Penn State alumna to compete for Miss America title

Thursday, July 27, 2006

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Emily Wills is a Penn State graduate and Miss Pennsylvania.

University Park, Pa. -- When Miss Pennsylvania takes the stage on Jan. 29 to compete for the opportunity to be named Miss America, she will represent not only her home state, but also her alma mater, Penn State.

Miss Pennsylvania Emily M. Wills is a 2006 graduate of Penn State, holding a bachelor's degree in psychology from the College of the Liberal Arts.

Wills, a late-bloomer of sorts on the pageant circuit, did not enter any of the childhood competitions available. Her first taste of pageant competition came when she won the Pennsylvania Junior Miss competition as a high school senior in 2001. Upon entering Penn State in 2002, Wills viewed entering the Miss Penn State competition as a natural transition from her Junior Miss success.

After winning the Miss Penn State title as a freshman, Wills received the usual congratulatory phone messages from friends and family on her cell phone. She also received an unexpected, but much-appreciated message that began, "Hello, this is Graham Spanier…."

"For the president of a Big Ten university to take time out of his schedule to call, that just threw me," said Wills.

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