Alma Cooper, who was crowned Miss USA in August, is set to participate in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, October 13, 2024.
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Alma Cooper, who was crowned Miss USA in August, is set to participate in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, October 13, 2024. She is running to support Apna Ghar, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending gender violence.
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious marathons, attracting over 48,000 runners from around the globe.
This year, the marathon will guide participants through 29 of Chicago’s neighborhoods, offering an up-close experience of the city’s architecture and culture. Starting and finishing in Grant Park, the race takes runners across six of the Chicago River’s bridges, exploring both the north and south sides of Chicago.
If you want to get to know Miss USA Alma Cooper before she arrives in Chicago, here are three things that may surprise you.
1. From Miss Michigan USA to Miss USA
Alma Cooper was named Miss USA on August 4, 2024 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, succeeding Savannah Gankiewicz from Hawaii. This is the first time in 14 years that someone from Michigan has won the title since Rima Fakih. Cooper is set to compete in the Miss Universe competition in Mexico in November.
2. Pursuing Advanced Studies at Stanford
Cooper is currently pursuing a master’s degree in statistics (data science track) at Stanford University’s School of Humanities and Sciences. As a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, she is enhancing her leadership skills while furthering research on diet and food insecurity at the Stanford Nutrition Studies Research Group.
3. West Point Graduate and Researcher
A top graduate from West Point, Alma was responsible for the accountability of 4,400 cadets during emergency and crisis scenarios. Motivated by her family’s experiences with poverty and food insecurity as migrant workers, she began researching the relationship between U.S. nutrition, health, and the Army’s recruitment crisis. Her undergraduate thesis on body-mass index and its implications on the Army’s recruiting goals was published in Military Medicine during her senior year.
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