Nevaeh Nichole Harmon is a Filipino-American pharmacy technician and beauty queen from West Virginia, United States. She is the first Miss West Virginia USA of Filipino descent.
Born and raised in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, Harmon has one younger sister and one younger brother. Their father Michael Harmon is black American while their mother Freda Dawson Harmon is of Filipino descent.
In the 1970s, Nevaeh’s grandparents and Freda moved from the Philippines to the U.S. Nevaeh’s grandfather is a U.S. Air Force veteran stationed at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines.
Nevaeh is 5’8″ tall. Here are 13 more things about her:
- From 2015 to 2020, she attended George Washington High School in Charleston.
- In August 2020, she entered Marshall University in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia to pursue a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry with minors in communications and health and wellness.
- From August 2021 to May 2022, she was Marshall University’s study body secretary for diversity and inclusion.
- In November 2021, she joined CVS Pharmacy in Huntington as a pharmacy technician.
- In May 2022, she visited Nassau, Bahamas and she visited Florence, Italy.
- In April 2022, she became Marshall University’s student body chief of staff.
- In January 2023, she became a certified pharmacy technician.
- In April 2023, she was inaugurated as Marshall University’s new student body vice president.
- On June 5, 2022, she represented Charleston at Miss West Virginia USA 2022 and competed against 14 other candidates at the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia. She finished in the Top 10.
- On June 4, 2023, she represented Charleston at Miss West Virginia USA 2023 and competed against 18 other candidates at the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts at West Virginia Wesleyan College. She won the title.
- On June 12, 2023, she attended the Tri-State Fil-Am Association Annual Picnic at Shawnee Park in Dunbar, Kanawha County to celebrate the Philippines’ Independence Day with family and friends.
- She was 22 years old when she represented West Virginia at Miss USA 2023 on September 29, 2023 and competed against 50 other candidates at Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA. She was unplaced.
- In May 2024, she is expected to graduate from Marshall University.
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