Opera Singer & Advocate for the Arts

Nia Franklin is Miss America 2019, a classically trained opera singer and an advocate for the arts.

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Nia Franklin is Miss America 2019, a classically trained opera singer and an advocate for the arts.

Franklin was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and lived in the state through graduate school. She earned an undergraduate degree in composition from East Carolina University, and a master’s in fine arts from The University of North Carolina’s School of the Arts. Shortly after, Nia was awarded a Kenan Fellowship at New York’s Lincoln Center Education and made the move to New York City.

During Nia’s college freshman year, her father was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and she became his stem cell donor. This turn of events led Nia to the Miss America Organization. She entered the competition for the scholarship money to pay for her education and found mentorship, leadership opportunities and sisterhood you find in this program.

Nia was crowned Miss Five Boroughs at the age of 23, and then went on to win Miss New York 2018. And was awarded the job of Miss America 2019 on September 9, 2018.

Nia is a classicly trained opera singer, a teacher, arts advocate, and a music mentor.

While in college, she was a member of ArtistCorps, which works to place artists in public schools to help high-need students.

When she made the move to New York, Nia teamed up with Sing for Hope, a nonprofit organization focused on creating a better world through the power of music. Since 2006, Sing for Hope has reached 40,000 schoolchildren and placed 450 artist-created Sing for Hope Pianos throughout public spaces, hospitals, and schools.

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