Deshauna Barber Crowned Miss USA 2016
06 June 2016 |
3:31 pm
Deshauna Barber, an Army Reserve officer and IT analyst from the District of Columbia has been crowned Miss USA 2016 after mounting a strong defense of women in combat roles in the military. Barber, a 26-year-old from the nation's capital, is an American model, beauty pageant titleholder and officer in the United States Army. She was crowned…
Deshauna Barber, an Army Reserve officer and IT analyst from the District of Columbia has been crowned Miss USA 2016 after mounting a strong defense of women in combat roles in the military.
Barber, a 26-year-old from the nation’s capital, is an American model, beauty pageant titleholder and officer in the United States Army. She was crowned Miss USA 2016, yesterday, June 5, 2016, by an outgoing titleholder Olivia Jordan of Oklahoma.
When asked by judge Joe Zee whether the Pentagon’s decision to open up all combat roles to women had “put political correctness over our military’s ability to perform,” 1st Lt. Barber responded:
“As a woman in the United States Army, I think it was an amazing job by our government to allow women to integrate into every branch of the military.”
She continued: “We are just as tough as men. As a commander of my unit, I’m powerful, I am dedicated and it is important that we recognize that gender does not limit us in the United States.”
Barber won the pageant ahead of first runner-up Chelsea Hardin, Miss Hawaii, and second runner-up Emanii Davis, Miss Georgia. She will now go on to represent the United States in the Miss Universe pageant.
Barber is the daughter of a retired army master sergeant. She was first commissioned as a quartermaster officer in 2011 and serves as a logistics commander for the 988th Quartermaster Detachment Unit at Fort Meade, Maryland and currently works full-time as an IT analyst for the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Barber hopes to use her profile as Miss USA to highlight the health issues veterans face when they return from combat, such as post-traumatic stress disorder.
Brief History On Deshauna Barber
Barber was born in December 6, 1989 in Columbus, Georgia. She lived in several states as a child due to her father’s military career such as North Carolina, Nebraska, Minnesota, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Barber joined the United States Army at age 17. She attended Virginia State University and graduated with a degree in business management. She went on to work as an IT analyst for the United States Department of Commerce, and later as a quartermaster officer and logistics commander in the Army. She earned her master’s degree in management information systems and services from University of Maryland University College.
Barber is also a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
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